Head of Preparatory School

Head of Preparatory School

PREP SCHOOL UPCOMING EVENTS

Afternoon Pick Up Times

We are pleased to inform you that the finishing times for Preparatory School will be moving to the times outlined in our Welcome Letter at the beginning of Term 1. From the beginning of Week 7 (Monday 8 March), K-2 students will be collected at the following times:

  • Kindergarten – 2.45pm
  • Yr 1 – 3.00pm
  • Yr 2 – 3.10pm

The following pick-up options will remain available at the times outlined above. Please continue to communicate your pick-up plans through your child’s Student Planner.

  • Prep Car Line
  • Junior Sibling Car Line
  • Playground pick up from Year Group meeting points

Please know that all after school extra curricular activity providers have been informed of the changes. Should these changes affect the dismissal time for the activity, the relevant department will contact you directly.

Morning drop-off time will remain from 8.00am to 8.20am.

Thank you for your support and flexibility during the past 12 months while we navigated the challenges posed by COVID-19 restrictions. We now look forward to returning to pre-COVID school hours.

2022 New Numeracy and English Syllabus Training

On Tuesday, AISNSW hosted a special webinar during which NESA officers introduced the new draft K-2 English and Maths syllabuses that are due for release in a few weeks’ time. This webinar was for all independent sector schools who have K-2. Our Redlands K-2 staff have been very busy already in this space by looking at how we teach reading in a K-2 setting and also how we develop skill and adaption of skill through our InitiaLit phonics program and our Number Talks.

If you are interested in the process of the new draft syllabuses and understand where the education sector is up to in the roll out of them, please click here.

Prep Music Orientation Morning

Further to Note Day last week, Preparatory School parents are invited to join us next Friday 12 March for an informal Preparatory Music Orientation session in the Arnold Library from 8.30-9.00am.

Members of our Preparatory Music team will be on hand to orientate you with our offerings and to answer any questions you may have about our Redlands programs. 

Spaces are strictly limited to 30 parents, with RSVP’s being managed via this link.

If you are unable to secure a place to attend, but still have queries that you would like answered, we welcome you to reach out to juniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au and we will be so happy to assist you.

April Vacation Care 

If you would like your child to attend the April Vacation Care program, please visit the OOSH page on Redlands Pulse from Monday 8 March in order to preview all information pertaining to the holiday activity schedule and daily requirements. Flexischools will be open on Friday 12 March at 12:00pm to make any bookings. Please use the Prep and Junior Vacation Care icon for children in K-6. Feel free to contact the OOSH Coordinator, Trinetta Newbond, with any Vacation Care or After School Care queries.

Mrs Ainslie Breckenridge
Head of Preparatory School
abreckenridge@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848