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UPCOMING EVENTS

Please note that all Upcoming Events for the Junior School are on a separate Note Day article/page.

Teaching, Learning and Wellbeing – P-6 Parent and Carer Information Session

Tuesday 17 March from 8.30-9.30am
Arnold Library, Junior School
RSVP here

Parents and carers are warmly invited to an information session focusing on how we support our children’s learning and wellbeing across our Junior Campus. More information can be found on the Upcoming Events page.

Please register your attendance here and let us know if you have any specific information or questions that you would like addressed during the presentation. 

Junior School Learning Review Meetings 

Junior School families should have received communication this week about the upcoming Learning Review meetings between parents and teachers and the online booking process. Bookings open at 8.00pm next Monday 9 March and close at 12.00pm on Tuesday 17 March. The letter has also been placed on Redlands Pulse.

Thursday 19 March    Yrs 3-6
Tuesday 24 March      Yrs 3, 4 and 6 (Yr 5 on camp)
Tuesday 31 March      Yr 5

Yr 6 Camp (9-13 March)

Next week sees the first of our 2020 Junior School camps set off as Yr 6 head down to Canberra. The children and staff are excited about the week and I am looking forward to spending time with them too, just as I will visit every Year Group on their respective camps in the first semester. I will send parents an email update from Canberra to give you a sense of how the trip is faring and we will endeavour to put some photos up in the Yr 6 section of Redlands Pulse during the week. These special opportunities for teachers and students to observe and interact with one another in an environment outside of the classroom often builds a platform for developing increased connections upon returning to School, not to mention fostering potential new student friendships along the way. I am sure that the trip will provide some wonderful opportunities and memories for students and staff alike and I will share my observations and experiences through Note Day too.

Mosman Youth Awards in Literature Competition

The entries for the annual Mosman Youth Awards in Literature competition are now open. Since the competition was first held in 1993 as part of the Centenary of Mosman celebrations, over 9000 stories and pieces of poetry have been entered in the competition and Redlands students have had a long history of both participation and success in these awards.

The competition awards prizes for both prose and poetry and is open to primary and secondary students. As in previous years, entries are expected from across NSW as well as from local students. The annual contest is run by Mosman Library Service, with prizes sponsored by the Lions Club of Mosman, Rotary Club of Mosman, Northern Beaches and Mosman College and Oracle Books Mosman.

Entries close on Friday 31 May and the winners will be announced at a special ceremony on Wednesday 28 August at Barry O’Keefe Library. We have a few entry forms in the Library but these are also available online. Class teachers will also encourage students to be involved again in this literary opportunity.

Tuesday Cocurricular Clubs

With upcoming camps and Learning Review meetings, please note the following cancellations of Clubs in the coming weeks due to teacher unavailability:

April Vacation Care 

If you would like your child to attend the April Vacation Care program, please visit Redlands Pulse to preview the activity plan. The Flexischools website will be open on Monday 9 March at 12.00pm to make your bookings. Please contact the OOSH Coordinator, Trinetta Newbond, with any Vacation Care or After School Care queries.

Young Leaders Day

On Monday, our Junior School student leaders joined nearly 5,000 other primary school student leaders at this year’s Young Leaders Day. Held at the International Conference Centre in Darling Harbour, the students heard from a range of speakers and took part in sessions that gave them much to think about on their own respective leadership journeys. Yr 6 Coordinator, Mrs Robinson, spent the day with them and also thoroughly enjoyed the experience and getting to know the students further. Below are a few of the students’ reflections of the day.

The National Young Leaders Day was amazing and it was so much fun! All the speakers that came to talk to us were so good and very good role models. Their speeches were very inspirational and I loved the dance breaks because we got to learn new dances. The speakers taught me to always persist and achieve my dreams. I loved how there was a mix of different leaders. It was great how we got to meet students from different schools and share with them. It was a great experience and I hope to see the future captains doing this as well. Sophie

I had a very enjoyable time at the National Young Leaders Day which was held in an amazing conference room in Darling Harbour. Something that I definitely took back with me was that when taking a risk you should never think about what could go wrong but should think about what could go right and following your dreams to do what you love. A highlight from this day was that it wasn’t just us sitting and listening, we were able to participate in multiple activities, but my absolute favourite part was when we got to dance. Dante

Mr Ari Guha
Head of Junior School
aguha@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9953 6022