Co-Curricular Activities

Sheldon College offers a comprehensive range of sporting, arts, academic enrichment, technological, personal development and community service programs to ensure students have many and varied opportunities to develop selfesteem, teamwork and higher order thinking skills. .

The College’s extensive co-curricular Sports Program caters to young beginners and social athletes through to those representing Australia in international competition. Students from Prep to Year 2 are offered a range of sport development programs, while students in Years 3 to 12 have access to weekly Saturday morning interschool sporting fixtures and associated training programs. Sports on offer in such weekly interschool fixtures include Australian Rules Football, Basketball, Football (Soccer), Indoor Cricket, Netball, Touch Football and Volleyball, while interschool carnivals are run for Swimming, Cross Country and Track & Field.

In addition to interschool sport, a number of opportunities exist for students to compete in club sport for the College. At present such opportunities exist for Basketball and Touch Football. The College also actively participates in a number of State and National tournaments to offer our students further opportunity to compete and grow in their chosen sport.

The Sheldon Academy of Sport (SAS) covers the College’s year-round, professionally coached individual performance sports of Athletics, Swimming and Tennis, with Strength & Conditioning and rehabilitation support. Some students enrol in SAS programs as casual/social participants, while the more serious athletes commit significant time and effort to more advanced pathways in their goal of reaching their full sporting potential. All three SAS programs are affiliated with their relevant sport governing body, opening direct competition pathways to state and national representation.

The Australian School of the Arts (ASTA) offers a comprehensive and innovative co-curricular Arts Program, catering for students in Preparatory to Year 12 across all facets of Arts Education. This program builds on Arts curriculum to identify, equip, extend and nurture students who show a passion and talent for any area of the Arts, thereby enabling them to become resilient, confident, creative individuals and equipping them to follow their chosen pathways post school. The ASTA Academy Programs offer students in Prep to Year 8 the opportunity to gain skills and excellence in Drama, Dance and Visual Art. The ASTA Professionals Program is a suite of audition based, specialist excellence courses that support talented Arts students in Years 9 to 12 in the areas of Combined Performing Arts, Fine Art, Fashion Design and Film, Television and New Media.

The ASTA Performance Music Program offers vocal and instrumental tuition to around 500 students and boasts more than 30 ensembles that rehearse weekly. One of the major aims of this program is to provide our young musicians with “real world” performance experiences. Over the years, these have included performances for the Lord Mayor’s Multicultural Ball; Lord Mayor’s Business Dinner; The Governor’s Breakfast; the annual Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Open Day; 1st Test of the Ashes Series at the Gabba; live bands at the Australia vs France and Australia vs New Zealand Rugby Internationals; drumlines for the Brisbane Bullets; The Ekka and World Rugby League matches; as well as providing the orchestra and choir for the Redland City Christmas Carols. Eisteddfods and competitions are also part of the yearly program, providing students with the incentive to rise to the next level in the pursuit of excellence.

The Academic Enrichment component of the Co-curricular Program is designed to offer opportunities that enhance and develop students academically and socially, beyond the four walls of the classroom. To provide students with consolidated learning opportunities, a variety of tutorials, taught by subject area professionals, are offered each week across a range of subjects. Other programs on offer focus on progressing the skills and dispositions of 21st Century Learning, as well as the skills which underpin all Queensland Senior syllabuses – critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, collaboration and teamwork, personal and social skills, ICT/Technology skills, innovation, entrepreneurialism and global citizenship.

The Social and Emotional Wellness component of the Cocurricular Program is designed to promote a positive approach to student wellbeing by providing a range of opportunities for students to participate in the local and global community to further develop social and emotional skills. These include the Duke of Edinburgh Award and the support of various charities.