Extra Curricular Activities

St John’s Grammar School understands the profound impact that extra-curricular activities can have on a student’s personal growth and academic success. The School has curated an impressive array of extra-curricular opportunities designed to cater to diverse interests, abilities, and aspirations. Most of these can be grouped within five domains: Sport, Music & Arts, Frequent Flyers, Oratory and Service & Leadership.

Sport

St John’s Grammar offers a broad range of girls’, boys’ and co-ed sports opportunities across all terms and seasons.

  • Auskick
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Football
  • Hockey
  • Mountain Bike Club
  • Netball
  • Pedal Prix
  • Running Club
  • Soccer
  • Swimming Club
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Yoga
  • 22 Too (gymnastics)

Music & Arts

From choirs and jazz ensembles to plays, art installations and musicals, this domain gives our students a host of on-stage experiences and opportunities for artistic expression.

  • Art Club
  • Assembly performances
  • Big Bands
  • Cabaret
  • Choirs
  • Drama
  • Ensembles
  • Event performances
  • Exhibitions
  • Marimba
  • Music tuition
  • School Musical
  • Writing Club
  • Yarn Club 

Frequent Flyers

This domain includes a broad, challenging range of curriculum-based competitions and activities throughout the year.

  • Da Vinci Decathlon
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Chess Club
  • Coding Club
  • F1 in School
  • Gardening Club
  • ICAS
  • Lego Club
  • Linguistics
  • Oliphant Science Awards
  • Philosophy Forum
  • Robotics
  • Subs in Schools
  • Tournament of Minds

Oratory

Oratory allows students to collaborate and develop formal public speaking skills through debating and other competitions. Some of these are one-off events; others (like debating) require a seasonal team commitment.b

  • Debating
  • Class Clowns
  • Public speaking
  • Conversation Club

Service & Leadership

This domain delivers a range of service and leadership opportunities including House Captains and Ambassadors of International Students, Sport, Reconciliation, Diversity and Wellbeing – complimented by a host of buddy and peer mentor roles.

  • AWARE
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • House, Extra-Curricular and School Captains
  • SEEDS Project
  • Student 2 Student
  • Reconciliation

Enrolment & Nomination

Visit our Current Parents page to access the online forms to enrol in music tuition or nominate for a sport.

Match Programs & Result Information

Weekly Match Programs and training schedules are on Seesaw or Canvas along with weekly announcements regarding teams. Any game cancellations will be posted on Seesaw (R–5) or Canvas (Year 6–12) and we will also inform students during the school day when possible.

Schedules, results and ladders for each competition can be found on the following websites, SAAS and Southern Zone.