Cranbrook Newsletter - 2025 Term 4 Week 2

Principal's Message

Welcome to our Week 2 Newsletter!
We encourage you to read through carefully to ensure you don’t miss any important updates or upcoming events.

Important Reminder – Parking and Student Safety

The school has recently received a complaint from a nearby resident regarding unsafe and illegal parking during student drop-off and pick-up times. This includes parents stopping on or just before the pedestrian crossing, as well as parking in restricted or unsafe areas.

These actions not only inconvenience our neighbours but, more importantly, place our students and families at risk. Ensuring the safety of every child in our school community must remain our top priority.

As a result, Townsville City Council enforcement officers will be conducting patrols over the coming weeks. Their focus will be to ensure compliance with parking laws and to help maintain a safe environment around our school.

Officers will be monitoring for the following:

• Parking across or blocking driveways

• Parking too close to intersections or areas that obstruct visibility

• Parking in “No Standing” or restricted zones

We urge all parents and carers to follow road rules and model safe, responsible behaviour when dropping off and collecting students. Your cooperation helps keep all children safe.

About Prep

Queensland children are required to undertake Prep prior to Year 1. Prep is a full-time program that children attend from Monday to Friday during normal school hours, generally from 9am to 3pm.
To be eligible for Prep, children must be aged 5 years by 30 June in the year they start Prep.
Prep is the start of the early stage of learning which continues until Year 2. It is available in all Queensland state schools and most non-state schools offering a primary program.
Prep is part of the whole school. Classrooms and other facilities are located in school grounds.
Prep provides the foundation for your child's success at school by developing:

• the knowledge, understanding and skills detailed in the Australian Curriculum for English, mathematics, science and history (Foundation Year)
• a positive approach to learning
• independence and confidence
• creativity and problem-solving skills
• physical abilities, including gross and fine motor skills.

In Prep, teachers support children's learning by making connections between school and their experiences at home, kindergarten or childcare.

Prep Transition Program Information

Stay Connected with Us!
Please take a moment to check your email junk or trash folders to ensure you’re receiving all of our newsletters and newsflashes. These updates include important details such as event dates, times, and activities that you and your child may wish to be involved in.
We also encourage you to follow our school’s Facebook page, where we share multiple posts daily about upcoming events and activities.
If you are not receiving any emails from us, please contact us at communications@cranbrookss.eq.edu.au so we can assist.

‼️Reminder – Collecting Students Early / Appointments‼️

To help reduce interruptions to learning and phone calls to the front office, please follow the process below if your child needs to leave school early for an appointment or other reason:

• Do not phone ahead to request your child be sent to the office.
• On arrival at the front office, our staff will provide you with an Early Departure Slip.
• Take this slip to your child’s classroom and collect them directly from there.

This process helps minimise disruption to classrooms and allows our office staff to continue supporting the whole school efficiently.

We thank all families for their understanding and cooperation.

Exciting News – Our New School Bus!

We’re thrilled to share that Cranbrook State School has recently purchased a brand-new school bus! With 30 seats available, we can now accommodate more students for our morning and afternoon pick-up and drop-off service.

Please take a moment to read the important information below regarding our Bus Service and the Code of Conduct we follow.

If you’d like to enquire about your child joining the Bus Service, our friendly admin team would be happy to assist—feel free to drop in or contact the office.

Have a great weekend everyone,
Kyle Sanim, 
A/Principal 

Coming Up in Term 4🌞

Take a look at what Extra Curricular Activities are available for Term 4.

Healthy Snack/Brain Food Snack 

Many of our teachers allow students to have a healthy/brain food snack in their class. Please make sure the 'brain builder/healthy' food is easy to eat with fingers and is not messy or drippy. 

• Some suggestions for healthy snack are:
• Dried fruit e.g. apricots, prunes, raisins, sultanas
• Fresh vegetables e.g. carrots, celery sticks, beans, snow peas
• Rice Cakes
• Cheese sticks and cubes
• Seeds e.g. sunflower, sesame, linseed
• Fresh fruit  e.g. grapes, apple pieces, blueberries, strawberries, baby tomatoes
• Chickpeas and other legumes

DO NOT send any of the following: 

• Processed foods e.g. muesli bars, biscuits, cakes
• Lollies or anything high in sugar
• Chips and Crisps
• Bread 

Snappy Winners🐊

Week 1's Snappy Winners were Lucinda and Lilly! Congratulations! 

Our Week 2's Snappy and Golden Snappy Winners are Hailee and Nate! Congratulations! 

Our week 2 Environmental and PE Class of the week goes to..... 4C!
Congratulations on not 1 but 2 Trophies! 

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

👍PBL - Positive Behaviour for Learning👍

Last week, our PBL was about following routines and transitions.

This week, we looked at acting safely.

Below is 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.  

What your Child is Learning 📚

Home Work 📖

🎭From the Arts🎨

The Nightingale for Week 1 went to Bonnie Swayn! 
The Songbird for Week 1 went to Ella Kingsley! 
For Week 2 the Nightingale was Jade Capell!
With Vivian Kihn the Songbird of the Week for Week 2!
Congratulations Girls! 

From the Sports Desk

We are very proud of Danielle Prince in achieving some really great results when she went away to the State Championships for 2025 this Month! 
State Championships - 2025 - Track and Field 10 - 19 year olds
Multiclass Division - Under 10 year old girls
Long Jump - 1st place - 2.7
100m - 1st place 15.99
200m - 1st place 33.19

Congratulations Danielle! 

Over the holidays Harley & Luie played in the 2025 Vikings Cup down in Airlie Beach. The boys had a blast playing Rugby Union as part of the Under 10s Pedigree Pups Green Team.

Please keep a look out for information about swimming lessons that are planned to happen in week 9 and  the Swimming Carnival happening in week 10. 

🍎From your P&C 🥙

📚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:

The Cranbrook Community Hub 👋

The Hub is our adult space.  We want our parents/carers to use it for what they need – a bit of rest and respite, a place to safely talk, where to go to meet up with fellow class families and to meet new ones, a place to enjoy activities you may not ordinarily do.

Hi everyone and welcome back! 

We have reintroduced our 'Coffee and Chat' sessions this term.  Come and join us for a coffee, a piece of cake and a good old bit of conversation!  Did I mention we have barista coffee???

On Wednesdays, we have introduced our Nudge Sessions.  These are weekly sessions that look at some of life's everyday topics, with the aim of giving us a little nudge in the right direction. This Wednesday will be a session presented by Hannah, an Associate of Wilson/Ryan/Grose Solicitors, on the topic of Wills.  Hannah is not there to make us sign on the dotted line and create a Will there and then, but to talk through the pros and cons of having a Will.  Keep an eye on our weekly updates, to know what other topics we will be presenting each week. 

Playgroup is back in The Hub (not OSHC) on Thursday mornings, starting at 9am and going through to 10.30am.  Any family with children not yet at school, are welcome to join us.

Have a question?  Please feel free to contact me, Louise, as follows:   communityhub@cranbrookss.eq.edu.au  /  0477004723

🏆Sponsorship thanks🏆

We are very excited and grateful, to have received sponsorship from these amazing companies in 2024 to help our Touch Football team get to their competitions. Fair Dinkum Builds (Gold Sponsor) Rowey's Plumbing & Gas (Silver Sponsor) Weigh 'n' Pay (Bronze Sponsor) Please support these businesses when you can - they are supporting your children and your school. Thank you!

Parentline Service supporting Parents and Carers 📰

Parentline is a free, confidential counselling service available for all Queensland parents and carers.
If you need support navigating challenging situations, Parentline offers qualified counsellors who can help with expert advice, emotional support and referrals when needed.
Parentline’s services include:

• practical parenting resources on their website

• live webchat with professional counsellors

• phone support for immediate assistance (1300 30 1300)

• the option to pre-book ongoing sessions with the same counsellor

• online counsellor-facilitated parenting forums for shared support

• referrals to other family support services when additional help is needed.

Visit their website (parentline.com.au) for more information today, or give them a call on 1300 30 1300.

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