Cranbrook Newsletter - Term 3 Week 8 2022

Principal's Message

Today, Thursday, 1^st September is School Support Staff Appreciation Day.  Our support staff have various roles in our school and can be seen both in and out of classrooms, supporting children with their learning and development and assisting with day to day operations around our school both during and after school hours.  They are often the "glue" that holds our school together  ensuring that our school continues to run smoothly. 

Please be sure to stop and give a big "Thank You" to our support staff at Cranbrook when you see them.   

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, our Website or parents are welcome to pick up an enrolment pack from our office. 

Environmental Centre 

Cranbrook State School is fortunate to have its own Environmental Centre, situated in the centre of our school. 

Our Environmental Centre has the following elements to allow for students to engage in: 

• Environmental Captains 
• Class Environmental Captains 
• Environmental Club 
• Chicken Coop and Chickens 
• Paper Shredding 
• Composting 
• Worms Farms 
• Tree Planting
• Vegetable Garden
• Reuse Caps Blanket Program
• Herb Garden 

Student Free Day 

Friday 2^nd September is a student free day for all Queensland State Schools.  

If you're lucky enough to have the day off with the kids, enjoy the long weekend!

Regards

Jeff Capell - Principal

Coming up....

Week 9

• Eisteddfod Week 1:  Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday (see below for more details)
• Wednesday:  Cricket Blast Cup (select students)
• Thursday:  Extra rehearsal for Nightingale Chorus....8.20am
•                      Whole School Disco....6 to 8pm - crazy theme
• Friday:  Crazy Sock Day (more details to come)
  

Week 10

• Eisteddfod Week 2:  Monday and Wednesday (see below for more details)
• Wednesday:  Year 6 Culminating Event (more details to come)
  
• Friday:  Last day of school for Term 3
•                 Townsville Blackhawks Rugby Challenge (select students)
•                 PBL Snapaganza and Class Celebrations
  

Term 4

Saturday 15 October - Chappy Dinner (80s theme)......all welcome!  More details soon.

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.   

Positive Behaviour for Learning

A big congratulations to our weekly PBL snappy winner for Week 7:

Peyton!!!

Thanks for being a safe, responsible and respectable student, Peyton!

In Week 7, we looked at Respect and how we should include others.

In Week 8, we looked at being Responsible and making sure we are accept responsibility.

In Week 9, we will talk about being Respectful by respecting others' privacy and property.

In Week 10, we will talk about being Responsible by being resilient.

Cranbrook Learning

Learning in Year 6

For our Science, Year 6 students need to be able to create a simple circuit and describe the components. They also need to explain how a simple circuit works including how the energy travels through the circuit and the types of energies that are transformed during the process.  In the photos below, is a piece of work by Shania, showing some great attention to detail!

In our English unit, one of the tasks that students need to undertake, is to write and present a podcast on Australia's 3 Levels of Government.  Here's a great example from 6B student, Mohamed....

Hello everybody, I am Mohamed and welcome to ‘The Discovery Channel: the 3 levels of Government’. How about you join me in today’s episode discovering the 3 Levels of Government. Judging by you clicking on this episode, you want to learn more! So, I’m going to be covering how each level works, what they do, and how the 3 Levels of Government is important to our country, Australia. Now, if you glue your ears on tight, we can jump right in.

To start off this learning adventure, I’ll start by telling you about the Three Levels of the Government. The first level of government (and considered the most important level) is the Federal Level of Government. The Federal Government is run by the prime minister. Therefore, they are responsible for things involving the entire country, such as defence and foreigner affairs, immigration and postal services, etc. The second level (this level is considered to be less important than Federal, but still is important) is the State or Territory Government. The State Government is run by premiers and mainly focuses on things that will affect the whole state such as (state) schools, hospitals, conservation, environment, roads, public transport, the police and prisons, etc. Then the last level of government (considered to be the least important but is still VERY important) is the local government. Local Councils are run by the mayors of the local area and, are concerned with matters close to our homes, building regulations and development, public health, local roads and footpaths, parks and playing fields, libraries, local environmental issues and waste disposal, etc. These are the 3 Levels of the Government that make laws, run cities and commit to Australia as a community. Furthermore, I’m going to talk about how the 3 Levels of Government which are based on the Westminster System, a checklist-like system called the Westminster System, based on the British level of responsible Government. It is supposed to make it so that the people do not directly elect their government but leave it to the elected legislature to install, supervise, and remove the government. Also, Australia is a Constitutional Monarchy. Australia’s Constitutional Monarchy is when the powers of the monarch or sovereign—the King or Queen—are limited by law or convention, and generally exercised only according to the advice of an elected government. Moving on, I’ll talk about why its important to know this information. The first reason is because, as an Australian Citizen (18+), you must vote in Federal, State or Territory elections, and in referenda. These decisions are to be taken very seriously as you will be fined if you don’t vote. On said topic, as an Australian Citizen, you must obey the law, defend Australia, should the need arise and you must vote in all elections involving the Constitutional Monarchy and the 3 Levels of the Government, and in referenda. Having said that, Australian Citizens also have rights, 3 categories to be specific. What’s up with Australia and having 3 of something, first the 3 Levels of the Government, now the 3 rights for Australian Citizens. Anyways, the first type of rights, are the Human Rights. They include life, food, work and Liberty, Social and Economical rights, including housing Health care and sanitation. Last but not least, there’s Civil and Political Rights, including freedom of movement and assembly, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and right to protest. Now, I’m not going to explain all of those rights, that’s for another podcast. Moving on, I’ll quickly talk about who decided to make Australian Citizens’. To start off, the British parliament made the Australian Citizens’. Now I’ll give a quote from Sir Samuel Griffith. “We must not lose sight of the essential condition that this is to be a federation of states and not a single government of Australia. The separate states are to continue as autonomous bodies, surrendering only so much of their power as is necessary for the establishment of general government to do for them collectively what they cannot do individually for themselves.”

Time flies by when your having fun, but everyone’s gotta bite the bullet, so I’ll see you next time. For now, be on the look-out for one of my next episodes. Now, I’m gonna go hit the sack bye bye now!

Solid Pathways–STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) online program is an extension program for high-achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students attending Queensland state schools. Congratulations to this group of students for completing their Solid Pathways segment.

From The Arts

The big item coming from our Arts Department, is of course, the Star Warts Musical!  If you didn't come and watch a performance, you definitely missed out!  It was fantastic.  We'll pop some pictures on Facebook next week and in our Week 10 newsletter.  A huge shout out to the many, many helpers, especially our staff, who gave up their time to help out.  However, the biggest thanks goes to our Arts Teachers:  Sarah Earle and Suellen Onslow for their co-ordination of the entire show and to Prep Cohort Leader, Amanda Flor, who I believe had many 1.30am bedtimes, getting the costumes sewn.  Thank you everyone - we couldn't have done it without you!

The 2nd biggest item is Eisteddfod Notes!!!  Thank you to those who have returned theirs - we appreciate it very much.  Monday is your absolute last chance.....and we really need everyone there!  Each student and every instrument, has a vital role to play, so we don't want to miss anyone. 

A few weeks ago, our students thoroughly enjoyed Queensland Opera's performance of The Frog Prince.  It was a great opportunity to see something a little different!

It's Cafe Time for 1/2E in The Arts!

Year 1 (the 2s join in too) are studying drama this semester and taking on roles in a café. This involves them using dramatic play to work with others and learn how to use their bodies and voices to pretend to be in role. The students so far have loved setting up their café and learning what is used in a cafe.

As a special treat, The Arts team thought the students deserve to be pampered by having their own café experience as a customer. Staff took the students’ orders and served them in their very own café.  The focus of this, was for the students to act in character as a customer in a café.  

It is just too much fun!!!

The Arts Class of the week went to 1/2E for their enthusiasm at participating as customers during their incursion at the Cranbrook Café and for their respect and responsibility during this time.

Sports News

As you know, a few weeks' ago, Cranbrook students ran and jumped and threw their way to the glorious victory of taking the title of 2022 'C' Schools Athletics Champions.   

Since then, several of our students went on to trial for a spot in the NQ Athletics team.  Mrs Woods was there to encourage them and remarked at just how well they all competed.  Two of our students were awarded with places in the NQ side:

Harley (with his musical makeup on!) for shotput

Atylda for 100m, 200m, long jump (multiclass)

Well done to both of you!  We are very proud of your efforts.....and proud you are a Cranbrook kid!

We are yet to present our junior competitors with their certificates, however, here are our Senior athletes who ran, threw or jumped in Division 1, or were part of a relay team. (Plus some other photos from the actual day)

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Sadly, we have to say, that our Rugby team bowed out of the Les Stagg Cup, last Monday night.  Despite a runaway try from our amazing Will and some strong tackling by lots of our team, we lost the semi-final to Hermit Park.  Well done boys - we were proud of how you played and conducted yourselves.  A big thanks to Mr Wilson for coaching and thanks too, to those from our Cranbook community who went along to cheer for the boys each week.  

Coming up in sport at Cranbrook.....

This Wednesday, 7 September is the Townsville Primary School Blast Cup (cricket).  Select students will participate in this all day event.

On the last day of school, Friday 16 September, select students will compete in the Townsville Blackhawks U10s Challenge (rugby league).

From the Resource Centre

We had so much fun dressing up for Book Week 2022.  A huge thank you to all the staff, students and their parents, for making such an amazing effort! We even had one child home unwell, who still dressed up and sent in their photo!  Thanks Harley. Great job. 

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Class Borrowing Days

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

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

From our P&C

In conjunction with and to raise money for, Cranbrook's Chaplaincy Committee, our annual Chappy Dinner will be held on Saturday 15 October, with an 80s themed night.

Save the date - more details to come.

Spotlight on P&C Life Member Lillian Raynor

Lillian began her loving committment to Cranbrook School back in 1987, when her eldest child, Matthew, began his school years at the  Cranbrook Preschool. Lillian, pregnant with her second child, gave up hours and hours of her time, volunteering in the classroom and participating in the various activities of the Preschool. Her daughter Melissa jokes that she was at school even before she was born! ....and even just before Melissa was born in the November of that year, Lillian assumed the role of  Treasurer of Preschool subcommittee. The subcommittee ran the 'Mothers Club' (or, as it was later changed to the 'Parent Group' as it was deemed to be descriminatory to the Fathers - none of which every turned up!) and they would met together for chats, fundraising, craft and support for each other.   Lillian began attending the Cranbrook School P&C meetings in 1995 and not long after, became the convenyor of the Tuckshop, where she remains to this day! Only in recent years has Lillian even been forced to have some time off!  

This year, Lillian has officially been recognised as a Life Member of Cranbrook's P&C Association.  Lillian is recognised for serving her school community, in both a volunteer and a employee's role, for so many years, doing so with warmth and generosity.  The P&C recognise her valuable contribution and are very proud to honour her with this title.  Quote:  "Her service to the Cranbrook School Community is truly inspirational!" 

Lillian, you are loved by so many and appreciated more than this accolade gives you.  Thank you for being you and for the dedication you have given to this school, as a parent and employee.

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The Dental Van is back at Cranbrook.  If you haven't already returned your form, please do so as soon as possible.  For further queries, please contact the van direct on 0409 614095.  It's a great opportunity - don't miss out!

.....and to finish our Week 8 newsletter, a very big HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all our Cranbrook Dads. Hope you enjoy your special day!

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