Head of Preparatory School
Happy Easter
On Wednesday morning, members of the Redlands community gathered at St Peter’s to share in the Easter message and to enjoy some shared time to reflect on the true meaning of Easter. It was a peaceful way to start the day and to take the time to stop and be grateful for the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus made for us all.
Ms McKenzie held the Prep Easter service this morning where she shared the Easter story and celebrated the wonderful message of hope and new life that is always so fondly symbolised with the giving of Easter Eggs and being grateful for new beginnings!
I truly hope that this Easter provides you all with time to be joyous, be with family, and to have some fun!
Please remember that next Monday is a public holiday and school will resume on Tuesday.
On behalf of all the staff, we would like to wish all our Redlands families a very happy Easter.
Easter Message from the Chaplains
View the Chaplains article here
Raise Dough: Bake a Difference
One of my favourite things about Redlands is when all sections of the School come together to support an important cause. This week was a wonderful example of this collaboration between sections of the school and our families in baking for and raising much needed funds for the Raise Foundation which has supported over 13,500 young people through early intervention and youth mentoring programs across Australia.
Student voice is such an important element to a young person’s education and this initiative was originally pitched by a group of Year 9 Commerce students for an assessment task last year, they are now a team of enterprising Year 10 students who brought their ideas to life by working together to design and execute the whole school bake sale. We are all extremely proud of these senior students for not only what they achieved, but in how they led by example with the Junior Campus students. Our Prep learners were in awe of having the ‘big kids’ over in the playground. I really love this connection and look forward to further opportunities later in the year.
I would like to sincerely thank all those bakers who sent in cakes, cupcakes, biscuits and many more treats. Again, such a heartwarming sense of community and connection is so appreciated. Thank you.
International Day
9 April
Thank you to all our parent who have volunteered to come into our classrooms on International Day. We are super excited to share in your stories, music, arts and crafts and so many other things.
Students, staff and parents (no pressure!) are all encouraged to come to school on International Day dressed in costumes or colours of a country that they associate with. With 53 nationalities represented on the Junior Campus, the day is sure to be full of colour, vibrancy and a lot of fun.
There will be a variety of foods available on the day for our students to taste and experience. If you wish to bring some exciting international food to share, please email Karin at kpontes@redlands.nsw.edu.au with details. Details of ingredients will be posted in next week’s Note Day.
Junior Campus Sibling Carline
Thank you to all those who responded to the Junior Campus sibling carline survey earlier this term. Ian Holden and I very much appreciated your feedback which was quite varied in nature.
After lengthy discussions and logistical considerations, we have decided that the current pick up arrangements for our K-6 students will remain the same.
The varied activities that happen across the campus in the afternoons, staffing, resourcing and the length of time that our youngest of learners would have to wait, were all considered in this decision.
I know this may not be the outcome that some families were hoping for, but please remember that if you have a child in Kindy or Year 1 and another in Year 2, the younger child can wait in the car line or in the playground with a staff member until your Year 2 child is picked up. This does save some parents using prep car line twice in an afternoon!
A Few Housekeeping Requests
Sharing pick up duties
It is great to see parents car-pooling in the afternoons, can I please remind the community that the class teacher must be informed via the School Planner if their child is being picked up by another parent in the afternoon. This is a child safety procedure which must be strictly adhered to please.
I have passed on to staff not to allow children to go home with anyone other than their parent/carer unless we have been alerted to a change in arrangements. Thank you for your understanding with this and for always keeping our children safe.
Mother’s Day Celebration – Save the Date
Learning Plus Call for Volunteers
Mrs Ainslie Breckenridge
Head of Preparatory School
abreckenridge@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848