It has certainly been the case of ‘music to my ears’ in the past fortnight as Cranbrook students of all ages have performed on various stages with distinction. I was fortunate to attend the AMPED! contemporary music concert and the Junior School Gala Music Concert in recent days, noting the K-2 Concert took place on the same day as the Years 3-6 concert.
At lunchtime today, our Year 12 AFL and Rugby players competed for the Clontarf Cup in AFL, with our Reconciliation Week guest, Uncle Richie presiding. Uncle Richie has previously joined our AFL players in the Northern Territory, and it was wonderful to welcome him to this lunchtime fun fixture. Sam Marjoribanks and Jack Tremain promoted this in yesterday’s Assembly, in order to raise money for the Indigenous Community where the School toured.
As part of our suite of information sessions surrounding subject selection for Year 10 students, we held our first in person sessions on Tuesday evening.
This week we had a great event for some of our Year 7 2026 students. Run by Debating prefects Marley Farrer and David Tabachnik under the wise counsel of Mr Adams, our incoming boys, girls, and current Junior School students worked together in small groups learning debating skills.
Cranbrook faced our Eastern Suburbs neighbours, Waverley, in a full round of fixtures on Saturday as we came together to mark Reconciliation Round.
Brace yourself. A tough day at the office for our soldiers who took to Queen’s park or better known as Death Valley.
The weekend's fixtures saw Cranbrook take on Waverley College across various venues, with Queens Park once again hosting a number of matches.
Click here to view the photo gallery from AMPED! 2025.
At this week’s Cranbrook Teachers Talking Teaching session, Cranbrook’s Director of Service Aaron Nolan presented ‘Understanding Self as Leader’, sharing key insights from his participation in the AISNSW Aspiring and Early Leaders Programme.
As we think about ‘Bridging Now to Next’ as part of Reconciliation Week, I thank God for the courage and faith and survival of the first Australians, who offer to us an invitation to walk together in humility and hope, forgiveness and reconciliation.
A round up of articles to read.
Please click here to view the non-government schools census collection notice 2025.
Calling all students, parents, siblings, friends, staff to join the Cranbrook team in the City2Surf in support of charity Running for Premature Babies on 10 August.