Cranbrook State School eNewsletter

Principal's Message

Don’t forget: Cranbrook State School provides our parents with another option to increase the convenience around school finances. Parents are able to pay all school payments (SRS, Camps, Excursions, Guitar Lessons, Swimming Lessons, Sports, Performances) and all TUCKSHOP ORDERS online.

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QSchools App

Our school is committed to keeping all parents fully informed on up and coming events and opportunities to become involved in your child’s education. The QSchools app will assist you to stay up to date on all of our school’s events. To download the QSchoolsApp and receive the latest news on our school, simply go to the iTunes store or Google Play and search for ‘QSchools’ or use the following link for more information: https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/about-us/department-apps/qschools

Electronic Devices

Electronic Devices (other than approved laptops) MUST be handed in when students arrive at school - NOT at 8.30am.

The staff carpark is for staff

Please do not park in there when picking up your children after school. Parents are reminded that the school staff car park is not a safe place for children to be delivered or collected from school. If you do need to legitimately come in to the school carpark, please remember not to park in our designated bus areas.

A reminder also, that dropping students off on or near the pedestrian crossing on Bergin Road is also very unsafe as it endangers the lives of children using the crossing correctly.

School Hats

Some students have reported their hats have gone missing. The chances of their hat going missing could be greatly reduced by writing the child's name (or Initials/symbol) on the OUTSIDE brim instead of on the inside. A supervising staff member can then easily see if the hat belongs to that student. Staff, especially teachers, do not have the time to do hat inspections as we are busy teaching your child the Australian Curriculum as well as catering for their physical, social and emotional needs.

Remember: No Cranbrook Hat = No Play.

Positive Behaviour for Learning

Congratulations to those students who were invited to their class celebration for positive behaviour in Week 5. Every student who received 15 SNAPS (our school mascot (SNAPPY THE CROCODILE) links to positivity) in the first five weeks were invited to the celebration. As a school we were pleased that 100% of students attended, with the exception of those students who were either suspended (behaviour so serious that it required their right to education to be suspended due to extreme misbehaviour, extreme disobedience or conduct that effected the school operations and/or the safety of students) or on an EXIT so the rights of teachers to teach and the students to learn could be re-established.

For those who are unaware of what PBL:

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is an educational process that brings together the whole-school community to contribute to developing a positive, safe and supportive learning culture. The PBL framework assists schools to improve social, emotional, behavioural and academic outcomes for children and young people.

PBL is a process, not a program.

When PBL is implemented well, teachers and students have more time to focus on relationships and classroom instruction.

Students and staff benefit from:

reduced problem behaviour
increased time focused on instruction
improved social-emotional wellbeing
positive and respectful relationships among students and staff
better support for teachers to teach, model and respond effectively to student needs
a predictable learning environment where staff and students know what is expected to deliver effective practices that can be sustained over time.

What Wonderful Work – Reading at Cranbrook

Reading is of the utmost importance at Cranbrook and we regularly set targets to improve our student outcomes. Our Teachers are working hard every day to make a difference in your child’s reading abilities. One of the ways we improve reading is providing extra support for those students who need it, through our Reading Intervention Program, using the MultiLit Program.

The high level of results we achieve, are usually only possible, if parents are reading with their child EVERY night.

It was with great pride that we watched our Cranbrook Swim Team compete at the 'C' Schools Interschool Swimming Carnival on Tuesday. There were some great individual performances and as a team they supported each other in defeat and victory, which was a such a great attribute to witness.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Jeff Capell - Principal

Staff Email List

Coming Up....

Week 9 (beginning Monday, 18 March)

Monday/Tuesday - NAPLAN (years 3 & 5)

Wednesday - League Stars (opt in Rugby League Program)

- P&C AGM and General Meeting....6pm in the Uniform Shop

Thursday - Prep/Year 6 Performance....2.30pm in the hall

- Student Disco: Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 is 5.45 - 7pm

- Student Disco: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 is 7.15 - 8.30pm (see flyer below)

Week 10 (beginning Monday, 25 March)

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday - TDSSMC Choral Festival (select students)

Wednesday - Cross Country/Colour Fun Run

Thursday - Bill Nettle Rugby League Competition (select students)

- Netball Gala Day (select students)

- PBL Snappy Celebrations

- Last day of school for Term 1

(Friday is Good Friday)

Term 2 begins on Monday, 15 April.

Cross Country Colour Run

Our annual Cross Country Colour Run is on in Week 10, Wednesday, 27 March.

Students born in 2012 - 2015 and who are in Years 3 to 6, will run outside the school grounds. Permission is needed for this. A SOBS permission email has been sent out and must be completed online by 9am, this coming Monday, 18 March.

Below is a link to view a copy only of the permission details.

Permission Form details

For students wishing to be squirted with colour, a participation fee of $15 must be paid to the school, by Monday, 25 March. Your participation fee includes a white t-shirt, colour wristband and colour sunglasses, which will be in the colour of your child's Sports Team.

Students who don't pay the fee, will not be squirted with colour.

Please see the link below, for further information.

Colour run information

Attending our parades is a great way to hear about what's happening around our school, to see the recipients of various awards, to put faces to names and to show your children you are interested in them! Come and join us whenever you can!

Every Day Counts - Attendance

Regular, punctual attendance at school is expected of all students.

Students should be present at school ready to prepare for the day's learning by 8:30am.

Late Arrivals

Students arriving after 8:50am must report to the office to receive a lateslip. If a student is late, a letter of explanation from the student's parent/guardian must be presented to the office staff on arrival.

Absence

If a student is absent and the parent/guardian has not notified the school, they will receive an automated text message by 10am that day.

Parents will receive a text message informing them that their child is absent. If you receive one of these text messages, please contact the school to explain the reason for your child’s absence.

A working mobile number should be registered with the school, if available.

Please remember that absence is only marked for the days specified by the parents. If you ring up on a Monday informing that your child is sick and they remain away from school for the following 2 days because they are sick you need to inform us that this was the reason for their absence. You can inform us after the absence via a message directly to the teacher or by contacting our absence hotline or email.

If your child is absent, please leave a message detailing:

Child's name
Class
Reason for absence
Dates or duration of absence

Absence Hotline - 4726 1260

Absence Email - absences@cranbrookss.eq.edu.au

Absence For More Than 10 Days

What is an exemption and why do I need it?

Every parent of a child of compulsory school age has a legal obligation to ensure their child is enrolled and attending school. Parents can apply for an exemption from this obligation when their child cannot attend or it would be unreasonable in all the circumstances for their child to attend school for a period of more than 10 consecutive school days.

Situations where an application for an exemption may be made include:

Illness
Family reasons
Cultural or religious reasons

If your child is exempt from compulsory schooling, you are excused from your obligation in relation to compulsory schooling.

The school principal is not responsible for providing an educational program for your child, however they may provide advice on other educational options available. Decisions about exemptions for up to one school year are made by the principal and decisions about exemptions for more than one school year are made by the relevant Regional Director of the Department of Education, Training and Employment, responsible for the supervision of the school your child attends.

PBL - Positive Behaviour for Learning

Last week, our PBL was about being respectful and making sure we include everyone.

This week, we looked at being responsible and accepting responsibility.

Below are the 'for families' poster of our lessons, which gives you a chance to continue these conversations at home and possibly apply them to your daily family life.

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Sadly, we missed the Week 7 draw, however, Week 8's winner was Harrison!

Well done! Thanks for being a safe - responsible - respectful student.

Again, sadly we missed our Week 7 draw, however, our weekly $10

'Golden Snap' draw in Week 8, went to Samuel!

Learning at Cranbrook

In Year 3, we're as smart as can be!

What your child is learning - Year 3

Each week at our Cohort Parades, class awards are given out for:

Attendance
Behaviour
Kindness
Excellence in Learning

There is also a $1 snappy voucher handed out per class and a $2.50 cohort award also.

Congratulations to all of these wonderful Year 3 students!

Here is some of the learning we have been doing in class, compliments of 3B and 3D.....

Townsville Bulletin Prep Photos

If you have an online subscription to the Townsville Bulletin, you can now view our little Preppies in the Bulletin's 'My First Year' photos via the link below.

The photos will be in the printed paper edition of the Bulletin, on Wednesday 27 March.

(The Bulletin is aware that P/1D's photo is missing. They will get the photo added online soon and their photo will be in the actual paper edition!)

Bulletin's Townsville Preps Photos

From The Arts

Imagine a Dragon

is our 2024 Musical, being performed by our Year 4 and 5 students (with some additional Year 6 friends).

28 and 29 August.

Every Year 4 & 5 student is involved!

Rehearsals continue during school time and after school on Tuesdays for cast members.

An update on our Buddy Wall.

Doesn't it look fabulous!

Thank you to the Visual Arts crew for putting up the finishing touches!

Week 7's Arts Class of the Week goes to.....

** 3B ** for great listening during assessment, for their kindness towards one another when sharing art resources and for their beautiful singing of new songs.

Week 8's Arts Class of the Week goes to.....

**4A** for using the laptops and 'Teams' to improve learning outcomes in Drama, for being patient when trying new things and for rehearsing their musical songs and dances at home in their own time!

Well done, everyone!

From the Sports Desk....

Representative news

Cranbrook students had an excellent two days at the Touch Trials.

In the boys, Dontrelle was selected in the Northern U/12 boys team. For the girls, all four girls made it to the Possibles vs Probables match with Skye and Peyton being selected in the Northern U/12 girls team.

Dontrelle, Peyton and Skye will travel to Rockhampton in June to compete at the State Championships.

Congratulations students! We wish them every success in their representative pathway.

Representative AFL

If your daughter is born 2012-2013 and is a keen AFL player, please contact Mrs McMinn to receive information about the upcoming Peninsula 10-12 Years AFL trials.

As the Northern Region does NOT have a 10-12yrs Girls’ Australian Rules Team, suitably skilled girls, in our region, are offered a pathway through trialling with Peninsula Region.

The Peninsula Trials are being held in Cairns on Wednesday 27th March.

Contact must be made with Mrs McMinn today. bmcmi9@eq.edu.au

Interschool Swimming Carnival

Last Tuesday, selected students represented Cranbrook at the Inter School Swimming Carnival. The students competed with enthusiasm and supported their peers with loud cheers from the grandstand.

Congratulations to the following students who placed in their division 1 race:

· 1st - Under 10 Girls 4 x 25m relay (Jade, Mahalia, Mereseini, and Olivia)

· 2nd - 10 Years Girls 25m - Jade

· 3rd - 10 Years Boys – Eli

· 3rd - 12 Years Girls – Jasmine

· 3rd - 12 Years Boys 4 x 25m Relay (Braxton, Hamish, Logan and Micah)

Photos are of our Senior competitors. Junior competitors will be acknowledged on parade next week and photos will appear in Week 10's newsletter.

Gala Days

This week selected students in years 5 and 6 will receive a permission note to represent Cranbrook School at the following events:

· Bill Nettle Challenge Rugby League Gala Day – Thursday 28th March

· NQ Netball Cup – Thursday 28th March

Please ensure you return the relevant permission slip, to ensure their participation in the event/s.

Inter-house Cross Country / Colour Run

Wednesday 27th March, between 9:00 – 10:40am, will see Cranbrook’s annual Cross Country/ Colour Run on the back oval. Students participating in the colour run will be required to purchase the relevant permission forms and make payment to prior to 25th March, 2024.

Student in Years 3-6 will be required to run outside of the school grounds for the event. Students will be walking the route in their HPE lesson in week 9/10 to familiarise themselves with the course. Please ensure you respond to the relevant permission slips.

Thanks to all of our teachers who have had the students out practising and increasing their fitness.

Health and Physical Education

Students in Prep and Year 2 have been learning about keeping themselves and others safe at Cranbrook State School. In Prep, students have been identifying safe and unsafe places to play.

In year 2, students have been identifying what is unhealthy and unsafe about a stimulus picture. Students also taken on the role of safety inspectors and identified places students use at Cranbrook and ways that these places are used to identify if it is a safe or unsafe place and why.

No HPE Class of Week for Week 7,

but a big congratulations to Miss Hutchinson's Class 5A for being the winners for Week 8!

Yours in sport,

Mrs McMinn

From the Resource Centre

Class Borrowing Days

For students in Prep / Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3…..you must have a library bag to protect your books.

It is very important that books are returned every week.

Students are not allowed to borrow more books until any outstanding ones are returned.

Please return your child’s home reader and library books on the following days:

Our Book Fair is coming in April!

More information to come in Term 2.

From your P&C

Our Easter Raffle is on! Thanks to wonderful community support, we are able to offer some great prizes! There are 11 prizes to win and the total prize pool is valued at over $1300.

Tickets are just $2 per ticket (or 3 tickets for $5) and books of tickets have been sent home. Extra tickets can be requested via the P&C Operations Manager at pandcoperations@cranbrookss.eq.edu.au or on 0457869194. Please return sold ticket stubs, unsold tickets and money by Monday 25 March.

Please support the businesses that have supported us and thanks for supporting your P&C also.

2023 Tuckshop Menu

This is our current tuckshop menu

Spotlight on....

Global Tropics Future Young Scholars

The Global Tropics Future (GTF) project is a unique partnership between the Department of Education (DoE) and James Cook University (JCU), with the vision and drive to achieve improvements in education outcomes and workforce participation in Tropical and North Queensland.

Thuringowa State High School leads the collaboration with James Cook University and aims to boost student engagement and achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The project enables like-minded students to connect, collaborate and explore their STEM interest and passion through a range of enriching and challenging learning opportunities.

Students engaged with the GTF project are collectively known as the Global Tropics Future Young Scholars. With the goal of developing 21st century skills (problem solving, inquiry, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration), the Young Scholars build their STEM portfolio through a blended model of delivery via virtual (Queensland Virtual STEM Academy) and face-to-face learning that incorporates emerging sciences and current global STEM problems.

For this current round, selected students are participating as follows:

Year 5 - Australian Native Species

Some eighty percent of our flora and fauna are unique to Australia. Some of Australia’s most iconic fauna species include the kangaroo, emu, koala, platypus, echidna and wombat. There are, however, a number of challenges facing our most loved native species, as well as some others that are lesser known. Throughout this Grand Challenge, students will work alongside Queensland Parks and Wildlife personnel and University researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the roles some of Australia’s lesser-known species have in healthy ecosystems, and what they can do now to prevent the mass extinction that is occurring in Australia at present.

Year 6 -Biomechanics

Biomechanics is the science of movement of a living body, including how muscles, bones, tendons, and ligaments work together to produce movement. Biomechanics is part of the larger field of kinesiology, specifically focusing on the mechanics of the movement (Rogers, 2019). Throughout this Skill Builder students will immerse themselves in the world of our bodies’ movement patterns, link with CQUniversity experts in biomechanics, as well as hear real-life applications of biomechanics from industry professionals. Students will also design a functional prosthetic leg for a three-legged dog.

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Here's what one of our students, Faith, had to say about her experience so far:

I was happy when I found out I had been selected for Global Tropics because it always challenges me.

When I heard the word "biomechanics", I was quickly intrigued because I had never heard this word before, and it sounded very exciting.

At first, I thought these sessions were going to be about mechanics (with tools and those things), but it actually means the things in your body that basically help you move.

In these classes, we have been learning about the human body, the bones inside it, and which sports require biomechanics (using your body to help you move/bend in different ways).

I like many things about biomechanics, such as the way biomechanics helps in sports such as netball, and the way biomechanics helps the human body do everyday things. One thing I dislike though, is sometimes it is a bit difficult to understand and hear one another, due to the noise around me.

Meet our....

Pedagogy Coaches

Pedagogical coaching is based on the premise that ongoing growth is essential for all teachers. A pedagogical coach supports teachers to extend their understanding of curriculum and pedagogy knowledge, of instructional and assessment strategies and to develop effective lessons for all students in their classrooms.

We asked our two coaches some questions to get to know them....