Head of Secondary
Mr Peter McLellan | Head of Secondary
Welcome to a New Year at Green Point Christian College. The beginning of a new year at school gives us all a time to reset our goals and mindsets for developing the motivation to thrive over the coming year.
Our focus this year is that in all we do we are TOGETHER in our community to achieve our best in all aspects of schooling. Together we help each other to develop the characteristics of the Graduate Profile. We need to work in community to help each other, as we need each other to face the challenges we all face in a typical school year.
Being together requires each of us - teachers, parents and students to buy into what we as a community can achieve together. This then puts a responsibility on each of us to see the value and worth of everyone else in our community and to be kind, caring and helpful to anyone in our College. This is the higher purpose of life - to bring hope and joy to others before ourselves.
COVID Restrictions
Last week the Principal emailed out the most recent COVID restrictions for schools. Please ensure you read carefully the different information about this throughout the year. Some points pertinent to Secondary include:
- Students suffering any symptoms such as "fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, loss of taste, loss of smell" should be COVID tested and may not return to school until the school has sighted the negative test result.
- Parents are still not permitted on site unless visiting the Uniform Shop or the office. Social distancing must be maintained while dropping off or picking up students each day.
- Parents or adult volunteers helping with essential school activities such as religious activities, specialist support or services and essential curriculum activities may enter the school property after signing in at the College office.
Wednesday 27 January 2021 - Years 7, 11 and 12
Years 7, 11 and 12 begin their year on Wednesday 27 January 2021 at 8:45am. Please arrive early and meet outside the MPC.
New students in Year 11 - please go to the table set up outside the MPC and meet your Year Advisor, Mr Newell who will look after you.
All Year 7 will meet Mrs Rochford outside the MPC and proceed when invited into the MPC with all of Years 11 and 12 for our Welcome Assembly.
Thursday 28 January 2021 - Years 8, 9 and 10
Years 8, 9 and 10 begin their year on Thursday 28 January 2021 at 8:45am. Please arrive early and meet outside the MPC.
New students in Years 8, 9 and 10 - please go to the table set up outside the MPC and meet your Year Advisors - Mr Oppel (Year 8), Mr Haines (Year 9) and Mr Wright (Year 10) who will be there to look after you. All Years 8, 9, and 10 students when invited will enter the MPC for our Welcome Assembly.
Parents of students in Years 10 and 11, please check your inbox for information sent on 20 January 2021 regarding the Premier's ANZAC Memorial Scholarship.
To be eligible to enter, Year 10 students must be turning 16 by the end of 2021 and Year 11 students must be turning 16 by the end of 2021 and be currently enrolled in Modern and/or Ancient History.
A reminder that Applications are due to Mr Michael Street in the HSIE Staffroom by the end of the school day on Monday, 1 February 2021.
For more information, please email Mr Street: michael.street@gpcc.nsw.edu.au
Urgent Reminder for Years 11 and 12 - Ordering your student’s 2021 textbooks with Box of Books
We have been advised by Box of Books that a number of students are yet to purchase their educational resources for the upcoming back to school period.
If you have already made your purchase, thank you, please disregard this message.
For those families yet to purchase, we ask that you purchase your student’s books and digital resources as soon as possible.
We understand some families may have access to existing textbooks or may purchase textbooks via the second hand market, please note you will still need to purchase the digital version of the text from Box of Books to ensure your student has access to the resource via the platform in the classroom.
One of the great benefits of Box of Books is that once you have purchased the digital versions, they will be available straight away in your students Box of Books account.
To ensure access to the textbook inside the Box of Books platform you must purchase the “Digital on BoB” or the “Digital on BoB & Physical” through Box of Books.
Steps to order:
- Visit https://shop.boxofbooks.com.au to create your parent/guardian account
- Add each student, nominating their school and year group
- Select the items you wish to purchase from the booklist shown
- Use the checkout to organise postage direct to your nominated address and payment
For further assistance, please see this short informative guide on How to Purchase Books or contact the Box of Books team through the in-app support function.
