Cranbrook State School eNewsletter

Principal's Message

Welcome to our Week 6 newsletter.

2023 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 a FREE 8 week Prep Transition Program on Tuesdays between 8am and 9.40am, from 18 October to 6 December.

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.

Progress of School Works

Our new oval bubblers are coming along nicely and will be such a welcome addition for summer!

Student Resource Scheme

All OUTSTANDING Student Resource fees are due by the end of this term. We are in the process of sending home forms to parents who have not paid their students fees. If your student receives a form, please contact our office to find out about payment options and to make your payments ASAP.

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 asked to place non-school hats in their bags)

It is important to recognise that our school uniform policy is a vital part of the education strategy of our school. At Cranbrook, we value, neat, tidy, dignified personal presentation which will prepare students for their future, enhance their leadership skills and ensures that they take pride in being part of a team.

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

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Regards

Jeff Capell - Principal

Enrolment Form

Prep Transition Program Flyer

Prep Transition Program

Coming up....

Week 7

Thursday: Book Week Dress Up - come as your favourite book character

Week 8

Every day before school: Father's Day Stall
Wednesday: Star Warts Musical performance at 6.30pm
Thursday: Star Warts Musical performance at 12pm and 6.30pm
Friday: Pupil Free Day (the school is closed)

Week 9

Eisteddfod Week 1: Tuesday and Friday (see below for more details)
Wednesday: Cricket Blast Cup (select students)
Thursday: Whole School Disco....6 to 8pm - crazy theme

Week 10

Eisteddfod Week 2: Monday and Wednesday (see below for more details)
Friday: Last day of school for Term 3
Townsville Blackhawks Rugby Challenge (select students)
PBL Snapaganza and Class Celebrations
Crazy Sock Day (more details to come)

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 5 was Hannah.

Week 6 was Ray.

Thanks for being safe, responsible and respectable students.

In Week 5, we looked at Respect and how we can encourage and support others.

In Week 6, we looked at being Responsible and making sure we are determined to improve.

In Week 7, we will talk about being Respectful by including everyone.

In Week 8, we will talk about being Responsible by accepting responsibility.

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.

Congratulations students and well done!

Learning in Year 5

Konichiwa! Year 5 students have been busy with online Japanese lessons from Cairns School of Distance Education. Each week, students log on to a computer and access an online lesson. Students complete their LOTE booklet and ask questions or write their answers in Japanese in the chatbox.

Year 5 Term 3 - What is my child learning

NAIDOC Week 2022

We have had a great two days celebrating NAIDOC! NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth.

Across the last two days, our Senior Indigenous Students have helped our school to host a special parade and have fun with a variety of Indigenous activities. In conclusion today, we sampled some amazing Kup Murri - beef/chicken/pork, root vegetables and damper, all traditionally and lovingly prepared and cooked by our own Zaro-Lui family.

Thank you very much to our Cranbrook community who came along and were involved in our NAIDOC celebrations: Aunty Rita and her girls, Zaro-Lui Family and Grandma Pat Hoolihan. We loved having you being a part of our special celebrations.

Our Star Warts Musical is this term!!!

Please ensure all costume items needed are purchased, clearly labelled and brought to school by Monday (as they should have been here by now!).

Here's a few date reminders for the students:

In Weeks 7 & 8, students will rehearse ALL DAY in the hall on Monday
Week 8 is PERFORMANCE WEEK!

It's very exciting now! Don't forget to get your tickets - they are selling fast!

Sports News

Athletics

Well, what a day it was down at 'Red Track' last week. It took 41 years, but we did it....Cranbrook won our first 'C' Schools Athletics competition! We had so much fun. The students behaved and performed their best, encouraged and cheered for each other and most had a smile on their face. We had some stumbles, some tears and some disappointment, however, one of my favourite comments came from a student who ran the 200m. He said after the race with a smile I have never seen on his face before:

'Miss - did you see me? I smashed it. I was so nervous at the start and even when I started running, but then when I came around the bend and heard the crowd cheering, I just ran and wasn't nervous anymore.'

A big congratulations to every student who was there and part of the team. A big thank you to the teachers for their efforts both beforehand with the extra trainings and on the day also.

Here's some words from Mrs Woods, our HPE Teacher:

Week 5 was an exciting week in sport with a group of selected students representing Cranbrook at the ‘C’ schools Red Track (Athletics) Carnival. Mrs Woods is very proud of all the students as they displayed wonderful sportsmanship and competed with 100% heart and pride. Throughout the day I received wonderful comments from parents and carnival officials about how well our students were doing in their events and that no matter where they finished they had a positive attitude.

The students competed so well that Cranbrook won 2 trophies-Boys aggregate and the combined aggregate. We also had many students receive awards for certain events with 12 of our students being selected to compete at NQ trails. We also had 2 students break records in their events.

Record breakers:

· Ray - High jump. Record was 1m 12 and Ray jumped 1m 15

· William - 200m. Record was 28.47 and Will ran 27.57

The following students are competing at NQ trials in the following events:

· Harley - Shot put

· Joel - Shout Put

· Hunter - 100m

· Samicky - 100m and 200m

· Kobi - 100m and 800m

· William - 100m, 200m, 800m, long jump and high jump

· Dumani - 100m

· Emelea - 100m and high jump

· Deakyn - 800m

· Ray - High jump

· Kadisha - 100m

Mrs Woods would like to say a big thankyou to all the coaches (Mr Wilson, Mrs Flor, Mrs Morgan, Mrs Scipilliti and Mrs Asquith) that helped to get the kids ready for their events and to the kids for being amazing.

WELL DONE CRANBROOK!!! MRS WOODS IS VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY PROUD OF YOU ALL!!

We'll feature our team again with their certificates in the Week 8 newsletter.

Sporting Schools - soccer has just one more session to go....this coming Tuesday, 23 August.

Sporting Schools - cricket has now finished.

Les Stagg Rugby Cup - come and cheer our boys on this coming Monday night, 22 August at 6.30pm on Brothers Field 1.

From the Resource Centre

In Week 7, we will be celebrating The Children's Book Council of Australia's Book Week with the theme: Dreaming with eyes open. On Thursday, 25 August, will be Bookweek dress up day, so use this year's theme for inspiration or come dressed as your favourite book character and join in the fun.

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	4B	1B	2B
5B	6B	5/6D		3A
				3B
				3C
				4C

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

From our P&C

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

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Wasn't our Great Fete great!!! Thank you to everyone for your support. We're still counting, however so far we have raised over $3000! Here's a few snaps from the evening.

Our pick up/drop off zone is now complete. Please remember that Alice Street is back to being a two-way flow. Please take care.

Spotlight on Authors and Illustrators

With Bookweek just around the corner, we thought we'd highlight some special literacy achievements by one of our past and one of our current students.

Brooklyn Ross, Vice-Captain of Cranbrook in 2016, worked on the illustrations for this book last year and is very excited to now have the book published, therefore officially making her an illustrator! Brooklyn is very passionate about her art and even though she is still completing Year 12, she is very busy as an artist for a company in the UK, drawing plane tag backings on a regular basis. Brooklyn has also just been contracted by a Brisbane company to commission 200 emojis for an upcoming app they will launch. Brooklyn hopes to inspire Cranbrook students to pursue their passion for art, just like she did! The book, 'The Very Worried Wombat' written by Mark Edward Green, will be available to borrow in the library soon. You can also check out some more of Brooklyn's work on her instagram page: roklynss or at www.tcrosses.wixsite.com/roklynstudios/work.

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Meet current Year 6 student, Atylda. Atylda has vision impairment - with the help of her glasses, Atylda is still able to see, however, she has a keen interest in learning and sharing, the Braille language with us all. Braille is the language that has been developed to assist with reading without the use of sight. Atylda has written two Braille stories that are available in the library to look through.