Head of Secondary School

Head of Secondary School

A Peek Inside the Classroom… PDHPE

This term I have asked teachers to invite me to their lessons to witness some of the “wow” moments that occur in their classrooms. So, over this term, I will be visiting classes in each subject area and will be giving little “peeks inside the classroom” in my Note Day pieces. This week I will write about my PDHPE lesson.

This Wednesday I had the great pleasure of joining in Ms Howard’s Yr 8 PDHPE lesson. On a cold and rainy morning, the students and I started the day with a modified game of Tip and Bull Rush in the gym. The game combined physical skills, teamwork and strategy and became increasingly complex over the course of the lesson. The students had great fun over the course of the period and seemed to gain particular enjoyment in tagging me out throughout the games. Not surprisingly, the team I was on seemed to lose most of their games – apologies to my teammates! Thank you Ms Howard and 8R PDHPE students for this peek inside your classroom.

Gala Arts

Last Friday night was one of the highlights of the Redlands calendar – our annual Gala Arts House competition. It was a truly amazing night of dance, theatre, music and singing and the high quality of all performances was quite frankly, stunning. Congratulations to all students and staff onstage and backstage who made Gala Arts possible. And a special congratulations to Dumolo House for winning the overall Gala Arts House Shield. 

Paul Dillon Parent Talk: Tuesday 18 June 6:00-7:30  

On Tuesday 18 June, Redlands is pleased to welcome back Mr Paul Dillon to speak to our parent community. Paul has been working in the area of drug and alcohol education for the past 25 years and presents to many schools and community organisations in the Sydney area.

Paul will be delivering a parent presentation on the evening of Thursday 18 June free of charge to all parents and carers from 6.00 – 7.30pm in Redlands Hall. This year, Paul will be presenting on the topic entitled, Teenagers, Alcohol & Other Drugs 2019: What’s happening, what’s out there and how much influence do parents really have?.

Using the most recent data available, this talk will examine the use of alcohol and other drugs by school-based young people. It will have a particular focus on the changes in patterns of alcohol use that have occurred in recent years, as well as any particular concerning trends around illicit drug use. There will be a close examination of the positive influence that parents can have on their child’s drinking behaviour, as well as the barriers that they may face during adolescence. It aims to empower parents with a positive message and assist them in having open and honest family discussions in this complex area.

This session will be covering material aimed at parents and carers and it is not appropriate for students to attend. As Paul’s sessions are always highly relevant, informative and practically based, we strongly encourage all interested parents to attend as we continue to work in partnership in developing our students’ wellbeing.

Pink Sock Round

On Saturday 15 June, Redlands will again be hosting a Pink Sock round in support of the Breast Cancer Network Australia. Redlands has a proud association with BCNA and we look forward to raising funds in support of its mission again in 2019. This year we encourage the School community to purchase pink socks from the Uniform Shop for $15.00 in support of this charity. All spectators and coaches are encouraged to wear a pink item (or several) on the day to demonstrate support. The Uniform Shop also has pink Redlands hats and tshirts to purchase for $15.00 and $20.00 respectively.

On this day we have arranged for a large number of our winter sports teams in Rugby, Football and Hockey to play at our home venue, Macquarie University. Throughout the day, there will be a bake sale and a BBQ with all proceeds going towards the charity. We will also have an Alumni tent and other fundraising activities. The BBQ and bake sale will cater for all students and post-match functions for 1sts teams. Netball teams will also be selling pink baked goods at their home venue, NBISC, on the day.

In order to make this a successful day, we would appreciate any assistance from parent volunteers across our community. Please follow this volunteer link to register your assistance on the day. Some of the ways that our community can get involved include:

  • Providing items required for the bake stand (doughnuts, muffins, cupcakes, slices, cookies)
  • Collecting donations on the day
  • BBQ assistants (minimum of two volunteers for each hour shift from 7.00am-12.00pm)

If you are unable to come on the day, you can donate by clicking here. We look forward to seeing the Redlands sporting community support this very worthy charity.

Gala Ball

Redlands Gala Ball Early Bird tickets close next Friday. Tickets are selling fast to this not to be missed event on the Redlands social calendar. There will be fantastic entertainment and a band to dance to as well as incredible prizes to be won. This year’s Gala Ball is on Saturday 17 August from 6.30pm – midnight at the grand and historic Westin Hotel, 1 Martin Place. Early Bird tickets are open for sale until Friday 14 June. 

All proceeds raised will be dedicated to the means-tested Redlands Scholarship Fund. This Fund creates life-changing opportunities for exceptional young people to realise their full potential, when a Redlands education would otherwise be out of reach. For further enquiries, please visit our website or contact Jenni at jdejager@redlands.nsw.edu.au.

Mr Sean Corcoran
Head of Secondary School
scorcoran@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9870