Redlands Parents and Friends

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The Redlands High Country Campus is currently home to our Winter School program, Snowsports and Outdoor Education Camps, and will be the venue for the Year 9 Moonbah Program from 2025.

During the winter school holidays, the Redlands Community has an amazing opportunity to visit our High Country Campus outside Jindabyne.

There are several tours on offer in case you will be down there:

Saturday 13 July

• Tour 1  10 -11 am
• Tour 2 3- 4 pm

Monday 15 July

• Tour 1 10 –11 am
• Tour 2 3 – 4 pm

Click Here to book.

Refreshments will be served after each tour.

Parent Prayer Meeting

Join us and the Principal, Sean Corcoran at the upcoming Parents Prayer Meeting. This term, we will meet on Tuesday 18 June from 5.30-6.30pm in the Arnold Library on the Junior Campus. Light refreshments will be provided, and we look forward to an informal time together of fellowship and prayer, amidst the busyness of life.

Second Hand Uniform Collection – This Friday 7 June!

Collections: We will be collecting the following items during Uniform Shop Open hours:

• current sports uniforms (sports top, shorts, jackets, fleeces etc)
• any pre-loved items from the new uniform collection
• old uniform blazers only.

Additional collection days next week Wed 12, Thurs 13 and Fri 14 June. We only accept clean, good quality items.

NOTE: Please do not send in old school uniform items at this time (apart from blazers). The School will send further information re a collection for recycling in Term 3.

Second Hand Uniform Sale – Tues 18 June 8.00am-9.30am & 2.30pm-4.30pm

The sale will be held at the RPFA unit at 1 Monford Place, around the corner from the Uniform Shop.

If you’re working and can’t make it, you can send a request for items to RPFA2ndhandsales@gmail.com. They must be collected and paid for before close of business at 4.30pm on Tues 18 June. We’ll do our best to fulfill requests.

All our Second Hand Uniform Sales proceeds go towards the means-tested Redlands Scholarship Fund as well as providing great value for families and the environment.

Festival of Redlands – Shining a light on 140 years – Saturday 19 October

With less than five months to go, planning is well under way for this first-of-its-kind event for our community to celebrate 140 years of Redlands. Set in the grounds of the Junior School, this event will include games, sports, arts, drama, music, and refreshments and will also showcase our High Country Campus.

To bring this epic occasion to life, we are calling on as many in our school community as possible to volunteer. Contact us if you would like to find out more and the RPFA will be in touch!

Birthday Trivia: 1934: The School celebrates its 50 Year Anniversary with a 50th Jubilee Fete

Upcoming Parent / Family Get-togethers

Contact us to list your event.

Walks on Tracks

Weekly guided walks around the northern Sydney area are organised by Ann Marie, a wonderful RPFA volunteer. This is a great way to meet other Redlands parents and get in shape, plus a wonderful way to spend a morning discovering the many paths of the Sydney area.

The invitation for walks is open, so if you have friends or family who you think would like to come along, please feel free to bring them. Dogs are also welcome on most walks, look for the ???? below .

Walks start at 8.40am and are roughly 1 1/2- 2 hours. For those with the time, we love to stop for a coffee afterwards. In case you’re running late, just text Ann Marie so they can wait for you. Upcoming walks:

Any questions, please contact Ann Marie on 0406 691 533.

Book Club

The Redlands Book Club is a group of Redlands parents – past and present – who share a love of reading. New members are always welcome! The Book Club meets twice each school term to discuss a book, rotating among members’ homes.

Occasionally, outings are also organised to events, movies or shows that are tied in with books, including annual attendance at the Sydney Writer’s festival in May. If you would like to join Book Club, or simply want to know more, please contact Monica or Sabiha.

A number of Book Club members will be attending the Sydney Writers Festival this month. If anyone is interested in joining in, they can contact Monica or Sabiha (see details above) to find out more.

We are delighted to share the next four books and meeting date:

1. Hello Beautiful by Anna Napolitano – next meeting Thur 13 June at 7:00pm
2. The Women by Kristin Hannah
3. The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock
4. Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran

Behind the Scenes with the RPFA: Meet your Class Parents

A wonderful group of volunteers, Class Parents are in place from Redlands House all the way up to Yr 12. Their efforts in welcoming new parents, organising teacher celebrations and facilitating class social events go a long way in maintaining the connected and engaged school community we enjoy here at Redlands.

Check back here each week to meet 2024 Class Parents and discover how you can get involved!

CP Five

Name: Rani Seckold
Role: Class parent, Redlands House Juniors Blue
Kids: Tane Bowler (Kindy) & Ostara Bowler (Redlands House)

If you could choose a Class Parent theme song what would be the title name?

Red, Red Wine by UB40!!! (We need all the support we can get when you have 30 tiny people running around, causing chaos, right?!)

Why did you decide to become a Class Parent, and what do you love most about it?

I have a son who has already gone through Redlands House, so I offered to be the Juniors class parent for my daughter to help some of the first-time Redlands parents navigate their first year with the School. I’ve seen how welcoming and friendly all the parents are, and I wanted to help build that sense of community for our Juniors’ parents. It’s also a great way for me to get to meet all these other wonderful people who I’ll be sharing the parenting school journey with!

What advice would you give to a parent or carer looking to get more involved in the School?

Getting involved is such a great way to meet other people and to get a closer insight into what our little people are experiencing. All the volunteer parents are always happy for extra help, so don’t be shy in putting your hand up – whether it’s to be class parent or to help with some of the school functions. You’ll meet lots of great people along the way.

If you could trade places with your children for a day, what would you most want to experience?

I would just love to see what they do all day – what are they learning? What do they find easy or hard? Who do they play with? How do they feel? Honestly, I’d take any intel I could get! The most I get now is “school was good” or a grunt! I just want to know that they are having a great experience.

The Week in Pictures

???? Gold Star photo goes to the ladies and gents holding down the Pink Socks for  last weekend’s soccer matches. “’l’ll take some Rosé at ten in the morning for a good cause!!”.

All these cuties cooking up a storm for good! On 1 June , 25 Redlands Prep students and their families participated in the Kids Giving Back “Cook for Good” program. Our students prepared healthy fruit kebabs and cereal boxes, decorating them with heartfelt messages while experiencing the joy of service to our community. This team of little legends prepared 90 meals, which were donated to Sydneysiders experiencing homelessness and food scarcity. Redlands Prep students embodied the compassion and generous spirit that are characteristic of the incredible Redlands community. We are excited for the next “Cook for Good” session on August 3rd. If you would like to sign up, please follow this link.

Our hard working dedicated Junior Campus teachers and support staff enjoying an appreciation morning tea arranged by RPFA’s CPs.

Do you have event pics you want to share? Please send them to RPFA Note Day.

RPFA Committee

President: Brittne Whitelaw
Vice President: Carrie Taylor
Secretary: Jennifer Mast
Treasurer: Joe Russo
Committee: Monika Crennan, Michelle McDonald, Lisa Middlebrook, Karen Nicholson, Emma Okhovat, Sophia Stewart-Kasimba 

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