From The Principal
I thank all members of the Redlands community for your support in implementing our COVID-safe plan, your cooperation in the RAT screening process and in keeping students home from school when experiencing symptoms or when identified as household contacts. We have been very pleased with the low numbers of community cases recorded to date this term. A letter will be sent to all parents and carers tomorrow, which will outline our updated COVID-safe plan, in response to recent communication from the NSW Government.
Last weekend I enjoyed the opportunity to join the Rowing students, parents and coaches at the Redlands Boat Shed for a significant boat naming ceremony in which two single skulls were named after last year’s Rowing Captains, Emily Barrelle and Alex Holtheuer. We are most fortunate to have a wonderful culture in the Boat Shed, with passionate coaches, many of whom are alumni, led by former Swedish Olympian, Head Coach Anders Batemyr and highly respected Director of Rowing, James Petering.
In our Strategic Plan we have a key focus on supporting our staff to undertake and publish educational research, along with support for presenting at conferences to share professional expertise. Head of Teaching and Learning, Matthew Bentley, has recently been invited to present a paper on research by the Professional Learning Teams at Redlands, at the Leadership for Professional Learning Symposium to be held at Dublin City University in June. Matthew has also recently been asked to present to staff at Wesley College in Melbourne on the process and outcomes from our Professional Learning Teams project.
Director of Digital Innovation, Mary-Lou O’Brien, is presenting this week at the ICT in Schools NSW event, Head of Community Engagement, Grant Birse, has been asked to present at an Educate Plus National webinar and Japanese Teacher, Yuji Okawa, has recently been asked to contribute a chapter to an educational research text on Japanese teaching. These are just a sample of the significant contributions that our staff make to broader educational research and development.
Mr Stephen Webber
Photo Caption: Junior School students in action, making a difference by volunteering their time to Kids Giving Back during the last school holidays.