Junior Sport

Welcome back to all families and students I hope you and your family enjoyed the break. We commenced our Winter Sport Season for Term 2 for our Representative Sports program along with our Non-Representative Wednesday Sport Program this week with the first round of matches this Saturday, 4 May. A detailed parent information package for sport was distributed to all Junior School families on Monday via Pulse. Thank you for taking the time to review this document. At our assembly I reminded our students about the three ‘rights’ and how they impact upon their involvement in Redlands Sport. Students are asked to adhere to these;

Right Place
Right Time
Right Equipment

It may be worth opening up some discussion on how these can be followed at home in preparation for Wednesday and Saturday sport. Hearing “my mum or dad didn’t pack my shin pads” or “I don’t know what time my game is” is not what we are trying to instil in students as they prepare for Winter sport.

Building students’ responsibility will make for a much more pleasant experience for all. If they ask you questions about their sport or one of our carnivals, direct them to the Sport page on Redlands Pulse.

Term 2 Sport Information Package: This was sent out to all families on Monday this week and provides an overall view of the term ahead. Please refer to this document if you have any questions relating to the term ahead. This can also be found on pulse

Junior School Athletics Carnival- Field events trials

As previously advertised, in preparation for our Athletics Carnival students will be completing a unit of Athletics in their PE classes in Term 2 which will cover High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Put and Discus. We will then be hosting Field Events Pre Carnival trials for these events in Term 2. To nominate your child for these Pre Carnival trials please complete your child’s details here. 2024 Field Event Trials.

Cross Country Carnival The Cross Country Carnival which will take place on Tuesday 14 May for all Junior School students. The carnival will be held at St Leonards Park, St Leonards. We will have full access to the entire Park and students will enjoy an open and challenging course. Each student will complete the course twice (two laps) to achieve 2.0km total distance.

Our aim is for this to be a fun experience for everyone on the day but also provide a great experience and challenge for those aiming to progress to HICES and CIS where the courses present many different challenges. Upon arrival at the venues students in each grade will be divided into two groups (Boys Championship Race and a Girls Championship Race) which will run as separate events.

After the event the result will be sorted into age groups with the top 5 runners in boys and the top 5 runners in girls in each age group will make up the Redlands team that will participate at the HICES Carnival in Bathurst on the 21 May.

Please refer to our Cross-Country Carnival page on Pulse for all information relating to this carnival.

CIS Touch Trials

Congratulations to the following students, Henley Bird, Hugo Paul, Heloise Field, Scarlett Coles who were selected by their coaches to attend the CIS Touch Football Trials at Penrith yesterday. In some tough competition with over 170 students trialing from 15 sport associations it was a very competitive day. While none of our students were selected in the NSW CIS team it provided a great experience for them. Thank you to our families for bringing them out to the trials.

Term 2 upcoming dates: For Term 1 upcoming dates and key events these can be viewed by selecting this link.

Sport Calendar: The sport calendar for Term 2 onwards is available online on Junior School Sport Page. You can also view it by selecting here; 2024 JS Sport Calendar

Representative Sports- Saturday morning match wear: Just a reminder for all families who represent Redlands in Saturday sport only Redlands Sports Uniforms and match day kit is to be worn. Each family should own either a school tracksuit and or a fleece that they can wear over the top of their playing kit if they are cold. If your child feels the cold they may play in their fleece if their match allows it.Any incorrect item will now be confiscated as all students have received the same message.

Redlands Pulse Orientation and Navigation Video:Our intranet, Redlands Pulse, is the first port of call for all Junior School Sport related enquiries. A video has been produced to show you how to navigate through Pulse. You can view this short video here.

Redlands Pulse -The Junior School Sport pages on Redlands Pulse will continue to be the ‘source of truth’ for all information relating to sport this term. I am asking that if parents have an enquiry relating to sport that your first port of call will be the Junior School Sport section of Redlands Pulse.

Sport Information Booklet

For all Sport 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 Booklet on Pulse.

Wednesday Sport Inability to Train

If your child has an injury that prevents them from training, please send through an email to Junior Sport juniorsport@redlands.nsw.edu.au requesting they ‘sit out’ of training for that particular session. We can then forward this to the relevant external coaching staff. Where applicable please include when they can return to normal training, so coaches are aware of this. That way coaching staff are aware of an injury that prevents them from participating at the venue but also allows us to be aware of periods where they are medically required to ‘sit out’.

Representative Sport Student Absence

If students are absent on match day, parents are required to complete this online absence form. This will allow your responses to be passed on electronically to your child’s coach efficiently and at short notice. The Student Absence link can also be found on the Junior School Sport Page on Redlands Pulse.

Please don’t hesitate to view our Sport Information page on Redlands Pulse if you have any questions pertaining to Sport.

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