Cranbrook State School eNewsletter

Principal's Message

Welcome to our Week 4 newsletter.

Eavesdropping on Researchers

The Autism Hub ‘Eavesdropping on Researchers’ and ‘Eavesdropping on Experts’ series is a collection of videos showcasing local and overseas experts sharing autism research, evidence-based practices and practical tips for teachers and parents.

For more information about how school communities can embrace autism, visit the Autism Hub website.

Kids do Better when Parents are Involved in School Life

Recent research confirms that family involvement in education can improve future opportunities for children, regardless of background. For tips on the best way to positively support your child’s education and future success, try the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program. It’s free in Queensland.

Helping your Child to Learn

Did you know that there are some simple things parents can do to help their children learn across all year levels? Talking with your child about their learning and goals, and limiting screen time can make a difference. For more ideas on ways to engage with your child’s learning visit https://education.qld.gov.au/parents-and-carers/community-engagement/parents

Have You Registered for QParents Yet?

Are you using QParents to stay in contact with our school and to access information about your child’s schooling? If you haven’t yet registered for QParents, register now. QParents is a great way to stay informed about what’s happening in your child’s school life.

You can provide your 100 points of identity documents for registration online through QParents, or in person at your school. If you have limited identity documents, or experience difficulties with registering, please contact our school for help.

Lost Property

There are a number lost property items in our large undercover area. If your child is missing any of their belongings, please ask them to check the lost property area.

Please remember to clearly label all of your child's belongings so that lost items can easily be identified and returned.

2022 Prep Enrolments

Enrolments for Prep next year are now welcome. Children born between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018 are eligible to enrol. Early Entry Applications for students born in July 2018 may also be submitted for consideration. An original birth certificate is essential for enrolment. An enrolment form can be downloaded from this newsletter (please see below), our website or parents are welcome to pick up an enrolment pack from our front office.

Prep Transition Program

Cranbrook State School will be running an 8 week Prep Transition Program on Thursdays between 8am and 9.40am, from 20 October to 10 December. There will also be one evening session on Wednesday, 16 November, 5.30-6.30pm.

Children enrolled in our program will be involved in numerous literacy, numeracy and physical development activities. We also provide parents and guardians with parent information sessions to become familiar with our school surroundings, staff and school procedures.

To enrol your child into our program, please contact our office on 4726 1222.

Under 8's Day

The theme of this year's Under 8's Day was 'playing in a changing world’. Our teachers put together an action-packed morning of activities in our Prep/Year One Oval last Friday to celebrate! A fun morning was had by all! Check out our gallery of photos below.

School Uniform Policy

Cranbrook is a uniform wearing school. All students should come dressed each day in the full school uniform:

Shorts/Skorts
Polo – school and sports
HAT (no other hats should be worn and students will be asked to place non-school hats in their bags)

Cranbrook School Uniforms can be purchased from the P & C Uniform Shop located at the back of the Hall.

Academic Achievement Awards

At our Junior and Senior Parades over the next fortnight, students who achieved four or more A's on their report cards for Semester One will be awarded an Academic Achievement Award. Parents will also be invited to attend the recognition of this amazing achievement.

Our Academic Achievement Award recognises students in Years 3 to 6 who achieved four or more A's across all learning areas. Congratulations to these Cranbrook Learners on their outstanding achievement, demonstrating commitment and excellence towards their learning.

Staff Changes

3A's Mrs Vapor, will be taking extended family leave as of this coming Monday, 8 August and through the remainder of the school year. Ms Sam Negra will extend her teaching days with 3A to now be Monday and Tuesday, with Mrs Bianca Gordon taking the class from Wednesday through to Friday. Mrs Gordon has returned to us from maternity leave and is therefore very familiar with the students and our school.

Term 3 Extra-Curricular Activities

During Term 3, Cranbrook State School will offer a wide range of Extra-Curricular Activities for students to participate in, largely due to the generosity and enthusiasm of the teachers who volunteer their own time. Some parents may have noticed that offers to participate in Piano and Guitar lessons have already been emailed.

The Process for Term 31. A schedule of the Extra-Curricular activities will be released via email and Facebook.2. Extra-Curricular activities begin and conclude at different times during the term.3. Students have been reminded through morning announcements this week of what activities are available on that day.4. If students attend on that day the teacher will make a decision as to who can attend and who cannot based on numbers.5. If the activity is an afternoon or before school activity, all students can attend in Week 4 to determine who can join.

Please discuss with your child about what opportunities they may wish to be involved in and remind them about their attendance on a weekly basis.

Term 3 Extra Curricular Activities

Enrolment Form

Have a great weekend everyone!

Regards

Jeff Capell - Principal

Under 8s Day

Week 5

Every day before school: Stationery Stall
Tuesday: The Frog Prince performance
Puppet Show (Religion Students)
Wednesday: Interschool Athletics Carnival (Red Track Team)
Friday: PBL Classroom Celebrations
Fete!

Week 6

Thursday: NAIDOC Week whole school parade.....all welcome
NAIDOC Week activities for Prep - 3
Friday: NAIDOC Week activities for Years 4-6.....all welcome to join our Kup Murri

Week 7

Thursday: Book Week Dress Up (theme....Dreaming with Eyes Wide Open)

Week 8

Every day before school: Father's Day Stall
Wednesday: Star Warts Musical performance at 6.30pm
Thursday: Star Warts Musical performance at 11.30am and 6.30pm
Friday: Pupil Free Day (no school)

Week 9

Eisteddfod Week 1: More details to come
Wednesday: Cricket Blast Cup (select students)
Thursday: Whole School Disco....6 to 8pm

Week 10

Eisteddfod Week 2: More details to come
Friday: Last day of school for Term 3
Townsville Blackhawks Rugby Challenge (select students)
PBL Snapaganza and Class Celebrations

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.

Positive Behaviour for Learning

A big congratulations to our weekly PBL snappy winners:

Week 3 was Rylee.

Week 4 was Ella.

Thanks for being safe, responsible and respectable students.

In Week 3, we looked at Respect and showing self-respect, courtesy and pride.

In Week 4, we looked at being Responsible and acting as an up-stander.

In Week 5, we will talk about being Respectful by ecouraging and supporting others.

In Week 6, we will talk about being Responsible and being determined to improve.

Cranbrook Learning

We are very excited to recognise our Academic Excellence achievers, who have obtained 4 As or more, in the Semester 1 reporting period. We'll keep them a secret for now, however, certificates will be presented at parade as follows:

Year 3: Thursday, 11 August at 2.40pm

Years 4-6: Thursday, 25 August at 2.40pm

Parents of award recipients will be contacted by email.

Learning in Year 4

This week in 4A and 4C Miss Hernandez and Miss Hutchinson decided to join the classes in the eating area for maths stations. Students worked collaboratively to complete a number of different activities relating to their current unit of work about analysing data.

Year 4 Term 3 - What is your child learning

Year 5 Excursion to JCU

We went to JCU to watch these animals because we are learning about adaptation. I enjoyed watching the fish swimming and watching the other animals do their thing. The fish tanks were so big and all the different types of fish were beautiful. From Dwayne

Today me and my class 5A went to JCU for an excursion. When we first hopped off the bus we were looking at exotic plants and trees. We got to smell some leaves of the plants. The smell of the leaves was strong so the predators stay away and not eat the plants. After that we went to have a look at the aquarium that had different types of crazy fish. They even had Dory and Nemo! In another area was a glass cage that had 2 crocodiles and right next to it was a home for some green frogs and a green snake. That was pretty cool to see. There were more animals there to see too. My favourite part was when we looked at the aquarium and the other amazing creatures. From Olivia.

On Monday 1st August, 2A, 2B and 1/2E visited Billabong Sanctuary to supplement our learning of life cycles in Science for Year 2’s and informative texts in English for 1/2E. We split into 3 groups and rotated between the Rangers as they talked about each animal. Ranger Beau introduced us to some reptiles, namely snakes as he described their life cycle, diet and predators while Ranger Claire talked to us about koalas. Ranger Ray described the features of the cassowary, explaining what the casque on top if its head is used for (to cool it down and to communicate). He also explained how important cassowaries were for the environment. We then enjoyed some free time around the park, the favourite being the biggest crocodile Billabong has, Krakatoa.

Testimonials:

Mikaya: I like the venomous snakes because Ranger Beau told us facts about them.

Kayden: I loved Krakatoa (a crocodile) because he was so big.

Melanie: I liked when we saw the big croc because it was massive but I know I couldn’t touch it.

Charlotte: I liked when we went to see the cassowary because Ranger Ray told us facts about it.

Madison: We saw a baby koala and it was so cute.

Archie: I liked seeing all of the animals because they were interesting.

Here at Cranbrook, we have created an Enrichment Program with the purpose of providing students with activities that will broaden their learning. Students are chosen according to their level of achievement on a term by term basis. Take a look at what are Year 1 and 2 students have been up to....

From The Arts

Opera Queensland is coming to perform 'The Frog Prince' for us on Tuesday, 9 August at 9am. This wonderful opportunity is open to all students. Tickets are $9 and can be purchased UNTIL 4PM ONLY via the Qkr! app.

Our Star Warts Musical is this term!!!

Please ensure all costume items need are purchased, clearly labelled and brought to school by Friday 19^th August.

Here's a few date reminders for the students:

In Week 5, Years 4 and 5 will rehearse in the hall during their Arts lesson time
In Weeks 6 & 7, Year 4 and 5 will rehearse ALL DAY in the hall
Week 8 is PERFORMANCE WEEK!

Keep practising!

Our Arts Class of the Week for Week 3 was 1A!

Our Arts Class of the Week for Week 4 was 4B!

Sports News

Athletics Training will continue for Monday and Tuesday only. Wednesday is Red Track day! Students must meet Mrs Woods in the hall at 8am. There are some very events and so the buses must leave at 8.30am sharp. Please remember to wear and bring:

Full school uniform (NOT Senior Shirts or Sports Shirts) Girls....skorts are not recommended if you are competing in high jump
Hat
Waterbottle
Lunch (students are not allowed to go to the canteen)
Jumper (it can get very windy and cold there!)

If you choose, feet must be taped BEFORE you arrive at school.

All the team has been training hard and we wish them all the very best for the competition.

Training will be as follows:

Monday: 8.15 - 8.30am.....10/11/12 year old sprints with Mr Wilson on the oval

1st break....Shot Put on the 5/6 touch oval with Ms Morgan

2nd break....High Jump on the 2/3 soccer oval with Mrs Woods

Tuesday: 8.15 - 8.30am......Long Jump with Mrs Flor

Interschool Block Sport has concluded. Well done to all our students who represented Cranbrook with pride and showed respectful and responsible behaviour. A big thank you to all our teachers who gave up their time to coach and encourage our students.

Congratulations to our Senior Boys Touch Football team who won their grand final decisively. Mr Wilson and the other touch teachers involved from other schools, had a special thank you to four of our students who made their life so much easier and their time with their teams so much more pleasant, by running the 'office' and controlling the timings for the games. Thank you Jess, Lincoln, Deakyn and Juanita.

Our Union Team......

Sporting Schools - soccer continues on Tuesday afternoons, 3.05 - 4pm, for those students in years 4-6 who have registered.

Sporting Schools - cricket continues on Thursdays, 3.05 - 4pm, for students in Prep-5 who have registered.

The HPE Class of the Week for Week 3 was 1A!

The HPE Class of the Week for Week 4 was 4C!

From the Resource Centre

Later in the term we will be celebrating The Children's Book Council of Australia's Book Week with the theme: Dreaming with eyes open. On Thursday of Week 7, 25 August, we will have a Book Week dress up day, so get dreaming up a costume for the day. More details to come.

Class Borrowing Days

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

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1/2E	Prep B	1A	Prep A	2A
4A	5A	3A	1B	2B
5B	6B	4B		3B
		5/6D		3C
				4C

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

NAIDOC Week

Cranbrook will be celebrating NAIDOC Week in Week 6.

On Thursday, 18 August we will begin with our NAIDOC Parade at 9am. We will be running activities for Years 4-6 on this day also.

On Friday, 19 August we will have activities for our Preps - Year 3s. We extend an invitation for you to join us for Kup Murri at the Resource Centre.

Our Breakfast Club is in need of Strawberry Jam please! Any donations are gratefully excepted! Thank you.

From our P&C

Due to supply issues Sausage Rolls will be unavailable until week 6.

Your understanding and patience is appreciated.

Our Tuckshop menu has been revised. Please take a look at what we now have to offer and the price changes that have had to be implemented. Thanks for your support.

2022 Tuckshop Menu

Don't forget our FETE - Friday, 12 August!

That's right - our fete is now just 7 more sleeps away!

Thank you to those families who have been supporting us by sending in donations. We really appreciate it. Don't forget, there are vouchers on offer for sending in donations!

Have you thought about how you could help us beforehand or on the night? There are ways to assist that are both big and small. Please contact Sharyn on 0422804505 or Bridget on 0402142961. Thank you in advance!

Don't forget to purchase your Ride Bands. The discounted price is only available until Thursday. The form can be downloaded here:

Fete Ride Bands Form

Spotlight on:

Our Education Partners

Cranbrook State School enjoys a great partnership with several other educational facilities across our city, such as Heatley High, Thuringowa State High and James Cook University.

Another of those is Ignatius Park College. Each Wednesday fortnight, we are fortunate enough to have a group of Year 11 students who, as part of their 'Volunteer Program' come and engage with our students, help out in various roles and even learn new skills for themselves.