Cranbrook Newsletter - 2023 Term 3 Week 6

Principal's Message

Welcome to our Week 6 newsletter.  The term is flying by!

Taking 2024 Enrolments now

Enrolments for all year levels are open and Prep enrolments for next year are now welcome.  Children born between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019 are eligible to enrol.  Early Entry Applications for students born in July 2019 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 front office.

Our Prep Transition Program will begin on Thursday 9 November and will run each Thursday morning, 8 - 9.40am, concluding on 7 December .

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. 

Staff Update

We are very excited to have a new Chaplain begin with us on Monday.  Chappy Tim is thoughtful, wise and fun and has a huge heart for helping children.  We are sure our staff and students will benefit from Tim's guidance and warmth.

Here's a little note from Tim:

Hi guys. Looking forward to kicking off on Monday!  My name is Tim Canavan or (Chappy Tim as I'm known) and I'm very excited to be the new chaplain at Cranbrook State School.  I'll be at Cranbrook on Mondays and Tuesdays. I am married to Kylie and we have 3 daughters (Grade 3, 2 and Prep). I like fishing and watching sports of all types and playing soccer. (Go Matildas!!). I am looking forward to meeting everyone and supporting students as part of the wellbeing team.

Queensland Child Oral Health Study

Cranbrook State School is pleased to partner with The University of Queensland and Queensland Health to conduct the Queensland Child Oral Health Study (QCOHS) 2021-24. This is an opportunity for a free dental check-up at school while helping dental care research in Queensland.

Further information can be found below.

Thank you to all the parents/caregivers, students and school staff who completed this year’s School Opinion Survey. We look forward to sharing our survey results with you when we receive our school report later this year.

Jeff Capell - Principal

Coming up....

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

Positive Behaviour for Learning

Congratulations to our Week 5 PBL snappy winner.....Ashton!

Thanks for being a safe, responsible and respectable student, Ashton.

(no draw for Week 6)

In Week 5, our PBL lesson was about respect.  Our statement was 'I encourage and support others'. 

In Week 6, we focused on responsibly and being determined to improve.

Here are the flyers with some handy hints with what and how to chat about this at home.

In Week 7, we will look at being respectful and including others.  

In Week 8, we will look at being responsible and actually accepting responsibility.

Cranbrook Learning

Year 5 students are writing fantasy narratives this term and we'd like to share with you Faith's amazing piece of work.  

Townsville City Council's Tree Planting Day

Our School Captains, along with Acting Deputy Mrs Morgan, represented our school at this year's Tree Planting Day.  It was a lovely morning, with some surprises from Hands on Wildlife too!

Solid Pathways STEM Program

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. The program enables students to develop STEM capabilities and nurtures their scientific curiosity through critical and creative thinking.

Solid Pathways–STEM enables students in Years 4 to 6 to engage in an innovative, enriching STEM-focused academic curriculum through the online platform iSee. The program draws on the Australian Curriculum's general capability, critical and creative thinking, and embedding the cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures. Students have the opportunity to build upon both their existing sense of cultural identity as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and their self-efficacy as high achieving students. Solid Pathways–STEM aims to inspire students' passion and aspiration to pursue STEM pathways.

Congratulations to Kiarna, Jacinta, Ziai and Tyson on completion of their program.

On 25 July, Solid Pathways students were given the opportunity to go out to JCU for an exciting day of activities.  Thanks to Chloe for this great report......

JCU Experience Day - by Year 5 student, Chloe Dalton

We first made 3D shapes and we used them to make buildings out of uncooked spaghetti and marshmellows.  We then had lunch.  After we had lunch, we learnt all about the 6 (out of 7) sea turtles that can be found in Australia.  Then we saw a building with an aquarium with a baby crocodile, two lizards, a snake and fish.  Then we did experiments.  We did one to show us what it looked like to make rain and we also did one of how to make a cloud and then we went back to school.

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From The Arts

With just over one week until showtime, it's all about the musical in The Arts!

Our students are practising hard, our costume designers are hard at work and tickets are selling fast!

Costumes should have been sent to school.  If you haven't yet sent in your child's, please read the costume note below for the details. 

We are so excited about performing for you!

CONGRATULATIONS to our Arts Class of the Week for Week 5.....2B!

2B were given this award for

• being safe with ipads
• being creative with modern photography
  
• working hard on passing the beat in music

2023 Eisteddfod

A permission email was sent out to all students who will be participating in this year's Eisteddfod.  Please ensure you reply by the due date.  The link belows will take you to a copy of the note, for you to use as a reference.

Sports News

Congratulations to the Cranbrook Red Track team who competed at the 'C' Schools Athletics carnival on Wednesday the 9^th of August.

Mrs Woods and the rest of the coaches are very proud of your efforts in both the track and field events, with many athletes coming away with certificates. We also received many compliments about the amazing behaviour on display and the sportsmanship shown by our athletes.

As a result of your amazing effort and hard work at training we won the boys trophy and came 3^rd overall in the combined aggregate. We also had our 10yrs girls break the record in the circular relay!!!

Another fabulous achievement, was seeing the following students selected to compete at the NQ trials:

• Joel Wakelin- Shot Put
• Harley Wakelin- Shot Put
• Ezekiel Lui- 100m
• Tyson Abdul-Rahman-100m and shot put
• Hunter Harris-100m, 200m, Long Jump
• Braxton Harker-100m
• Dontrelle Abdul-Rahman-100m, 200m and High Jump
• Peyton Kingsburra-100m and 200m
• Mahalia Barrett-100m
• Emelea Martin-200m
• Corey Quinney-800m
• Jordan Bye-800m
  

Amazing job team!  Go Cranbrook!

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Junior Achievements

Northern Trials Invitations

The Team!

(sadly we were missing a few from this pic)

We will announce our Senior Achievers at the next Senior Parade on Thursday 31 August.  

Les Stagg U10 Rugby League Gala Day is happening again this year.  The permission note has been emailed out to selected students.  Please make sure this is completed by the due date.  Below is a link to the note, to have as a reference.

From the Resource Centre

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.

ONLY 6 MORE NIGHTS TO GO for you to complete the Premier's Reading Challenge! 

The Premiers Reading Challenge is not a competition, but a way to encourage students to develop a love of reading for life.  Students are encouraged to select a range of fiction and non-fiction books suited to their reading ability and record books read during the reading period,  8 May - 25 August. 

To complete the challenge:

* Prep to Year 2 must read or experience at least 20 books                                                                                           

* Years 3 and 4 must read at least 20 books                                                                                                                   

* Years 5 and 6 must read at least 15 books

To acknowledge students' great efforts in completing the challenge, a certificate signed by the Premier, will be awarded.

Forms to record the books read have been sent home to all Prep and Year 1 students.  Interested students in other grades are encouraged to get a form from their teacher to participate.  Alternatively, please find the record form attached below.  Please note, a completed consent form must be attached to the record form and returned to school.

Maybe the whole family can join in the challenge! Happy reading!  

BOOKWEEK

read - grow - inspire

This is the theme for the 2023 Children's Book Week.  We have taken this theme and used it as inspiration for our library activities, free dress day and our colouring competition.

On Thursday 24 August, we invite our students (and staff!) to use this theme and come as what they would like to be when they grow up!   Remember to still be respectful and sunsafe in what you wear.  Please note:  this is NOT a free dress day, but a Book Week dress up day, therefore no gold coin donation is required. 

Would you like to be an artist?  A worker in a Pizza Shop?  A Tradie?  Well, come and be inspired each day this coming week, in our library with our super activities! 

Look out for Monday's email, detailing the winners of our colouring competition!

P&C News

How about this for a beautiful and practical fundraiser?

The P&C are using your favourite recipes to collate a 'Cranbrook Family Favourites' recipe book that you can then purchase and treasure.

Please send through Dad's favourite dinner, the kids' favourite snack, your favourite leftover concoction and add the story to go with it, if you have one.

Submissions need to be made via the link below and before 8pm, Friday 14 September.  If you're having difficulties, please send your recipe to Sheena at magicminions@gmail.com text her on 0459 776 515 or you can message via Facebook Messenger.

There's only about 65 spots left!!!  Make one yours. 

NAIDOC Celebrations

National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each year, to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and to participate in some of their traditional activities.

We would like to thank Elder Aunty Joy, the Zaro family and friends and the Kirwan High Indigenous Group for their valuable and much appreciated contribution to our 2023 NAIDOC celebrations.

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CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of our NAIDOC colouring in competition:

Prep - Layla

Year 1 - Carmen

Year 2 - Josie

Year 3 - Lucas

Year 4 - Emma

Year 5 - Soraya

Year 6 - Dumani

You will receive 'Cranbrook Cash' to spend at the Tuckshop!

Sports Pride Fridays

Community News

Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information in this issue of our newsletter at the time of publication. 

For all enquiries please contact our School Office on 4726 1222.