Cranbrook State School eNewsletter

Principal's Message

Hello everyone. Hope you are all doing ok.

2023 Classes and Teacher Release

Parents and students will receive their class lists for 2023 today. As with any release of information some students and parents may be pleased or disappointed with the situation they are placed in.

If you strongly object to either the teacher placement or the peers, you are requested to put your request in writing and outline the EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES that would deem it necessary to move classes. Please forward your requests to The Principal by Friday, 9th December and mark your correspondence PRIVATE and CONFIDENTIAL. A decision will be made on all requests the week before school begins so new enrolments can be taken into account. No early decisions will be made.

Please be aware that these lists are only DRAFT and the final class lists, teachers and rooms will only be finalised in 2023 after Day 8.

Student Resource Scheme 2023

Year 4 to 6 Bring your own Laptop = $225

Year 4 to 6 School Laptop = $275

	*Pay before* 23 January**	*Pay on or* after 23 January**
Child 1	$112.50	$125.00
Child 2	$100.00	$112.50
Child 3	$100.00	$112.50
Child 4	$100.00	$112.50
Child 5	$100.00	$112.50

Year 4 to 6 - Bring your own laptop

	*Pay before* 23 January**	*Pay on or* after 23 January**
Child 1	$200.00	$225.00
Child 2	$180.00	$200.00
Child 3	$180.00	$200.00
Child 4	$180.00	$200.00
Child 5	$180.00	$200.00

	*Pay before* 23 January**	*Pay on or* after 23 January**
Child 1	$250.00	$275.00
Child 2	$225.00	$250.00
Child 3	$225.00	$250.00
Child 4	$225.00	$250.00
Child 5	$225.00	$250.00

Finance Reminder

Due to all receipting closing from 3:00pm on Friday, 2nd December it would be appreciated if all payments could be made prior to this time.

Money can still be taken after this close-off point, but handwritten receipts will be available only.All 2022 SRS fees are well overdue and parents/caregivers are reminded that payment needs to be finalised (or payment plan arranged with the Business Manager) to enable students to participate in any end of year, extra-curriculum activities, such as swimming, graduation, sport, live performances.

2023 Prep Enrolments - Limited places available

If your child will be attending Cranbrook State School in 2023 you will need to ensure that the following tasks are completed as soon as possible to allow for class placement for 2023 to occur.

Complete the enrolment form (PDF)
Bring your child’s original birth certificate to the school so we can process your child’s enrolment.

Supporting Positive Transitions to Prep

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, 'Early Childhood and Community Engagement - Principal Bradley Evans'. This video is one of several videos on the Early Childhood Education and Care website, designed to assist families, early education and care services and schools to support positive transitions to Prep.

Clubs

Breakfast Club will cease today and will recommence in Week 2 of 2023. A big thank you to everyone who has donated food items and helped throughout the year (including our students). Breakfast Club is a wonderful service for the Cranbrook Community.

Homework Club has now ceased and will not be recommencing in 2023. Thank you to Mrs Pringle and the other staff members who have assisted throughout the year.

Lastly, a reminder that candy canes, while a popular choice to accompany Christmas cards for friends, are not to be consumed at school. If you are giving, please remind your child to remind their friends, to take them home before unwrapping them. Thanks for your understanding.

Enjoy your weekend!

Regards,

Jeff Capell - Principal

Enrol now for your child's place at Cranbrook in 2023!

Please see the link below for our enrolment form.

Our website has a lot of useful information for you and our friendly office staff are always there to help!

Enrolment Form

To apply for a Birth Certificate

Coming up....

Week 10

PLEASE NOTE: No Extra-Curricular Activities this week

Monday - Swimming Lessons.....Year 6 (and some Year 5s) only

- from 11.50am onwards, students will move to their 2023 classrooms (students who are not attending Cranbrook in 2023, will be put together for other activities - Year 6 students will have their swimming lesson at this time)

- Year 6 Graduation evening

Tuesday - Last Tuckshop Day

- Prep to 3 Carols Evening

Wednesday - Swimming Carnival.....Ignatius Park College

- Tuckshop Closed

Thursday - Tuckshop Closed

- PBL celebrations.....Prep to 3 from 9-10.40am / 4 to 6 from 11.20am - 1.20pm

- Report Cards sent home

Friday - Last day of school

- Tuckshop Closed

- Cranbrook's Got Talent Grand Final in the hall at 11.20am

- 2pm 'Last Bell' ceremony......all welcome and encouraged to attend

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Carols Night student note

Swimming Carnival Permission Note

Swimming carnival program

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 PBL snappy winner this week!

Ally!

Thanks for being safe, responsible and respectful!

In our PBL lesson this week, we looked at being Respectful and the importance of respecting others' privacy and property. Here's a helpful poster with pointers for having converstions with your children about being respectful and suggestions on how to implement it in your own household and community.

To finish off the year, we'll take a look at being responsible and how to be resilient. A great lesson to finish the year on!

Learning at Cranbrook

Year 5 - What Your Child is Learning in Term 4

Year 5’s have been busy, busy, busy. We started our term with a debate, practising our power of persuasion. After this, some of our amazing students participated in the 2023 leadership process. This involved submitting an application. Those making it through to the next round wrote and presented speeches. This was a stressful time to all participants and finally the voting process. We appreciatively praised our next round of leaders. Those that didnt receive a leadership position will represent the school as a student council representative. And to the end of year we used our creativity to write a fantasy narrative. What a jammed packed term!

2023 Laptop Scheme

Year 4, 5 & 6 (in 2023) SSRS Scheme- Laptop included

Current year 3, 4 & 5 students choosing the option to have a School Laptop included in their 2023 SSRS fees have the opportunity to collect their hire Laptop at the end of 2022 for use during the Christmas holiday break. This will be on a first in-best dressed arrangement until current stocks are depleated. Laptops will be available from Monday, 5 December.

Information in regards to ICT Laptop Usage and Programs for 2023 is available on the Cranbrook State School Website or from administration. A link to the handbook can be found at the bottom of this article.

A Loan Agreement form (available on website or from Administration) is to be completed and returned along with a minimum $50 deposit towards their 2023 SSSRS fees before students may collect their Laptop.

Students will be required to provide their own laptop bag for the duration of the school holidays and will receive a Cranbrook School Laptop bag to use upon return to school in 2023.

** IMPORTANT ** Laptops and laptops bags have been ordered and we are now waiting for suppliers to send these to the school. With the current global circumstances that is seeing delays in supply, we will keep parents informed as information comes to hand. We have already been notified that our current order placed in October will be delayed, with delivery to occur during Term 1. We have not received a notification from the laptop bag supplier that these will be delayed at this stage. If laptop bags are delayed, students can access a laptop if they supply their own laptop bag, so as to have access to the laptop from the beginning of the year.

Due to this, the school will issue credits of $1 per day for parents who have paid the SRSS until students receive their laptops. Parents will not need to apply for this credit - it will be processed automatically.

Current Year 3 Students - Students will be issued with a new laptop that will be held by the student until the end of Year 6 or until their enrolment ceases.

Current Year 4 Students - Students will be issued with a new laptop OR a one-year old laptop that will be held by the student until the end of Year 6 or until their enrolment ceases.

Current Year 5 Students - Students who are already part of the 1 to 1 Laptop program will retain their laptop until the end of Year 6 or until their enrolment ceases. Students who are NOT part of the current 1 to 1 Laptop program will receive a one or two-year-old laptop that will be held by the student until the end of Year 6 or until their enrolment ceases.

ICT Laptop Usage and Programs Handbook

ICT Student Loan Form

From The Arts

Congratulations to Prep A - winners of the 'Arts Class of the Week'. This class of cuties received the most gems in their lesson for

excellent Christmas carol singing in rehearsal this week
being safe with their dancing for Christmas Carols
their beautiful smiles when practising their songs for carols

Well done Prep A.....and of course, their teacher, Mrs Suringa!

Sports News

A huge congratulations to Callum and Liam who recently competed in the Pan Pacific Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Melbourne. This was an international competition and the boys were amazing! Callum was talented enough to earn a silver medal and Liam, a gold!! Well done boys - this is a great achievement.

The last swimming lesson for Year 6 (and some Year 5s) is on Monday.

Our Swimming Carnival is on Wednesday 7 December at Ignatius Park College. The details are further up in this newsletter. PLEASE make sure you complete the permission slip by Monday. Thank you.

The P&C will be running a small food & drinks stall which will need volunteers. Please let us know if you can help out. Thanks!

No 'Class of the Week' this week, however, congratulations to EVERYONE who participated in swimming lessons this week. Well done for giving everything a go! Can't wait to see those skills at the carnival!

From the Resource Centre

Spotlight on....

Our Extra-Curricular Activities!

We are so fortunate to have such wonderful teachers that give up their lunch breaks and spare time before and after school, to provide our students with lots of amazing opportunities to explore things that they normally may not have the option to do. Sports, Arts, Drama, Dance, STEM, Chess, Pokemon Club....and the list goes on and on! Our Extra-Curricular activities have now finished for the year. If your child has participated in something this year, why not drop that teacher a quick little email to say thanks. We look forward to offering lots of great activities again in 2023. See you then!

Cranbrook School Bus Service

We are now accepting applications for our 2023 School Bus Collection Service.

Did you know that we offer a pick up/drop off bus service each morning and afternoon? Thanks to our amazing P&C group, who saw the need for us to assist every one of our Cranbrook families, a bus was purchased (and later another one!) and is now used for excursions, sporting events, arts events and to help our families get our students to and from school.

Applications will be considered on a "first in, best dressed" basis and a two week deposit is required to secure your child's position for 2023. To maintain your position on the bus throughout the year, your account must remain in credit. Parents will be advised if their child's collection service will cease due to a $0.00 credit amount.

Please contact our office if you require any further information.

If you are interested in accessing this service for your child, please complete the form (PDF below) and return to the office.

2023 Bus Collection Information

From our P&C

P&C Membership Form

Please don't forget to consider how you can help us at the Carols Night and the Swimming Carnival.

The P&C purchasing system for uniforms, tuckshop credit and other special events run by the P&C, is through 'Big Commerce'.

Below is the link to take you directly to our site. A little heads up though....before you purchase, an account will have to be created.

Don't forget, you are welcome anytime to pop in to our Uniform Shop during opening hours.

8-9am daily and 3-4pm Tuesdays and Thursdays

Uniform shop will open, hours to be confirmed, the week after school closes from 12^th to the 16^th December and wil reopen again on the 16^th January one week before school starts.

Any questions, please contact Bridget via bbamb0@eq.edu.au or on 0402142961.

You can create your account and begin to make your purchases in three easy steps!

Step 1 - Click or copy and paste on the link below, into your web browser:

https://cranbrook-state-school-pc-association.mybigcommerce.com/

Step 2 - Select 'Register' from the top menu

Step 3 - Complete your details and click 'Create Account'

Cranbrook P&C Big Commerce

Our Tuckshop will trade for the last day on Tuesday. A huge 'well done' to Mrs Raynor for her excellent service, as usual, this year and a big thanks to anyone who helped out. We are desperately seeking helpers for next year - 30 minutes or all day, we will value everything!

A special thanks to Bev, who is actually retiring this time after many, many years of amazing volunteering service to us. Thanks Bev - now you can enjoy a bit more gardening and fishing!

A couple of other things.....

Thank you to everyone who has donated to Chappy's Christmas Hampers. We really appreciate your generosity and we know the families that will receive them, will also. We have extended the deadline to Monday morning, just in case you'd like to pick up a few items over the weekend.

Have your children grown out of their uniforms? Are you looking to spruce them up and get some new uniforms for next year and are wondering what you could do with your old ones? We would really appreciate your unwanted uniforms in order to provide for any of our Cranbrook families who may need a helping hand. We are in need of shorts especially. Please consider if you are able to be generous in this way - the office will gratefully take them off your hands! Thank you.