Foundation
Second Hand Uniform Sale
Kudos to the RPA Committee and all our volunteers for preparing for another Second Hand Uniform Sale. This initiative, with a long-term tradition, has been assisting our families, contributing to our Sustainability strategic objective and also supporting the Redlands Foundation means-tested Scholarship Fund.
We look forward to providing the opportunity of a Redlands education to an exceptionally talented student by awarding another means-tested Redlands Foundation Scholarship to a Year 7 student in 2024.
For more details about this event, please visit the RPFA section.
Liggins Restoration Appeal
A sincere thank you to all members of our community who generously supported the Liggins Restoration Appeal. The Liggins Building is the only remaining element of our school grounds linking almost 100 years of Redlanders.
There is still a unique opportunity to contribute and make a donation towards the Family Plaque. For more information about our Heritage or how your support matters, please visit HERE.
Liggins Stories from our Community
Kim Flatman, Alumni and Community Engagement Coordinator, has been collecting stories from various members of our community.
Judy Blix – Redlander 1959
When my mother (Joyce Wilson) attended Redlands in the 1920s there were Boarders housed in the Liggins Building. Miss Roseby was the much-loved Headmistress at the time.
In my day, from Junior school on, in the 1950s, the ground level of the Liggins Building was used as an Assembly Hall where we used to sit every morning, cross legged on the wooden floor. There was a stage at one end and Mrs Hill used to play the piano. We sang hymns and said prayers and I still remember the words to the School Song.
Gym classes were also held there with Mr Turner (from Bjelke Petersen). Miss Steele, Deputy Head, kept a keen eye on the length of our sports tunics by measuring how high the hems were from the floor when we were kneeling! Our sports tunics had a wide ribbon band in the colours of our various houses sewn onto the tunic, just above the hemline. Mine was Cowper (gold).
I remember there was also a laboratory on the ground floor at the side of the Liggins Building and sometimes, as Juniors, we would lift each other up on our shoulders to peek through the blinds to see what mysterious things were being taught!
The upstairs consisted of classrooms with rows of pegs outside on the landing where we hung our school bags.
Outside the building across the courtyard, adjacent to tennis courts, was a shed which housed sports equipment and this is where the “free milk” was left in crates, often in the sun, which we were made to drink at recess!
North American Chapter Zoom Meeting
It was fantastic to reconnect with Redlanders from the Class of 1987 to the Class of 2018 who shared their updates and had an opportunity to see who resides in their neighbourhood.
Kristen Finney, School Captain 1987, who was featured in Variety Magazine last year as new the Head of Content Curation for Disney International based in LA, shared with the group: “I love Redlands. In fact, I wish I still lived in Australia so my children could attend the school” – a lovely and powerful testament to the ongoing engagement of our Redlander Community.
If you are aware of members of our Community relocating or currently living in the US, there is a willing network of Alumni who are happy to connect with information on where to live, building a network or mentoring support. If you know of any Redlanders living abroad, please email alumni@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Musicals at Redlands have a Long Tradition
Huge congratulations to everyone involved in what was a fabulous opening night for this year’s School Musical, The Addams Family.
Enormous thanks to award winning performer Rachel Beck, RL 1987, who visited rehearsals on Wednesday and engaged with and encouraged students – performers, stage crew, hair and makeup and more.
In the 1980s, the School was very fortunate to have a strong focus on Musical Theatre, which brought the community together from ticketing and making seat numbers to stick on to the back of Assembly Hall chairs, to set building, costume design, and of course, performing.
“I remember Alice in Wonderland in 1981 being wonderful with costumes made by the marvellous Michelle Gray. Our lead Charmaine Grey as Alice went onto NIDA after school” Natalie King RL 1982
In 1982 the first coed Musical Bye Bye Birdie delighted audiences in the School’s Assembly Hall. “Bye Bye Birdie was great fun to be involved with”. Miles Townend RL 1984
“Man of Steel was the best show ever. Such a happy time. All those costumes made under the leadership of Michelle Gray!” Zoe Smith RL 1989. This was a ground-breaking production. A cable strung from the ceiling of the Hall launched ‘The Man of Steel’, played by Juan Renshaw, over the head of the audience before landing with great aplomb onto the stage. Exciting stuff indeed!
Mrs Dana Casimaty
Director of Development
dcasimaty@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9858