We would love to welcome you to our next Open Day on 20 May 2023 between 10am and 2pm so you can discover what makes our College the best school on the Sunshine Coast.
GCC Open Days are a fun day out for the whole family, with so many free activities for everyone to enjoy. Every year we welcome hundreds of families who come along to enjoy the day with us. New families are invited to RSVP below.
If you are new to GCC, we would love to receive your RSVP so we can prepare your gift bag:
The Glasshouse Christian College Open Days are always one of a kind. This fun-filled day allows you to see first-hand why so many families choose our school for their children and regularly tell us that our College is the best school on the Sunshine Coast. We would love you to bring your family, friends, neighbours and grandparents to our 2023 Open Day on Saturday 20 May between 10am and 2pm.
Some of the things you can enjoy at our Open Days include: Campus tours; dance, drama and music performances; science shows and interactive displays; food trucks; coffee vans; free activities like the animal nursery, jumping castle and train rides. Be sure not to miss out on a visit to our College Farm, book a short ride on our College bus nearer to the time and experience our exciting Farm Tour. Bookings are essential for the farm tours, reserve your places here.
These are some of the exciting and delicious things that will be happening at our 2023 Open Day on Saturday 20 May between 10am and 2pm.
Free Animal Nursery
Take your children to the free baby animal nursery outside Prep Maroon (P3 on the map) to enjoy cuddles with these furry little critters.
Free Train Rides
The free train will take visitors on a fun ride, helping them quickly travel from the car parks right into the heart of the GCC campus.
Free Jumping Castle
Most of the Open Day stands, activities and events have a specific purpose to showcase what happens at GCC. The only purpose of the free jumping castle is for little ones to have lots of fun but we think that is a good enough reason.
New Families
GPAC
We invite everyone to tour our fantastic Performing Arts Centre and Music wing. The theatre seats almost 600 people and is on three floors! Retractable seating allows versatile functions that include dining and dancing options. The stage has built-in shock absorption and a sprung floor, there are specialised dressing rooms, an orchestra pit, Dance and Drama studios and much more. The spacious sun-lit foyer is an event space in itself with serveries opening out onto it from an industrial kitchen.
Prep
If you have children going into Prep make sure you tour our three Prep classrooms. Meet the teachers and see the rooms that have been purpose-built for this special age group. You can even visit the animal nursery outside Prep Maroon at the same time.
Robotics
Explore the fascinating world of robotics in classroom G2. You will be amazed at the technology our secondary students are able to use, preparing them for current and future jobs in multiple growth industries.
Farm Tours
Open Day is the only opportunity you will have to visit our Agricultural Science farm in Peachester. Bookings are essential and our bus will leave at set times to take you there. To avoid disappointment, you are encouraged to pre-book for this tour.
Sports Centre
Have you seen our gym and sports centre? Complete a circuit in the gym or play some volleyball with your children.
Eagle Competition
Student Voice will be running the famous 'Eagle Competition' and are also happy to take an Instagram frame photo of you and your family. These student leaders are here to help so if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask them.
Delicious Food & Drinks
The delicious doughnuts at the Donut Kitchen food truck will tempt anyone to break a diet. They are well worth every tasty calorie! Donut Kitchen is so popular at our Open Days that they have become a firm favourite.
Calamari Canteen is famous for its tender calamari and crunchy chips.
There is nothing like the smell of sausages sizzling on a barbeque to lure you to a hearty lunch. This Australian favourite is being run by the wonderful members of our P and F and there may even be hamburgers for sale.
Join the 'drool club' by trying Neshama's loaded cheesy fries, scrumptious southern fried chicken or halloumi fries. GCC's Open Day is best tackled on an empty stomach for full enjoyment!
The Tuckshop will be open and ready to serve you homemade sausage rolls, scones, slices, rolls, drinks, frozen yoghurt and juice cups.
Mr Whippy has been a firm favourite at our Open Days for many years. You will find the ice cream truck outside our Uniform Shop.
Twisted Toppings will be serving hot, smoky and delicious wood-fired pizzas.
Stars and Stripes American Slushies will help you wash down hot lunches with an icy cool slushie.
Textiles
Library
In the Primary section of the Library you will see: Literature Circles Showcase, Primary Honours Display, Giant Chess, Relax and Read in the Green Amphitheatre. Makerspace Fun with Ozobots, Osmo, iexplore augmented reality Books, Scratch Junior Coding, Bee Bots, Augmented Reality Colouring, and Design a Bookmark.
In the Secondary section of the Library you will see: displays eBooks/eAudio, database demonstrations on front foyer computers. There will also be many of the secondary subjects area displays in collaboration with Humanities/English/Christian Studies and French. There will also be our favourite board games on display and for you to play, include Sequence, Connect 4, and Chess.
Design and Technology Workshop Displays
Sunshine Coast school Open Days are a great day out for your family to get to know what some of the schools on the Sunshine Coast have to offer. The GCC Open Day is a showcase of our amazing school, where families get to tour our College facilities and chat with our teachers and truly discover what makes us a leading Sunshine Coast private school. Families regularly tell us that they consider our school as the best school on the Sunshine Coast. This is evidenced by our happy students, our modern facilities, our fully equipped innovative classrooms, and our dedicated staff.
We are committed to being one of the most affordable private schools on the Sunshine Coast with the lowest fees, where camps and other regular costs are all included within our standard fee schedule. Our commitment is to have one of the cheapest private schools in this great region.
We would love to welcome you to our College and show you around at our 2023 Open Day, however, you are welcome to Request a Campus Tour with our Registrar before this date.