Both GLC St John’s Newtown and GLC Armstrong Creek offer students to be involved in learning opportunities within and beyond the classroom.
Excursions, Incursions & Camps
Camps, excursions and incursions occur throughout the year for all students enabling them to further their learning and social/emotional skills development often in a non-school setting. Excursions and camps may have a cultural, environmental or outdoor emphasis and are an important aspect of the educational programs offered at our school. Excursions and incursions related to curriculum areas include visits to heritage sites, landmarks, indigenous education, sustainability, career pathways and the Arts.
Lunch Clubs
Lunch Clubs are available for both Primary and Secondary students to participate in every lunchtime, which programs such as Lawn or Jumbo Games, Gardening, Language Clubs, Library, Drawing, Chess, STEM, Homework Club, Art and Coding offered.
Sports
Students participate in a number of inter-house sporting and non-sporting competitions throughout the year, including Cross Country, Athletics, as well as the annual Swimming Carnival for Secondary students. There are also opportunities for Year 5 and 6 students, and all Secondary students to participate in interschool sporting competitions through SSV (School Sport Victoria) and GISSA (Geelong Independent Schools Sports Association).
Debating
Primary and Secondary students can take part in debating. Year 6 students can opt in to the Regional Debating Competition competing with schools from around the Geelong area. In Secondary, students can sign-up to participate in the Junior or Senior regional debating competition each year, which takes place outside of school hours.
Music
Our campuses have a diverse range of music ensemble groups, including choirs and string groups at the Primary level, as well as a Secondary Choir, Rock Band, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Band and Concert Band for Secondary students at GLC Armstrong Creek.
Private Music Tuition is available for students at both campuses at an additional cost to families. This comprehensive program offers instruction in a variety of instruments, including piano, voice and strings at both campuses, as well as guitar, drums, brass and woodwind at GLC Armstrong Creek.
Performing Arts
Primary students take part in a bi-annual School Concert, with Secondary students able to audition for the College Musical which is held every two years on the alternating year to the GLC Armstrong Creek Primary Concert. Additional smaller performing opportunities include the bi-annual Christmas Celebration at GLC St John’s Newtown and Easter and Christmas Plays at GLC Armstrong Creek.
Cultural Immersion
Upper Secondary students can take part in a cultural immersion experience overseas through the annual Cambodia Immersion & Service program or the bi-annual German Sister School Cultural Exchange. Both programs have limited places and require students to go through an application process, with all Year 11 & 12 students able to apply for the Cambodia program, and those studying German in Year 10 & 11 able to apply.
Work is underway on offering a French Cultural Tour for Secondary French students from 2026.
Robotics
Selected Year 5 students are invited to join the College’s SEMATICS after-school robotics program, where they compete in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge. This sees them joining a team to design, build, test, and program a LEGO robot that can complete missions on a table-top course. They also have an innovation project to present to judges. Students can remain in the program until they turn 16.
