Cranbrook Newsletter Term 3 - Week 10 2021

Principal's Message

Parent-Teacher Interviews

Our second round of Parent-Teacher Interviews for 2021 will be conducted on Thursday 14th October.  These will take place in the school hall from 3.30-7.30pm in 15 minute increments. 

Our online booking system is designed for simplicity and will be open to parents and guardians from 8am on Friday 17th September to make bookings with their child's relevant teacher/s and will close on midday Wednesday, 13th October.

To access parent teacher interviews please follow the process below. 

1. Copy and paste link into your browser:  https://sobs.com.au/pt/parent.php?schoolid=693
2. Type in your email address and click Next
3. Select your Security Options (password, no password, code) and click Next
4. Enter your name and contact details and click Save
5. Enter your child’s full name and select year level and click Next
6. Select your communication method (phone/in person)
7. Click on the ‘Book Interviews’ box next to your child's name
8. Select your child's teacher and click Next
9. Click on the timeslot that you would like to book and your child’s name will appear in that timeslot
10. If you make a mistake just click on that timeslot again to clear that interview
11. Click SAVE at the top or bottom of the page.

New Fence/Gate School Procedures

With our new fence completed the new procedures will be implemented from Tuesday 5th October.
Staff Carparking - Gates will open from 5.00am and be closed at 8.50am and opened again at 3.00pm to 6.00pm. Electronic Access will be installed after the September holidays. Electronic access will be available for staff and suppliers for times outside these times.

Albert and Bergin Road Pedestrian Gates - Gates will open from 8.00am to 8.50am and again at 2.50pm to 3.20pm.

Alice Street Pedestrian Gates – Gates will open at 5.00am and be closed at 4.30pm. The main gate will be open in the morning and the secondary gate at the Bergin Road end of pick up zone will be open in the afternoons.

Alice Street Internal Gate – The gate will open at 8.00am when supervision begins. Prior to this students will have access to the waiting area on Alice St.

Access to areas of the school (tuckshop, uniform shop, Resource Centre) are available between 8.50am and 2.50pm through the administration building.

After School Procedures

Students riding or walking home after school should promptly leave the school grounds no later than 3:10pm.

No children (school age or not) are allowed on the playground equipment (including the Prep Area and the Prep Adventure Playground) after 3:00pm without parent supervision.  This direction is for safety reasons as the students cannot be supervised by staff after this time.  

Electronic Devices (mobile phones, iPods etc belonging to students)

Children may bring electronic devices to school.  They should hand them in at the office on arrival at school and collect them at the end of the school day.

Children are not permitted to have electronic devices in the classroom or playground.  If the need to make a call arises during the day, students may seek their teachers’ permission to come to the office to make a call.

This policy protects the learning time of all students and minimises the chance of loss or damage to electronic devices.

Transition to School Resources to Support Your Child

There are many ways a parent or carer can help their child transition from home or kindy to school.

Take a look at the short video from the Department of Education on "Supporting Successful Transitions from Kindergarten to School" which is one of several videos on their website designed to assist families, early education and care services and schools to support positive transitions to Prep.

The Chief Health Officer has written to school principals across Queensland to urge you and your family (including all children aged 12 years and older) to take the opportunity over the upcoming school holidays to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

Children aged 12 years and older can receive a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a Queensland Health vaccination location or at a participating General Practice (GP). In the very near future, you will be able to access Moderna (Spikevax) vaccine at a participating community pharmacy.

The Chief Health Officer encourages you to please make this a priority for your family these school holidays by taking the below actions. 

How to Book

1.    Register your interest to receive your COVID-19 vaccine at a Queensland Health vaccination location. 

a.    Older children can register themselves separately if they have their own email address; or

b.    A parent or guardian can register and set up their children as dependents. All correspondence will be managed through the parent/guardian’s email address. Read more about creating a dependent in the vaccine booking system.

If you need assistance with vaccination bookings, call 134 COVID (13 42 68).

2.    Access the COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Checker to book a vaccination at a participating GP or community pharmacy. 

Walk in Opportunities

Walk in appointments are currently available at selected Queensland Health vaccination locations. To find your closest walk in vaccination location, please visit www.health.qld.gov.au/vaccinelocations.

Consent

For young people, consent from a parent/guardian is usually required.  In Queensland:

• individuals aged 12 to 15 years may require a parent/guardian to provide consent, however may be mature enough to provide informed consent
• individuals aged 16 years and older are generally deemed to have capacity to consent for vaccination.

It is recommended that children under the age of 16 have a parent/guardian with them at their vaccination appointment. Young people seeking to provide informed consent themselves, without parental consent, should speak to their vaccinating clinician.  Find out more about age of consent for vaccinations online.

Additional Information and Support

For more information about the COVID-19 vaccine and children, please visit Queensland Health’s website for children, young people and parents.

If you need an interpreter to book your vaccination appointment, call 13 42 68 and ask to be connected to an interpreter. If an interpreter is needed to phone this service, first call the Translating and Interpreting Service on 13 14 50 and they can connect you. 

If an interpreter is needed at the vaccine appointment, advise a staff member when you arrive at the vaccination location so they can arrange this for you. This is a free service. 

The Chief Health Officer thanks you for your cooperation to keep Queensland and our school community safe. 

Keep a Watch on our School these Holidays

Parents and students can help take care of our school by reporting any suspicious after-hours activity to School Watch on 13 17 88.  By keeping an eye out we can work together to create a safer school community and help to reduce vandalism, theft and arson in our school.  

If you see something suspicious, please don't intervene.  Call the School Watch number and let the local police or State Government Protective Security Service deal with the matter.

Jeff Capell
Principal

Positive Behaviour For Learning

Congratulations to Annabelle in Prep who is this Week's PBL Assembly Draw Winner.

Prep Transition Program

Term 4 - Parent Teacher Interviews

Our second round of Parent-Teacher Interviews for 2021 will be conducted on Thursday 14th October.   These will take place in the school hall from 3.30-7.30pm in 15 minute increments. 

Our booking system will be open on Friday 17th September for parents to make their bookings with their relevant teacher/s and will close midday Wednesday, 13th October.  

Below, is a list of questions you can ask your teachers about how your child is going.  We will be handing these out on the afternoon/evening so don't feel as though you need to remember or write these down.

When you make your booking you will be asked whether you would like ‘phone call’ or ‘in person’.  If you select ‘phone call’ our teachers will call you during your allocated time so please make sure your contact details are up to date with our office staff.  All classroom teachers, cohort leaders, inclusion staff, specialist staff and leadership team will be available for interviews.

To access parent teacher interviews please follow the process below. 

1. Copy and paste link into your browser:  https://sobs.com.au/pt/parent.php?schoolid=693
2. Type in your email address and click Next
3. Select your Security Options (password, no password, code) and click Next
4. Enter your name and contact details and click Save
5. Enter your child’s full name and select year level and click Next
6. Select your communication method (phone/in person)
7. Click on the ‘Book Interviews’ box next to your child's name
8. Select your child's teacher and click Next
9. Click on the timeslot that you would like to book and your child’s name will appear in that timeslot
10. If you make a mistake just click on that timeslot again to clear that interview
11. Click SAVE at the top or bottom of the page.

Tammy Haupt
Head of Curriculum

The Arts Space

Townsville Eisteddfod 

This year, Cranbrook had 7 group entries into the Townsville Eisteddfod, held at the Civic Theatre. The competing groups were:  Nightingale Chorus, Percussion Ensemble, String Orchestra, Wind Quartet, Songbird Chorus, Concert Band and  String Trio.

Our Results were:

Nightingale Chorus – 3rd place Year 6 and under Unison & 3rd place Year 6 and under Folk
Percussion Ensemble – 1st place
Concert Band -  3rd Place
String Trio - 3rd Place

Congratulations to all competitors, we are so proud of your efforts and your achievements - your dedication to your rehearsals over the last two months must be commended!

Drama Excellence

Drama Excellence is a wonderful Tuesday afternoon extra-curricular activity that runs from 3pm to 4pm by Ms Earle. During Drama Excellence, students have the opportunity to develop their drama skills including focus, creating dramatic tension and developing their role.

This week, students performed scripts, some written by themselves to a large lunchtime audience. All groups were well prepared and very professional! 

Sarah Earle and Suellen Onslow
Performing Arts Teachers

From the Resource Centre - Week 10

From the P & C - Fete Committee

WOW Cranbook!  

What a night we had!  Thank you so much, for your time, your efforts, your donations and your support on the night.  

There are so many people who deserve a massive thank you, however, I’m just going to highlight our amazing business donors, who gave to our Cent Sale.  Please take the time to read through the list and then support them when you can.  We really appreciate their support of us. 

Donors were: 

• Carpet Place Floorworld
• Magenta Sunrise
• Soil Horizons
• Brite-Lec Electrical
• The Ville
• Hotel Allen
• The Balcony Restaurant
• Sigi Graf Properties
• Warrina Ice Rink
• Barefoot Reflexology
• Cranbrook Fish and Chips
• Nathan Young Constructions
• Plant Essential
• Connie Hardie Reflexology
• Healing Within Kinesiology
• Grill’d Healthy Burgers
• Heritage Tea Rooms
• Margaret Coventry Reflexology
• Ninja Parc
• Brothers League Club
• SeaLink
• Tom’s Tavern
• Rural Pumping Solutions
• Trade Link Plumbing Supplies
• T&R Electrical
• Weigh ‘n’ Pay

…..and various Cranbrook Families

I do apologise if I missed anyone.  A big thanks does go to Adrian Coventry for sourcing a lot of these donations.  A full list of prize winners will be published.

Thanks to Amusements Plus, Live FM, Saints Eagles Souths Soccer Club, Rebels Soccer Club, Authentic TaeKwonDo and our amazing Cranbrook students, for providing the entertainment. 

We hope you enjoyed our Spring Carnival.  See you again next year!

Louise Ross
P & C Fete Co-Ordinator

What's On in Year 6

Federation Celebration Day!

Year 6 students and their families were invited to a wonderful culminating event this Wednesday afternoon, “Federation Celebration Day”. 

Students planned the entire event right down to the catering!  Students created catering plans for the event as part of their Maths assessment then cooked their damper, biscuits and brownies and served them with cordial, water and punch. 

Students researched and set up Federation era games such as Fly, Ring Toss, Hopscotch, gold panning and more.  The most exciting part of all though had to be Mr Von Wald and his whip.  It was an excellent way to end the Australian History unit. 

Year 5/6 Cranbrook SS Facebook Page

Keep an eye on the 5/6 Cranbrook SS Facebook page for Podcasts created by the students about topics such as The Three Levels of Government and Citizenship. 

If you are not on the page yet, search for it on Facebook and submit a request to join, or email Ms Bartels nbart47@eq.edu.au or Ms Kennett akenn233@eq.edu.au

Premier's Reading Challenge Class Award

Congratulations to 6B who have won the award for the Premier's Reading Challenge, with a class total of 538 books read. 

Thank you to Dominoes Pizza, Aitkenvale Store for their generous discount.

Nicole Bartels
Year 6 Cohort Leader

Schoolzine App

Everything at your fingertips

Download our Free School Communication App! The Schoolzine App is an easy to use mobile phone application that allows parents and carers to have access to school news at their fingertips at any time, including receiving our newsletter, newsflashes and viewing the school calendar.  

INSTALLING SZapp

1. On your device, open the App Store
2. Search the App Store for SZapp
3. Download and install SZapp

FIND YOUR SCHOOL

1. Select your school's region (Queensland)
2. Search for and select your school(Cranbrook State School)

REGISTER A USER

Before you can add your school, you will need to register. Register with your email, or sign in with
Google or Facebook. Enter your email and name and then create a password

Attendance Award - Week 9

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 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.   

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