I am excited to announce that our 2023 Wakakirri performance 'The Tree of Hope' has been selected to perform in the State level of the Wakakirri Festival on Thursday 7 September 2023 at NIDA in Sydney. Congratulations to the all the students and staff involved and to Mrs Mc Keown and Miss Gemma for their work in getting us stage ready. We wish them all the best in the State Final.

                  

CRU Tuesdays

Primary CRU meet every Tuesday Lunchtime. This week we combined our Year 1 – 6 students and enjoyed games outside.

This term we are reading Colossians and learning that  ‘Jesus is the King’ and putting our trust in Jesus and living each day the way He wants us to. We had fun playing ‘Bulrush’ – keeping safe, and flying planes.

Mini CRU (Years 1&2) CRU (Years 3&4) Maxi CRU (Years 5&6 ) look forward to seeing many students next week.

Year 1 Science

This week Year 1 have been ‘Looking Up!’ into the Night sky. They are learning about phases of the Moon, and Constellations .

They know that a Constellation is a group of stars that make a picture. We have many in the Southern Hemisphere. Year 1 created their own this week in 3D models , photographed them, then went on to research different ones in our sky.

Smart Watches

Mobile phones / Smart Watches

Mobile Phones and Smart watches can be a valuable safety tool for travel arrangements for students and can allow the communication between parents and students during the afternoon bus trips, However these devices can also be a distraction to learning and provide students with an added perceived need to remain connected at all times.

GPCC bans the use of mobile phones and smart watches (or similar devices such as ear buds) during school operating hours (8:45am – 3:15pm). Phones are to be in bags, and not seen or used throughout the school day. Students who choose to wear a smart watch must have the connectivity of the watch disabled – eg they must not be able to use any function except tell the time. They should not be receiving or sending messages to parents throughout the day or accessing any areas of the internet via their device. We also ask that you not communicate with your child on their device during school hours as they are not permitted to use/check or interact with their devices. If devices – including watches are being used during school time (recess, lunch or class time) they will be removed from the student and given to Head of School to be collected at the end of the day.

Father’s Day Stall Friday 1 September 2023

If you can assist at the Father's Day stall on Friday 1 September please contact Jane Lievesley directly on 0413 327 035.

This year we will be creating an event in Parent Lounge enabling Parents who would like the option to pre-pay for 1 x $10 Father’s Day Gift online per student. This may assist with students forgetting money on the day, however if your child forgets his/her money, they will be added to the IOU list and we will contact you for payment, we are hoping this will reduce the need to follow up so many outstanding IOU’s.

Online payments for $10 Father’s Day Gifts will close at 10pm Wednesday 30 August 2023.

We will have a square available, for students who wish to tap with a spriggy/card for payment, or students are still welcome to bring cash for payment of gifts, and their name will be marked off.

Students will be able to purchase 1 X $10 Father Gift per student, and Grandfather gifts will be $5, if your child wishes to buy an additional Father’s Day Gift they can do so after 3pm after all classes have purchased.