WATER POLO IS HERE | Canterbury Taipans Swimming NEW Offering: Term 4 Training Sessions | 6:30pm - 8:30pm Every Wednesday Night @ Canterbury Aquatic Centre - JOIN US!

WATER POLO IS HERE | Canterbury Taipans Swimming NEW Offering: Term 4 Training Sessions | 6:30pm - 8:30pm Every Wednesday Night @ Canterbury Aquatic Centre - JOIN US!

What: NEW Term 4 Weekly Water Polo Training Sessions!

When: 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Every Wednesday Night - Starting THIS Wednesday 4 October 2023.

Where: Canterbury College Aquatic Centre.

Who: For Canterbury Families + Wider Logan Community!

Junior Squad: For boys & girls aged 13-17 years old.

Senior Squad: For boys & girls aged 18 years old & above.

Hosts: Canterbury Swimming - College & Taipans Club.

Cost: $20 Per Session | Pay On Entry.

RSVPs: NOT Required | Just Show Up!

Dress Code: Boys - Swimmers | Girls - One-Piece Swimmers OR Tank Top Swimmers.

NB: Boardshorts are not preferred for this type of sport.

Contact: Canterbury Swimming - College & Taipans Club – T: 07 3299 0900 | E: 

CANTERBURY WATER POLO IS HERE FOR EVERYONE AGED OVER 13 YEARS!

We have a qualified and experienced Water Polo Coach, as well as all the necessary training and playing equipment - so come and try it out!

Whether you are new or have played Water Pole before, these weekly training sessions will help you learn and build the fundamental skills.

It can also help you improve your fitness for competitive game-play and your overall general health.

For the more serious athletes, we can help develop your match tactics and competitive skills.

These initial weekly Wednesday night Term 4 two-hour training sessions, will help us gauge the popularity of Water Polo amongst our local community.

Should there be enough strong interest, we will look at forming a Water Polo team or club to compete in the 2024 Season.

Our training sessions will operate with two squads - a Junior Squad and Senior Squad.

Junior Squad: For boys & girls aged 13-17 years old.

Senior Squad: For boys & girls aged 18 years old & above.

See you there!


IMPORTANT UPDATE: Canterbury College 20-Year Campus Master Plan | September Holidays Construction Work Begins

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Canterbury College 20-Year Campus Master Plan | September Holidays Construction Work Begins

Dear Canterbury Families,

Canterbury College has a 20-Year Campus Master Plan to keep our school up-to-date, and providing all the facilities our students need to succeed, and our parents and carers demand for their children.

We spent 2021-22 working with stakeholders – parents, carers, students, staff and community leaders – via meetings, surveys and direct communications, to gather your feedback and priorities for this Master Plan.

Ever since then, the highly experienced project architects and design team at Rohrig Constructions, have been meticulously planning and steadily turning this document into reality.

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You have probably seen, used, or your children have enjoyed, some of the first stages already:

  • 90 added Aquatic Centre, Sports Hall and High Road Gate carparks.
  • New Aquatic & Tennis Centre footpaths to the Junior School and Secondary School campuses.
  • Fully renovated D Block Year 6 Learning Centre with five new GLAs: General Learning Area classrooms, new Learning Commons, and a new staff space.
  • Five fully refurbished Early Learning Centre classrooms and relandscaped outdoor play areas.

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Now I am very pleased to announce that construction work for our large new Junior School C Block classroom building has been approved to commence these September Holidays.

Firstly, it involves onsite electrical pre-works, and you will see safety barriers around the Junior School campus, to keep our Early Learning Centre and Outside School Hours Care operating through the holidays.

Working with the Department of Education, we have received their approval for all interim arrangements and our Safety Management Plan for the ELC and OSHC.

MUST READ: Major Campus Construction Zone Changes | September School Holidays: OSHC – Vacation Care & Early Learning Centre News Story.

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However, there are construction realities that I kindly ask all parents, carers and students to prepare for, and be patient around, with a long-term campus improvement viewpoint:

  • Access through the Junior School campus will be interrupted over the next 10 months. Paths and stairwells will be in and out of action. There will be new (and sometimes frustrating) routes between buildings, which can be difficult to get used to. Constructing a building of this scale in the centre of the Junior School is challenging, but with lateral thinking and strong risk management, we can navigate this.
  • It will be noisy and all Junior School classrooms will be affected by varying degrees. Although our contractors are fully aware they are working around 700 primary students and 40 staff trying to learn and teach, there is no way of guaranteeing there won’t be a level of construction noise on most days.
  • Carparking for parents, carers and staff needs to be removed from the whole right-hand side of the main Easterly Street roundabout entrance. Drop-offs and pick-ups will be consolidated via the High Road gate. Further changes to streamline traffic through the High Road carpark will be made these holidays. Unfortunately, this major inconvenience is totally unavoidable, so please allow extra time for drop-offs and pick-ups when school resumes on Tuesday 3 October. Your patience is appreciated.
  • Demolition of classrooms B15-20 will be the first step in this project, with every safety protocol adhered to. This will be a complex process and we will notify all concerned as it is about to occur.
  • Canterbury OSHC will keep operating throughout this construction work, but with an altered footprint in a different location at F Block - opposite our Yalburru Community Café, during the school holidays only.
  • The Junior School Meadow will be 80% out of operation for the next 10 months. So a new supervised play zone has been established between Care Central and the Kitchen Garden, to provide more open space for our Prep and Year 1 students in particular.
  • Some other changes may be needed, outside our control, that will require some adjustments, that we haven’t yet anticipated. So we appreciate your flexibility and understanding if and when they arise.

Director of Property and Works Mr Lee Ryan and his Facilities Team, will keep us abreast of any critical information over the next 10 months, for us to share onto you.

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Now Bareibunn is a Yugambeh verb for ‘dream’.

So for our new Junior School precinct, we believe this is the perfect word to describe our intent for our youngest learners.

Construction Project Scope:

  • Eight new C Block classrooms for Years 1 and 2.
  • New staffroom, plus new staff and student bathrooms.
  • A specialist multipurpose STEAM: Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics classroom.
  • A specialist Performing Arts classroom for Dance and Drama.
  • A specialist Junior Primary Library engineered to foster a love of reading.
  • A new COLA: COvered Learning Area large enough to accommodate hundreds of students to play during wet weather, and for Junior School gatherings, assemblies and outdoor events.
  • Demolition of classrooms B15-20, and then after C Block is completed, further partial demolition of classrooms B13-14, and the relocation of the Canterbury Kitchen Garden.
  • New landscaping of the Junior School Meadow, complete with new playground equipment.

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This is an exciting moment for our school, with much needed modernisation of some of our oldest 30-year-plus classrooms.

So thank you in advance for your patience and understanding over the coming ten months.

Again, please allow extra time for drop-offs and pick-ups when school resumes on Tuesday 3 October.

Kind regards,

Mr Dan Walker
College Principal

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Added Q&As:

What’s coming after the Bareibunn Junior School Precinct is finished?

We will be replacing older Secondary buildings over the next decade with classrooms engineered for more flexible and blended modern learning, while adding group education spaces called Learning Commons.

Canterbury will expand its Early Learning Centre to cater for babies and infants, using a brand new facility to be built over the next two to three years.

The Master Plan also identifies opportunities for more carparking spaces, better student drop-off and pick-up traffic flows, refurbishing of older buildings, plus annexes or extensions to existing buildings – such as Prep classrooms, and our Secondary School Creative Industries, Science and Health Sciences Precincts.

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Why is all this necessary?

Firstly, the lion’s share of our classrooms were built in the late 80s and early 90s – over 20-30 years ago.

So there is a need to create fresh and comfortable classroom environments that inspire today’s students and teachers to be their very best, and maintain Canterbury as one of the leading Logan private schools.

Secondly, Canterbury’s current 1,562 student population is growing steadily, but will reach a natural ‘cap’ of just over 1,700 students from Prep to Year 12 by about year 2028.

Our growth has quickened over the past five years in particular, and these new larger facilities are necessary to accommodate this bigger student population, and the staff to teach and support them.

Finally, we know parents’ expectations around the quality of our physical infrastructure continue to rise.

So we are committed to ensuring a high standard applies to our all-important classrooms, facilities and learning commons, and connecting them to our natural 33-hectare bushland environment.

Together they will inspire and nurture our students, families and staff for many years to come.

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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT | Our 2024 Year 12 Student Leadership Team

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT | Our 2024 Year 12 Student Leadership Team

Today I have great pleasure in announcing our new Year 12 Student Leadership Team for 2024.

These students have been selected after a rigorous nomination, application, interview and shortlisting process during Term 3.

Congratulations to our 2024 School Captains Lilly Rider and Lara Mead.

Joining Lilly and Lara as Prefects of the School are:

House Captains

Becket House Captain: Pippa Nelson

Cranmer House Captain: Tadiwa Manangazira

Goldsworthy House Captain: Ella Furlong

Kime House Captain: Kaylee Tamala

Ramsey House Captain: Lachlan Trent

Temple House Captain: Mach Pukallus

Portfolio Captains

Academic Captain: Angelina Som

Spirituality Captain: Roy McGregor

Social Justice Captain: Ruby Wandschneider

Sports Captain: Ainslie-Alyssa Iva

Performing Arts Captain: Jasmine Wheatley

Our Year 12 Student Leadership Team also contains these Vice-Captains of each House:

House Vice-Captains: Community

Becket: Reini Blackmore

Cranmer: Gabrielle Watson

Goldsworthy: Sumayah Goss

Kime: Joshua Fullard

Ramsey: Saphfire Woods

Temple: Hannah Peddell

House Vice-Captains: Competition

Becket: Alec Dyer

Cranmer: Riley Franklin

Goldsworthy: Blythe Nimmo

Kime: Ashley Broadbent

Ramsey: Lorren Ieli

Temple: Tylah Marshall

Early in Term 4, we will be receiving nominations for Activity Captain positions for each of our Sport, Performing Arts and Thought Sports activities.

These will be announced by Week 4 of Term 4.

We wish all these students the very best as they commence their leadership positions in Term 4.

Our Student Leaders Investiture Ceremony will be held on Tuesday 3 October at 1:30pm in our Canterbury Events Centre (CEC).

Regards

Mr Dan Walker
College Principal

NB: Our 2024 Year 12 Student Leadership Team Poster printable PDF.Our 2024 Year 9 Student Leaders Printable PDF.


MUST READ: Major Campus Construction Zone Changes | September School Holidays: OSHC – Vacation Care & Early Learning Centre

MUST READ: Major Campus Construction Zone Changes | September School Holidays: OSHC – Vacation Care & Early Learning Centre

New C Block Construction: Phase One

We are very excited to share with our Canterbury OSHC and ELC families, that we have received final approval to begin the first phase of our campus Master Plan.

This is the construction of our wonderful new C Block building, that will house our Year 1 and Year 2 fully modern classrooms, and the Junior School undercover area.

However, these major building works have forced changes to the way students, parents, carers and staff will access our Junior School campus, over the next 10 months.

We have begun preparations for this to occur, and you may have noticed some changes already, with the new section of the Junior School High Road carpark integral to these plans.

There will be times where access to various parts of the Junior School campus will change, based on the current phase of the building program, but we will keep all stakeholders fully informed.

Below is information relating to the first phase, which is Week One of these upcoming September School Holidays, where OSHC and the ELC will be affected first.

OSHC Changes From THIS Monday 18 September

For the entire September School Holidays – Monday 18 September to Friday 29 September – OSHC will operate from F Block, which is opposite the College Canteen and Yalburru Community Café, as shown on the map below.

Parents and carers will need to park in the Junior School carpark on High Road, then walk along the internal road past the Canteen and Café to F Block.

OSHC sign-in will be located at the front of the building where clearly visible.

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ELC Changes From THIS Monday 18 September

There is minimal impact to our Early Learning Centre during the first week of the September holidays.

Temporary fencing will be placed along the boundary between the ELC and Junior School Meadow, starting at the rear of the ELC and finishing at the stairs.

There will no longer be access to the ELC via the staircase from the High Road carpark.

Preferred ELC access during this holiday period is via the Easterly Street carpark, then along the footpaths in front of the B Block classrooms.

Please Note: There will be limited parking on the Easterly Street side of the ELC.

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Further information will be shared next week, as changes occur to the way the College community accesses the Junior School campus.

We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding in advance, and thank you for your support, as we move through this major construction phase of the exciting new Junior School campus over the next 10 months.


Dear Canterbury Taipans Swimming Families | End Of Term 3 Wrap & Upcoming Events - Ipswich Grammar School Swimming Club Transition Meet: THIS Weekend!

Dear Canterbury Taipans Swimming Families | End Of Term 3 Wrap & Upcoming Events - Ipswich Grammar School Swimming Club Transition Meet: THIS Weekend!

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Hello Canterbury Taipans Swimming Families!

I can't believe Term 3 is almost over already, with time flying during my busy journey settling into the Canterbury Taipans Team.

So I thank all our swimming members for being so welcoming, and hope you enjoyed this term's club events.

Working with you all has been a pleasure to make our Canterbury Taipans Sports Club a wonderful family and community hub.

Now here’s what is happening around our mighty Canterbury Taipans Swimming Club…

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Thursday 31 August: Swimming Trials Club Night Success

22 x Races, 28 x Swimmers, 126 x Race Nominations, and countless amazing helpers!

A very BIG thank you to everyone who participated in our Trial Club Night at the end of last month.

It was a great evening – even if it threatened to rain on our parade for a while there.

Now Term 4 will see our official Club Nights season commence, with our first Swimming Club Night on Thursday 5 October 2023.

Races will run weekly each Thursday afternoon/evening during Term 4 until Week 10, when we host our Swim School combined Christmas Party on Thursday 7 December 2023.

We will continue to experiment with our 4:30pm starting time.

As the volume of race nominations grows, this earlier timeslot will allow us to get through all the events without the risk of finishing late on a school night.

For more information on our Canterbury Taipans Swimming Club, membership types, and upcoming competitive swim meets, please check out our new webpage HERE.

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Redlands Long Course Prep Meet Wrap

Big ‘shout-out’ to our five swimmers who travelled to Redlands on the weekend to race, with Coach Crystal super proud of everyone’s efforts.

Some really impressive Personal Bests were achieved, including some podium finishes, as the team took home a combined 1 x First Place, 3 x Second Place, and 3 x Third Place medals.

Great job team!

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Ipswich Grammar School Swimming Club Transition Meet – THIS Weekend!

Now is your LAST CHANCE to nominate for this Transition Swim Meet and join our current team of eight swimmers.

Transition Swim Meets are a perfect opportunity for those who haven’t competed at external swim meets before, due to their relaxed rule tolerances.

Nominations for this event close at Midnight THIS Tuesday 12 September 2023.

Please nominate via this event link HERE.

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Canterbury Taipans September School Holiday Programs

We have officially launched our September School Holiday Programs!

These include Swimming, Athletics, Netball and Tennis Camps.

Our Swim Squad Program option runs Monday to Friday from 8:30am – 4:00pm daily each week, with half-day and full-day options, from Monday 18 – Friday 29 September 2023.

Each day will expose children to sport-specific training, and a mixture of cross-training fitness activities and mindset coaching, for a holistic approach to developing young athletes.

This is open to ALL members currently training in ANY Squad Level and our Learn To Swim Dolphin and Shark Levels.

For more information or to sign up for our September Holiday Camps, please visit this link HERE.

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Mr Kym McIntosh
General Manager
Canterbury Taipans Sporting Club

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Dear Canterbury Taipans Tennis Families | End Of Term 3 Wrap & Upcoming Fixtures, Holiday Camps & Coaching Programs

Dear Canterbury Taipans Tennis Families | End Of Term 3 Wrap & Upcoming Fixtures, Holiday Camps & Coaching Programs

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Hello Canterbury Taipans Tennis Families!

I can't believe Term 3 is almost over already, with time flying during my busy journey settling into the Canterbury Taipans Team.

So I thank all our tennis members for being so welcoming, and hope you enjoyed this term's Junior Tennis Fixture competitions.

Working with you all has been a pleasure to make our Canterbury Taipans Sports Club an excellent family and community hub.

Now here’s what is coming up for our mighty Canterbury Taipans Tennis Club…

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Junior Tennis Fixtures: Term 4 Season - Saturday Mornings

Our Head Tennis Coach Mr Andrew Davey and I recently returned from the Tennis Logan City Annual General Meeting and Committee Meeting, regarding our Junior Tennis Fixtures Season for Term 4 and next year.

After some solid discussions, our Saturday Junior Fixtures will run in line with Term 4.

This Term 4 Season will run every Saturday morning for eight weeks, commencing on 7 October 2023, with the finals scheduled for 2 December 2023.

The leagues are Orange Ball (8 – 10 Years), Green Ball (10 – 12 Years) and Yellow Ball (13 Years +).

Cost: $20 per individual player to enter.

In 2024, we will move to a ‘three-seasons-per-year’ tennis competition.

The first season in 2024 will start around Week 2 of Term 1 and run for 12 weeks plus the finals.

Then there will be a short break before starting the following season.

This decision was made to strengthen each fixture season with a few more weeks of play, while providing more opportunities for players and teams to improve their tennis skills throughout the year.

To register for our Canterbury Taipans & Tennis Logan City Junior Fixtures Term 4 Season Saturday Mornings, please visit this link HERE.

If you have any questions about these Junior Fixtures and the registration process, please contact me - 

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Canterbury Taipans September School Holiday Programs

We have officially launched our September School Holiday Programs!

These include Swimming, Athletics, Netball and Tennis Camps.

Our Tennis Camps will run from 8:30am – 4:00pm Monday to Friday from Monday 18 – Friday 29 September 2023.

There are half-day and full-day options available.

Each day of our camps will expose children to sport-specific training and a mixture of cross-training fitness activities and mindset coaching, for a holistic approach to developing young athletes.

For more information or to sign up for our September Holiday Camps, please visit this link HERE.

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Term 4 Updated Tennis Timetable & Pro Squad Programs

As Term 3 ends, our Term 4 coaching programs have just gone live!

Please check the link below to start re-registering for your preferred programs and timeslots.

We are excited to commence our new Tennis Pro Squad Program for each level.

Our Pro Squads will allow our young members to achieve a higher standard and play more often, with access to timetables offering daily sessions from Monday to Friday for a single fixed program fee.

This will be an option for any member currently in a Pro-Level Program who wants to switch, and/or anyone who has completed one of our foundation levels and is ready to move up to the pro level.

To sign up for our Canterbury Taipans Tennis Program, please visit this link HERE.

Mr Kym McIntosh
General Manager
Canterbury Taipans Sporting Club

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The Sudsy Challenge Fundraiser & R U OK? Day Awareness Kime House Festival | Lunch Break & House Assembly, Thursday 14 September @ P Block Rear & Oval 2

The Sudsy Challenge Fundraiser & R U OK? Day Awareness Kime House Festival | Lunch Break & House Assembly, Thursday 14 September @ P Block Rear & Oval 2

What: The Sudsy Challenge Fundraiser & R U OK? Day Awareness Kime House Festival!

When: 12:45pm – 2:15pm Lunch Break & House Assembly, Thursday 14 September 2023 | Last Week 10.

Where: P Block Rear & Oval 2 - Secondary Campus, Canterbury College.

Who: ALL Secondary School Students & Staff Invited.

Hosts: Mighty Kime House Tigers!

EVENT INFORMATION: All set to fun festival music…

The Sudsy Challenge Fundraiser For Orange Sky Australia.

  • Sausage Sizzle | Drink | Ice Cream: $2 Each OR Any Combination 3 For $5.
    NB: It doesn’t matter if you order 3 sausages, 3 drinks or 3 ice creams – any combo you like.
  • Laundry themed games to raise awareness for Orange Sky Australia’s The Sudsy Challenge: Shirt Folding Competition, Fastest Clothesline Hanger Up-erer, Fastest Clothes Put-er On-erer and more…

Fun Activities For R U OK? Day Mental Health Awareness: Official Nationwide Day - Thursday 14 September 2023.

  • Various games and group activities including: colouring-in Chill Zone near the Secondary Library, backyard cricket, photo booth, dodgeball, basketball, touch football, bocce and other lawn games.
  • Raffle running throughout the event with prizes ranging from ear buds, wristbands, chocolates, drinks and sausages.
  • $5 book bundles available for sale from the back of the Secondary Library.

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***BACKGROUND STORY***

The Canterbury Secondary Sudsy Challenge: DONATE NOW! | From The Mighty Kime House Tigers

Our volunteers are not changing their clothes for THREE DAYS to help change the lives of homeless people.

Yes - our participants will wear their official bright orange The Sudsy Challenge t-shirts for three days straight, to raise much-needed funds and awareness for Orange Sky Australia’s FREE mobile laundry and warm shower services, and genuine conversation for the homeless.

When is it? Online Donations OPEN NOW - PLEASE CLICK HERE!

NB: Current Tally Raised = $4,777 as at 4:40pm Tuesday 5 September 2023.

Actual 3-Day Sudsy Challenge - Week 10 (Last Week, Term 3) From Wednesday 13 – Friday 15 September 2023.

Who can get involved? ANYONE - Students, Parents & Carers, Families, Friends & Staff.

Who is running this? The mighty Kime House Tigers!

What does it cost?

Please donate as much or as little as you want on our dedicated webpage HERE.

Every dollar makes a real difference to a homeless Logan local so we'd love your support!

How can I get involved?

  1. Sign up as a participant via that dedicated Sudsy Challenge weblink OR
  2. Please donate directly via that weblink with your family and friends OR
  3. Help out with upcoming Sudsy events and community awareness around this Canterbury Secondary Sudsy Challenge.

Visit Orange Sky Australia’s The Sudsy Challenge website to find out more OR simply scan this QR code to donate or participate - THANK YOU!

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Contacts: Mr Glen Walker - Kime Head of House | Mr Chris Nield - Director of Student Development | House Vice Captains: Community.

Orange Sky Australia have provided Australians doing it tough with over 1.9 million kilograms of free laundry, 20,000 showers and 330,000 hours of genuine and non-judgmental conversation across 36 service locations around this country... Please join this nationwide campaign right here with us in Logan!

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Make A Difference TODAY On Daffodil Day: Thursday 31 August | Cranmer House Wolves Daffodil Day Fundraising Webpage

Make A Difference TODAY On Daffodil Day: Thursday 31 August | Cranmer House Wolves Daffodil Day Fundraising Webpage

Make a difference TODAY on Daffodil Day! 

More than 32,000 Queenslanders are diagnosed with cancer each year.

So please help Cancer Council Queensland provide them with free prevention tools and support services, as well as fund necessary research.

Every dollar you donate will be matched for 24 hours on Giving Day starting from 5pm 30 August. 

Here is our dedicated Cranmer House Wolves Daffodil Day fundraising webpage started for last week's Loud Lunch BBQ Event.

Cranmer House Wolves 'Loud Lunch' Concert BBQ Fundraiser | Photos & Event Wrap.

#GivingDay #CCQ #DaffodilDay2023 #NavigatingCancerTogether


IMPORTANT MESSAGE | Compulsory Use Of School Lockers Provided

IMPORTANT MESSAGE | Compulsory Use Of School Lockers Provided

Dear Parents and Carers,

One of our primary concerns is ensuring a safe and secure environment for students and their belongings while on campus.

Students are frequently reminded of this during House and School Assemblies.

We have recently had to take a stronger stance on the proper storage of school bags during school hours, as a great deal of admin time is being spent supporting students to find lost items, not securely stored in their provided lockers.

The practice of collecting unattended school bags left out in the open is being introduced to address several key concerns:

  1. Preventing Trip Hazards: Bags left outside buildings and classrooms can pose tripping hazards, especially during times of movement between classes, or in emergency situations.
  2. Enhancing Security: By ensuring students keep their bags in their lockers, we can minimise the risk of students taking the wrong bag and items going missing.
    Our 'high IQ' crows also present a problem, pulling items out of bags left on top of lockers - and yes, they have been observed getting into bags with closed zippers.
  3. Reducing Stress: Students and their parents/carers experience stress when their belongings cannot be located, which will be vastly reduced by using the lockers provided.
  4. Item Longevity: School bags, clothing and other items left outside in the elements deteriorate much faster, meaning more expenses to replace them, while 'cost of living' pressures remain high.

Students are aware of the following:

  1. Students are required to leave their bags in their lockers between 8:00am and 3:20pm.
  2. Sports bags should only be taken to PE and fitness lessons, and must be kept in lockers for the remainder of the day.
  3. All bags should be clearly labelled with the student's full name and House for easy identification.
  4. Essential items required for each lesson can be carried in the school laptop bag or small, plain black laptop bag for Years 11 and 12 students.
  5. For students in Years 7-8, phones must be handed into Secondary School Administration each morning.
  6. For students in Years 9-12, phones must be stored in lockers from 8:00am.

We are now gathering up any unattended bags left on top of lockers or outside school buildings - for example, the Secondary Library or School Canteen.

They are then being stored safely inside the Secondary School Administration Building.

Students can collect their belongings from our office in the first instance, however, a second instance will result in a detention being issued.

We understand this change may require some adjustment, but we believe the benefits around student safety, cost-savings from lost gear, and greater care being taken for belongings, are worth the transition.

So we kindly request your cooperation in encouraging your child to use the locker provided to store their belongings.

Single items are taken to the Lost Property Room which is open Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00am.

Students can also check with Secondary School Administration and their Head of House.

Found 'named items' are passed onto the relevant Head of House.

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this implementation, please do not hesitate to contact Secondary School Administration - T: 07 3299 0843 | 

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Kind regards

Mrs Rebecca Adamson
Head of Secondary School