Bob Meakin, Head of Senior School / Deputy Headmaster
Dear Parents and Carers
In yesterday’s Assembly, we honoured our Years 7 and 8 Da Vinci Decathlon competitors. This is an Academic Ten Discipline competition, including subjects English, Maths, Science, Creativity and Engineering. Our Year 8 achieved a 1st place in Creative Producers and a 3rd place in English. Our Year 7s did exceptionally well, winning Creative Producers and Engineering. They also finished 3rd in Science and Mathematics earning them a 3rd place overall.
Congratulations to the following students:
Year 7
Alexander Mano
Angus Dawson
Alexander Pontifix
George Fyfe
William Holt
Alex Cao
Kyran Diec
Max Howard
Reserves:
James Mitchell
Charles Laing
Year 8:
Max Khan
Moses Lee
Ian Wu
Alex Kitto
Thomas Altundag
Julian Gan
Darren Cai
Carter McGee
Reserves:
Justin Wang
Miles Murphy
We also honoured the students who achieved 100% Effort and Attitude grades on their Term 1 Report, even though there over 100 of these students, Mr Harrison called them all out by name to celebrate this wonderful achievement. Many student leaders presented, including D’Arcy Richardson who promoted some significant musical events, including the Music Showcase at Town Hall in the final week of term, as we well as promoting inter-House Debating. Mr Banes spoke on ‘Balance’ which is the pastoral theme for the term and Mr Stuart Meade, our Acting Head of School who reinforced a safety message for our senior students and the potential tragic consequences of poor choices when socialising.
Congratulations to our Year 7 students who participated in the Inter-Disciplinary Unit with TAS and PDHPE, which culminated in the making of some delicious smoothies just prior to lunch today. There was a lot of creativity, a lot of noise and a lot of fun.
Y7 IDU
Next Wednesday sees Subject Selection evenings for our current Year 8 students for their subject electives in Year 9 2026. I encourage all Year 8 parents and students to attend this webinar (commencing at 6pm) to ensure they have the correct information before making their choices. There is also a follow up Q & A Webinar for our current Year 10 students (Year 11.2026), which commences at 7pm.
Due to the very heavy rainfall this week, may I ask that parents please check the Cranbrook app before Saturday sport to ensure that fixtures are going ahead before leaving home. As you will be aware, many schools use off-site facilities and grounds, and these are often closed earlier than school grounds.
Best wishes for the week ahead.
Bob Meakin
Head of Senior School / Deputy Headmaster