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Welcome and Welcome Back!
This week we have welcomed back all our students, new students in different Year groups and new Kindergarten and Year 7 students. I hope everyone had a wonderful break. We are all excited for a wonderful year of learning and growth in 2025.
If you are a new family, welcome to our community and we look forward to partnering with you.
The last week has been a rich and busy time of learning for all our staff as we have geared up for 2025. The staff have engaged in a range of professional learning experiences. One of the major areas of focus was the launch of the College Learning and Teaching Framework. This has been in development for the last few years, and it was wonderful to be able to launch it with staff. We will be providing our community with more information about this initiative in the next few weeks, so keep an eye out.
As we have welcomed new students this week, we have also welcomed a range of new staff to the College. Our new staff for 2025 are;
Andrew Brinton – Teacher (Primary - Year 6)
Ben Cartland – ICT Service Delivery Officer
Sam Farey – Teacher (Secondary Science)
Andrew Flegg – Teacher (Secondary HSIE)
Jess Gardiner – Teacher (Secondary Drama)
Emma Gough – Teacher (Secondary English)
Christina Hutchinson – Marketing Manager
Anwyn Jeannot – TAS Food Technology Assistant
Kellie Kesby - Teacher (Primary – Year 4)
Wayne Mayhew - Teacher (Primary – Year 6)
Emily Montgomerie - Teacher (Primary – Year 3)
Laura Newell - Teacher (Primary – Year 1)
Jacob Peterson - Teacher (Secondary – Maths & TAS)
Holly Prater - Teacher (Secondary – PDHPE)
Ariane Starr - Teacher (Secondary – Science)
Mark Tipple - Teacher (Secondary - PDHPE)
We are thankful for God's provision of these new staff and we are excited about the contribution they will make to our community.
Over the next few weeks, we have several welcome and partnership opportunities for families. Can I encourage you to prioritise these events as they provide rich opportunities for communication and partnership. I look forward to many of you at these events.
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Joel van Bentum
Principal
It is with great joy and anticipation that we embark on a new year at GPCC. Regardless of where your child is on their journey through high school, the start of a new year is a significant time of new books, bigger goals, and greater hopes.
The teachers were at school last week and are continuing to plan and provide a Christ-centred education that nurtures the academic, physical, spiritual, and emotional growth of our students. We do this in partnership with parents as we remain focused on equipping students for life.
At the end of last year, we were blessed to be able to interview outstanding candidates for positions we needed to fill and we welcome all of our new staff with thankfulness for what they will contribute to the college.
Mrs Amanda Rutlidge | Head of Primary
Welcome!
I’d like to extend a very warm welcome to our returning students and their families as well as new families who are joining our community this year. I pray that 2025 is a wonderful year of learning and growing in the knowledge of Jesus’ abounding love for us.
School is dynamic place of learning and developing for our students, and our teachers are always striving to provide the best opportunities possible for children to experience the world that God has created. Educating children is an exciting journey that we partner together with on for many years and we are thankful for the privilege of seeing what God’s plan is for each child as they grow into young adults.
However, that journey is often bumpy! There will be times when your children are unhappy, worried, having friendship issues, or difficulty controlling their emotions just to name a few of those bumps. Let me reassure you that this is ok! Our children need to experience these things to build resilience and confidence in who they are as a human being, and this is where we walk that journey together.
I look forward to seeing each of our students continue to grow into the person God created them to be.
A few start of the year reminders….
Uniform
- Please remember that boys need to wear the grey, red and white socks purchased from the uniform shop with their formal uniform. White socks are for sport days only.
- The only outer garment to be worn with the formal uniform is the soft shell jacket. Either the sports jacket or soft shell jacket may be worn with the sports uniform
- Please label all clothing, including shorts, skorts and shirts.
Kiss & Drop Zones
There are two Kiss and Drop Areas at school. Please be very cautious and vigilant in these areas to ensure the safety of our students. When dropping children off in the morning, make sure you can see your children have moved away from the vehicle before driving off.
Crunch & Sip
A small change to our day this year is renaming fruit break to ‘Crunch & Sip’. This is a government health initiative which you can read about here: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/heal/schools/Pages/crunch-and-sip.aspx
Student Of The Week Awards
Please note that this year GOLD Awards will be now presented each Friday morning at assembly unless otherwise communicated in the Pastoral Care Entry.
Mr Stuart McSwan | K - 6 Sport Co-ordinator
Welcome back to our students for 2025. I am looking forward to another great year of sport at GPCC beginning Friday 31st January with our Primary Swimming Carnival at Mingara.
Dates for our GPCC Sporting Carnivals are listed below.
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Dates for your Calendar
School Carnivals
| Date | Event | Location |
| TERM 1 | ||
| Friday - 31 January | GPCC Yrs 2-6 Swimming Carnival | Mingara Aquatic Centre |
| Friday - 7 March | GPCC Primary Yrs 2-6 Cross Country Carnival | GPCC Grounds |
| TERM 2 | ||
| Friday - 2 May | GPCC Primary Yrs 2-6 Athletics Carnival | Mingara Athletics Track |
| TERM 3 | ||
| Friday - 19 September | GPCC K-2 Athletics Carnival | GPCC Grounds |
| TERM 4 | ||
| Friday - 24 October | GPCC K-2 Swimming Carnival | Peninsula Leisure Centree |
.Representative Carnivals
| Date | Event | Location |
| TERM 1 | ||
| Friday - 21 February | HCZS Zone Primary Swimming Carnival | Newcastle |
| Thursday - 6 March | CSSA Primary State Swimming Carnival | Homebush (evening meet 4-8pm) |
| Wednesday - 26 March | CIS Primary Swimming Championships | Homebush |
| Friday - 28 March | CSSA Primary and Secondary State Duathlon and Triathlon (students to come up with own team - more info to come next week) | Penrith |
| Thursday - 10 April | NSW PSSA All Schools Swimming Championships - Day One (select students) | TBA |
| Friday - 11 April | NSW PSSA All Schools Swimming Championships - Day Two (select students) | TBA |
| TERM 2 | ||
| Friday - 30 May | CSSA Primary and Secondary State Cross Country Carnival | Sydney Equestrian Centre |
| Thursday - 12 June | CIS Primary and Secondary Cross Country | TBA |
| Friday - 22 July | NSW PSSA All Schools X-Country Championships | TBA |
| TERM 3 | ||
| Tuesday - 5 August | HCZS Zone Primary Athletics Carnival | Glendale |
| Friday - 22 August | CSSA Primary State Athletics Carnival | Blacktown |
| Friday - 5 September | CIS Primary Athletics Carnival | TBA |
| TERM 4 | ||
| Wednesday - 22 October | NSW PSSA All Schools Athletics Carnival Day One | TBA |
| Thursday - 23 October | NSW PSSA All Schools Athletics Carnival Day Two | TBA |
Carnival/Sporting levels:
GPCC: Green Point Christian College
HCZS: Hunter Christian Zone Sports (Zone)
CSSA: Christian Schools Sports Association (State)
CIS: Combined Independent Schools
PSSA: Primary School Sports Association
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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 is as follows: (new policy/code of conduct available soon)
- 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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Important Information: HCZS Soccer and Netball Gala Day 2025 - TAMWORTH
Trials for the GPCC netball and soccer teams (Years 3-6) will take place later this term (times TBC). It is important to know that if your child decides to trial this year's HCZS (Zone) Netball and Soccer gala day will be held in Tamworth.
Due to the considerably long distance, any students selected to join these teams will be required to travel via private transport to or from the event. This plan was successful in 2023, the last time this event was held there.
Mr McSwan wanted to let you know this information prior to trials taking place and teams selected as it may affect participation in the trials should parents not be in a position to arrange transport for their child
HCZS Soccer and Netball Gala Day - Tuesday 10 June 2025
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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. They 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.
| Term 1 | |
| Friday - 14 February | CSSA Primary Boys Soccer Trials (select students) - Nominations close Friday - 7 February |
| Monday - 3 March | CIS Primary Boys and Girls Touch Football Trials (select students) - Nominations close Monday - 17 February |
| Friday - 7 March | CSSA team for the CIS Primary Boys and Girls Basketball Trials (select students via Paper selection) - Nominations close Friday - 21 February |
| Monday - 7 April | CSSA Primary Girls Netball Trials (select students) - Nominations close Monday - 24 March |
| Monday - 7 April | CIS Primary Boys AFL Trials (select students) - Nominations close Monday - 31 March |
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Mr Chris Harris | Years 7 - 12 Sport Co-ordinator
This year I will continue as GPCC Secondary Sports Co-ordinator for Years 7-12.
Any questions about college sporting teams, coaches, gala days, carnivals, trials can be directed to my email charris@gpcc.nsw.edu.au
This year we will also have a GPCC Sport SchoolBox page which is currently being drafted up for you to view.
We will be running around 15 different sports in the Central Coast, CSSA, CIS sporting competitions. Please find below the draft calendar for sport in 2025.
The CSSA sport website has a new look and can be found at https://cssa.nsw.edu.au/
I'm looking forward to another great year of GPCC sport!
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Term 1 Sport - Coming Up
| Date | Event | Location |
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Wednesday - Thursday 12th -13th February |
CIS Secondary U19 Girls Cricket Trials | GPCC |
| Monday - 17th February | CSSA Secondary U15 and Open Girls Netball Trials for CIS | PVRSC |
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Tuesday - Wednesday 18th - 19th February |
CIS Secondary U19 Boys Cricket Trials | GPCC |
| Wednesday - 26th February | NSWAS Secondary Individual Triathlon | Sydney International Regatta Centre |
| Thursday - 27th February | NSWAS Secondary Teams Triathlon | Sydney International Regatta Centre |
| Thursday - 27th February | GPCC Secondary Swimming Carnival | Mingara |
| Friday - 7th March | GPCC Secondary Athletics Carnival | Mingara |
| Friday - 23rd May | GPCC Secondary Cross Country Carnival | TBC |
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Congratulations to Scarlett S. (Year 11) who represented Australia in AFL during the summer holidays as part of a tour in Ireland. The team comprised players from across Australia, competing in five matches against various Gaelic Football Clubs under a blend of AFL and Gaelic rules.
Among the 36 players selected, Scarlett was named in the prestigious A side and maintained her place in both the A team and the starting lineup throughout the series. Her team secured victory in four of the five matches, and Scarlett distinguished herself as one of the top three leading goal scorers of the series—an exceptional achievement.
Welcome Back
Welcome back for 2025! Can I ask you to please return any overdue library books? We have already started borrowing and would love to finish our 2024 returns.
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Term 1 Dates
Storytime start Monday 10 February
Library lovers Week 10-14 February
PRC opens Monday 24 February notes will be sent home with student login details.
Makerspace Wednesday 5 March
Term 1 Storytime
Preschool story time starts Monday 10 February, themes for Term 1 are on the flier. Please register your interest with Nicole van Wyk: nvanwyk@gpcc.nsw.edu
Coming Up this Week
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Term 1
Wednesday 29 January - Students commence Term 1 (Years 1 - 7 and 12)
Thursday 30 January - Years 8 - 11, Kindergarten commence Term 1
Friday 11 April - Last Day Term 1
Term 2
Tuesday 29 April - Students Commence Term 2
Monday 9 June - King's Birthday Public Holiday
Friday 4 July - Last day Term 2
Term 3
Monday 28 July - Students Commence Term 3
Friday 26 September - Last Day Term 3
Term 4
Monday 13 October - Students commence Term 4
Wednesday 10 December - Last Day Term 4 for students
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Enrolment Reminder
A reminder that as per Green Point Christian College's Enrolment Conditions, you must give 10 weeks’ term time notice in writing to the Registrar prior to withdrawal of your child. Without this notice, 10 weeks’ fees + GST will be charged for each student enrolment being withdrawn. This amount is a genuine pre-estimate by the College of the loss that it would suffer due to insufficient notice.
Please advise in writing via registrar@gpcc.nsw.edu.au if your child will be leaving GPCC.
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Advancedlife Photography Dates for Term 1
Tuesday 25 February 2025 - Secondary students
Tuesday 4 March 2025 - Primary students
Thursday 6 March 2025 - Absentee photos, Sibling Photos
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Second Hand Clothes Stall
The Second Hand Clothes Stall will be open on Wednesday 5th February from 2:00pm - 3:00pm located at the back of the Admin Building..
https://www.gpcc.nsw.edu.au/employment/maintenance-officer-general-permanent-part-time
Now is a great time to sign up or renew for music tutoring, band and ensembles in 2025!
New sign-ups can use this link to enquire about the music program:
https://www.gpcc.nsw.edu.au/education-learning/co-curricular-activities/music-program-enquiry
Returning students can use this link to renew for 2025:
https://www.gpcc.nsw.edu.au/education-learning/co-curricular-activities/music-program-renewal-form
We are looking forward to a wonderful time of music tuition and band this year!
Where: CAPA Theatre
When: Tuesday mornings 8:00am – 8:30am
Who: Students from grades 1-6
We're looking forward to seeing you next week!
Uniform Shop
2025 Uniform Shop Trading hours
Monday: 8:00am - 10:30am
Wednesday: 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Thursday: 8:00am - 10:30am
Friday: 8:00am - 10:30am
For the price list and further information on ordering through Alinta, please visit our website – https://www.gpcc.nsw.edu.au/enrolment/uniform
Please click on the PDF flyer below for further information regarding Uniform fittings.
The Munchery Canteen Operations and Menu
Please note: All bakery goods will now be supplied by Bakers Delight.
Click on link to access: THE MUNCHERY MENU
All students are strongly encouraged to order online. However, over the counter sales are also available.
Please visit the GPCC website for the link to The Munchery portal: https://www.gpcc.nsw.edu.au/community/the-munchery-canteen
Munch Monitor Account Settings
To assist the staff at the Munchery Canteen in serving your children, if you have a Munch Monitor account you may indicate your preferences for snack money, a daily or weekly limit, and if your child has any allergies.
Please note that The Munchery Staff are under strict instruction to follow these preferences. Please log into your account and update these settings if required.
Please download document below for more information.
Green Point Community Notices
Woy Woy Peninsula Netball Association
WWPNA will be holding a come and try day at Ettalong Netball Courts on the 15th February, for anyone who would like to come and see what the fun is all about.
https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/2e0756
Rockstudios Dance
Go4Fun Registrations for Term 1 2025
Go4Fun is a free, 9-week healthy lifestyle program open to all children aged 7 to 13 and their families.
Term 1 programs will take place at:
Lake Haven Recreation Centre, every Tuesday 4–6pm, starting Tuesday 11 February (Aboriginal program open to everyone, run by Bungree Aboriginal Association)
The Entrance Community Centre, every Wednesday 4–6pm, starting Wednesday 12 February
Gosford Olympic Pool (indoor, heated), every Thursday 4–6pm, starting Thursday 13 February
Go4Fun Online is also available at times that suit you.
To register, visit the go4fun.com.au or call 1800 780 900
If you would like to place an community advertisement in the Green Point Community Notices, please email details to our Messenger Editor, Christina Hutchinson at newsletter@gpcc.nsw.edu.au
Green Point Baptist Church
Services: 9:30am Worship Service, 6:00pm Service
Services continue to be available online each week.