CIS Primary Swimming

Congratulations to our Junior Girls, Senior Girls and Junior Boys 4x50m Freestyle Relay teams who competed at the CIS Swimming Carnival in Sydney last Wednesday. This is a wonderful achievement for these teams to even qualify for this event and they did our College, HCZS Zone and CSSA proud.

Well done to all swimmers on a huge effort, and thank you to the parents for travelling to Sydney for this event. A special mention and thanks to Alex K who was unable to attend on the day but played a big part in the Junior Boys Relay qualification.

PS7’s Rugby Gala Day

Congratulations to the Senior Rugby Union Team who played at the recent PS7’s Gala Day at Ourimbah Oval. The boys had limited training time but did themselves proud by putting in some spirited performances in each game. Improvement was seen throughout the day with tough tackling, skilful running and ball movement.

Thank you Mr Sneyd for coaching the team and well done to the boys.

CSSA Duathlon/Triathlon

Last Friday we had some triathletes and duathletes compete at an event run by CSSA at the International Regatta Centre in Penrith. Mr Gibbins witnessed some excellent swimming, cycling and running performances from GPCC who went up against many CSSA schools from across NSW.

Results below:

Primary Athletics Carnival Friday 2nd May

We are looking forward to our Primary Athletics Carnival on Friday 2nd May at Mingara. Please refer to Parent Lounge shortly for more details.

During PE lessons over the last few weeks we have been practicing skills for shot put, discus, sprinting and long jump.

I require many parent helpers for the day so if you can assist then please let me know.

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Dates for your Calendar

School Carnivals

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GPCC Sport Teams

We are looking forward to sending our teams to a number of Gala Days and competitions in Primary again this year.

Students will have a chance to trial for certain school teams over the coming terms and will need to keep a close eye on the notices, teacher announcements in class and listen out for Assembly announcements for when trials will be held.

The protocol for team selection link: GPCC_PRIMARY_REPRESENTATIVE_SPORT_TEAM_SELECTION_PROCESS.pdf

• Teams have at least 2-3 trials before final selection.
• Unfortunately, it is simply not possible for all children who trial to be included in final teams. It is not uncommon for 40 students to trial for a team that only has 10 spots available.
• Once teams have been chose, they will aim to have at least one training session each week before a competition.

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Individual Sport Trials for Primary CSSA and CIS Teams (NOT GPCC teams)

These trials are not for GPCC school teams that we trial for here at school (as mentioned above). The CSSA or CIS trials are usually held in Sydney and students will be trialling against students from either other Christian Schools (CSSA) or other Independent Schools (CIS) and are usually recommended for those students that compete at a representative level.

Please email Mr McSwan before these Nomination dates if your child (YEARS 5 AND 6 ONLY) would like to be considered. Students need to be currently playing in the sport at a very high level and have several years' experience (preferably at a Representative level): Parents are required to transports students to and from these trials.

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CSSA and CIS Sport trial dates: Please note these are not for GPCC school teams.

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

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

Below is a link for the Risk Warning that accompanies all CSSA run events

https://cssa.nsw.edu.au/risk-warning/

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