Glasshouse Christian College


Glasshouse Christian College is an independent Christian school located on the Sunshine Coast in Beerwah Queensland, Australia. The college was established by the Glasshouse Country Baptist Church and first opened on 31 January 2000 with an enrolment of 16 students, and has since expanded to a college of more than 1070 students from Prep to Year 12.
Since January 2008, the school's role of Principal has been held by Mike Curtis.

Facilities

Glasshouse Christian College consists of the following school facilities:

Primary school (Prep–Year 6)

All students in the primary school phase participate in the specialist lessons of Art, Dance, Drama, French, Music and Health & Physical Education. Students from Prep to Year 2 participate in the school's Kitchen Garden Program, which enables them to learn about nutrition and how to grow fruit and vegetables. Students in Year 3 participate in the Smart Strings Violin Program and in Year 5, students are provided with a musical instrument of their choice and weekly tuition is provided for them to participate in the Year 5 Band Program. Students also have opportunities to participate in Concert Band, Chorus, Dance and inter-school sports.

Middle school (Years 7–9)

Students in the middle school phase undertake the core subjects of Mathematics, Humanities, Foundations, Science, French and Core Physical Education. Students in Year 7 study the Foundations, Understanding Society & English program, which incorporates the subjects previously referred to as English & Humanities, Pastoral Care and Foundations. Students in Year 8 study the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics program, which incorporates the subjects previously referred to as Science, Business & ICT, Mathematics, Foundations and Pastoral Care.
Students in Years 7 and 8 undertake one term each of the following elective subjects:

  • Business
  • Dance
  • Design Technology
  • Drama
  • Food Technology
  • Industrial Technology
  • Information Communication & Technology
  • Music
  • Textiles Technology
  • Visual Art

Students in Year 9 continue studying the six core subjects as well as three of the elective subjects as studied in Years 7 and 8 of their choice.

Senior School (Years 10–12)

Glasshouse Christian College offers a range of General and Applied subjects to students from Years 10 to 12.
General subjects include:

  • The Arts
  • * Dance
  • * Drama
  • * Music
  • * Visual Art
  • Business and Information Technology
  • * Digital Solutions
  • * Legal Studies
  • Design and Technologies
  • * Design
  • * Engineering
  • English
  • * General English
  • * Literature
  • French
  • Health and Physical Education
  • * Physical Education
  • Hospitality
  • * Food and Nutrition
  • Humanities
  • * Ancient History
  • * Modern History
  • Mathematics
  • * General Mathematics
  • * Mathematical Methods
  • * Specialist Mathematics
  • Science
  • * Agricultural Science
  • * Biology
  • * Chemistry
  • * Physics

Applied subjects include:

  • Essential English
  • Essential Mathematics
  • Fashion Studies
  • Hospitality Practices
  • Industrial Technology Skills
  • Introduction to Hospitality
  • Sport and Recreation