Parent Portal
Posted on 15 Feb 2024
Coming soon: Parent Portal
During term 1 we are rolling out a new Parent Portal, a secure online platform used to share student information between you and your child’s teachers.
Using the Parent Portal on your mobile phone, tablet or computer, you will be able to:
- notify us if your child is sick or explain an absence
- book parent-teacher interviews
- receive academic reports
- receive our school newsletter
- receive messages from your child’s teachers
- make payments
- access the school calendar and your child’s student timetable.
One of the many benefits of the Parent Portal is that it will be used by all ACT public schools from preschool through to year 12, so there will be no need to use a different system as children change schools during their public-school journey. If you have children at nearby schools you will not need to sign up to the system twice. You will be able to easily add a student to your account once their school has access to the Parent Portal.
Sign up now
To access the portal, you will need to create or have access to an ACT Government Digital Account. You can sign up now and complete the level 2 identity verification process to get ready for our launch this term.
To complete the identity verification process you will need one of the following:
- Driver's licence
- Australian Passport
- Birth certificate
- Australian citizenship certificate
- Change of name certificate
- Marriage certificate
- ImmiCard
- Australian visa
- Medicare
- Centrelink Concession Card
Visit the ACT Digital Account website to create your account: https://www.myaccount.act.gov.au/
If you have any issues with creating your account and completing your level 2 identity verification you can get in contact with ACT Digital Account to resolve by calling 13 22 81.
You will receive an email in term 1 with an access code to link your existing account to your child’s records. If you have any questions, please contact Student Services at DETStudentservices@act.gov.au.
For more information about Parent Portal, visit the Education Directorate website: https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/parent-portal.
Come See and Celebrate Thank You
Posted on 01 Nov 2023
A massive thank you to all who attended our Come See and Celebrate event. Former, current and even some future students came with their families and other members of the community to enjoy the activities, celebrations and see the great achievements of the school community. We would particularly like to thank ACT Rural Fire Service - Molonglo Brigade, ACT Policing, Edventure Care, Canberra Seed Savers, ACT Brumbies, Lids4Kids Australia, Pegasus Riding for the Disabled of the ACT, Rotary Ginninderra, Nyssa Parties and the P&C.
COME, SEE AND CELEBRATE
Posted on 18 Oct 2023
Come, See and Celebrate is almost here! Join us on Tuesday 24 October from 4:30 - 6:30pm as we showcase our amazing school community. There will be school tours, music performances, exhibitions from our many community partners, a BBQ and much much more.
National Health & PE Day
Posted on 20 Sep 2023
Cranleigh students celebrated National Health and PE Day enjoying games and activities on the playground and in our new basketball court area. Thank you to The Brumbies for joining us!
BOOK WEEK
Posted on 23 Aug 2023
Students have had fun celebrating Book Week. READ: GROW: INSPIRE is this year's theme. We have participated in a variety of activities including the coveted dress up parade, Book Club - our Executive teachers read a selection of the short listed books online, a Read Aloud, class door book week displays and a staff book swap.
Science Week
Posted on 23 Aug 2023
Science Week was lots of fun at Cranleigh! The theme was Innovation: Powering Future Industries. Paula from the Academy of Future Skills ran workshops for our students, where we powered rockets without feet, looked at bugs under microscopes, played with car robots and looked at a variety of science themed books. Students also participated in the Science Reading Club and other class based science activities. Many of our First Nation families assisted to plant a variety of plants which will enhance our new playground areas.
2023 Australian Education Awards
Posted on 28 Jun 2023
2023 Australian Education Awards
We are excited and very proud to announce that Cranleigh School has been listed as an ‘Excellence Awardee’ in the Australian Education Awards 2023, for Special Education School of the Year. Winners for each category will be announced on Friday 11 August at an awards evening in Sydney. Please keep your fingers and toes crossed!
Easter Break
Posted on 05 Apr 2023
Cranleigh School wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday and festive Easter
Student Representative Council
Posted on 05 Apr 2023
Cranleigh School's Student Representative Council (SRC) for 2023 are MaNoo, Indigo, Max, Chloe. We thank them in advance for the important role they have as school leaders.
Our Amazing P&C!
Posted on 05 Apr 2023
To top off the beginning of Week 10 and the approaching Easter break, our amazing P&C popped on a surprise morning tea for the Cranleigh staff, with hot cross buns, fruit and coffee from Sylvie and Bruno.
Harmony Day
Posted on 22 Mar 2023
Happy Harmony Day. We celebrated inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging at Cranleigh today. Some of the staff and students dressed in traditional costume associated with their families and others wore orange. We also celebrated together with a special story time in Mal's Library.
School Photos
Posted on 09 Feb 2023
The team from Authentic School Portraits will be at Cranleigh School the week of the 27th February to 3rd March to capture school photos! Authentic School Portraits have been in touch to introduce themselves and tell you a little about what they do and provide tips on what you can do in preparation. FOR MORE INFO GO TO THE NEWS & EVENTS ARCHIVE PAGE.
School Photos
The team from Authentic School Portraits will be at your child's centre the week of the 27th February to 3rd March to capture school photos! We thought we'd get in touch to introduce ourselves, tell you a little about what we do and provide tips on what you can do in preparation.
Who are we?
We are a Canberran team of highly professional and skilled portrait photographers with over ten years of individual experience photographing children. Janet, Steph, Mallie, Kim and Robin are your children’s friendly photographers, and they are accompanied by Ben, Danielle and Hannah - our team co-ordinators.
Janet and Steph both run highly regarded and successful children and family photography businesses here in Canberra! Their studio is in Macgregor. It's our mission to bring the knowledge and principles from family photography to school portraits while giving families gorgeous, authentic photos of their children that they will treasure for years. Hence, “Authentic School Portraits”!
What can you expect about the process for viewing and purchasing your children’s school photos?
If you would like your child to be photographed during photo week, please pre-register your information and interest with us here: https://form.typeform.com/to/j893gDJt
Note that all children attending in photo week will still be photographed to provide the school with use of a database photo and that by registering you are not committing to purchasing a photo.
If you do not pre-register, your child will only be photographed for inclusion for an internal database photo.
We aim to capture a range of photos by interacting with your child through play-based methods that capture real and authentic smiles! While we don’t always get every kid to smile as some kids do not take to strangers quickly, we do our best to engage and interact with children through these play-based methods.
What can you do in preparation?
Some parents have questions surrounding how to help us capture the best photos possible, and we've got a couple of tips for you before you send your child off to school on photo day. You can find those all at the link below under 'FAQ for Parents'.
https://orders.authenticschoolportraits.com/webarchive/info.php
We're looking forward to photographing your children!
Cranleigh School Board
Posted on 09 Feb 2023
All ACT public schools are required to have a school board. The school board plays an important role in school governance and is responsible for the school’s strategic direction, its budget, and related issues.
Nominations for a role on the Cranleigh School Board are now open. If you would like to join this important forum and help set school priorities we’d love to hear from you. The Board meets a minimum of four times a year and we have vacancies for two parent, one staff and one appointed board member. Please contact Penny Price via email (penny.price@ed.act.edu.au) for a nomination form, noting nominations close COB Monday 20 February.
New Variety Sunshine Coach
Posted on 30 Nov 2022
We are now the proud owners of a Variety Sunshine Coach. Luckily, we were able to receive a 12-seater Toyota Commuter (Automatic, Diesel) with window tint, school lights and three wheelchair spots to suit all our students. Many, many thanks to Variety - The Children's Charity NSW/ACT.BRUMBIES
Posted on 21 Sep 2022
We were lucky to have the Brumbies visit Cranleigh. All classes took part in the fun action!
BOOK WEEK
Posted on 07 Sep 2022
This year's theme for Book Week was Dreaming with your Eyes Open. Student's and staff shared many of the shortlisted books, some online all together, created book week door displays and joined together for a book week parade. There was an abundance of our favourite book characters on parade, this year even a Gruffolo was spotted.
Science Week
Posted on 24 Aug 2022
Classes enjoyed Science Week by undertaking a variety activities and attending a special workshop led by Patrick Healen (one of our amazing parents). The theme this year was Glass. A special thank you to Patrick for yet another amazing Science Week workshop.
Congratulations Kelly! 2022 ACT Public Service Awards for Excellence.
Posted on 27 Jul 2022
A big congratulations to Kelly Pulver who won the 2022 ACT Public Service Award for Excellence - Respect. The awards are held annually to recognise teams and individuals across the service who demonstrate a commitment to the signature values and behaviours of the ACTPS. The Awards also showcase the dedication, hard work and achievements of staff, and the outstanding service they provide to their colleagues and to the people of Canberra.
BRUMBIES
Posted on 15 Jun 2022
Welcome back Brumbies!! Students have loved re-engaging with Brumbies Rugby throughout Term 2!
Reconciliation Day
Posted on 01 Jun 2022
Cranleigh School contributed to the 'Sea of Hands' display for the Reconciliation Day event held at the Arboretum on the 30th May 2022.
Students were asked to consider the theme for Reconciliation Week 2022 'Be Brave, Make Change' and decorate a hand template with their idea of colours and designs that represent reconciliation. Half of the decorated hands were set out for display at the Arboretum with the other half being used in a school display.
Student Representative Council
Posted on 18 May 2022
Congratulations to our Student Representative Council (SRC), Jonah, Anthea, Alex and Carmaron for 2022. They play an important role as school leaders at Cranleigh.