Sharing cultural items through the #GosfordPS annual Harmony Day cultural museum is one way we bring ‘home’ into our school. Families and staff contribute their items for students to appreciate and discuss with their peers. #teachnsw #EALD

Tjuppuru had all of GPS captivated during his 'Dijeribone' performance with his rich, deep and multilayered soundscape. A great mix of culture, music, language and science! #LoveWhereYouLearn #LoveWhereYouWork

Time to take a break, turn on the music and dance like nobody is watching! 💃🕺Today our students put on their dancing shoes and had a ball at the K-2/3-6 disco. Thank you to Andrew Backhouse and Henry Kendall HS for sharing your school hall. #wellbeing #disco #LoveWhereYouLearn

What a way to kick off Wk 5! Our Chapman Band teach us about countries & cultures through music. After rehearsing for over a term, they were finally ready to perform Byzantine Dancers from Turkey, Loch Lomond from Scotland and You Can't Stop the Beat from the musical Hairspray!

Embedding #health #wellbeing and ensuring equitable outcomes for all starting with an NDIS parent info session, followed up by a 'Connection Desk' to provide individual support for families with a Social Futures rep and a member of the learning support team. Jessica Malu

#SRC speak up for students! Reps from each class share 2 'positives' & 2 'working towards' every fortnight & meet with the senior exec team to action popular initiatives. ✅ soccer goals purchased ✅ light in sports shed installed❗️next - duty hats for teachers. #studentvoice

Evaluating strengths and opportunities for growth with regards to student and family connections, learning experiences and school transitions at our OC parent focus group and welcome BBQ. Great insights and a wonderful community event! #opportunityclass #HPGE #LoveWhereYouLearn

Congratulations to our St 2 & 3 High Distinction and Distinction recipients of the #Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge! A special mention to Yvonne Du for making the honour roll and achieving 100% in the challenge! So proud of their achievements! #HPGE #highpotential #gifted

This week GPS students experienced iSkies' Cosmodome Planetarium! The presentation & movie about our solar system supported the St 3 Science unit and space lessons. It was an incredible event that stimulated students' curiosity and left them astonished! #LoveWhereWeLearn

🎶 Today K-2 students went on a musical journey with the incredible Musica Viva Australia. Students learnt about percussion instruments found in the home and used body percussion to create their own soundscape of a rainy day in the Australian bush! 🎶 #music #percussion #instruments

DP Jessica Malu witnessed an inspiring art workshop today where HP&G students in the creative domain collaborated with a parent volunteer from the New Arrivals Program. They explored the theme 'A Wonderful World' & shared messages through translation software. #EALD #HPGE #art

Friendship is a powerful in English Language acquisition. Through collaborative art making a Year 1 new arrival student and her friend created ‘Gosford Friends’ to remember their friendship, the water, mountains, pool and chicken shop in Gosford making them happy as elves! #EALD

GPS is excited to dive deeper into assessments through the transformative work of Thomas Guskey on Mastery Learning, focusing on high quality corrective instruction and feedback for growth. Jennifer Shelton #formativeassessment #masterylearning

GPS launch into an 18month Parent Partnership Learning Ecosystem journey with NSW Dept of Education and UNSW! Great professional dialogue as the #PPLE team develop an ecosystem map, flesh out enablers/barriers and plan our approach following the QDAI framework. #lovewhereyoulearn

We welcome Aboriginal parents, carers, grandparents & special guests from Cooinda AECG to our 'Honouring Our Elders' BBQ, yarn bombing activities and the long awaited unveiling of our new school mural painted by Grant Molony Jessica Malu NSW AECG Inc. drive.google.com/file/d/1NCqOhh…

Our very own Miss Lucy Pollicina was recognised this morning at the Gosford City Learning Community Celebration Assembly for her ongoing commitment to increasing #studentvoice and #agency at GPS. Congratulations Lucy! #LoveWhereYouWork

What a term! Wrapping up after an incredible series of collegial and community collaborations. From the ED/BD, EAL/D and preschool network meetings to the 2024 Kindergarten parent info session and interviews. Now it's time to recharge and gear up for Term 4! Happy holidays!

Congratulations 2023HALTs on this significant achievement! It was a pleasure meeting you & an honour to have been recognised & celebrated alongside you on #WTD2023. "We (teachers) are the people that everything depends on in the system!" Prue Car MP HALT Association NSW aitsl NSW Dept of Education