Head of Secondary School
Redlands Spirit
This week has seen a huge surge of spirit across the Secondary School – from Assembly, to Cross Country to the Swimming Carnival, there have been a plentiful array of experiences from which to demonstrate Redlands spirit.
Spirit Assembly
Our extracurricular Rock Band program across both Junior and Senior campuses fosters the talents of our many aspiring performers in over 15 Rock Bands (and counting!). We are often looking for new ways to showcase the talents of all our musicians, and so for our Year 7-9 Spirit Assembly this week, Year 7 musicians performed ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. When the weather warms up, we’re looking forward to hosting more outdoor events for our Rock Bands to perform during lunch time, and hopefully even later this year at the Community Day. Sahara, Lucas, Charlie and James were outstanding and drew some very loud applause and sincere appreciation from students and teachers alike (our Principal and Deputy Principal were bopping along at the back of the gym).
Swimming Carnival Spirit
The Swimming Carnival was a wonderful success today – students demonstrated collective and competitive spirit in and out of the pool. Some records were set early on in the day! Congratulations to the following students who set records on the day:
Girls’ Junior 4x50m Freestyle Relay (Cowper) – Alice Franceschi, Charlotte Humphreys, Olivia Price-Pontifex and Annalyse Rowe
Girls’ Senior 4x50m Freestyle Relay (McDouall)
Erik Scott 18+ 50m Freestyle
Erik Scott 18+ 100m Freestyle
Erik Scott 18+ 50m Backstroke
Loch Wilding 17+ 50m Butterfly
Xander Halfen 15yr 50m Freestyle
Xander Halfen 15yr 50m Backstroke
Students had a great day, waving flags, cheering for their House and congratulating their friends who swam their hardest in the swimming races. In the middle of the day a House Cheer-Off saw Dumolo secure strongest House Spirit, closely followed by Roseby. A huge congratulations and thank you to Heads of House and Year 12 House Captains for their stellar leadership of this community event.
Our Year 12 students enjoyed their annual Novelty Race!
House Spirit
Our Houses showcased their new flags and signs at this year’s Swimming Carnival. Students showed great spirit by wearing the colours of their House this year, which created a special and celebratory atmosphere.
Community Spirit
Our students versus staff relay was exciting – the staff did a fantastic job of keeping up with the teenagers, who did their best to even out the playing field. Hats off to Year 12 student Finn Brooks who waited on the podium so he could commence the race at the same time as Mr Williams. Whilst the students won the relay fair and square, the teachers showed great resilience in the water.
The Redlands Rhino has been very busy of late. He spent the Year 7-9 Spirit Assembly dancing to Smells Like Teen Spirit and was busy cheering on competitors at the Swimming Carnival, and generally lifting the spirits of all!
CIS Cross-Country Carnival which was held on Wednesday at the Sydney Motor Sport Park. Conditions were perfect for the Cross-Country and the course was fast because it was held on the actual race course this year. Finn Gurney (Year 7) qualified for the NSW All Schools to be held early next term. Amber Kusano and Isaac Brooks also had strong races to finish in 14th place.
The following students are to be congratulated for their success:
Finn Gurney – 12 Years boys – 9th place – km (Qualified for NSW All Schools XC)
Nicholas Meagher – 12 Years boys 3km – 37th place
Amber Kusano – 14 years girls 4km – 14th place
Landon Mansell – 14 years boys 4km – 38th place
Daniel Koppers – 15 years boys 4km – 31st place
Isaac Brooks – 16 years boys 6km – 14th place
Gianmarco Pradel – `16 years boys 6km – 36th place
Bronte Backhouse – 17 years girls – 4km – 35th place
Maddie D’Almeida – 17 years girls – 4km – 38th place
Homelessness Awareness and Donation Collection for Wayside Chapel and Vinnie’s Family Crisis Accommodation
In these last few weeks of term, a dedicated crew of Year 10 students have been planning a service initiative for a monetary and goods collection for The Wayside Chapel. The Wayside Chapel is a charity and parish mission of the Uniting Church in Australia in the Potts Point area of Sydney. Vinnie’s Family Crisis Accommodation helps by collecting items for families and single women who have been displaced.
How Can You Help?
- Donate an item for collection by dropping it at the front or back entrance to school starting Monday 6 June to Friday 17 June between 8:00am and 8:15am.
- Purchase a delicious baked good at the Bake Sale on Friday 10 June at Lunchtime
Donation Items
Canned food/non-perishable food, water bottles, Chapstick, band aids – pack of 10, gloves, socks, sunscreen, tissues, toothbrush and toothpaste, mouthwash, wet-wipes, menstrual products, nail-clippers, comb/brush or flashlight, cooking spoons, spatulas, graters, can openers, chopping boards, saucepans and frypans are all welcome donations.
Ms Gemma Van de Peer
Head of Secondary School
gvandepeer@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9811