From The Principal
At Redlands, I am proud that we truly value student voice and agency, and it has been wonderful to see this priority on display recently. This week, students in Years 6-12 have been participating in valuable workshops and presentations focused on healthy relationships, after providing prior input to help shape the content and approach taken in these sessions so that they were most useful for them.
On Tuesday, at a Kindergarten 2024 information session, current Redlands House and prospective parents heard from Yr 2 students Amber Vatcher and Billy Campbell about their Prep School experience and then watched a video created by Yr 5 students Harper Fielding and Henry Partington and narrated by Yr 2 students about a day in the life at Prep School.
Later on Tuesday, in the Secondary School assembly (which was led and run by the Yr 12 student leaders), Sholto Mirrlees-Black (Yr 11) and Millie Winton (Yr 10) shared moving reflections on the recent homeland trip to Arnhem Land; and School Captains, Josie Simpson and Daniel Close, introduced the School’s Statement of Commitment to Child Safeguarding, which was developed with input from our Junior and Secondary School student leaders, to the Yr 10-12 students in attendance.
This week’s events just further illustrated the value of our students in shaping, sharing and discussing their educational experiences at Redlands, and I believe this approach only strengthens our School.
On Tuesday, the Liggins Building on the Senior Campus turned 100. Liggins House was officially opened on 9 May 1923, and was named after our co-founder, Miss Elizabeth Liggins.
During its history, it has accommodated boarders; hosted assemblies, concerts and dances; housed Science classrooms, pottery classes and the Junior School; and even had a bomb shelter constructed underneath it in World War 2.
It has been wonderful to see this building, which has been the heart and soul of the campus for 100 years, receive a facelift this year, and I would like to thank the many parents who have supported the Liggins Restoration Appeal.
Mr Sean Corcoran
Photo Caption: Year 10-12 students immersed themselves in Yolngu culture during their recent trip to Arnhem Land.