Mrs Nicole Smith | Head of Primary

Sponsor Children

Our GPCC Primary School sponsor eight children from across the globe.

More than ever before, children trapped in poverty around the world need our support. Sponsorship helps equip the most vulnerable communities with the knowledge and resilience to cope with crises like the Coronavirus.

Each week we ask that students do one or two jobs around the home to earn a small amount of money that they can give to support these sponsor children. This is collected in our classes and presented at Chapel. Please take time to ask your children about their class sponsor child.

Parent/Teacher Partnership evening Tuesday 23 February

Thank you to those parents who attended our Meet the Teacher night. It was wonderful to hear from our outstanding teachers about their plans for the year ahead and to spend a short time meeting other families within the grade.

Our next evening is Parent/Teacher Partnership interviews on Tuesday 23 February. More information about how to make your 10 minute appointment with the class teacher will be sent out soon. Please make sure to prioritise this in your diaries.

COVID restrictions – End of settling in period – Parents on site

• With the start of the year we were permitted to allow new parents to walk students to class for the first few days. This period has now finished and from the beginning of Week 3 we ask that parents use the Kiss and Drop 1 or 3, or walk their child to the bottom of the hill.
• Parents or adult volunteers helping with essential school activities such as reading groups, activities, and essential curriculum activities may enter the school property.

Kiss and Drop 3

Thank you for your patience as we work through the teething issues of this new section of the College. A few things that we would appreciate you considering in regards to afternoon pick up:

• Please make sure your child knows where they are being picked up each day. Routine is best (same place each day) but a note in the lunchbox is a good reminder of change to routine.
• K-2 carers, please try to develop independence by using the new Kiss and Drop and entrance 3. This will also ease congestion in the other areas.
• If you need to change arrangements, please contact the office.

Kids Hope

We are excited to be partnering with Green Point Baptist Church in launching the Kids Hope mentoring program this term. Kids Hope is an early intervention, school-based mentoring program that has been operating in Australia since 2004.

The program aims to develop emotional and social resilience in children, and so enhance their capacity to learn. The model is built on a long-term partnership between a local school and a local church. Carefully screened and trained mentors from the church meet the children for one hour per week at the school. Over 20,000 children have been matched with mentors in Primary schools all around Australia. The results show that the program changes lives. We have seven mentors ready to go and are in the process of selecting the students that would benefit from this kind of new relationship. Please click link below for more information. 

Our Year 6 classes

Kindergarten 2022

If you have a child that will be starting GPCC in Kindergarten in 2022 please apply via our website as soon as possible Kinder 2022 Enrolment.

If you know of any families who wish to enrol their child in Kindergarten in 2022, please direct them to email our Registrar, or to Book a Tour

Primary Internet Safety Day

On Tuesday 9 February our Kindergarten - Year 6 classes will have an Internet Safety Day to highight key safety messages. Click link for more information: Safer Internet Day - Tuesday 9 February 2021