Gold Creek School
An ACT Public School
Building the Future Together
An ACT Public School
Building the Future Together
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SCHOOL PRODUCTION LEGALLY BLONDE IS COMING!Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. 18 Oct 2017 |
Carnival Book Fair - Junior Site
We are hosting a CARNIVAL BOOK FAIR at Joint Facilities Library (junior site). Each class will be invited to preview the books in Week 2. The preview sessions are an ideal opportunity for children to share and discuss the books with their teachers and peers. The selection of books will include a wide range of quality books from the best Australian and overseas authors & illustrators. All books are discounted. Every purchase from the Book Fair earns FREE books and resources for our school. Our Book Fair Sales times in Week 3 will be: Tuesday 24th Oct …….8 – 8:45 Wednesday 25th Oct……3 – 6 PM Thursday 26th Oct…..8 – 8:45 AND 3 – 6 PM Students will bring home wish lists after viewing. They are not order forms to be returned to school. Books can only be purchased by coming to the Book Fair Sales. We will also have on display ‘Class Wish lists’. You may like to donate a book to your child’s class for the remainder of the year, before they are housed in the school library. There will be 3 sales counters after you have found the books you are buying or reordering – ‘Cash/cheques’, ‘Cards’ and ‘PrePaid’-
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
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There is always a chance the more popular titles will be sold out when you arrive at the sale. It would be appreciated if you leave the last copy on the table for others to reorder also. Reorders usually arrive within 2 weeks of the sale being completed.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE! 17 Oct 2017 |
DEBATING NEWSThe Gold Creek School debating squad wraps up its second semester with yet another story of success!
For the past number of weeks, GCS has participated in the ACT Debating Union’s debating competition. The school has sent in three teams, consisting of students from Years 8-10. All of our teams managed a number of wins across the four week competition.
In particular, we would like to commend the team Gold Creek 1 (Elicia Sangster, Trent Arcus, Eve Hudson, Taaseen Islam), who have made the finals series of the competition. They have managed to do this by ranking as the 5th overall team in the competition, which is a remarkable achievement in a competition of over 40 teams from all across the ACT. They will be competing in their first finals round on Wednesday, 20 September, and we wish them luck. 14 Sep 2017 |
Protective Behaviours for Parents of Preschoolers to year 2
11 Sep 2017 |
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CANBERRA KOREAN SPEECH CONTESTCongratulations to Mia Brown in year 6 on your amazing performance at the 2017 Canberra Korean Speech Contest. Mia did a fantastic job achieving a Distinction in her group – competing against university and college students! Congratulations!
Well done to our Korean teacher, Mr Kim too on supporting our extension Korean group and Mia in this venture! We are very lucky indeed to have the only ACT Primary Public school Korean program! 23 Aug 2017 |
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James Watkins wins U15 Boys Cross Country CategoryCongratulations to James Watkins who found out yesterday that he was the top points scorer in the U15 Boys Cross Country category, and has won a medal and trophy. In addition, as a result of his points tally, Gold Creek School has won the schools trophy in that age group, for which the school gets to display for the next 12 months. . 21 Aug 2017 |
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GCS P&C TRIVIA NIGHT
09 Aug 2017 |
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AIME School ChallengeGCS wins third place in the national AIME (Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) hoodie school challenge: First place - Kinross Wallaroi, NSW; second - SHS QLD and third - GCS ACT. What a fantastic effort by all involved. We look forward to participating again next year! 01 Aug 2017 |
TRASHION SHOW!WHAT IS TRASHION SHOW?
20 Jul 2017 |
NAIDOC week flag raising ceremonyYesterday the whole school gathered round the senior site memorial garden for the flag raising ceremony to celebrate NAIDOC week. 20 Jul 2017 |
GSC School Students Win Youth InterACT Short Film CompetitionTALENTED STUDENTS WIN IN TWO CATAGORIES Some of our Year 9 and 10 students submitted short films into a Youth InterACT competition, YouthTube. The students had to choose a topic of either, Homelessness in Young People, Mental Health, or Drug and Alcohol Abuse. The three Gold Creek School films are…
Void By Chelsea Brady.
Refuse To Lose By Milni Guglani, Zara Warwarek, Jakayah Barratt, and Dylan Paull.
Drug and Alcohol Abuse By Jasmin Turner, Jas Singh, and Michael Anthrak
Our talented students won two of the categories!
Refuse To Lose, By Milni Guglani, Zara Warwarek, Jakayah Barratt, and Dylan Paull, won the People's Choice award.
Drug and Alcohol Abuse By Jasmin Turner, Jas Singh, and Michael Anthrak, won the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Category.
Awesome work by awesome young people!
19 Jul 2017 |
POSITIVE PARENTINGAnother interesting article by Michael Grose - Independence-building is vitally important for parents. It’s the pathway to children’s competency, confidence and creativity, and the short cut to resilience and real learning. 27 Jun 2017 |
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GOLD CREEK SCHOOL - SOURCES OF STRENGTHGold Creek School has a pilot program called Sources of Strength which aims to build resilience. Principal Angela Spence, Isabelle Gaul, Jodie Chang, Brent Felix, and Bradley Lynch. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong ANU rolls out Sources of Strength suicide prevention program to Canberra schools and we are one of eight in the trial. To read more see Canberra Times article. 21 Jun 2017 |
SENIOR SITE DEBATING NEWSDEBATING NEWS This semester, three teams from Gold Creek School participated in the ACT Debating Union's state-wide debating competition. The competition took place over 6 rounds. In each round, our teams were randomly allocated a side (affirmative or negative), and were made to discuss complex topics such as ‘That we should abolish the death penalty and ‘That we should prohibit celebrity entertainers from endorsing a political party’. In many instances, these topics were only given to the students an hour before the debate started, which meant that the students were truly forced to think on their feet and put their critical thinking skills to the test. To prepare for the competition, our teams trained twice a week: during a break time and after school. This evidently paid off, as all of our teams achieved at a high level. The most successful Gold Creek team was Gold Creek School Senior Team 1, comprised of Skye Anton, Trent Arcus, Eve Hudson, and Elicia Sangster. This team managed to win 4 debates, and placed in the top 8 teams in the state according to their total speaker points. Our other senior team comprised of Elizabeth Hales, Chloe Loughton, Emily Potter, Natarsha Radoll, and Maxwell Wood and also saw success, managing to win two of their debates. This was especially significant, as for most of the team, debating was only a new activity that they had recently taken up. Our third and final team was a Junior division team, comprised of Taaseen Islam, Jayden Miller, Kobi Stray, and Claire Warner. This team won three debates across the season, and were commended by their adjudicators on a number of occasions for their sophisticated ways of engaging with their topics. Overall, this has been another wonderful semester for Gold Creek School's debating squad, and we are very proud of our students for their intellectual curiosity, determination, and willingness to take a risk. Special thanks to Mr. White, who assisted in coordinating the program this year, and to our ACTDU debating coach Amy Jack, who assisted in our after school training. Vincent Chiang 16 Jun 2017 |
Year 5/6 Conference DayThe year 5/6 students at Gold Creek School enjoyed their Conference Day yesterday. They were lucky enough to have experts from organisations around Canberra and teachers from the Senior SIte to share their knowledge on energy. School captains are pictured with Actsmart Schools Officers and Brad Archer from the Department of Environment and Energy.
 16 Jun 2017 |
Year 8 Elective Choices Semester TwoInformation Regarding Year 8 Electives Through Semester 2, Year 8 students will have elective choices for their Arts and Design classes. Each student will study two subjects that last for the entire semester. More information regarding the electives can be found here.
05 Jun 2017 |
Junior Site & Preschool Temporary Traffic Carpark ChangesAs of Monday 5 June there will be new traffic arrangements at the Junior Site and Preschool car parks. Families should have received an email explaining the changes and there is information in the Junior Site Bites - Week 5 on our website as well. 30 May 2017 |
Public Education Week 22-26 May
23 May 2017 |
Parent Seminar on Adolescent Well-being
18 May 2017 |
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Next Open Day 18 May 2017Please see information below for more information on our next open day. 09 May 2017 |
WHOLE SCHOOL OPEN DAYS
04 Apr 2017 |
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS TERM 1 2017
14 Mar 2017 |
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Comedy Workshop with Kevin KropinyeriLast week the school was lucky to hold a comedy workshop with Aboriginal comedian, Kevin Kropinyeri. He worked with some of the school's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students where they were given the opportunity to perform in front of their peers. The students and staff involved thoroughly enjoyed the experience and thank Kevin for his guidance and time. It also made news in the Chronicle. 02 Mar 2017 |
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Ms Spence - Student for a DayOur acting Principal Angela Spence wanted to experience a day in the life of a senior site student. Hear what she has to say by visiting this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zObuaPsAZwc 23 Feb 2017 |
KOREAN LANGUAGE COMING TO GOLD CREEK JUNIOR SCHOOLGold Creek to Introduce Korean Language learning in our Junior School At Gold Creek, we place a high importance on language learning including mother tongue, and recognise the link between language acquisition and cultural understanding. As a school that values and embraces the cultures and languages of its multicultural community, we are committed to widen our current language program for students in the junior school.
From the beginning of 2017, we are incorporating the learning of Korean for students in year 3. The school has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Korean Embassy to introduce the Korean ‘Plant-a school program’ with the aim of progressively growing Korean throughout the school. The Korean Embassy has generously agreed to fund this initiative and as such we have been able to recruit a fabulous teacher.
We are delighted that Gold Creek is undertaking to build this exceptional partnership with the Education Directorate and look forward to working closely with the Korean Embassy and Korean Education Centre. 09 Dec 2016 |
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2016 WHOLE SCHOOL AWARDS
We would like to thank all our special guests, students and their families for attending our 2016 whole school awards assembly on Wednesday 30 November. Congratulations to all our award recipients. 02 Dec 2016 |
Week 10 ActivitiesStudents to Choose for Activities Week Please use this link to choose the activities you want to take part in on the Monday and Wednesday of week 10. You should choose a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for each activity session, just in case any are oversubscribed. You will be given one of your choices for each session, hopefully your first or second choice, but we cannot guarantee first choices. There are excursions offered, but there are also more than enough spaces for students to take part in school based activities that don't cost anything. If you choose an excursion, there will be a cost attached; please check with your parents/carers first. If you do choose an excursion, it is your responsibility to collect a note (listen out for the morning notices). Happy choosing! 29 Nov 2016 |
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