From The Principal

From The Principal

One of the privileges of my role is that I get invited to speak at various student assemblies and parent events, which provides the opportunity to highlight our core values and what is important to us at Redlands.

Student leadership and involvement is a key trait in our assemblies and I was delighted to hear the clear and thoughtful messages regarding behaviour, respect and responsibility that were shared by a group of Yr 5 students at the Junior School assembly this week. Mr Guha reinforced the theme with his encouragement to students to ‘pay it forward’, with the focus on sharing acts of kindness, that have the potential to cascade and multiply throughout the school community.

I shared the story of the ‘crabs in a fisherman’s bucket’ that could individually escape from the bucket; however, they continually reach out and pull each other down, whenever there is an attempt to break free. The metaphor was used to highlight the importance of valuing and supporting each individual person in our school community, to build each other up, celebrate other people’s success, without the need to pull each other down. I was pleased to know that none of our students had heard the phrase regarding the Australian ‘tall poppy syndrome’. May this long be the case at Redlands!

The 2023 Kindergarten Orientation morning on Wednesday was a wonderful occasion, during which we celebrated students getting prepared for their first full year of school, along with parents coming together as a group who will share many memorable moments together in the years ahead. It was an opportunity to highlight what is so special about Redlands. The focus on the individual and their ‘light shining’, the importance placed on the holistic development and wellbeing of students, the collaboration and professionalism of our staff and the sense of connection and community. A parent was recently describing to me what is special about the School. They summed it up in the way that their Secondary School children came home describing how they ‘feel’ and the way they looked forward to attending each Redlands each day.

Yr 7 2024 Scholarships

Applications for our Yr 7 2024 Scholarships Program (Academic, Merit, Music, Ballet) are now open to both current Redlands Yr 5 students and those at external schools.

Thanks to the very generous donations from parents, alumni and friends within the Redlands community, we are also offering the Dr Sue Morey AM Means-tested Scholarship for Yr 7 2024.

For more details of our 2024 Scholarships program or to apply, please visit: 

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Applications for all Scholarships close on Monday 6 February 2023.

Mr Stephen Webber

Photo Caption: Yr 8 Drama students in action during their performance evening, which showcased a variety of scenes from iconic Australian plays.