Illumine from the Students: Sports at BGGS

It’s undisputed that sports and physical activity are essential to our health and wellbeing, and research also tells us that the personal benefits go beyond the physical—helping us to sleep better, focus, and develop important skills such as teamwork and collaboration. 

In this fourth episode of Illumine—From the Students, Principal of Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Ms Jacinda Euler, is joined by students and accomplished athletes, Emily and Zoe to discuss how they balance their sporting commitments with their studies, and hear first-hand the personal benefits of participating in sport at BGGS.  

Chapters

• 1:49 Girls, I’d like to start our discussion today by learning more about the sports and activities that you are each involved in?
• 6:34 How did you originally get involved in sports? Was it due to some gentle prompting by your parents at a young age? Or did you try something, really love it, and decide to pursue it further?
• 9:09 How do you juggle your sporting commitments with your studies?
• 11:40 Do you still manage to get some ‘downtime’ to rest, relax and rejuvenate?
• 13:30 What do you personally feel is the biggest benefit of your participation in sports? What character traits do you think your involvement has helped you develop?
• 15:08 What are some of the positive characteristics that you have developed from your participation in running and in sports more generally?
• 16:00 For those students hesitating to try a new sport or to join one of the School’s teams, what would you say to them about getting involved?
• 16:58 How do you think that your involvement and participation in sports at the School has added to your time at BGGS so far?