tania and check your emails to ensure delivery of your

TERM 2 Week 10

GOOD COUNSEL

PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

SEEK, LEARN AND SERVE

war cries, junior sprints, relays, ball games

and tug-o-war. The spirit of the event being

held here at school was electric with every

student competing. Yesterday saw our

senior students completing their field events

and today their sprints, 200m and 800m

events at Callendar Park.

Some trophies have been awarded (results

below) with our overall trophy to be presented

at the end of today. We will have Age

Champions and the overall results in the

newsletter next term.

Tug-O-War - Polding

Relays - Clancy

Ball Games - Clancy

Team Spirit - MacKillop

This week we have five past GCP students

completing their GCC Year 10 work

experience here. We welcome back Kaitlyn

Onaindia, Olivia Laksa, Gurshaan Singh,

Coen Mercer and Aiden Herbert and hope

they have a wonderful learning experience.

During the holidays, Miss Kiara Adamson

(Prep A) will be married. This is an exciting

time and we all wish her well in her final

preparations for the big day. When she

returns she will be Mrs Ridolfi.

On the first Friday of next term, we will have

Grandparents Day. This is an important

event on our yearly calendar and we will be

open to inviting all grandparents to school for

our Year 6S special assembly; classroom

visits and morning tea. Luckily our COVID

restrictions relating to classroom entry and

the serving of food have been further relaxed

to allow this event to occur similar to past

years. Save the Date - Grandparents Day

Friday 16 July.

I take this opportunity to thank all our

fantastic staff who have worked tirelessly

during Semester 1 and of course our great

GCP students who have also worked hard to

a earn a well deserved mid-semester break.

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22ND JUNE, 2021

Dear Parents/Carers,

This Thursday, we will have all student

reports uploaded to the Parent Portal. Access

to the portal is via the Good Counsel Primary

Website. Please take the time to read your

child’s report. To give you the best gauge of

where your child is working in relation to the

year level curriculum, many hours of

assessment throughout the semester have

been conducted, as well as the time teachers

have taken to moderate grades between

classes and formulate comments .

The following are some guiding points

when sitting to read your child’s report, taken

from Michael Grose’s Parenting Ideas

Platform.

Before you open your child’s report, are

you in the right frame of mind?

Are your expectations for your son or

daughter realistic and in line with their

ability?

Don’t compare siblings or your friends’

children or yourself as a child, because

children learn at different rates

Focus on your child’s strengths

Take into consideration your child’s

effort and attitude to learning, not just

the number of A’s and B’s

Discuss the report with your child,

talking about strengths first before

looking at areas that need

improvement. Ask for their opinion

about how they performed and discuss

concerns

Should you have concerns with elements of

your child’s report, make contact with your

child’s teacher early next term to discuss. A

reminder that a printed copy of student

reports will be sent home during Week 1 of

next term.

What wonderful weather we have enjoyed for

our Athletics Carnival which this year has

been spread out over three days concluding

today. Friday was a sea of colour with

students and staff dressed up for march past/

secretary@gcps.qld.edu.au

www.gcps.qld edu.au

Ph: 07 40630600

Fax: 07 4061 2271

OFFICE HOURS

8:00 AM—3:00PM

Page 2—The Life of the School

DIARY DATES TERM 2

MON 19 APR - FRI 25 JUN

PLEASE QR CODE

WHEN ENTERING THE

PREMISES

WED 23 JUN

SCHOOL BANKING

8.00-8.40AM

BREEZEWAY

FRI 25 JUN

FINAL DAY OF

TERM 2

MON 12 JUL

TERM 3

RESUMES

FRI 16 JUL

GRANDPARENTS

DAY -

ASSEMBLY &

MORNING TEA

WED 23 JUN - TANIA FRI 25 JUN - TANIA MON 12 JUL - TANIA

PLEASE ENSURE ALL TUCKSHOP ORDERS ARE WRITTEN OUT ON A PAPER BAG WITH AMOUNT

OF MONEY ENCLOSED & CLEARLY NAMED.

Tuckshop List and Uniform Price List are available on the Good Counsel Primary School website.

TUCKSHOP TERM FEES

Term 2 fees are now overdue. Please

make payment. Please be mindful

and check your emails to ensure delivery of your

fee statement.

A reminder that each party to the account will

receive a fee statement regardless of payment

arrangements or concessions, to keep you

informed of your current balance.

Please be aware for direct deposits into the

school’s bank account it is imperative to use your

973……… Reference located at the bottom of

your invoice to ensure that monies are credited

against the correct account and not delay

payments.

Please email remittance to avoid payments

being overlooked.

REGULAR TIMES FOR SALE OF UNIFORMS

MON-WED-FRI TIMES: 8.00 - 8.30AM 11.00AM– 12.30PM

REMINDER YEAR 6 - OUTBACK CAMP

CAMP PAYMENT DUE $250.00

Position vacant Casual School Crossing Supervisor

Several positions exist for Casual School Crossing Supervisors at various schools across the Cairns, Gor-

donvale, Edmonton, Innisfail and Tully areas.

• A School Crossing Supervisor must be able to work in all-weather conditions,

• 1 hour and 30 mins per day – on a rotating roster basis.

• Relief opportunities on your rostered days off.

Pay Rate $31.11 per hour.

Commencement of employment for the successful applicant is dependent on:

• The favourable outcome of a health assessment.

A Positive Notice Blue Card (you do not need to have a blue card to apply for the position).

Please call Michelle at Transport and Main Roads for an application package on 07 4045 8557

LAST PLAYGROUP FOR TERM 2

25 JUNE 2021

GOOD COUNSEL PLAYGROUP

GOOD SAMARITAN HALL

FRIDAY MORNINGS 9.00 - 11.00AM

(Access via Owen Street)

Cost: $2.00 per family

Music Tuition—By Esther Sapelli

Learn for Pleasure or exams

Piano-keyboard-theory

Taking enrolments For all enquiries, please phone

Esther Sapelli direct on 0419 655 710 or 07 4065 2265

Lessons are held at Good Counsel Primary School.

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Week 5 SEL Award Recipients

Make sure you visit our show display at the

Innisfail Show on 8 & 9 July.

Congratulations to Tyler Sacchi who last

weekend was crowned 2021 MPE Central

QLD Overall 65cc MotoCross Champion in

Emerald. A huge achievement as the

championship involved a 20 race series.

Well done Champ.

Regards

Liam

Challenge…

Congratulations to the Preps for

leading us in a 10 Day Kindness

Challenge over the last two weeks.

Holidays...

This week marks the mid-point of the

2021 year; it has flown by! Wishing all

the students and staff a safe and

relaxing holiday with family.

Thank you...

Thank you to everyone who has

supported me during my week in Mrs

C’s role. It has been a great and

rewarding experience.

Yours in Catholic Education

Amanda Speziali— Acting APRE/APA

Term 2...

Tue 22/6 Sprints Callendar Park

Fri 25/6 Term 2 ends

Term 3...

Mon 12/7 Term commences

Tue 13/7 Australian Ballet Workshop

Wed 14/7 and Show

Fri 16/7 6S Grandparents Prayer

Assembly

Sun 18—Fri 23/7 Yr 6 Outback Camp

Tue 27/7 Cath. Ed. Week Liturgy

Wed 28/7 Math Olympiad #4

Thu 5/8 U/10 Netball Carnival

GCPS Under 8s’ Day

Wed 11/8 ICAS Writing & Digital Tech.

Fri 13/8 U/12 Netball Carnival

Wed 18/8 ICAS English

Mon 23/8 Sacrament of Confirmation

Mother of Good Counsel

Church 7pm

Book Week—Old Worlds,

New Worlds, Other Worlds

Tue 24/8 Confirmation St Rita’s SJ

Wed 25/8 ICAS Science/Spelling

Sat 28/8 First Eucharist MoGC

Wed 1/9 ICAS Mathematics

Fri 3/9 CTJ Pupil Free Day

Wed 8/9 Math Olympiad #5

Fri 17/9 Term 3 ends

School Holidays Mon 4/10 Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Term 4...

Tue 5/10 Term commences

Fri 29/10 World Teachers Day

Wed11/11 Remembrance Day

Mon 29/11 Leadership Assembly

Fri 3/12 Term 4 ends

Term 2—2021

Athletics

Day

18.06.21

END OF TERM PRAYER

We thank you Lord, for this term.

For the challenges, the successes, and the mistakes from which we have learnt.

Be with us as we spend our time with family and friends.

Give us strength and courage to do what is right; to be witnesses of our faith.

Help us to be practical these holidays, to appreciate what others do for us, to give time

and effort to help others.

To be peacemakers in our family.

Keep us safe in our activities; give us good rest and good fun.

Bring us back refreshed and ready for a new term.

We thank you for our classmates, teachers, parents

And a community that cares for us.

May we be always conscious of you in our lives.

Amen.