Head of Secondary
Mr Steve Lobsey | Head of Secondary
It is always important to finish well
The last week of school is one where student’s minds begin to turn to the holidays ahead. This might be true of teachers too. However, we want to remain focused on school and schoolwork until the last day. Generally, our students did a very good job of this last term and it will be something we want to build upon to build a culture where we do our very best until the end. Then we are in a better position to enjoy a well-earned break.
A particularly pleasing element of last term was the musical. Mrs Kerrie Rochford and her team put 'Camp Rock – The Musical' together in only 8 weeks and the result was outstanding. It was great to see students who have special talents in singing, dancing, acting and music; and even better to see students participating even though they were out of their comfort zone. Please click on the link below to view photos of this wonderful performance on our website:
Green Point Christian College GPCC | Camp Rock The Musical
I would also like to commend Mr Christopher Harris who organised to have some basketball teams from St Philips to come to our school on the last day of Term 2 to compete with our teams. I am thankful for the time Mr Harris spends planning activities to give opportunities to GPCC students to participate in sporting activities. This new initiative is one we would like to expand on. There was a wonderful sense of community and school spirit created. You can read details of the results in the Secondary Sports section below.
Student-Parent-Teacher-Interviews for students in Years 7 to 12 with their parents/carers are being held from 4:00pm to 8:30pm as follows:
ONLINE MEETINGS - Thursday 27 July 2023 in your home.
IN-PERSON MEETINGS - Tuesday 1 August 2023 in the MPC.
Our preference would be for students to attend together with their parents.
Booking Appointments
Bookings are open, however close soon.
ONLINE meetings - BOOKINGS CLOSE 4pm on Monday 24 July.
IN-PERSON meetings - BOOKINGS CLOSE 4pm on Monday 31 July.
Log into Parent Lounge to book appointments in the usual way.
For online appointments, please take care to book the ONLINE date. For in-person appointments, please take care to book the IN-PERSON date. There will be no in-person appointments run on the online date. Parents may only book one appointment, either in-person or online for each teacher.
The easiest way to learn how to book your appointment is to watch the short video Booking Parent Teacher Interviews in Parent Lounge | Tassweb (vids.io) once you have accessed your account.
Please note - Mr David Russell will be available on the evening for parents and students wishing to see the Careers Advisor. Please phone reception 4369 1266 to make appointments with Mr Russell.
On some occasions (where classes rotate for example), you will not see appointments available. If you would especially like to speak to a particular teacher regarding behavioural matters, please phone reception so we may book an appointment manually.
Online Parent Student Teacher Interviews
We have taken notice of parent feedback and acknowledge that appointments often book out for some teachers. For this reason, this year we are offering an additional evening. To allow further access to appointments one date will be for in-person, and one date will be online appointments.
Joining Online appointments
After bookings close you will be able to see the link for each teacher under title ‘Action’ as in the example below:
At the time of your appointment, you may click Join Online Meeting. This link will take you to a Teams Meeting. Please note you will need to be using a computer that has a microphone and camera to be able to participate.
Please email Gretchen Taylor gtaylor@gpcc.nsw.edu.au if you have any questions.
Year 9 Commerce Market Day
Year 9 Commerce classes ran a market day at the end of last term as part of a group assessment task. Students wrote a business plan, prepared promotional material, and then conducted their market stalls. The stalls were varied between delicious treats and drinks; and activities like creaming a teacher. The $554 raised by all the stalls will be donated to the Barbara May Foundation. Well done to the students for their hard work for this great cause.
Mrs Erasmus and Mr Witanowski
Year 7 Equip Class Building Community
