Head of Preparatory School
Welcome to Mrs Ana Nogueira
K-6 OOSH Coordinator
We welcome Mrs Ana Nogueira to Redlands as the new K-6 OOSH Coordinator. Ana’s most recent role was with TeamKids where she was OSHC Mentor Program Manager and Vacation Care Area Manager. Ana commenced her career as an English Teacher in Brazil, before moving to Australia in 2016 and working across various OOSH centres. She has a Diploma in Early Childhood Education, a Cert III in Children’s Services, and a Bachelor of Languages. Ana aims to bring a depth of skill to establishing an OOSH program that caters for both K-2 and 3-6 students.
For those new to accessing our OOSH facility, ACECQA (Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority) guidelines govern the way the facility is run and operated on our Redlands campus. There are seven quality areas that make up the National Quality Standard for an OOSH facility. Services are assessed and rated by their regulatory authority against the NQS and given a rating for each of the 7 quality areas and an overall rating based on these results. You can access further information about these standards on the back wall in the OOSH room or by accessing the ACECQA website acecqa.gov.au.
There are often ACECQA updates that our families are required to be informed about. Ana will be using the weekly Note Day forum to share this information with our community. As a matter of urgency for compliance requirements and for your child’s ongoing enrolment at Redlands OOSH, please fill in these ASECQA forms and return them to anogueria@redlands.nsw.edu.au by Friday 31 March.
Ana will be conducting an OOSH Zoom session next term where information will be shared about ACECQA guidelines along with what the Redlands OOSH facility will be focussing on in our after school care program. In the meantime, if you have any questions for Ana, please contact her or you may find your answer below:
What forms do I have to fill in as soon as possible for my child to continue using OOSH?
All OOSH families are required to send an updated Medical Action Plan and to fill in a Risk minimisation and communication plan. Please click on the above link for forms.
Doesn’t the school have this information already in their system and I think I’ve done this before?
An OOSH facility operates under ACECQA guidelines, not NSW schools standards, therefore a separate data base is required to meet OOSH’s governing standards. These forms have been updated so parents and carers are asked to ensure all details are up to date and correct for future compliance checking.
What about if my child uses medication?
If your child attends OOSH, families are asked to supply the OOSH team with this medication. This will mean that your child will have their medication at either Prep or Junior School Receptions for day use at school and the other with after school access in the OOSH room. Again, this is an ACECQA requirement.
When do I need to return the forms as well as provide any medication to the OOSH Coordinator?
The forms and medication are to be returned to the OOSH Coordinator by Friday 31 March please.
Parents and carers must hand the medication directly to Ana in its current box please and can email the forms directly to anogueria@redlands.nsw.edu.au
It is now a requirement for any OOSH enrolment to have this paperwork completed and lodged with the OOSH facility.
Thanks to all our families for completing and returning this paperwork by 31 March.
April Vacation Care: 11-22 April 8am-6pm
If you would like your child to attend the April Vacation Care program, please visit the OOSH page on Pulse from Friday 25 March 10am to preview all information pertaining to the holiday activity schedule and daily requirements. The Flexischools website www.flexischools.com.au will be open on Monday 28 March at 12:00pm to make any bookings. Please use the Prep and Junior Vacation Care icon for children in K-6. Feel free to contact the Coordinator, Ana Nogueira with any Vacation Care queries.
Harmony Day
Harmony Day was a sea of colour, vibrancy, music and activity as the Prep and Junior Schools ‘united’ to celebrate our cultural diversity.
It was uplifting to see our students engaged and collaborating with each other as they participated in a variety of activities – including learning origami with our Japanese students, working on a collaborative group weaving project, kicking up their heels dancing the French Can-can, drawing and designing a communal Rangoli art display and attending a Mexican Mariachi music lesson with our Spanish teacher as well as being immersed in classroom cultural book, poetry readings and art activities.
Our Prep students loved wearing a touch of orange and dancing to the music on the oval at the lunchtime “it was such a fun dance party”.
“I loved making the fish and decorating the reception area together”.
An uplifting day in our school community that celebrated diversity in the community as well as in our own Redlands community.
Fun Run
Last Friday, we enjoyed the inaugural Redlands K-2 Fun Run on campus. Miss Longworth, along with Miss Davis and Ms Dongas, provided a challenging and fun course that suited all abilities. It was truly wonderful to see the excitement on the faces of every child as they walked up to the start line. With the assistance of our Yr 4 and Yr 2 students, every child in Redlands Prep participated in this event!! Please click on the link below to watch the Fun Run from Bertram Haines’s (Yr 4 helper) go pro! Such a great day and we can’t wait to do it all again next year.
Bertram has also written about the Fun Run from his perspective!
Three, two, one, go! The sound of all the Prep Schools’ feet hitting the ground sounded as if it were a stampede of elephants. Legs were burning, throats were throbbing, and I was sure that all anyone could think about was the finish line! I got my camera ready to catch the action.
Last Friday was the first ever Prep Fun Run and no one knew what to expect. The children walked around the course with their teachers to make sure they knew the way, warmed up and then they were off. They ran around the course as many times as they could in about 15 minutes. My job with to film the action so it could be shared with the Redlands community.
As I looked around, there were plenty of red and sweaty faces but also plenty of smiles and words of encouragement. Everyone was feeling tired and felt like they could not keep going but when the students saw the esky, filled to the brim with ice blocks they got a little jolt of energy and crossed the finish line.
The Fun Run was a success! Everyone had fun and that is all that matters.
Bertram Haines 4W
Remote Learning Update
If your child is COVID positive or is at home isolating as a close contact, they can access learning via Seesaw. Please be aware that the activities posted are generally related to the classroom lessons. Our casual staff member will greet all those online in the morning and outline what is available to the students. Please find key points of information below:
- Please email your class teacher and prep@redlands.nsw.edu.au to alert them to your child’s situation.
- Your class teacher will provide you with appropriate information to access the online learning platform.
- Each day will start with a Zoom link for check in and good morning at the following times.
- 30am- 8.45am -Kindergarten
- 45am-9am – Year 1
- 9am-9.15am- Year 2
- There is no formal timetable but there will be an English and a Maths activity along with links to Mathletics and other online resources for further activities.
- The casual support staff member will will be online as help desk until 10.30am.
- From Term 2, a specialist and a wellbeing grid will be provided weekly.
If there are any problems with accessing Seesaw, please email your class teacher directly for assistance.
Reminder – Cutlery Library Donations
If you, or anybody you know, have any spare spoons or forks, please donate it to our Junior Campus cutlery library. A container is located outside the canteen for any donations.
Whilst the bamboo cutlery currently being used is biodegradable, it is still single use. A cutlery library would allow the canteen staff to reuse the spoons and forks, further reducing our carbon footprint at Redlands.
Uniform Shop
The shop will be open this Saturday 26 March for winter uniform fittings and we still have appointments available. Please click HERE to book and view other opening days for the upcoming holidays. We recommend if your child needs to try on uniforms, you make an appointment to avoid having to wait in a queue.
If you simply need to go up a size and know what you need, you may also order online at www.flexischools.com.au or come to the shop and purchase these items.
We are expecting a delivery of blazers next week and will contact those who have pre-ordered or requested a call to advise they have arrived.
We are happy to help you with any questions regarding winter uniform requirements or sizing, so please call us on 9968 9850 or email uniformorders@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Mrs Ainslie Breckenridge
Head of Preparatory School
abreckenridge@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848