9 March
Welcome.
Open Day offers just a sample of the unrivalled opportunities your son will experience at Brisbane Boys’ College. Whether he wants to secure a top ATAR and go on to study at Harvard, Princeton, or Cambridge, become the youngest bagpiper or the best base drummer at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, win back-to-back National Schoolboy Tennis Championships, or row for Australia at the Henley Royal Regatta, you’re standing in the place where his dreams will become a reality.
COLLEGE TOURS AND ADMISSIONS
The Admissions Lounge is located in College Hall. Please visit College Hall to meet with our Headmaster, register your attendance with our friendly Admissions team, and join a College Tour.
Secondary School and Junior School Tours will depart from College Hall every 15 minutes from 10am.
Boarding House Tours will depart from College Hall at 12pm and 1pm.
Join a College Tour in Mandarin at 12:30pm.
HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED ASSISTANCE NAVIGATING YOUR WAY AROUND?
To help you navigate your way around, we’ve placed directional arrows on the ground around campus to help guide you on where to visit next.
10:00am HEADMASTER’S ADDRESS FOR PROSPECTIVE PARENTS (20 mins) COLLEGE HALL
10:30am STUDENT PANEL
Topic: Your guide to thriving in Year 7 at BBC (30 mins) COLLEGE HALL
10:30am Junior School Library Storytime Junior School Library
11:00am MEET THE HEADMASTER
Mr Andre Casson will be available for informal conversations with prospective families.
11:15am
Topic: We regret the discourse that STEM is more important than Humanities
12:00pm Junior School Library Storytime Junior School Library
12:30pm ACADEMIC PANEL
Topic: Real world learning and pedagogy (30 mins) COLLEGE HALL
1:00pm Counselling at BBC
Topic: Support at BBC and being the best
of ourselves (30 mins)
All academic displays will remain open throughout the day.
Subject Area
Business Academy - Accounting, Economics, Commerce, and Legal Studies
Christian Education
Middle School
Middle School
Drama College Hall - C302
English and Literature
Film, TV and New Media
Health and Physical Education
Humanities - Ancient History, Modern History, Geography, and Philosophy & Reason
Languages - Chinese, French, and Japanese
and Gifted
Middle School
Middle SchoolMSE105
Middle School Courtyard
Middle School
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Technologies - Design, Digital Solutions, Engineering, iFutures, Engineering Skills, Furnishing Skills, and Industrial Technology Skills Integrated Learning Centre (ILC) Visual Art Rudd Building - R108 Subject
TOP ACTIVITIES TO ENRICH YOUR CHILDREN
HAVE YOUR FACE PAINTED LIKE THE BBC HIGHLANDER
Prototype Classrooms
BUILD A CORAL REEF IN GEOGRAPHY
Middle School
TRY YOUR HAND AT PICKLEBALL WITH HPE
Middle School Courtyard
LEARN ABOUT THE BIRTHDAY PARADOX IN MATHEMATICS
Middle School
TEST YOUR ENDURANCE ON AN ERGO WITH OUR ROWERS
Middle School Courtyard
BOWL A CRICKET BALL AS FAST AS YOU CAN AND LEARN HOW TO PASS A RUGBY BALL
Noblet Oval
FOR THE PARENTS & CARERS
VISIT OUR DEDICATED WELLBEING TEAM TO DISCOVER MORE ABOUT OUR TARTAN+ WELLBEING MODEL
Prototype Classrooms
VISIT THE COLLEGE ARCHIVIST
Middle School Courtyard
MEET WITH OUR COLLEGE CHAPLAIN Middle
STRUM LIKE A ROCKSTAR ON AN ELECTRIC GUITAR IN MUSIC
College Hall - C301
CONDUCT ELECTRICITY THROUGH FRUIT IN SCIENCE ILC BISCUIT DECORATING IN JUNIOR SCHOOL
LEARN ABOUT THE OLD COLLEGIANS’ ASSOCIATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALUMNI
Middle School Courtyard
MEET RUGBY LEGEND MR BRAD THORN
Noblet Oval
KENSINGTON
MOGGILL
CO-CURRICULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCES
In addition to the below performances, we also invite you visit the Pipe Band Support Group located on the Junior School Green and the Music
9:45am Bagpipe solo performances Various locations
10:00am - 2:00pm Myles Walsh (Year 12) Middle School Courtyard
10:00am - 10:45am Acton Strings
Colla Voce
Junior Band
None the Wiser (Rock Band) Junior School Green
11:00am - 11:45am Pipe Band Number 1 Junior School Green
11:15am - 12:15pm Collegians
College Strings
12:30pm - 1:15pm Pipe Band
1:00pm - 2:00pm Camerata
Concert Band
Big Band
(Year 8)
1, 2, and 3
Shumo Grygoruk (Year 8)
None the Wiser (Rock Band) College Hall
1:45pm - 2:00pm Pipe Band Number 1, 2, and 3 Junior School Green
Amnesty International
Art Club
Athletic Development
Basketball
Chess
Coffee for Cambodia
Middle School Courtyard
Rudd Building - R108
Sports Complex
Sports Complex
Middle School
Prototype Classrooms
Cricket Noblet Oval
Cross Country
Noblet Oval
Debating Middle School - MSE107
Film Crew
Football
Gymnastics
Inter-School Christian Fellowship
Interact Club
Koala Club
Music
Photography Club
Pipe Band
Robotics
Rowing
Middle School - MSE105
Noblet Oval
Sports Complex
Middle School
Middle School Courtyard
Middle School Courtyard
College Hall and Junior School Green
Rudd Building - R108
Junior School Green
ILC Building
Middle School Courtyard
Rugby Noblet Oval
Sailing Pool
Swimming Pool
Tennis Tennis Courts
Theatre
Track and Field
College Hall - C302
Noblet Oval
Volleyball Sports Complex
Water Polo Pool
TEA, COFFEE, AND DRINKS
Terrace Espresso College Hall
Coffee for Cambodia Prototype Classrooms
Rudd House Slushies (by the Boarding Support Group) Middle School Courtyard
Soft drinks by the Rugby Support Group Noblet Oval
