Cromer Year 10 Formal 2024

08/09/2025

Hi Everyone,

Please take a moment to read through these important reminders about the Yr11 Social.



Event details...

Cromer Yr 11 Social

Friday Sept 12, 2025



Inception Cruises

Arrive at 5.30pm

Cruise 6pm-10pm

Board at King Street Wharf 3 from 5.30pm

Will disembark at Darling Harbour at 10pm

All Inclusive Mocktails, Redbull and Soft Drinks

Premium Grazing Table with Pizza’s and Dessert Table

Photo Booth + DJ



Inception Cruises use their own security/event staff for supervision & security, however myself (Vicki) and one other parent will be there to chaperone.

Anyone who turns up intoxicated or under the influence of substances will not be permitted on the boat.

Everyone will have to go through security before embarking- so no sneaking of alcohol, etc will be permitted. bag & pocket checks will be done.

Your tickets would have come in an email from Trybooking if you are trying to locate them.

If you have questions I can try to assist but I have listed here all the info I know

Looks like it will be a GREAT night- thank-you to Poppy & her team for all the work in organising!!

Vicki ###

11/08/2025

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder to please buy your Yr 11 social tickets asap- we have Aug 15 as the cut off date, but would love to have final numbers sooner if possible as the venue is requesting this.

The kids can bring friends if they want to- we have plenty of availability x

15/07/2025

Hi Cromer Yr 11 parents,

Hope you are all well!!

Lovely Poppy has once again stepped up this year to organise the year 11 social for her year cohort. Thank-you!!!

The social is a year 11 tradition to celebrate the end of year 11 & the start of their final year at high school with a fun night with all their friends :)

Poppy asked me to help with the booking, ticketing & deposit which I have secured for the kids.

She has been distributing all the info to the yr 11s but I thought I would share it here too incase anyone missed out on receiving it.

Event details...

Cromer Yr 11 Social
Friday Sept 12, 2025
Inception Cruises
Tickets $100 each

Arrive at 5.30pm
Cruise 6pm-10pm

Board at King Street Wharf 3 from 5.30pm
Will disembark at Darling Harbour at 10pm

All Inclusive Mocktails, Redbull and Soft Drinks
Premium Grazing Table with Pizza’s and Dessert Table
Photo Booth + DJ

Tickets on sale until Aug 15 (which is just one month away today!)

Here is the booking link for tickets...

https://www.trybooking.com/DCASQ

We don't have restrictions on numbers (as the boat can cater for up to 400 patrons) so they are all very welcome to bring a friend along.

This is NOT a parent supervised event (no chaperones will be boarding the boat with them). Inception Cruises use their own security/event staff for supervision & security.

Anyone who turns up intoxicated or under the influence of substances will not be permitted on the boat.

Everyone will have to go through security before embarking- so no sneaking of alcohol, etc will be permitted.

Other than making the booking & paying the deposit for the kids, I am not otherwise involved in any planning or organisation- all the event details are being organised by Poppy & her team and decor, food, etc are all organised by Inception Cruises.

If you have questions I can try to assist but I have listed here all the info I know :)

Looks like it will be a GREAT night- hope everyone can make it.

Vicki ###

21/10/2024

Hi Parents,

I have been lucky to be working very closely with Poppy as a representative for the Year 10 cohort to get the formal organised. She has spent HOURS on the seating arrangements with me and is doing everything she can to help create an amazing night for her peers. The time she has put in this weekend to encourage her classmates to get organised is next level.

She has been alerted to an upsetting message today & has asked me to please share with everyone the following message (in regard to the student voted 'awards' survey that the kids all like to do for some added fun at formal.

Poppy's message....

Hi everyone, My name is Poppy, and my friends and I are the ones who created the survey. First, I wanna start by saying that I'm not sure where your kids have heard those questions from, but I want to clarify and say that i did not add 'most likely to get pregnant after tonight' or 'most likely to become gay/lesbian'.

Below is the list we created.

1.Biggest sweetheart
2. Best smile
3. Most likely to become famous
4. Cutest couple
5. Class clown (boy & girl)
6. Most likely to end up in jail
7. Life of the party
8. Most likely to become a millionaire
9. Most likely to fail year 10
10. Biggest NPC
11. Best duo
12. Biggest glow up
13. Most likely to get killed first in a horror movie
14. Teachers pet
15. Most athletic (boy & girl)
16. The clumsiest
17. Most likely to get the highest ATAR
18. Dancing queen
19. Most competitive (boy &girl)
20. Biggest troublemaker in Year 7
21. Best hair
22. Most tragic
23. Legend of the year

Obviously, on the night we won't do all of them since that's a lot of awards. We did include 'most likely to end up in jail' and 'most tragic' which I can understand how you think it can upset someone. However, I have already asked the winners of those awards if they are ok with winning it because i don't want to humiliate anyone of course but they said they are fine with it and think it is funny. Besides those questions, I don't think any others are harmful but you never know how someone will take it. Sorry again if you think this is "horrific" but it is our formal and we just want to have fun. If you have any questions just reply. Anyway I just wanted to clarify that I did not add those questions and we are not trying to hurt people's feelings, we just want to have some funny awards to remember on our formal night. Poppy xx

From Vicki (parent organiser)....

I will be chaperoning on formal night & will ensure that no hurtful, degrading, upsetting or embarrassing 'awards' are given out. My role is really just facilitating the kids desires for the evening, to help with bookings, seating & venue set-up, but of course will be sure to oversee this as well :)

Vicki ###

18/10/2024

A reminder today was the requested cut off date for table / seating requests.

Still have 35 kids not allocated to a table- please get the kids to email their requests tonight [email protected]

Vicki ###

15/10/2024

Hi Parents,

The kids are being really great sending me through their desired seating arrangements :)

It would be super helpful to me if you could please explain to the kids that it is a venue set up that restricts us to 10 people only per table absolute maximum. I know some friend groups are bigger than this number & have offered the kids to share two table lists that I will aim to place side by side if there are more than 10 in their friend group.

However I am receiving some frustrating emails from a couple of kids asking to please just push two tables together, or wanting to reserve full tables for a small overflow group of say 4 because they don't want to sit with 'randoms'.

I have suggested a group of 12 friends could split as a 6 & 6, then two smaller groups of 4 could join them (just as an example).

I am trying to explain the situation- it is a formal venue (with circular tables) that the venue will not permit to be pushed together, do not have the space to set up more than 10 place settings, nor with they set up additional tables for small groups to be dotted around.

I also hope that after 4 years (at least) at school together no one is considered a random!

Would be super helpful if you could please paint this picture for them. They will only be seated while eating & will be moving around freely for the vast majority of the night & can sit wherever they want. We decided to go with the seating plan so there is no upset or drama on the night.

Thanks so much!!

Vicki ###

27/09/2024

Just a reminder the booking window for Year 10 formal tickets closes tonight

Wednesday November 13, 2024 6.30pm-11.30pm Manly Pacific 55 North Steyene Manly

19/09/2024

Reminder that Yr 10 Formal tickets will be on sale until next Friday- Sept 27.

This includes 'plus ones'

Please spread the word so everyone who wants to come can be included.

It is important for our planing & correspondence with the venue to have our final numbers by this date.

Reminder the formal is on Wed November 13, 6.30pm @ Manly Pacific.

Here is the booking link again....

Wednesday November 13, 2024 6.30pm-11.30pm Manly Pacific 55 North Steyene Manly

14/08/2024

Hi Parents,

We have 6 weeks left to sell tickets to the formal.

The formal is being held on Wed Nov 13, from 6.30-11.30pm at the Manly Pacific.

Tickets are $145 each.

‘Plus one’ tickets can now be purchased (only one ‘plus one’ per person).

Our menu selection, times, dietary requirements & a further 60% of our final payment is due to Manly Pacific on Sept 28- so the cut off date for tickets will be Sept 25. If there are tickets left past this date we will still make them available.

Could you please spread the word as much as possible about these dates to your kids, their friends & other parents?

I have asked the kids formal committee to spread the word, but beyond this I have no other way of reaching everyone.

I will be getting together very soon to discuss the menu, music, decorations, etc with the kids committee for them to make these decisions.

We will also need a small group of parents willing to put their hand up to chaperone on the night. The exact number needed will depend on our final numbers attending (we are required to have one adult per 20 kids).

Chaperones are charged $55 each to attend (this includes food). This is a Manly Pacific requirement- not something I have implemented. So volunteer chaperones would need to be willing to cover this cost. If there is enough $$ left in the budget after all the associated costs, we could potentially reimburse chaperones.

Please let me know if you would be keen to chaperone.

Vicki x