After some amazing performances at the Sunshine Coast Regional Schools Athletics Carnival last week we had four athletes qualify for the State Championships in October. Sophie Doyle won the 11 girls 1500m and Tetrathlon and finished a very close second in the 800m event. Estah Muller threw really well and placed second in both the …
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Sophie Doyle was very excited when her team of five Sunshine Coast athletes won gold at the State Cross Country Championships. Sophie had finished 3rd at the Sunshine Coast Regional Cross Country which qualified her to compete at the State Championships held in Hervey Bay. The race was fast with two girls establishing an early …
Hadley Smith competed against the best young 10 – 12 year old tennis players in the State when she competed at the Qld Schools State Tennis Championships held in Caloundra recently. At only 10 years old, Hadley was one of the youngest players competing but she was certainly not outclassed on this stage. After finishing …
Great news: 68 GCC students qualified for the Athletics District Team. The Independent Athletics Carnival was the trifecta in GCC completing our first year of competing at all the Big 3 Carnivals, being Swimming, Cross Country, and Athletics. Independent school results from each school are as follows: 1 MATTHEW FLINDERS AC MFAP2 PACIFIC LUTHERAN COLLEGE …
This year the Oztag momentum was continued from last year’s successful program. GCC entered 3 teams into QLD All Schools Oztag Competition which was held at the Kawana Sports Precinct. With music blaring and 22 fields running consecutively. Students played from Friday through to Sunday in what was a fierce round of competition in the …
For all of Term 2, half of the Year 12 cohort signed up for Oztag training with the goal of attending the All Schools Oztag competition last weekend, held at the Kawana Sports Stadium. There was so much interest that we ended up entering two teams that had ample subs. This is a competition that …
During the school holidays, Georgie Cob took part in the Football Queensland Junior Cup 2023, where various South East Queensland teams gathered to compete in Maroochydore. The wonderful outcome was her team, the Sunshine Coast Wanderers Under 13s, emerged as the victorious champions, claiming the prestigious title. In this momentous year for Women’s Football, we …
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A beautiful rainbow welcomed the competitors to the Sunshine Coast School Sport Cross Country Championships signaling that a great day of cross country racing was about to start. GCC students Hadley Smith, Sophie Doyle, and Isola Lobley were representing the Independent District at these championships along with secondary students Emma Small and Nikita Hazard. Hadley …
As 360 students from Years 3 to 6 boarded the entourage of buses that were en route to the Sunshine Coast University Track, the excitement levels grew higher by the minute. Within 10 minutes of touching down at the track, students were split up into the competitive and non-competitive events for the day. With each …
Thirty-eight keen and fit Primary cross-country runners raced their way around a very tough hilly course at our first Independent District Cross Country competition. We are proud of our five, top six placegetters and of the nine boys and 12 girls teams who placed 4th overall. Our GCC Primary team placed 5th overall from the …
As always the PE newsletter is coming to you hot, sweaty and jam-packed full of exciting sporting achievements that celebrate sporting success within the primary school. Grab a cold glass of lime cordial to refresh yourself before you dive into this edition. GCC Early Morning District Cross Country Training Team The PE department was proud …
As Term One has now come to a close we can reflect on the large number of sporting opportunities that have been enjoyed by our secondary students so far this year. GCC teams competed well in the SCISSA competition and we congratulate the Senior Boys B Volleyball team for finishing runners up in a close …
Last weekend Little Athletics Queensland held the McDonald’s State Championships in Townsville with the following students representing the Glasshouse District Little Athletics Club. The McDonald’s State Championships are held annually in Brisbane and every 4 years in North Queensland. U9 – U17 athletes qualify to compete by achieving 1st – 4th place in the Regional …
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 …
