Bob Meakin, Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School

Dear Parents and Carers

On Monday 13 November, the Senior School students and staff gathered on the Mackay Lawn outside the Memorial Chapel for a Remembrance Day Service. I read aloud the long list of the fallen during the Second World War that wiped out a generation of Cranbrookians and after each name the school bell was rung in remembrance. We welcomed several families and relatives of the fallen to join us in our Remembrance Service and we thanked them for their attendance, which added to this significant occasion.

Our new Perkins Building was opened on Monday evening, hosted by our Foundation Department. This was a celebration of the beautiful music spaces that now exist in this old and beautiful building, next to the Mackay Lawn. Our special guests enjoyed a tour of the music classrooms and rehearsal spaces as well as hearing from our Headmaster on the joys of a musical education.

On Tuesday night, our graduating Year 12 2023 enjoyed their formal at The Eveleigh in Alexandria. It was wonderful to see our graduating students and their guests enjoy the end of the examination period. Many of these students have already completed their full first aid training and they will soon be sitting their RSA course, equipping them for the world of work as they leave us.

This coming Friday, we celebrate the work of our Visual Arts Department with the Curating Cranbrook exhibition in whichstudents across the whole School showcase their work around the campus. The exhibition commences at 6pm in the Governor’s Ballroom.

This Saturday sees our final full round of Summer Sport. This has started extremely well for many of our students, and I encourage them to finish the term well and be good hosts and guests against Barker.

Year 7 CITF have one more night out in the Tharwa Valley before returning to us tomorrow afternoon. News from the field is that students have embraced this programme superbly. A note to parents of Year 7 – they will need a good shower and a space in the laundry timetable to ensure they are fit to enter your homes again. Year 7 CITF can be one of the biggest challenges they have in the Senior School, and I commend all Year 7 for surviving and thriving through this week.

Finally, well done to all Year 10 students who will complete their examinations tomorrow. Collectively, and individually they have embraced this examination period with maturity and rigour with many of them honouring so many co-curricular commitments as well as attending examinations. Well done to all Year 10 students!

Have a great week.

Best wishes

Bob Meakin
Deputy Headmaster & Head of Senior School