Head of Primary
Social and Emotional Literacy
At GPCC our students are learning about the 5 different areas of Social and Emotional Literacy. Our students are taught to listen to their bodies and tune into their feelings so they know which tools they need to use to assist them if they are feeling sad, angry, hurt, or frustrated this is called Self awareness.
Making good choices once students are aware of how they are feeling is called Self-management. Teachers spend time with their students discussing good choices that are available to all students to assist them in navigating their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. For example, being able to stop and calm down when you are is upset (self-management), requires skills like recognizing and labelling the emotions and considering how they might be affecting one’s behaviour choices (self-awareness).
You can help your child by acknowledging the feelings they are having and helping them to put words around those big feelings, such as frustrated, scared, anxious, excited, expectant, nervous, surprised. Every child is unique and the tools that assist each child in feeling calm differ. Take time to talk with your child about what assists them when they experience big feelings.
Choir Announcement
National Day against Bullying and Violence - Friday 18 August
The National Day against Bullying and Violence (NDA) is Australia’s key bullying prevention initiative for schools, encouraging whole-school communities to work together to implement evidence-informed positive and proactive solutions to prevent and address bullying.
In 2022, 68% of Australian schools joined together to say Bullying. No Way!The NDA is an opportunity to create a shared understanding of what is bullying, outline your bullying prevention policies and show support to students who may be experiencing bullying.
The NDA theme for 2023 is 'growing connections'. This theme supports research findings that strong school community connections and social skills are protective factors in the prevention of bullying and help enable positive, help-seeking behaviours in students.
In an effort to raise awareness of NDA, Students in Primary will be allowed to wear clothes with an ‘orange’ colour’ theme for the day on Friday 18 August. N.B. They will not be required to contribute a donation.
Students will also participate in an in-class activity after lunch which focuses on ‘growing connections’ as students are participating in the Science Day activities until 1:00pm.
The students participating in the rugby game verses Coast Christian School will unfortunately miss out on some of the activity but are still welcome to wear mufti clothes for the day.
Student of the Week Awards
Congratulations to the following students:
Harrison F; KDL, Theo C; KK,Lily A; KS, Brooklyn M; 1C,Willow E; 1G, Ted R; 2G,Laura T; 2J, Heidi L; 2PS,Annie B; 3B, Charlotte M; 3D,Madelyn G; 4D, Isabella J; 4M,Alex T; 4RM, Israela O; 5L,Nate R; 5P, Levi S; 6B,Zoe D; 6SH, Nylla P; 6S.
National Science Week 2023
The school theme for National Science Week in 2023 is Innovation: Powering Future Industries. The theme incorporates the advancement in technology in all industries, especially using artificial intelligence (AI).
This year the Primary school will celebrate National Science week in a variety of ways – A Science show , lunchtime activities and culminate in a Science Fair Fun Friday which will see all K-6 students involved in hands on activities. We have chosen the invention of Flight as our theme , and students will participate in a variety of Innovation activities based on this.
On Monday and Tuesday this past week, our Year 4 students had the wonderful opportunity to attend an overnight CRU Camp at Lake Macquarie. CRU Camp is a division of ‘Crusaders’ - a non-profit, Christian youth organisation. The students were accompanied by Mr Cantor, Mrs Rutlidge, Mr McGregor, Mr Oldfield, Mrs Harris and Mrs Henning. Our days were full of fun and exciting activities such as sailing, raft building, archery and rock climbing. On Monday night, the amazing CRU leaders had organised a ‘Big Night of Fun’ for the students which involved lots of fun games and laughter. On Tuesday morning, we had the opportunity to spend time in small groups reflecting on some of the parables that Jesus taught in the Bible and praying for each other. All in all, our Year 4 students had a fantastic time away!
Mrs Rutlidge
Plastic Lid Recycling
Primary are collecting Plastic lids for a large mural display as part of Science Week . Please continue to collect , wash and send to school. Plastic lids may be placed in buckets in the eating area or outside KS. We welcome all colours and sizes. Get collecting!
Circus Rio
Cirus Rio have generously donated one child's ticket per Primary student for the Circus Rio Carnival being held at Mingara from 8 September - 17 September.
One Yellow ticket per child will be given to each child to take home at the end of Week 3. To use the free Yellow Child ticket you will need to purchase a minimum of one adult ticket.
