Four students from GCC represented the Independent District at the Sunshine Coast School Sport Trials this week. They played every other district team in a round-robin format competition. Abbie Stevens was a key player in the girls’ team playing as a middle. She read the play well, controlled the ball, and often called the plays …
First Independent District Carnival for the Year GCC students participated in the first Independent District Carnival for the year. GCC has now crossed over to the association of the Independent District rather than previously being affiliated within the Glasshouse District. The District Swimming Team swam hard and fast against tough competition from other students from …
Welcome back The beginning of Term 1 has been a busy one with our students taking full advantage of the sporting opportunities on offer. SCISSA Volleyball and Soccer has been taking place every Wednesday and we have entered two teams into the T20 cricket our boys have enjoyed this competition. Our Volleyball teams have been …
Seven of our Glasshouse Christian College students battled it out last weekend at the Queensland Oztag Junior State Cup competing against teams from Townsville through to the Gold Coast. Ella McKenzie and Hadley Smith represented the Caloundra Jets U10 Girls whilst Jett Smith played a pivotal role in the U11 Boys team. Both teams had …
Glasshouse Christian College athletes performed amazingly at the Little Athletics Regional Championships last weekend with many qualifying for the State Championships which will be held in Townsville. Students who competed were: Jayden Jacenko, Sonny Coleman, Lincoln Graham, Annalise Meredith, Sophie Doyle, Ethan Doyle, Asher Jones, Sophie Sharma, Estah Muller, Isola Lobley, Darby Small, Emma Small, …
The GCC Sports program in 2023 will again strive to continually meet the growing needs of our students. We encourage all students to participate in sports and physical activity during the school year as well as provide competitive opportunities for those that aspire to compete at a higher level. Throughout Term 1 there will be …
Welcome back It’s been a busy few terms as we quickly progress towards the end of 2022. We now have a bumper edition of the GCC Secondary Sports report with entries from Term 3 continuing through to the middle of Term 4. If you are a student that has achieved something special in the world …
What a wonderful day of events that students enjoyed at the Prep to Year 2 Athletics Carnival. It was one of those perfect Queensland winter days. The sun was shining, a light wind blowing with not a cloud in the sky. 270 students cheered, raced, ran, jumped, threw, flung, tossed, bounced and darted their way …
Welcome back It’s the middle of Term 3 already and our students have already had multiple opportunities to represent the college and the Sunshine Coast Region in sports and athletics. This term the SCISSA Touch football competition is underway as is the Friday night Basketball competition. We had our school athletics day in trying conditions …
Hayley Wall competed in Toowoomba over the holidays at the Equestrian Queensland Hygain Interschool State Championships. Hayley is years old and in Year 4 at Glasshouse Christian College. She rode her horse, Black Layce, and competed in the Primary 60cm class and the 70cm Primary Class. Over the three days, Hayley competed in three different …
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Twenty-six students from Prep to Year 2 enjoyed their reward celebration at Adventure Playland. In preparation for this term’s Cross Country, students ran during their class time to improve fitness stamina. Teachers had the opportunity to award three students only from their class one of the following awards. 1. Bolt – The student who has …
After several weeks of consistent rain, students were eager to get out on the field in their prospective sports. GCC students from Years 4-6 played in various locations across the coast against other schools involved in Primary SCISSA. Throughout the day, teams played between 5-7 games against other colleges that participated in the SCISSA program. …
The Prep to Year 2 students set the stage for an amazing atmosphere for their Cross Country. Parents, students and staff enjoyed the sunshine, light breeze and music amongst the cheering and war cry chants which carried every racer through to the finish line. Due to all the rain earlier in the term, a new …
Friday 20 May, the Glasshouse Christian College Primary District team put on an amazing performance representing our College. Students aged 10, 11 and 12 ran a new course to previous years due to wet conditions. Once again we were blessed with weather conditions holding out right up until the conclusion of the presentations. We also …
Welcome back Our Volleyball teams have acquitted themselves very well at the SCISSA and Trish Buckley Volleyball competitions. We have had two Soccer teams enjoying the Wednesday competition and our Netball teams are now underway in the Monday night competition in Maroochydore. READ THE FULL REPORT HERE
On Friday 29 April, Glasshouse Christian College Primary School put up an amazing effort running in our annual Year 3 – 6 Cross Country. Students aged 8 years ran 1.5kms, ages 9 and 10 ran 2kms and ages 11 and up ran a massive 3kms around the all-terrain course. Initially, the event was postponed due …
I would like to announce GCC’s first ever Primary Cross Country Trainers. Rachel is our strength and conditioning trainer. While, Navida is the endurance and running technique trainer. Students have been working with these ladies to help prepare them for our GCC Cross Country Carnival and the District Cross Country Carnival. Students have been dedicated …
GCC Primary is proud to announce that we have just received our first ever full set of Rugby Union playing jerseys. The playing jerseys will be used for teams that participate in the Primary SCISSA competition. Each term, teams participate in two friendly matches against other schools that participate in the Sunshine Coast SCISSA competition, …
Welcome back The remainder of Term 1 has been a challenge with many of our teams playing at less than full strength each week. GCC entered a team in the T20 cricket competition held at Maroochydore and our Volleyball teams have been busy in the SCISSA and Trish Buckley competitions. Our Netball teams are off …
Thirty different sporting teams split over seven sports made up of 280 GCC students from Years 4 -6 were sent to eight different sporting venues and travelled on eight different buses driving to various sporting venues. What an exciting way to start the school day! Teams travelled as far north as Yandina Cricket Club while …
GCC was a hive of activity this week with Primary SCISSA holding its first Friendly Training Match against Sunshine Coast Grammar School. Students from Year 4 – 6 were bursting with excitement to get out on the field to participate in Thursday SCISSA games. The following teams travelled to Sunshine Coast Grammar School to participate: …
The weather and surf conditions couldn’t have been perfect for our first round of lessons with North Caloundra Surf School for our Early Morning Surfing Program. This term we had just under 20 students from Years 4-6 sign up for the learn to surf program. Students kick into gear when they are riding their first …
Early morning swimming forYears 4-6 went off with a splash last Friday with more than 20 students in the water. Thanks to our first ever two new Primary GCC Swimming Coaches who did an amazing job in training our students along with Mr Falzon. Nadia and Joanne both have swim school teaching experience and are excited …
Welcome back The GCC Sports program in 2022 will again strive to continually meet the growing needs of our students. We encourage all students to participate in sports and physical activity during the school year as well as provide competitive opportunities for those students that aspire to compete at a higher level. Throughout Term 1 …
Lily Short is enjoying the year of her life as she collects title after title in 2021! Early in the year Lily won the Primary Age State Equestrian Championship and was selected to compete at the Nationals. Unfortunately this was cancelled again this year. In place of this, Inter-school Queensland and Pony Club Queensland hosted …
In this fantastic report there is a season review of basketball, Rugby 7s news, the latest on SCISSA Socccer, Boys and Girls Rugby, a Volleyball update, individual sporting achievements and much more. Read Matthew Beattie’s full report HERE.
The students from 3G enjoyed a day of fun as their reward for running the most Laps in the Run Around Australia Challenge. They were the first class to successfully run right around Australia while getting fit for the GCC Cross Country. As a class, they ran a massive number of laps. Their score was …
There is plenty of talent when it comes to touch football at GCC in the Year 5 and 6 classes. The Boys A team and Boys B team claimed the title of Glasshouse Interschool Champions in the A and B divisions at the end of Term 3. Both teams were undefeated in the round robin …
It was fantastic to have all the Upper Primary students with us to celebrate the sporting achievements of our students over 2021. The event was a showcase of all the sports our students participate and compete in at GCC during PE lessons, specialised programs and Interschool and District sport. Due to the new format and …
Seven Primary students competed in the Queensland Aquathlon Championships last weekend and loved the experience. They also performed really well with most of them finishing in the top half of their fields. Athletes came from all over South East Queensland to compete in the event. There were some very experienced competitors and many learning the …
Secondary sport After some early COVID interference on school sport this term we were still able to get the majority of team sport underway. Most competitions were altered somewhat into shorter competitions involving shortened and multiple games on competition nights in order to get results. Read Matthew Beattie’s full report and see all the action-packed …
Indiana Gosbell-Smith is a talented young athlete who has recently been selected into the Brisbane Lions AFL Academy. This is a fantastic opportunity for Indi as this is the pathway into the Brisbane Lions Women’s AFL team. Indi has only been playing AFL for four years after being very successful in gymnastics and aerobics which …
An Olympic experience was brought right to GCC on Tuesday when the Prep to Year 2 students participated in the GCC Mini Olympics. Every student represented a country and proudly marched behind their country’s flag as they were welcomed into the Olympic Arena as part of the opening ceremony. Lucas Milburn read the Athletes Oath …
Lily Short continues to be the one to watch in the Junior Equestrian scene. Lily has recently competed in the Interschool Queensland Equestrian State Championships and has qualified to compete at the prestigious 2021 Australian Interschool Equestrian Championships. Lily rode her two horses in four different classes at the State Titles held in Maryborough. Lily …
After two days of fantastic competition, our Primary Athletics Team became Glasshouse District Champions for 2021! This win gives us every District Championship in one year for the first time ever! We have made history by winning Glasshouse District Swimming, Cross Country and now Athletics titles. The carnival was held at Beerwah State High School …
I am very excited to present our first-ever Primary GCC Mountain Biking Program. We met together Tuesday morning at 6:20 am with a fresh 7 degrees measuring on the temperature reader. Craig from 11 Hills Mt Biking kitted the team out with state of the art mountain bikes and we took off into Ferny Forest …
What a fantastic effort everyone made during the Run Around Australia Challenge. Students ran for ten minutes four times each week for six weeks with the aim of being the quickest to run right around Australia. Wet weather made it tricky during the first few weeks but as the weather and fitness improved classes were …
Volleyball, SCUBA diving, soccer, Rugby League, Regional Cross Country, Secondary Athletics Carnival and Basketball are just some of the things you can read about in Matt Beatties’ report. Click on the link to celebrate our student sporting achievements with us: GCC Secondary sports report – Term 2, Weeks 5 to 9, 2021
Zander Carlson spent last week playing in the 12 Boys State Hockey Championships held in Toowoomba. Zander was an integral part of the Sunshine Coast team playing as a right midfielder. From that position he could direct play and set up dangerous attacks as well as defend against attacks on his team’s goal. Zander scored …
Students were once again excited about competing in the Primary Athletics Carnival at the Sunshine Coast University Track and were full of energy and enthusiasm. The track and field event rotations started after the first challenge of the day – the thunderous war cry competition. Students competed in the 100m, 200m, long Jump, high jump …
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Milla Hinds, Jarrett Coulson and Cooper Maddrell qualified and played at the Regional 10 – 12 years Tennis Championships and all three students progressed to the second day of play by winning one or two games on day one. Milla finished in the top ten female players and Jarrett and Cooper finished 15th and 16th …
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Boys in Year 5 and 6 who play Rugby League enjoyed a fun filled day when they were given the opportunity to play in the inaugural addition of the Mark West Cup Interschool Rugby League Competition. The Mark West Cup was held at Beerwah Bulldogs recently. Peachester State School could not field a complete team …
Several GCC students were selected for the U-12’s Touch Football Glasshouse District Team. Five of the students were from Primary and two of the students were from Year 7. This is a massive achievement as seven of the 11 aside team was made up of our high calibre students here at GCC. Indie was the …
Nicole Morris showed her football skills, strength on the ball and her ability to read the game when she played in the recent 15 Girls Qld Schools State Football Championships held in Hervey Bay. She was selected in the Sunshine Coast team and won every game at the state championships except the final. The team …
Eleven of our best cross country runners competed at the Sunshine Coast Regional Cross Country Championships held at Buderim recently. The pace was hot in every race with some of the best athletes in the state competing in these races. Emma Small ran an amazing race leading for most of the way before taking a …
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What a team we have! Three District Champions and eleven selected into the district team made this one of the best District Cross Country events for GCC. Our Cross Country team put on a fantastic performance at the Glasshouse District Cross Country Championships. The fitness of our athletes shone through as they dominated the top …
More than 250 students made their way through the crowds of cheering parents to participate in the Cross Country event. There were sections of the track that were muddy and slippery which I am sure the students tried to run through. The atmosphere for the carnival was booming with excitement. Students did an amazing job …
What a busy start to Term 2 with so many competitions and the Cross Country. Read all about it in Matthew Beattie’s Sports Report HERE.
With beautiful weather and a light breeze, music blasting and students and parents cheering racers on, the stage was set for a fantastic morning of Cross-Country racing. Students from Years 3 to 6 participated in age division races ranging from 1.5km to 3km through a mixture of fields, bush and tracks and pathways. The highlight …
You don’t want to miss out on the final Secondary Sports Report for Term 1 so please click HERE for all the latest on our student sporting achievements.
