Message from Michele Marquet

Dear Parents,

It was truly delightful to see all the students across P-Y6 back at school this week, eager to see friends and staff and ready for the final term of the year.

Our 2024 Senior School leaders joined our Year 6 students and staff yesterday to take part in the Head of House and Prefect Challenge Afternoon. Our Year 12 leaders organised a range of competitive, simple, but enjoyable, team building activities for the Year 6 boys to participate in with the Senior School students. Opportunities such as this are aimed at helping our Year 6 boys build some supportive relationships with the older students in preparation for the step up to Senior School. We thank Mrs Angelique Sanders, Mr Grant Andrews, Mr Baker, the Year 6 Teaching Team, as well as the Year 12 leaders, for ensuring the afternoon was a success for our Year 6 boys.

Upcoming Events & Important Dates

• K-Y6 Swimming Programme: W1-W6 Term 4 during PE lessons
• Y6-Y7 Immersion Day at Senior School – Thursday, 9 November
• 2024 Y3 and New Parent Information Session – Thursday, 23 November 8.30am – 10am
• K-5 Moving Up Morning – Thursday, 23 November
• Y3-Y6 Swimming Carnival (at AFC) – Friday, 24 November (all day)
• K-Y2 Carols Service – Tuesday, 28 November 5pm
• Y3-Y6 Christmas Lunch – Thursday, 30 November
• Y3-Y6 Carols Service – Tuesday, 5 December 5pm
• K-Y2 Family Christmas Activities – Wednesday, 6 December
• Y6 Valedictory Service – Friday, 8 December – 1.15pm
• Last day of classes – Friday, 8 December
• P-6 JS Prize Giving – Monday, 11 December 10am

Given the tragic worldwide events of the past week, I thought you may take some comfort from the message given by our Headmaster to Senior School students at the Prefect Induction Assembly this week. Our focus remains on caring for those in our community and imbuing character and kindness in our students. Please click here to read more.

Kind wishes

Michele Marquet
Head of Junior School

Reminders for Term 4

The Term 4 Events Overview for Parents can be found here and on Cranbrook Connect.

Term 4 Bus Passes

Cranbrook School offers the following subsidised private bus services to students from Monday to Friday during the School term.

• Eastern Suburbs – Junior School Students only – https://events.humanitix.com/2023-cranbrook-bus-service-junior-school-eastern-suburbs
• Eastern Suburbs – Senior School Students only  – https://events.humanitix.com/2023-cranbrook-bus-service-eastern-suburbs
• Inner West – https://events.humanitix.com/bus-service-inner-west-2023
• North Shore – https://events.humanitix.com/2023-cranbrook-bus-service-north-shore

Please use the Humanitix links to purchase a Term 4 Bus Pass, the price is $440 for the term.

Also below are the 2023 Bus Schedules for your information.

For public transport information please refer to the Transport Information website.  

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact bus@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au

Christmas Lunch Hat Competition

Plans are currently underway for this year’s Y3-Y6 Annual Christmas Lunch held later in Term 4. As part of the tradition of this lunch, we invite all students in Y3-Y6 to make a special Christmas hat to make and wear to the lunch and we award a prize for one that demonstrates wonderful creativity and cleverness, as well as having a group of honourable mentions. Students might like to start thinking about what they might make for their hat and use the upcoming holidays to start their creation. Seeing everyone’s hat is always a highlight of the day!

Learn to Swim – Transport After School Lessons

Starting this term, Junior School families whose children have a Learn to Swim lesson after school (i.e. lessons that commence before 4:15pm) will be able to book a seat for their child to travel on the Inner West bus that goes directly from inside the Junior School to the Senior School at the end of the school day each day of the week.

Students will be dropped off near the AFC and then walked from the bus to the pool by AFC staff and supervised while they get ready for their lesson. Parents can meet their sons at the pool. For ease when changing, it would be best if students with lessons wear their swimmers under their school uniform. Please email bus@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au if you are interested in booking a bus spot for your child and we will send a booking link once it is available. The cost is $100 per term.

We are also pleased to let parents know that if they prefer to pick up their child in carline or if their child has swimming lessons a little later in the afternoon, they can now make use of the school carpark next to the pool after 3:30pm to park during the LTS lesson.

We hope these new opportunities assist with the busyness of the traffic near the AFC in the afternoons.

Cranbrook Parent App

To access the app 
Click here to view the information on how to download this app from the App Store.

Username and password discovery 
Click here to view information on how to access your username and password to enable access to the app.

Please remember to check your spam/junk email folder as sometimes codes and password resets can be sent there.

Junior School Parents
If Junior School families have difficulties downloading the new Parent App, please contact the Junior School Reception on 9327 9100.

Common Issues

1 – If you can’t log on

You cannot use your username and password for Cranbrook Connect. You must follow the exact steps for setting up a new username and password: https://www.cranbrook.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_How-to-log-in-to-Parent-App_v4-1.pdf

2 – If none of the teams and fixtures are loading for your son

If you have logged on with your child’s school email address, you will not get any relevant information. The app will work, but with none of your child’s data. You will need to delete the app and start over again. Follow the steps above to set up a new username and password.

3 – If you cannot download the app Both Android and iPhone users can both download the app. If you are having trouble accessing it, the app has been created by Digistorm, which you can add into the search box.

K-Y6 Sport News

What to send on your son’s PE days:

• Swimmers to be worn to school underneath their uniform
  Y3-Y6 boys must have Cranbrook swimmers
  K-Y2 need speedo-style swimmers
• Hooded Towel (if you have been unable to purchase the school’s hooded towel, your son can wear another type of hooded towel until stocks are replenished in November)
• Goggles
• Underwear to change into after swimming
• Slip-ons, crocs or flip flops to wear to the pool

Swimming Timetable Classes Week 1 – 6 Term 4

To assist us in minimising the time taken to get changed, we ask that all the students (K- 6) come to school wearing their swimmers underneath their PE uniform on the days they have PE lessons. After swimming, they will be given the opportunity to change into their PE uniform.

K-Y6 Music News

Term 4 is busy with wonderful Music events. Please follow this link to see the key dates and times.

Optional Co-curricular for Term 4

Please send any queries to Annabel Boyd via jscocurricular@cranbrook.nsw.edu.au.