K-2 Swimming Carnival

On Friday 25 October students in K-2 participated in our swimming carnival at the Peninsula Leisure Centre, Woy Woy.  The children had lots of fun swimming, splashing, jumping, sliding, and playing with their classmates. There were even a couple of keen teachers who wanted to be part of the action. A highlight for many children was the inflatable obstacle course and slippery water slide.

I’d like to thank all the parent helpers for braving the chilly pool water or handing out ribbons. Well done tothe House Captains and School Captains for setting a great example helping each grade and finally to the teachers for being simply amazing and running each activity.

NSWPSSA Athletics

Congratulations to Chloe B from Year 3 for competing at the NSWPSSA Athletics carnival last week. Chloe had two big days of competition, competing in 4 multi class events. These are wonderful results for Chloe who has even received special support from Melinda Gainsford Taylor. Well done Chloe!

200m                    6^th           a new PB

100m                    7^th           a new PB

Long Jump            5^th           Finalist

Only got beaten to a podium finish in final jump. 

Shot Put                13^th

Rugby Friendly

Last Friday 25 October, the Senior boys Rugby Team played a friendly game of Rugby 7s against The Coast Christian School on our College oval. Mr Sneyd had the boys well drilled and full of enthusiasm ready to play hard. As was the case in our last encounter, GPCC made a slowish start with Coast going out to an early lead.

Our boys did extremely well playing with one less player for most of the game and clawing the score back to within reach before Coast scored a couple of late tries to claim the win.

A super effort by the team with some hard hitting, good ball play and stunning tries.

Thank you to Mr Sneyd for coaching the boys this year.

CSSA Primary Tennis Gala Day

Congratulations to Liam O from Year 6 who competed in the CSSA Tennis Gala Day. Liam won four out of his six matches and came 3rd in his pool just missing out on finals. It was a great day of tennis.

Well done Liam.

CSSA (Christian Schools Sports Association) Child Protection training

CSSA have recommended that all adults (teachers, volunteers, parents) complete the following module on Child Protection before attending any CSSA event (trials, gala days or carnivals). Thank you.

https://www.cssa.net.au/child_protection/index.html#/

Dates for your Calendar

PRIMARY TERM 4

Important events

Monday 11 November - Year 3 Surf Safety Day (Terrigal Beach)

Tuesday 12 November - Year 4 Surf Safety Day (Terrigal Beach)

Thursday 14 November - Year 5 Surf Safety Day (Terrigal Beach)

Friday 15 November - Year 6 Surf Safety Day (Terrigal Beach)

Wednesday 11 December - Year 3-6 Last Day at Umina Beach

Wednesday 6 December - K-2 Fun Day on School Oval

Mr Chris Harris | Years 7 - 12 Sport Co-ordinator