The past week our first two coeducational cohorts have been busy orientating ourselves.
Last week some of our current Year 10 students joined our incoming girls for pizza and watching the Senior Production The Visit. This was a great opportunity for students to get to know each other and ask questions about the coeducation transition.
In April we will be hosting a multi sports event for some of our Year 10s and incoming girls, ensuring that all Year 10s will have coeducational opportunities throughout the year.
On Monday we had our first of the “long orientation” activities for Year 7 2027. Groups of Cranbrook Junior School students, incoming boys, and incoming girls worked together in fun activities. The students were introduced to Cranbrook’s fiercest House competition – Bin Ball – by Head of Senior School Mr Meakin and got to know each other through a game of Human Bingo run by Ms Nilon. We were also assisted by many of our IB Diploma students who brought energy and great leadership to the event. Thank you to all the students who assisted.
On Wednesday afternoon we hosted a Year 7 2026 event with our second Colourbeat dance workshop, which meant students were working in teams again to choreograph some moves. For our Year 7 2026 cohort, we are continuing with these events throughout the year before the formal Year 7 Orientation activities will commence.
For our current Year 6 students, I am working with Mr Andrews, Mr Jensen-Robilliard, and Mr De Brun on ensuring our Student Wellbeing Programme is focused on coeducation preparation. This will commence with a survey of all Year 6 to understand how prepared they feel and what they might be looking forward to, as well as perhaps hesitant about for coeducation. The results from the survey will inform what we focus on this year for Year 6.
Daisy Turnbull
Director of Coeducation
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