Let {X-i, i greater than or equal to 1} be a sequence of m-dependent stationary standard Gaussian random variables and u(n), n is an element of N some positive constants. In this note we generalise results of Raab (Extremes 1(3) (1999) 29.), who considered compound Poisson approximation for W-n = Sigma(i=1)(n) 1{X-i > u(n)} the number of exceedances above the level u(n). More precisely, the main result concerns an upper asymptotic bound for the total variational distance d(TV)(W-n,CP(lambda*)) where CP(lambda*) =(d) N-1 + 2N(2) +...+ rN(r), with 2 less than or equal to r less than or equal to 2m and N-i =(d) Poi(lambda(i)), lambda(i) > 0 are independent Poisson random variables.