Principal's Message
 

Welcome to Gordon Primary School

Picture of Gordon Primary children working in classPicture of Gordon Primary children racing at the swimming carnival

A Picture of Gordon Primary Students working on school garden projectPicture of Gordon Primary children hard at work in the classroom

Here at Gordon Primary School, as with every ACT school, We go through what is called Validation. Validation is what allows us as a school to demonstrate what we do well and how to improve our school.Here you will find the Validation Reports completed by the school review team.

Smarter School National Partnership

Click here to view the Validation Report  pdfsmall (149kb)
Click here to view the 2008 School Board Report pdfsmall (591kb)
2010 Enrolment Information
Click here to view all Enrolment Information
School Dates 2010

Term 1 Thursday 28 January to Friday 9 April

Term 2 Tuesday 27 April to Friday 2 July

Term 3 Monday 19 July to Friday 24 September

Term 4 Monday 11 October to Friday 17 December

 

Public Holidays 2010

 Friday 1 January - New Years Day
Tuesday 26 January - Australia Day
Monday 8 March - Canberra Day
Friday 2 April - Good Friday
Saturday 3 April - Easter Saturday
Monday 5 April - Easter Monday
Monday 26 April - Anzac Day
Monday 14 June - Queen’s Birthday
Monday 27 September - Family & Community Day
Monday 4 October - Labour Day
Monday 27 December - Christmas Day
Tuesday 28 December - Boxing Day

 
          

Programs at GPS 

  1. Music Program- Year 5 and 6 Band

  2. Choirs (Outreach program)- A regular group who meet to learn songs to be sung as a part of an outreach program.

  3. Lunchtime Structured Sports

  4. Garden Project

  5. Sustainable schools

  6. Wakakirri

  7. School Camps

  8. SRC- Student representative council

Coming Events

Friday 29 Jan 2010     School Office open for enrolment enquiries

Monday 2 Feb           

Kindergarten students commence 9.00am                    

School Office open for enrolment enquiries

Tuesday 3 Feb          

Students Years 1-Y6 commence 9.00am

Wednesday 4 Feb     Stationery Packs may be collected from the school hall from 8.15 – 9.30am

Voluntary Contributions may be paid

School Hours:

8.55 am - Warning bell
 
9:00 am - Morning teaching session begins
 
11:00-11:10 am -Supervised lunch eating in class groups

11:10-11:50 am Lunch playtime

11:50- Middle teaching session begins

1:20-1:50 pm - Recess  
 
1:50 pm - Afternoon teaching session begins
 
3:00 pm - Students dismissed from class

NOTE: Students will not be released before 3:00 pm and they will not be asked to remain after 3:00 pm unless prior arrangements have been made with parents (E.g. bus, parents picking up etc.).

Other Lanyon Cluster Schools:

Lanyon High

Bonython Primary

Charles Conder Primary