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UPCOMING EVENTS

Please note that all Upcoming Events for the Junior School are now on their own Note Day article/page. 

This Head of Junior School page will consist of general information from the Head of Junior School. 

Yr 6 NSNA Grand Final Winners

Last Saturday morning, in blustery conditions, our Redlands Yr 6A Netball team played Roseville Netball Club in their season finale, the NSNA Grand Final. With support from families, friends and teachers, the girls saved their best game for the Final, playing against a team that had beaten them twice during the regular season and in an earlier round of Final series. The tone was set in the first quarter with strong performances in each third of the court that saw Redlands take a 7-1 lead at the first interval. Despite periodic passages of play that saw Roseville claw back to a two point deficit at one stage, our girls continued to remain composed and then stepped up through the gears in the final quarter to win comfortably 29-17. The team have had an exceptional season and this success has added to the silverware they won to become HICES Champions earlier this year. Well done to the girls and their coach, Gemma Tierney, on a wonderful way to finish their Junior School Netball careers; now on to Secondary School!

Team: Clara Blackstock, Mischa Fabig, Aneke Golowenko, Jove Hazell, Charlotte Horton, Charlee Kwintner, Ruby McDonald, Saffron McVeigh, Ava Mills and Stella Simpson-Morgan

National Snowsports Championships

Despite blizzard conditions and fierce competition in Mount Buller, Victoria, the Redlands Snowsports team’s performance at the National Snowsports Championships last week was outstanding. As always, I acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our Snowsports families to support their children and the team and we are very proud of our Junior School competitors: Eva Fitzhenry, Julianna Harrington, Avie Keller, Saffron McVeigh and Arkie Riches, who recorded some excellent finishes. I look forward to acknowledging their achievements in our Junior School assembly next week.

I also make special note of Saffron McVeigh and her family who raced back from Mt Buller on Friday night in order for Saffron to play for our Yr 6 Netball team at 8.00am on Saturday morning in their Grand Final and then head to play for our Yr 6 Girls’ AFL team later that morning. Outstanding!

Yrs 5 and 6 Representative Debating

Congratulations to all of our Junior School representative debaters on a fantastic season! This week, we learned that both of the representative teams have progressed straight through to next week’s Grand Finals of the Sydney Debating Network Competition, a remarkable achievement in itself. The Grand Finals will take place at Redlands next Friday 20 September and I am looking forward to supporting the teams and wish them all the very best. Well done to our students involved, their coaches and teachers.

Yr 5 Team: Jacob Cartwright, Marlon Giacco, Thomas Hooper, Toby Priestley, Roy Rivera and Freya Stasko.

Yr 6 Team: Betti Butcher, Oliver Cooke, Kiana Gapaillard, James Gray, Lachlan Green, Krishna Gupta, Ruby Holgate, Carolina Pedro Inacio and Joshua Salis.

Bake Sale for Operation Christmas Child

On Monday, supported by many of her friends and family, Yr 4 student, Alexis Mar, organised a truly scrumptious bake sale to raise money for Operation Christmas Child. The bake sale raised a staggering $644.60, which will fund the packing of approximately 25 boxes, supporting Alexis’ goal of collecting upwards of 300 gift boxes for the charity. Well done girls and your families.

Grey Wolf Cub Scout Award

I was delighted to hear the news that Yr 5 student, William Raymond, was presented with  the Grey Wolf Award, the highest possible award in Cub Scouting.

Since starting with 1st Balmoral Cub Scouts back in 2016, William’s commitment and diligent efforts over the last three and a half years makes him a deserved recipient of this prestigious award that only a very small number of children ever achieve in Cub Scouting.

Both William and we are tremendously proud of his achievement and he received his certificate and badge from the member for North Shore, Felicity Wilson MP as well as a person letter of commendation from the Mayor of Mosman, Carolyn Corrigan.

Kids’ Cancer Project Fundraiser – Friday 13 September

A reminder that our fundraiser for the Kids’ Cancer Project Fundraiser is on at recess tomorrow with opportunities for students to purchase handballs ($2), ribbons ($2), wristbands ($1) or raffle tickets ($1) for a prize in support of the Kids Cancer Project, a charity that will always be significant for our School community. Students are also encouraged to being a gold coin for any additional donations for this charity.

Murdoch Street Drop Off Safety Reminder

Parents who use the drop off zone in front of the bus zone on Murdoch Street will have noticed additional signage which we have been provided by North Sydney Council to remind parents that as per the clear signage, the area is a strictly ‘No Parking’ zone between 8.00am and 9.00am. This area is to allow parents to simply drop children off and then move on so that other families can do likewise. It is incredibly frustrating for parents trying to do the right thing in this zone when others do not and I hope that this signage serves as a reminder to all families who use this drop-off zone to abide by the rules of the road.

Junior School Movie Night Fundraiser

Some of our Redlands Yr 11 students are participating in our annual Cambodia program and are organising some fundraising for the projects they will undertake during the trip at the end of the year.

You and your child are invited to come to a movie evening on Tuesday 24 September from 4.00-6.30pm in Redlands Hall on the Senior Campus, showing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. All proceeds raised go towards the community project or to support our friends at M’Lop Tapang. The event will be supervised by Secondary School teachers and students however parents are welcome to attend. Please book at Trybooking. Optional Post-movie Sausage Sizzle ($5 sausage and drink).

Sleep for Improved Health, Resilience and Academic Performance

The importance of a good night’s sleep is well established; however, over 30% of primary school children and 70% of teenagers are sleep deprived. This has significant consequences on many areas of their lives including learning and academic performance, as well as emotional and mental health.

You are invited to attend a parent workshop with Lisa Maltman, Director of ”The Sleep Connection’. The aim of the evening is to share knowledge, practical strategies and tools to support sleep health. Ms Maltman recently addressed our Secondary School parents and was well received. This workshop will focus on building good sleep habits in our Preparatory and Junior School age groups. Parents will be given a questionnaire which will become a resource to support and guide family conversations at home. 

The workshop will take place in the Arnold Library, Junior School, on Wednesday September 18 between 4.30-6pm. Please click here to register your attendance.

This workshop is provided by Redlands to support our focus on student wellbeing. If you would like to know more about the presentation, or have any questions, please do feel welcome to contact our Dean of Students, Mrs Samantha Kourakis.

Uniform Shop

A reminder for parents to check their children’s summer uniform for Term 4.  We are now fully stocked with all the items you need, so come and see us before the rush! 

Don’t forget you can order uniforms online from Flexischools. Orders can be delivered to the Prep/Junior School or you can collect from the Uniform Shop.

Please note the Uniform Shop will be closed for Stocktake on Wednesday 18 September.

Mr Ari Guha
Head of Junior School
aguha@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9953 6022