Tweed River High School offers a diverse range of sports as part of our 7-10 school sports program. Wednesday school sports includes many different activities to cater for student interests and abilities, with Tweed River engaging many external venues to facilitate inclusive and engaging activities. Examples include Surfing, Weights, Pickleball, Skateboarding, Tennis, Soccer, Volleyball, Touch Football, River Walking and Yoga.
Tweed River High School also offers a Sport Development Program to students in Years 7-10. Students apply for this program and, if selected, partake in specialised training for specific sports each Monday afternoon during Period 5. Options include Rugby League, Soccer, Volleyball, Dance, Touch Football, Netball, Basketball and Surfing. This training allows students to advance their skills in specific sports and allows coaches to mentor students to reach their full potential.
1. Internal Sport offers a range of free and paid activities, such as
- Sports Development Program - training with elite coaches in various sports such as Surfing, Touch, Netball, Basketball, Soccer and/or Rugby League. This program is designed to help students who have shown a high level of ability in a sport to achieve their potential.
- Weights
- Surfing
- Boating and Kayaking
- River Walking
- Bike Riding
- Fishing
- Mixed School Sports such as Basketball, Touch, Soccer, Badminton or Handball
2. External Sport
- Range of school teams that students can trial for including Touch Football, Basketball, Rugby League, Soccer, Futsal, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball
- Individual Sports where students can represent the school including Athletics, Swimming, Cross Country, Tennis, Mountain Biking and Lawn Bowls
- Representative Pathways in all the above sports where students have the opportunity to make teams for Far North Coast, North Coast and NSW CHS
- Various Sporting awards for students to work towards including Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year, Shirley O'Brien Award for Excellence in students chosen sport. Olympic Change Maker Award for Year 12 students who contribute to their sport both on and off the field and Sporting Blue Award for representing NSW in student's chosen sport
Watch this space for more information regarding the sport choices for your child, as the term progresses. For further information about PDHPE & Sport that Tweed River High School has to offer, please follow the links below;
Sport is a compulsory component in the school curriculum.
It would be appreciated if parents could please arrange appointments outside of the sport times, which are on Wednesdays from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm.
