Beyond the Classroom 

Balancing schoolwork with extra-curricular activities ensures that students maintain a healthy lifestyle as well as develop skills such as time management, strategic thinking, and competitiveness. These skills are then immediately transferable to the classroom and lead to improved learning outcomes.

A selection of the extra-curricular and co-curricular programs are offered as part of our Student Life Program at the school, these include:

Australian Rules Football Academy (Years 7-10)

  • Camps and retreats: including challenge, teamwork, and getting to know you-style camps
  • Careers: Careers Expo, University Induction Days, Orientation and work experience (Years 8-11)
  • Carnivals: swimming, athletics and cross-country carnivals (internal and interschool)
  • Competitions: Westpac Mathematics Competitions, ICAS competitions, Premiers’ ANZAC Spirit competition and Royal Adelaide Show, Art programs
  • Court sports: netball, basketball, volleyball, tennis
  • Field sports: touch football, soccer, football, hockey, athletics
  • Involvement in and leadership of major school-based initiatives: Harmony Day, International Day, Deadly Day, NAIDOC Week and many more
  • Interdisciplinary Overseas trips to Europe and Japan and Ski trip
  • Music: Bands, vocal groups, choirs and ensembles
  • Performing Arts: plays
  • Social Justice action groups: Environment Action group
  • State, district and regional sporting competitions
  • Student Forum and leadership opportunities: specific Senior Years and year level leadership roles, in addition to Student Leaders, House leadership including Sport, environment leaders and International Ambassadors programs, among many others
  • Water sports: Aquatics Camp