Bob Meakin, Head of Senior School / Deputy Headmaster
Dear Parents and Carers
Yesterday morning the CSPA hosted the annual Mother’s Day Breakfast at the Senior School. It was a tremendous family atmosphere, and it was great to see mothers and sons enjoying a hearty breakfast together. Sincere thanks to all those who attended.
In yesterday’s Assembly, our Winter Sports Captains were announced by our Director of Sport, Mr Matthew Grice. We also celebrated the School Sailing Teams State Championships, where both Cranbrook’s 1sts and 2nds Sailing crews made the State Finals, with our 1sts narrowly beating the 2nds for the State title. The trophy was awarded to Spencer McKay with huge applause from the School. Tane Firth, Student Head of Library delivered a rousing speech that was exactly one minute long to promote the Battle of the Books between Cranbrook and Ascham. This event commences on 23 June, and we look forward to Tane leading the charge in that competition. We also heard from Felix Malcolm, our Academic Senior Prefect who celebrated many students’ progresses in a wide range of subjects. Felix has done a fantastic job in promoting the Academic life of the School across all Year Groups. We also received an update on coeducation from Ms Turnbull and two students from the Coeducation Committee, Max Scales and Slade Keating, who delivered informative speeches on the work of the committee.
Next week is National Boarding Week, Hugo Andreas and Archie McConnochie promoted this to the School and invited students and staff to tour our Boarding Houses next Wednesday.
Congratulations to Perkins House for their Courage video which took out the Inter-House video competition and sent a strong theme of ‘having a go and improving’. We also heard from our Acting Head of School, Mr Stuart Meade about efforts across all areas of the school community for the term ahead.
A reminder to Year 11 parents that Parent / Teacher evening is next Monday, and I hope this evening goes well for families. Year 10 families are also encouraged to attend the Year 11 2026 Subject Selection webinar on Wednesday 14 May.
Have a great week.
Best wishes,
Bob Meakin
Head of Senior School / Deputy Headmaster