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The second element of the five in our graduate profile at GPCC is "collaborative".
We are designed for togetherness and flourish when we determine to work well with others. Being made in the image of the God who is three persons in one (the Trinity), it should not surprise us that we are better together. The Trinity work in complete harmony with each other, each playing their part and complementing the others.
God knew that Adam could not and should not work alone in caring for the world and so he created Eve to be his helper and companion. Theologians also remind us that it is not just each individual who reflects the image of God, but humanity as a whole. We are called to collaborate together to care for the world, develop its resources and shape society. The mandate to care for the world and develop it was given to humanity as a whole. Co-operating in this task in and of itself, is an outworking of our God-given purpose and our belief that God has given each person gifts designed to serve and equip others.
As Western culture has moved towards a more individualistic approach to life, we have lost something of the power of collaboration in bringing good to society. At GPCC, we want to recover something of this and teach our students that working well with others is far more effective than working alone.
The Christian faith has always emphasised the metaphor or image of the body – many parts working together to enable the body to function well. Each part must co-operate with every other part for the body to function according to its purpose (1 Corinthians 12:12-26). Collaboration is a natural part of God’s design for humanity.
I had dinner recently with school parents who commented that their children had come home saying, “We are doing a lot more group work these days.” How wonderful that our students are already seeing some changes in the way we run our classrooms. Futurists and social scientists are telling us that what is really required in the future workforce is people with soft skills like collaboration. Even secular society is realising that strident individualism has some limits and that real progress is made when we work together, utilising different skills and perspectives.
Of course, becoming a collaborative person will take a lot more than just some group work in classes. It requires a level of self-reflection as we examine ourselves to see if we are a team player or not. It requires learning the skills of co-operation, humility, courage, negotiation, tolerance and so on. These take time to develop in young people which is why we see our College as starting them on a journey that needs to be continued long after they leave us.
As parents and teachers, we can certainly model collaboration as we work together for the good of our children. Our challenge is to set them an excellent example.
Special Notice re COVID-19
You will have received an email from me on the measures we are taking to address concerns about the Coronavirus pandemic. You will also find posted under the “News” tab on our website a copy of our School Response Plan and some links to helpful sites for information.
I spoke to all students today about the situation, encouraging them to take their responsibility for healthy practices seriously and to ensure they care for each other and treat each other with respect during this difficult and stressful time. We, as adults need to ensure we model to our children how to respond toward each other in situations like this.
We are in a good position to manage on-going learning even if our school is forced to close, so you can help us by encouraging your child to stay focused on learning and help them be prepared for the changes and uncertainty that lie ahead of us.
Phillip Nash
Principal
Mrs Nicole Smith | Head of Primary
K-2 Swimming Carnival
Last Friday 13 March our K-2 students attended their swimming carnival. The carnival was a huge success with many students enjoying the water and swimming in races. A big thank you to all parents who participated in supervision and assisted on the day. This is not an event that can happen without our full community involvement to keep everyone safe in and around the water.
Head of School Award
Congratulations to the following students who achieved a Head of School Award for Week 7:
Charlotte M, KDL; Harrison L, KP; Zachary G, 1G; James T, 1PH; Conor M, 2G; Liam B, 2J; Michael H, 3B; Alleah M, 3K; Bonita C, 4B; Jason P, 4M; Eadi R, 5D; Ethan T, 5H; Mitchell T. 5P; Alana C, 6D; Elouise A, 6M and Megan L 6T.
CSSA – Swimming Carnival
Congratulations to many of our students who competed in the Christian Schools Sports Association Swimming Carnival last Monday. Our College did very well with Sophie C taking out the 8 Years Age Champion.
Book Covering
Many thanks to those who have kindly assisted with this huge task. We still have many more books to cover and would love some assistance. If you are able to cover a bundle or two of home readers for Primary, please contact the College office.
The NDA 2020 is postponed until further notice
We regret to advise that in the interest of student and staff health, the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) on Friday 20 March 2020 is postponed.
National Day Against Bullying – 20 March
The Primary School at GPCC joins with the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) on Friday 20 March – the 10th anniversary of this initiative to find workable solutions to bullying and violence in schools.
The student leaders within the College have led the campaign to encourage all students to stand together against bullying and violence, providing an opportunity for discussions in the classroom and playground to promote the values of kindness and empathy in our community.
The theme for the NDA 2020 is "Take Action Together". This theme aims to elevate student voice, empowering young Australians to join the national conversation. To observe this day, all Primary students are invited to wear an orange accessory (eg hair tie, cap, bowtie etc) to "Take Action Together" against bullying at GPCC.
Online Excursion Notes and Permissions
Notifications regarding excursions/events will now be emailed to parents, and paper reply slips will no longer need to be returned. In their place, you will need to acknowledge receipt, attendance or other requirements by logging into Parent Lounge with your username and accept the event which is listed in the “Tours and Excursions” sub menu.
You will need to read and acknowledge the attachments, terms and conditions, tick the appropriate boxes for transport and/or bus details, and medical requirements. You must ensure that your child’s medical information is correct and updated in Parent Lounge, and relevant to that excursion before your child can participate.
When the appropriate boxes are ticked, you will need to select “Accept” in the box below the cost box, and then select “Save” at the bottom of the page to complete the acceptance.
If you have any questions, please contact the office on 4363 1266.
Book Club
Book Club: Issue 2 orders are due to Mrs van Wyk or online by Friday 20 March.
Maker Space Competition Winners
Mr Nash and Mrs McLarty were amazed with our students' creative ideas and products. The winners are below, but every student should feel proud of their submissions. Our next Maker Space is in Term 2, Week 6.
Year 2: 1st Anders T, 2nd Reuben D
Year 3: 1st Hamish G, 2nd Irene N, 3rd Jiya M
Year 4: 1st Henry S, 2nd Meikayla V, 3rd Bonita C
Year 5: 1st Grace D, 2nd Eadi R & Brianna B, 3rd Ayla D, Summer R and Eva L
Year 6: 1st Sidney B, 2nd Olivia H
Update from the Big Vegie Crunch … Thanks! What a salad (solid) effort
A whopping 30,524 students crunched on vegetables together at 10:00am on Thursday 5 March and a further 11,876 crunched at another time over Vegetable Week. GPCC joined with more than 373 Primary Schools across NSW and 88,611 students registered for Vegetable Week in 2020.
The winning K-2 class for varieties of fruit and vegetables eaten was 1G and the 3-6 class was 3M English during Crunch'n Sip. Congratulations – your corn on the cob will be served to your room.
Student Representative Council
Congratulations to our SRC representatives for 2020.
Bus Bay Safety - Central Coast Council Traffic Order
Please be aware that it is illegal to stop and/or park in the College bus bay on Avoca Drive between the hours of 8:00am to 9:30am and 2:30pm to 4:00pm on school days between the Bus Zone signs.
For the safety of our students and to allow for traffic to flow easily through the bus bay, please do not stop and drop off or pick up your children during these times.
Mr Peter McLellan | Head of Secondary
2020 Yearbook Committee
Are you interested in photography, editing, design, creativity and think that you would work well as part of a team to create this year’s College Yearbook?
Years 7 – 11 students are invited to apply to be part of our 2020 Yearbook Committee.
If interested please email your “Expression of Interest” to Mrs Collins at jcollins@gpcc.nsw.edu.au with your name and Year and answer the following question: “What skills do you have that you could contribute to our Yearbook Committee?
All applications are due by Friday 27 March 2020. Students will then be contacted for a short interview to select our 2020 Yearbook Committee by the end of Term 1, 2020.
Online Excursion Notes and Permissions
Notifications regarding excursions/events will now be emailed to parents, and paper reply slips will no longer need to be returned. In their place, you will need to acknowledge receipt, attendance or other requirements by logging into Parent Lounge with your username and accept the event which is listed in the “Tours and Excursions” sub menu.
You will need to read and acknowledge the attachments, terms and conditions, tick the appropriate boxes for transport and/or bus details, and medical requirements. You must ensure that your child’s medical information is correct and updated in Parent Lounge, and relevant to that excursion before your child can participate.
When the appropriate boxes are ticked, you will need to select “Accept” in the box below the cost box, and then select “Save” at the bottom of the page to complete the acceptance.
If you have any questions, please contact the office on 4363 1266.
Year 11 Biology
Last week Year 11 completed an Assessment Task in Biology on Enzymes and how temperature, pH and substrate concentration affects their activity.
CSSA PRIMARY SWIMMING CARNIVAL
It was a wonderful day at the CSSA Primary Swimming Carnival. After our superb performance at Zone, we had a large team attend this carnival and they really made our school proud.
The results speak for themselves, showing the amazing swimming talent at our school:
- Sophie C had a great day, with 2 wins in the 8yrs Girls 50m Breaststroke and Backstroke as well as an impressive 2nd place in the 50m Freestyle
- Megan L was busy throughout the day, with her best result in the 12yrs Girls 50m Breaststroke, finishing 3rd
- Felicity R, who dominated Zone in the 12yrs Girls age group, had yet another successful day, winning the 50m Butterfly and finishing 3rd in the Backstroke
- Benjamin T won his 11yrs Boys 50m Backstroke event and also had a 3rd place in the Freestyle. A fabulous effort
- The Senior Boys Freestyle Relay team (made up of Kyne, Crosby, Benji and Tom) had a superb swim, finishing 2nd overall and qualifying for CIS
- The Senior Girls Freestyle Relay team (made up of Megan, Felicity, Bronte and Katie) also were sensational, coming in 3rd place and also qualifying for the CIS Swimming Championships
To top off a wonderful effort by our team, Sophie C was also crowned the 8yrs Girls Age Champion, with Benjamin placing 5th in the 11yrs Boys and Felicity coming 3rd in the 12yrs Girls. Amazing achievements by these swimmers.
The Hunter Zone team also finished a phenomenal 2nd place overall, which is a fantastic effort by our team to contribute their success to such a great result.
A number of our students have now qualified for the CIS Primary Swimming Championships, held on Thursday 26 March at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre.
CIS PRIMARY BOYS AFL TRIALS
AFL has been one of the sports on the Central Coast that has shown a great improvement in both popularity and involvement. A number of students over the years from GPCC have excelled at AFL and this year, we were able to send four talented students to the CIS Primary Boys AFL trials in Sydney.
Blake L, Aidan B, Oliver C and Mitchell R were looking forward to the challenge of competing at these trials. The day started with a number of drills before moving into the games, where the selectors were watching closely to finalise their CIS team.
At the end of the day our boys missed out on selection into the team, but they will be back next year when they are in Year 6, ready for another shot. Well done, boys.
CSSA PRIMARY BOYS SOCCER TRIALS
Last Friday at the CSSA Soccer Trials, nine boys from GPCC attended.
We had the following champions represent our school at these trials: Levi M, Oliver C, Fidel S, Lane D, Zaid AG, Samuel N, Joel P, Jacob G and Aidan VE. Not only did they get to play soccer all day, train hard in a range of drills and game situations to test their skills and agility, but also had a wonderful time playing the sport they love.
The boys were all looking for a spot in the CSSA team which would then compete in the CIS Soccer Championships. Our boys, always loving a challenge of playing against elite players, brought their A-game and gave everything they had.
When the Possibles v Probables teams were announced, Sam was successful in this final test. Unfortunately he just missed out, but to get so close to the final cut was great.
Congratulations to all the boys for their efforts at these trials against over 70 talented and experienced players.
ZONE SECONDARY SWIMMING CARNIVAL
Our GPCC Swim Squad competed recently at the Zone Swimming Carnival at Mingara.
Our school has performed exceptionally well over the years at Zone Carnivals. Only a week ago at Zone Primary, we won the carnival (our 14th Zone title) by over 150 points, which was an impressive comeback considering they were not winning halfway through the day. It goes to show our never-give-up attitude. The Secondary have also had a great track record, winning the carnival many times and hoping that 2020 would be another successful year.
With the events progressing nicely throughout the day, it was evident that our school was too strong. We dominated, winning many events during the day and cementing our status as a tough school to beat at the representative level.
Our experience was evident when it came to the Relays, where we performed amazingly:
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4 x 50m Freestyle |
4 x 50m Medley |
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12-14 Girls Relay |
1st |
1st |
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15-16 Girls Relay |
1st |
1st |
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17-18 Girls Relay |
1st |
1st |
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12-14 Boys Relay |
2nd |
1st |
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15-16 Boys Relay |
1st |
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17-18 Boys Relay |
1st |
1st |
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Super Girls Relay |
1st |
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Super Boys Relay |
3rd |
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Not only that, we broke tworecords:
Eliana B: 16yrs Girls 50m Freestyle 28.38; 16yrs Girls 50m Backstroke 32.11
Olivia E, Mia H, Sienna P, Emma J: Junior Girls 4x50m Freestyle Relay 2.04.90
The following students were crowned Age Champions for 2020:
12yrs Girls: 1st Talia M, 3rd Chelsea B
12yrs Boys: 2nd Mitchell F
13yrs Girls: 1st Olivia E, 2nd Jessie B
13yrs Boys: 1st Ben S
14yrs Girls: 1st Emma J, Mia H 2nd Sienna P 3rd
15yrs Girls: 1st Sinaed W, 2nd Angelique A
16yrs Girls: 1st Eliana B
16yrs Boys: 3rd Jesse W
17yrs Boys: 1st Haven B, Nicholas W 2nd
18yrs Girls: 1st Annmaree W, 2nd Breanna R
18yrs Boys: 2nd Evan M
At the end of the day, GPCC was again victorious, taking out the carnival by nearly 600 points.
2019/2020 Oztag
The 2019/2020 Oztag season has come to a close and what an epic season it was. This year GPCC had 17 teams registered in the Kincumber competition with players from Kindergarten aged 5 up to students in Year 10.
This season brought with it too many tags, tries and smiles to count. GPCC players should be extremely proud of their efforts, both in skill on the field and their extraordinary display of sportsmanship both on and off the field.
Players represented our school in an excellent manner and referees and committee members from Central Coast Oztag, once again commented on what a pleasure it is to have our students playing with them.
We would like to thank the outstanding volunteer coaches and managers for their hard work running teams this season. The club is so grateful to have you help out.
Congratulations to all our teams on a magnificent season. Special mention must go to the U10 Tigers and the U10 Fireflies on Final ladder standings and to all our other teams who participated. Congratulations to Emily F who earned herself a place in the State Cup Team. Registration for next season will open on 1 July 2020.
Look out for details in The Messenger and on social media.
Nathan Lambert
For those interested in a taster course at TAFE, there are programs running during Term 2 which are free and may be of interest to some students.
For more details, please see the Careers Newsletter for Years 10 – 12 students and their parents or visit the “Student Careers” section under the News menu on the College website.
Mr David David Russell
Curriculum Co-ordinator (7-12) | Student Advisor (7-12)
GREEN POINT CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
A ministry of Green Point Baptist Church
Our motto is “Equipped for Life”
JAPANESE TEACHING POSITION
Temporary Full Time (FTE 1.0) for Term 2 2020 only
We are currently seeking to appoint an experienced Japanese teacher able to teach Years 7 – 12 on a temporary full time basis for Term 2 2020.
To be successful you will need to possess and demonstrate:
- Sound knowledge of the new Australian Curriculum;
- Senior School experience;
- A high standard of competency, proficiency and innovation as a classroom teacher;
- The ability to integrate ICT into the curriculum;
- A capacity to cater for different learning needs;
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and collegiality;
- Good administrative skills, with a high level of flexibility and adaptability;
- An ability to prioritise and work collegially;
- Experience in teaching Japanese.
The successful applicant for the above position must be a committed Christian and be prepared to teach under the ethos of our College. Prospectus and Application Forms are available on the College website at www.gpcc.nsw.edu.au. Applications must be received on the official Application Form.
Applications close on Wednesday 18 March 2020 and should be addressed to the Principal and emailed to employment@gpcc.nsw.edu.au
Parent Lounge Details
The College has a legal requirement to keep our records up to date.
Please review your details on the Parent Lounge to ensure that all your information is correct.
This includes medical information on your child/children (only complete the immunisation question if your child is not immunised).
Please note: Should you require both parents/carers to receive SMS notifications please tick the appropriate boxes.
Thank you.
Prayer
We pray that “… the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life.” Ephesians 3:17-19 The Passion Translation (TPT)
The prayer group meets on Fridays at 2:00pm. If you would like to join us, please contact the College Office on 4363 1266 beforehand for details. We pray for the Church and College community.
Uniform Shop Update
Green Point Baptist Church
In light of the current COVID-19 crisis, Green Point Baptist Church has suspended all regular church activities and has encouraged any church member who is not in a high risk category to find ways to serve the vulnerable in their community. If you are in need of assistance, please contact the church office on 4369 1585 or office@gpbc.net.au
Coast Shelter Restaurant 346 Mann Street, Gosford
If you would like to be on the roster, please email office@gpbc.net.au or 0419 986 740.
21 March 2020
Food Pickup: Arthur Pickersgill and Margaret Tham
OIC: Stephen Hay
Helpers: John O’Keeffe, Natalie Trigg, Sarah Davis, Shami Alexander and Larissa Foreman, Sonia Dawes, Tamilar Misso
28 March 2020
Food Pickup: William Arnot and Margaret Tham
OIC: Sonia William Arnot
Helpers: Barbara Thomas, Bev Baker, Jackie Bolger, Jane McLarty, Kevin and Eira Sproats
4 April 2020
Volunteers from Coast Shelter
Green Point Trader
If you would like to place an advertisement in the Green Point Trader, please email details to Marie Hay at newsletter@gpcc.nsw.edu.au
Canteen
New to Munch Monitor? Order your school lunches each morning before 8:30am via Munch Monitor from home, for a hassle free start to your mornings.
We have daily menu specials as well as popular items available every day of the week.
www.munchmonitor.com
Username: greenpoint
Password: munch2251
Uniform Shop
Operating Times
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday during the School Term:
8:30am - 11:00am
(Closed Wednesdays)
Afternoons by appointment only.
Contact (02) 4367 9954
gpcc@alinta.com.au
Term Dates
Term 1, 2020
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 Years 1-7, 11 and 12 commence Term 1
Wednesday, 29 January 2020 Years 8-10 commence Term 1
Thursday, 30 January 2020 Kindergarten commence Term 1
Thursday, 9 April 2020 - Last day of Term 1
Term 2, 2020
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 to Friday, 3 July 2020
Term 3, 2020
Monday, 27 July 2020 to Friday, 25 September 2020
Term 4, 2020
Tuesday, 13 October 2020 to Wednesday, 9 December 2020