Head of Secondary School
Clean Up Australia Day
It was great to see so many members of our community at the Redlands Clean Up Australia Day event held at Spit Reserve on Sunday. Students from Yrs 4-12 were in attendance scouring the parkland and public spaces around our boatshed, doing our part for the environment by cleaning up various items of litter. I would like to thank our Service Prefects and Ms Coleman for organising Sunday’s event and I hope all of our students take on the mantra I have often shared of “leaving it better than you found it” so that we can all do our part to better the environment not just one day a year, but all 365 days a year.
Winter School
We are still accepting applications for 2019 Winter School for students in Ys 7-10. This is a unique opportunity which Redlands offers, enabling students to gain independence in a supportive residential environment at our High Country Campus in Jindabyne. The program is not just about improving skiing or snowboard skills; students maintain academic rigour while living in a small community and growing through the challenges and opportunities this presents. Information on Winter School can be found on Redlands Pulse and applications close at 5pm on Friday 15 March. Winter School is a great opportunity for students to step outside their comfort zones and challenge themselves in a wonderful residential community. Limited places are available so if you are interested, please go to the Winter School page on Redlands Pulse to find out further information and submit an application.
Sports Update
There have been some wonderful results over the past week as the summer sports season is quickly coming to a close. In Touch Football, a number of our girls’ teams competed in Semi Finals matches over the weekend, showing just how far this sport has come in the past few years. In Basketball, we had 17 teams competing in the Semi Finals on Saturday with ten teams progressing to the Finals this weekend. And in Rowing, our crews travelled to Canberra to compete in the Head of the Lake regatta. In addition to a number of excellent individual results, Redlands was the Overall School winner of the regatta – an outstanding achievement. I wish all teams competing in Finals this weekend the best of luck and hope they represent themselves and the School with pride in their various competitions.
Sports Luncheon
We are very excited to be holding our inaugural Redlands Sports Luncheon, celebrating 120 years of Redlands Sport, on Friday 5 April from 12.00 – 4.00pm at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Kirribilli.
This Luncheon is open to all Redlands parents and alumni and provides a great opportunity to celebrate the integral value of sport to the Redlands community and its students of the past, present and future.
We are delighted to announce our guest speakers, past Redlands students, who will share their very inspiring journey during this Luncheon: Karyn Gojnich (Davis), Class of 1978 (Olympic Sailor, Redlander and former Redlands parent), Janusz Hooker, Class of 1987 (Olympic Rower), Lachlan Mackay, Class of 2000 (Rugby: Wallaby) and Holly Crawford, Class of 2001 (Olympic Snowboarder).
Tickets are $130 per person and includes a gourmet two course meal and beverages. Limited spaces are available so please book here so you do not miss out on a place.
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Opal Cards
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Mr Sean Corcoran
Head of Secondary School
scorcoran@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9870