Much research has been done on the value and importance of hope for human beings. In an article by Shorey and Snyder from the University of Kansas, they report the following: "What enables a young person to succeed in the classroom? Contrary to popular belief, intelligence and ability are not the answers (Dweck, 1999). Sometimes the brightest students fail to achieve in school or realize their potential, whereas other less talented individuals thrive and even excel in the face of adversity. The difference between these two kinds of students may lie in their levels of hope.  Hope (Snyder et.al., 1991) is defined as the process of thinking about one’s goals, along with the motivation to move towards those goals (agency) and the ways to achieve those goals (pathways). Hope, in this sense is not an emotion but rather a dynamic, cognitive, motivational process. Emotions follow cognition in the process of goal directed thinking (Snyder, 1994)."

The authors go on to say, “… high-hope people experience less anxiety specifically in test-taking situations."

Kirsten Weir, writing for the American Psychological Association (2013) and quoting Lopez says, “Lopez describes three basic steps for building hope. The first is a process he calls 'future-casting' — envisioning a specific future goal in a way that makes it come alive."

The next step, Lopez says, is to work toward your goal — in other words, create the pathways that are central to Snyder's model of hope ...

The final step is planning for contingencies. Lopez has found most hopeful people tend to see multiple solutions to a problem, while the hopeless plan only for the best-case scenario and come up with just one or two pathways to their target, Lopez says, "You have to come up with many ways to overcome those obstacles."

We can see the necessity and value of hope but what do we put our hope in? So often we are encouraged to put it in ourselves but then we fail and our hope is shattered. Or we put it in other people or organisations who then let us down. For Christians, we put our hope in the accounts in the Scriptures of a faithful and powerful God who is able to make things happen and who never fails. We put our hope in the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.

The Psalmist writes – "Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God. (42:5)". Our hope is not just a future hope of ultimate restoration, but a present hope of God being with us in the turmoil of life and securing a future for us.

At GPCC, we trust that our students come to understand this and to put their hope in God who then enables them to step forward confidently to fulfill their purpose.

Phillip Nash

Principal

Mr Peter McLellan | Head of Secondary

Coming to the end of all things can result in a dropping away of effort and focus, especially when major activities have finished. 

We want our students to remain focused right up until the end of the year, even though many have finished their final assessment tasks or exams. 

Every teacher will be continuing to teach the skills needed to make their progression the easiest possible for all students, no matter the Year level. 

Year 11 come to the completion of the first quarter of their HSC work, so for them there is no transition.

Please, when your child says, “We did nothing at school,” or “We only watched a movie”, remember that the focus we have is to continue education right up to the end of the year.

It is more than likely a misunderstanding of what the purpose of each activity is for or maybe it is a signing out by your child as the end of the year approaches.

Let's finish strong …

Purchasing Textbooks for Year 11, 2021 

Parents of current Year 10 students are now able to purchase textbooks for next year through Box of Books.

Box of Books is a proudly Australian owned company that works hard to keep leading schools at the forefront of digital learning.

Please see the video below on how Box of Books works and how we will work together to support your student’s ongoing educational needs.

Box of Books - Service Overview

Parents will also have the option to supplement existing textbooks with a discounted digital license. Some families may already have the school prescribed texts in hard copy either through siblings who have completed the subject in an earlier year or through the purchase of the text separately to Box of Books. Where this is the case, you can opt for the provision of the digital version of the text on Box of Books and this can be purchased for a discounted cost.

Box of Books looks forward to supporting students' learning through their world leading digital platform and 100% COVID safe delivery service for texts and physical resources for school families.

Steps to order: 

1. Visit https://shop.boxofbooks.com.au to create your parent/guardian account 
2. Add each student, nominating their school and Year group 
3. Select the items you wish to purchase from the booklist shown 
4. Use the checkout to organise postage direct to your nominated address and payment

For further assistance, please see this short informative video guide on How to Purchase Books or contact the Box of Books team through the in-app support function (located at the bottom right corner of the shop).

During November, the College will be participating in “It’s in the Bag”, an initiative from Share the Dignity organisation. This initiative aims to provide hygiene and toiletry essentials for women in need in our community. 

Throughout the month we will be collecting toiletry essentials for teens, mums and bubs, and women in need (see flyer for suggestions). If you would like to participate, you may choose to provide individual items from the list, or place items in a new or pre-loved handbag or backpack. You may want to donate as an individual, as a family, as a church, as a class or Year group. Collection boxes are located in the Administration Office.

For more information: www.sharethedignity.org.au

Bless you for blessing others in this practical way.

Jane McLarty and Michelle Molkentin

Year 8 Mountain Bike Mentoring

Year 9 Drama Assesment 

Student Opal Cards

From January 2021 onwards, there will be a number of School Opal cards expiring, as the physical card has reached its lifespan.

These are cards for students who will be in Years 8 to 12 in 2021, and only those Opal cards which have not been replaced in the last five years.

Impacted students and/or their parent/carer will be contacted directly by Transport for NSW via email or post. They will be asked to confirm their details online in order for a new School Opal card to be sent to the correct postal address in time for the new school year.

If contacted by Transport for NSW, details should be submitted online by 1 December 2020 at the latest. Affected students who do not confirm their details in time will have a new School Opal card posted to the address Transport NSW has on file.

This week’s Careers Newsletter has information about a special program being run by the Government for Year 12 school leavers.  Also, there is information about University offers. 

For more details, please see this week's Careers Newsletter or visit the "Student Careers" section on the GPCC College website.

Mr David Russell

Curriculum Co-ordinator (7-12) | Student Advisor (7-12)

Nathan Lambert  |  K-12 Sport Co-ordinator

NSW ALL SCHOOLS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Any students interested in competing at the NSW All Schools Athletics can follow this link to access the CIS Newsletter and read the relevant information.

PRIMARY ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

After a wonderful day at school for our Primary Athletics Carnival, we presented to the students the 2020 GPCC Athletics Age Champions:

	1st	2nd	3rd
9yrs Girls	Alleah M (28pts)	Jiya M (20pts)	Ariana D (18pts)
10yrs Girls	Alyssa C (38pts)	Bonita C (22pts)	Myah K-W (14pts)
11yrs Girls	Katie E (40pts)	Bronte M (34pts)	Emily F (14pts)
12yrs Girls	Olivia M (26pts) Felicity R (26pts)	Mikayla K (20pts)	Tuscany C (16pts)
9yrs Boys	Noah W (50pts)	Luca W (38pts)	Hamish G (18pts)
10yrs Boys	Chase C (46pts)	Jacob L (30pts)	Jaymin T (22pts)
11yrs Boys	Benjamin T (34pts)	Levi M (16pts)	Blake L (14pts) Mitchell R (14pts) Hunter M (14pts) Rhyder S (14pts)
12yrs Boys	Kyne B (48pts)	Deegan G (32pts)	Micah R (16pts)

SECONDARY ATHLETICS RECORD BREAKERS

We have such a talented school of athletes that a number of records were broken at the Secondary Athletics Carnival last week. 

On the day, there were 13 records broken. That is a phenomenal effort and one that will be hard to beat. Well done to all of our record breakers. 

Here is the list of the 2020 Record Breakers:

Event	Name	New Record	Previous Record
Girls 13 800m	Jessie B	2.30.43	2.37.66
Girls 13 400m	Jessie B	1.02.97	1.07.72
Girls 14 Discus	Laura R	28.03m	21.20m
Girls 14 Javelin	Laura R	24.36m	22.02m
Girls 16 1500m	Poppi L	5.46.72	7.17.24
Girls 17 Javelin	Scarlett P	25.58m	22.34m
Boys 16 Long Jump	Jack J	5.87m	5.62m
Boys 16 Long Jump	Tom S	5.81m	5.62m
Boys 17 High Jump	Connor C	1.76m	1.75m
Boys 16 High Jump	Deegan S	1.83m	1.78m
Boys 16 High Jump	Tom S	1.85m	1.78m
Boys 13 High Jump	Clinton F	1.48m	1.47m
Boys 16 1500m	Colby S	4.51.68	5.13.08

 

SECONDARY AGE CHAMPIONS FOR ATHLETICS AND SWIMMING 

Below is a list of the recipients of the 2020 Age Champions for both our Secondary Athletics and Swimming Carnivals. These students will receive their medallions in the coming weeks at a Year Assembly as we are unable to present them at a Commendation Assembly like we usually do: 

Swimming Age Champions 

House Points:

1^st = Breakers             551

2^nd = Hurricanes         521

3^rd = Warriors             475

4^th = Eagles                437

 

	1st	2nd	3rd
12yrs Girls	Tahlia McN	Chelsea B	Talia W
13yrs Girls	Jessie B	Savannah D	Olivia P
14yrs Girls	Mia H	Emma J	Sienna P
15yrs Girls	Angelique A	Sinaed W	Chloe S
16yrs Girls	Eliana B	Holly W	Jessica H Bianca F
17yrs Girls	Holly P	Scarlett P	Ebonie W
18yrs Girls	Annmaree W	Breanna R Felicity B
12yrs Boys	Mitchell F	Oscar L	Egan R
13yrs Boys	Ben S	Caleb N	Talan P
14yrs Boys	Wade B	Noah B	Zachary S
15yrs Boys	Adam A	James D	Mitchell M
16yrs Boys	Declan R	Luke B Jesse W
17yrs Boys	David S	Haven B	Nicholas W
18yrs Boys	Evan M	Joel W	Kai N

 

Athletics Age Champions

 

	1st	2nd	3rd
12yrs Girls	Chelsea B	Addison F	Abby B
13yrs Girls	Alyssa M	Jessie B	Tanika M
14yrs Girls	Ondine W	Sienna P	Poppie B
15yrs Girls	Elouise S	Lotus G	Eloise H
16yrs Girls	Charlotte L	Stacey H Lucy L
17yrs Girls	Scarlett P	Sophie S	Holly P
12yrs Boys	Kaden L	Jack B	Mitchell F
13yrs Boys	Clinton F	Henry C	Ryan M
14yrs Boys	Noah T	Travis G	Macabe S
15yrs Boys	Mitchell M	Frankie M	Elliot W
16yrs Boys	Jack J	Luke B	Colby S
17yrs Boys	David S	Connor C	James T
18yrs Boys	Joel W	Cody B

 

House Points:

1^st = Eagles                971

2^nd = Warriors            844

3^rd = Hurricanes          787

4^th = Breakers             721 

CSSA STATE PRIMARY CRICKET

Our Primary Senior Boys Cricket team competed in the first round of the CSSA State Primary Cricket Competition. They played two games at Singleton against Carinya and Belmont Christian Schools.

It was a very warm day to play cricket but the boys, who were very enthusiastic, had a wonderful day in the field and batting on the pitch. 

In the first game against Carinya, our boys were sent in to bat and made a solid 54 runs off 15 overs. Sam V top scored with 13no, supported well by Jacob on 10no.

Carinya went in to bat and Green Point put the pressure on early, with accurate bowling and solid fielding. They continued to bowl a good line and length, taking a couple of wickets but unfortunately his was not enough to stop Carinya reaching the score. Charlie had strong stats in bowling, with 1/7 off 3 overs, again supported well by his opening partner Jacob, who was 1/9 off his 3. 

Our boys needed to win their second match to give themselves a chance of progressing through to the next round, so they came out swinging (literally) in the second game against Belmont. 

We were sent in to bat and had an exceptional opening partnership between Charlie and Kyne of 50 runs. Charlie finishing with an unbeaten 30 runs, retiring to give the next batter their chance. Kyne was given out LBW for 16 runs but the damage had already been done, with our boys cruising to an excellent total of 80 runs.

Defending this total would all come down to the bowlers. They needed to bowl a straight line and pitch the ball up to have a chance of stopping Belmont from reaching the required amount. 

Again, our bowlers were amazing, pitching the ball perfectly, making it difficult for the batters to play scoring shots. After 2 quick dismissals, Belmont were in trouble at 2/1, and with an amazing catch by Mitch at Mid Off, the score became 3/8. Belmont put up a last minute fight but our boys held on, limiting them to only 64 runs. It was a dominant performance and one of which the boys were very proud. Sam had the superb figures of 2/7 off 3 overs, strongly supported by Charlie with 1/1 (off 3 overs), Fidel 1/3 (off 2 overs) and Jacob 1/1 (off 2 overs). 

It is interesting to note how superb our bowling was. This is such a credit to not only the bowlers and their efforts to bowl good line and length, but also hats off to our wicket keepers (Jacob and Kyne) who dove for everything, trying to stop anything coming their way. In each of the games, here is a quick run-down on the Sundries:

 

Team Bowling	BYES	LEG BYES	WIDES	NO BALLS	TOTAL
GAME ONE
Carinya	3	1	10	7	21
Green Point	4	0	3	3	10
GAME TWO
Belmont	9	0	6	9	24
Green Point	8	0	4	1	13

 

 

Congratulations to our boys for a fantastic effort in both games and for representing your school so well. The team were expertly led by their captain, Charlie. Every game, he was instructing the boys where to field, giving encouraging words, and always giving the game a positive vibe. Great work!

THE LEAGUE

 

Here is the updated leaderboard after this week’s competition:

 

PRIMARY SOCCER
Division One
NAME	P	W	D	L	+/-	PTS
Dino	4	2	2	0	7	8
Gold Guns	5	2	2	1	5	8
Eagles	3	2	1	0	2	7
Lads	3	2	0	1	4	6
Bananas	3	2	0	1	2	6
Yah	3	1	1	1	-2	4
Phoenix	3	0	0	3	-5	0
Sprouts	4	0	0	4	-13	0

 

Division Two
NAME	P	W	D	L	+/-	PTS
Champions	6	4	2	0	13	14
Skills	6	3	3	0	12	12
Dominators	5	2	2	1	4	8
CCFC	6	2	2	2	2	8
Boxers	5	2	1	2	-1	7
Stars	5	1	0	4	-15	3
Llamas	5	0	0	5	-15	0

 

SECONDARY FUTSAL
NAME	P	W	D	L	+/-	PTS
Steelers	4	4	0	0	13	12
Giants	4	2	0	2	1	6
Gladiators	3	2	0	1	-4	6
Knights	3	1	0	2	-3	3
Warriors	3	1	0	2	-4	3
Vikings	1	0	0	1	-1	0
Barbarians	2	0	0	2	-2	0

 

PRIMARY BASKETBALL
Division One
NAME	P	W	D	L	+/-	PTS
Falcons	3	3	0	0	12	9
The Lads	3	2	0	1	2	6
Duckies	3	1	1	1	0	4
Buddies	4	1	1	2	-2	4
Hawks	3	1	0	2	4	3
Cheese	3	1	0	2	-4	3

 

Division Two
NAME	P	W	D	L	+/-	PTS
Legends	3	3	0	0	26	9
Firebirds	3	1	1	1	10	4
Marshmallows	3	1	1	1	-12	4
Stallions	1	0	1	0	0	1
Avocados	3	0	1	2	-14	1
Tigers	1	0	0	1	-10	0

 

SECONDARY BASKETBALL
NAME	P	W	D	L	+/-	PTS
Titans	4	4	0	0	26	12
Skype	6	4	0	2	18	12
Big Boys	6	3	0	3	-10	9
Chiefs	6	1	0	5	-13	3
Renegades	4	1	0	3	-21	3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXTEND Outside School Hours Care

Parent Lounge Details

The College has a legal requirement to keep our records up to date. 

Please review your details on 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.

Rotary Christmas Trees

Rotary Kincumber will be selling Christmas trees from the Avoca Drive bus shelter at the front of our College on the weekends of 5 - 6 December and 12 - 13 December, until sold out.

If you are after a tree for your Christmas decorations this year, please support our local Rotary.

Rotary Christmas Fundraiser

The Rotary Club of Kincumber supports a number of programs in our local community including the local Kincumber Neighbourhood Centre Food Program, a Student Exchange program, youth development in local schools, and an annual amount of funds to local schools for leadership resources.

While GPCC doesn’t promote gambling as a school we recognise that most of us buy a raffle ticket as a donation, and not with a particular hope of winning the prize.

If you would like to support the great work of Kincumber Rotary in this way please visit their website https://www.raffletix.com.au/kincumberxmas2020

Munchery News

On Wednesdays we have introduced a new item to the menu called - Subs.

There are three choices of topping and they are made on a turkish bread base: ham/cheese/pineapple, ham/cheese or just cheese.

They are very filling and only $4 each.

We have introduced a new nourish bowl on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 

You have three choices of the protein topping, flame grilled chicken, haloumi or falafels, all served with a zesty herb dressing.

Green Point Trader

CCC Central Coast - Surf Adventure Camp Monday 21 - Thursday 24 December: Follow this link for more information or telephone 4355 3500.

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

Green Point Baptist Church

Sunday Worship Services are resuming in person from Sunday 22 November. Creche, Kids Church and Youth programs running from 9:30am.

We look forward to seeing everyone back onsite.

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL: http://www.gpbc.net.au/930am-worship-service/

6:00pm Service

The Youth and Young Adults focused gathering on Sundays has recommenced in the Jacaranda Room.  Social distancing and other COVID-Safe practices are in place, but it is exciting to have our evening crew connecting again.

Thrive

Fridays 5:00pm – 6:30pm (Years 5-6 and Year 4 are invited in Term 4) held in the Jacaranda Room.

GPY (Green Point Youth)

Fridays 7:30pm – 9:30pm (Years 7-12) Jacaranda Room

Life Groups – Prayer Nights – Mainly Music – Coastal Friends – Coastal Craft – Leisure Time – The Vine – Bible Study and other groups gather through the week, however due to COVID-19 some currently have alternate arrangements.

Please contact the Church office office@gpbc.net.au to find out more and keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates. We are registered as COVID-Safe.

Phone: 4369 1585 

Email: office@gpbc.net.au      

Website:    www.gpbc.net.au           

Facebook: www.facebook.com/greenpointbaps/

Coming up 

Monday, 16 November 2020

Year 1 Swimming Lessons

Year 5 Camp (16 - 17 November)

9CAW PASS at Kincumber Golf Range

Year 10 Yearly Exams - Day 3

Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Kindergarten Swimming Lessons

Year 7, 2021 Orientation

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Get Set, Go Program Kindergarten 2021

Year 4 Water Safety Day

Thursday, 19 November 2020

Years 3/4 Basketball Gala Day

Year 8 Mountain Bike Mentoring Session (Selected students)

9ALK PASS at Kincumber Golf Range

Year 11 Ext English Excursion

Friday, 20 November 2020

Years 5/6 Basketball Gala Day

THACCCSA Secondary Super 8s Cricket

Year 11 Ancient History Incursion

Monday, 23 November 2020

Year 1 Swimming Lessons

9CAW PASS at Kincumber Mountain Range

Duke of Edinburgh Hike (until 24 November)

Year 10 Coastal Walk Excursion

Dates for Your Diary

Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Japanese Sports Afternoon, K-6 2.00pm - 3.15pm

Friday, 27 November 2020

Year 9 AIM Girls Mission Trip (27 November - 4 December) 

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Year 10 Dinner Dance

Monday, 7 December 2020

Year 6 Graduation (2 guests per student attending)

Primary Thanksgiving Services (no parents attending)

Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Year 6 Graduation Dinner @ Terrigal SLSC (no parents attending)

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Last Day for Students

Uniform Shop 

Normal 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

Canteen

The Munchery

The Munchery (Canteen) has now returned to full operating hours.

Visit The Munchery page on our website

Munch Monitor

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

Term 4, 2020

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 to Wednesday, 9 December 2020

TERM DATES 2021

Term 1, 2021

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 for Years 1 - 7, 11 and 12 

Thursday, 28 January 2021 for Kindergarten and Years 8 - 10

to Thursday, 1 April

Term 2, 2021

Tuesday, 20 April 2021 to Friday, 25 June 2021

Term 3, 2021

Monday, 19 July 2021 to Friday, 17 September 2021

Term 4, 2021

Wednesday, 6 October 2021 to Wednesday, 8 December 2021