Head of Junior School
Wear A Splash of Pink – Friday 26 May
We are looking forward to Junior School students wearing a ‘splash of pink’ tomorrow (Friday) In support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Across the school, we have a number of activities and ask our students to make a gold coin donation to the Foundation. We know that this is a poignant charity for so many people in our community and look forward to seeing a pink thread of colour across the campus next Friday.
Australia Interschool Day of Artificial Intelligence
Last week and aligned with our strategic focus on a Culture of Innovation, we hosted the inaugural Australia Interschool Day of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for students in Yrs 5 and 6, the first year this international event has been made open to students in Australia.
With limited participants as a new imitative, we welcomed Loreto Kirribilli, St Aloysius’ College, St Luke’s Grammar, Neutral Bay Public School and Anzac Park Public School to Redlands for the day, which was an unmitigated success, coordinated expertly by Ms Anagnostu. The day involved a series of highly interactive learning designed to spark curiosity and ignite our future leaders, creators and innovators in the AI space and the collaboration and thinking between students (students from each school in every group) was inspiring. I also thank our Yr 11 student helpers and our broader IT team for their critical support to the success of the day and we are already looking at further opportunities to expand the program more widely across the Junior School.
Yr 7, 2024 Parent Transition Information Morning
I am looking forward to joining our Principal, Mr Corcoran, and the Head of Secondary School, Ms Gemma Van de Peer, in welcoming our current Yr 6 parents and carers to this important transition morning which will also encompass tours of our Senior Campus. Please note that this is a parent only event and there are different opportunities planned for the students through the rest of the year, which will be outlined.
HICES Cross-Country Carnival
As dawn broke on Tuesday morning, our Junior School Cross Country team set off for the HICES Carnival, held this year in Bathurst where the temperatures were decidedly cooler than Sydney.
I was grateful to receive some heart-warming feedback from parents who made the trip out to support the team on both the dedication and care of our accompanying sports staff and also the strong sense of school spirit amongst the 40 girls and boys from Yrs 2-6 who competed as a team and, as well as giving their very best in their respective runs, the students actively encouraged and supported each other no matter which age group they were in.
As one parent summarised, “It was such a pleasure to witness our Cross Country students interact across the different Year Groups and you can be proud they represented Redlands in the most impressive way.” Indeed, I am and we look forward to congratulating the team of runners who finished 2nd overall from a field of 11 schools from across NSW and from these races, 13 Redlands students have been selected to compete for HICES at the next level CIS state carnival next month.
Student Wellbeing Parent Presentation
We were delighted to welcome so many parents this week for our Term 2 Parent Tall on ‘Managing Big Emotions’, led by our counsellors, Mr Digiacomo and Mr Chen. The session was extremely well received and for families who attended or those who were not able to, we have placed the presentation slides on Pulse for your reference. If any questions do arise from looking at theses, please do reach out to our team at jscounselling@redlands.nsw.edu.au.
Representative Sports Team Photos
Next Wednesday 31 May, our summer and winter representative team photos take place here at school. All students should be in their usual Redlands sport uniform of polo shirts and shorts for the photos. In addition, photos will be taken of our swimming and cross-country teams as well as individual representative players.
Student Health Matters
We are continuing to see students being sent into school unwell which is unfair on them as they do not have the cognitive capacity to learn well when they are sick and of course the wider implications of spreading illness to peers and staff. I trust that you will support our community’s health and wellbeing and we will continue to send students home if we see that they are unwell and contagious.
OOSH Information
Vacation Care bookings are now open and the clubs offered during the three week mid- year break have limited spaces. Families who are interested are asked to add their child(ren)’s names down here.
Redlands Gala Ball – Early Bird Tickets Available Now
Mr Ari Guha
Head of Junior School
aguha@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9953 6022