Southport State School encourages all of our students, parents and caregivers to be involved in our school community through a range of extra-curricular activities including:
Community:
- Multicultural day
- Under 8s day
- Grandparents and Grandfriends Day
- Easter bonnet parade
- Gardening program
- Eco-warrior program
- Positive playgrounds program.
Indigenous:
- Deadly Mob activities
- NAIDOC Week activities
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day
- 'Solid pathways' for Indigenous students
- Dot art painting for students and the community.
Sporting:
- Gala sports days
- Regional and district sporting trials
- Touch academy.
Music:
- Choir program
- Eisteddfod
- Instrumental music program.
Extension:
- Australian schools competitions (ICAS)
- Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC)
- CBCA Book Week activities and character parade
- Griffith University science competition
- Queensland Academy of Health Sciences Science Survivor Day (Year 6)
- Gold Coast languages speech contest (Year 5 and 6)
- QLD maths challenge (Year 6)
- Maths Olympiad.
Other:
- Camps (Year 4 and 6)
- Before school programs in literacy, numeracy and motor skills
- EAL/D homework program.