Junior Sport

Junior Sport

JUNIOR SPORT Redlands Pulse

Welcome back to Term 2, we hope you and your family enjoyed the holidays. We have our final major Carnival this term – Cross Country and another term filled with our regular Sports program. We have emailed you a letter to provide you with a picture of the overall landscape of the term. Please take the time to read through this information which will assist you and your child in your return to school sport this term.

And in what we have become accustomed to in this current climate, ‘If in Doubt, Sit it Out’ – any student, coach, official or parent who has any cold or flu like symptoms or has knowingly been in recent close contact with a person displaying said symptoms are advised not to attend their Wednesday and/or Saturday morning fixture.

Parent Information Booklets

For all Sports information regarding what sports we offer when, how to navigate our documents, as well as information on Uniforms and Carnivals please refer to our Parent Information Booklets on Redlands Pulse.

Cross Country Carnival

As previously advertised the Junior School Cross Country Carnival will take place on Thursday 13 May at the Cammeray Golf Course. All students in Yrs 3-6 will be involved in some capacity. We will be running a staggered format, similar to last year, where each Year Group will be transported separately to the course and compete either in the Championship Run or the Fun Run, both the same course and the same distance. To determine which event they will run in, students will complete the Beep Test in their PE lesson during the first few weeks of term to qualify for the Championship Run at the Carnival. For more information about this and what qualifying levels are for each Year Group, please refer to the Cross Country Carnival Redlands Pulse page.

Wednesday Sport

Normal Wednesday Winter Sport recommenced this week. If you need a reminder as to what your child has selected for their Winter Sport choice as well as team selections, please refer to the Term 2 Winter Sport lists. These sports will continue until the last week of term, Wednesday 16 June. For timings and venues for all Wednesday sport, please refer to the Winter Sport Training Schedule. Please remember if you are picking up your child directly from the venue you must be there before the returning bus leaves for the journey back to school. Please note these buses will not wait for late parents and no child can be left at the venue for late location pick-ups. All sports this term will finish and return students back to school at regular finish time of 3.20pm, traffic dependent.

Optional Morning Skills Sessions

There are a variety of morning skills sessions available to students if they wish to attend. These sessions are optional and other cocurricular commitments must be honoured above these sessions. All sessions are from 7.00-8.00am held on the Junior Campus. For venues, please refer to the Winter Sport Training Schedule. Late arriving students will not be permitted to join the session.

This term we will be offering:

  • Wednesday morning – Netball (Yrs 3-6 Girls) – access by Dunnet Hall
  • Wednesday morning – Football (open to all) – access by Murdoch St Oval gate
  • Friday morning – Cross Country (open to all) – access by Murdoch St Oval gate
  • Friday morning – Football Goalkeeper training (open to all) – access by Murdoch St Oval gate
  • Friday morning – Football (open to all) – access by Murdoch St Oval gate
  • Friday morning – Rugby (Yrs 3-6 Boys) – access by Murdoch St Oval gate

Key Dates and Calendar

On the Junior Sport Redlands Pulse page, we display upcoming Key Dates for each term. This has been updated for Term 2. Below that on the Redlands Pulse page, we also have a Sports Calendar that has a more comprehensive view of Sport for this term. 

Representative Sport Team Lists

For weekly team selections please refer to the Term 2 Winter Sport team lists. These will be updated on Redlands Pulse following each fixture. Please remember that our Redlands Representative teams are fluid, meaning teams may change week to week depending on three main criteria: Ability, Attendance and Attitude. Any team movements will be discussed with your child by their coach.

Representative Sport Absences

If your child is unable to attend a training session or Saturday fixture, please complete our Sports Absence form located on Redlands Pulse. This will allow Sports Department staff and coaches to view prior and post fixtures and allow for another student to be contacted to fill in to make up numbers. As mentioned above, unexplained absences will affect your child’s gradings. As Representative Sport is not compulsory at Redlands, we expect all students who have committed to a team, commit to each game and training session for the duration of the season.

Draw

The Term 2 draw is now available. You can view it here and save to your phone/device. As it is live and subject to change, please do not print off the draw. We recommend checking back each Friday evening to ensure you have the correct time and venue for the following morning. There may be occasions where host schools change a time or location midweek and when this occurs the draw will be updated. For Rugby families your fixtures are released by IPSHA (Sporting Association that we belong to) on Thursday each week so your times and opposition will remain blank until then.

Athletics Carnival Photos

We had photographers from Anthony Khoury Photography at the Carnival taking photos on the day. Please follow the steps below to view this folder that is only accessible to Redlands families.

Log onto http://www.akphotos.com.au/albums
Click prompt to Access Gallery
Select – Redlands Icon
Select – 2021 folder
Select Event i.e. Junior Athletics Carnival
Enter: Your Name and Email Address
Enter Password: Dunnet01
Select- View album

There’s a whole range you can choose from. Prints, Personalised Prints, Canvas, Framed Photos, Digital Images to mention a few.

Student Achievements

Congratulations to the following students who have excelled in their respective fields:

HICES Football – Sam Elworthy and Byron Mills on their selection in the HICES Boys Football team who will compete at CIS trials later this term.

Gymnastics – Charli Amm – NSW State Gymnastic competition placed to be selected to represent NSW at the National Gymnastics Competition on the Gold Coast in May.

HICES Netball – Katie Jennings, Lila Soste and Tara Ward on their selection in the Girls HICES Netball team who will compete at CIS trials next week.

Sailing – Zara Marks placing 7th in the National Sailing Competition over the holidays. This means she’s 7th in her category in Australia, competing against girls up to 15/16 years. She would usually be able to compete at the next level, however, due to COVID, cannot travel overseas.

Well done to all these students!

Mr Trevor Dunne
Head of Junior Sport
tdunne@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9953 6022

Ms Kirsty O’Sullivan
Sports Administrator
juniorsport@redlands.nsw.edu.au