From the Principal
One of the hallmarks of a Redlands education is the wide range of opportunities offered to develop well-rounded students and this past week has seen some wonderful achievements by our students in a number of academic and cocurricular areas.
Last Thursday afternoon I very much enjoyed the Junior Music Festival, Music through the Decades, and was struck yet again by the delight, enthusiasm and burgeoning musical skills of our students who performed with confidence and evident joy on the Dunnet Hall stage, as the cover of this week’s Note Day illustrates.
On the Service front, last Friday we supported Jeans for Genes right across the School, with valuable funds raised for the Children’s Medical Research Institute. Friday night saw seven of our eight Debating teams win their debates against Monte in the SDN competition and I congratulate the teams on their achievements.
Over the weekend six of our Dance groups competed in eight categories in the Sydney Eisteddfod and DanceLife Unite Competition. Special congratulations to the Senior Ballet Performance Group which placed 2nd in the Sydney Eisteddfod, the Senior Contemporary Performance Group which placed 2nd in DanceLife Unite and Highly Commended in the Sydney Eisteddfod, and Redlands 1 (Dance as a Contemporary Sport) which achieved Highly Commended in the Sydney Eisteddfod. Well done to the other Dance groups who also performed at these events.
On the slopes of Perisher last weekend, George Murphy (Yr 10) won the Junior Moguls Series (8-19 Years), the largest Junior Moguls competition in Australia; and Sienna Wessels (Yr 8) placed 1st and 3rd in the Snowboard Futures Boarder Cross event at Mt Hotham. Well done to George and Sienna! This weekend our Sports teams contest their final ISA rounds before the Finals series and I wish them all the very best.
I sincerely thank all of the teachers, tutors, coaches, other staff members and parents who have supported our students in these wide-ranging achievements.
New Learning Hub Update
I am delighted to report that the concrete pour for Level 3 has now been completed and today, the first pour for the base of the large landscaped area which will link the New Learning Hub with the John Roberts Centre has been finished. The concrete pour for Levels 4 and 5 are scheduled to be completed this term with work to the external facade due to commence at the start of Term 4.
Dr Peter Lennox
Photo caption: Students performed outstandingly at the Junior Music Festival displaying growth and excellence in musicianship.