Junior Sport

Junior Sport

Welcome 

Welcome back to all families and students in what promises to be a very exciting year for Sport in the Junior School; a special welcome to those families who are new to Redlands in 2023. I hope you and your family enjoyed the Christmas and New Year break. We commence our Summer Sport Season for Term 1 for our Representative Sports program along with our Non-Representative Wednesday Sport Program this week, Wednesday 1 February. Like last year, we will be asking students to continue to practise good hygiene at all times and to use the hand sanitisers available here at school before and after sport training and matches.

Week 1 Term 1 is always a busy time and there will be information aplenty coming from the school from a range of areas, sport being one of them. In our first assembly I will speak to our students about the three ‘rights’ and how they impact upon their involvement in Redlands Sport. Students are asked to adhere to these;

  • Right place
  • Right time
  • Right equipment

It may be worth opening up some discussion on how these can be followed at home in preparation for Wednesday and Saturday sport. Hearing “my mum or dad didn’t pack my swimmers” or “I don’t know what time my game is” is not what we are trying to instil in students as they prepare for sport. Building students’ responsibility will make for a much more pleasant experience for all. If they ask you questions about their Sport or one of our Carnivals, direct them to the Sport page on Redlands Pulse or better still if they have their device, you can always share the link to the Redlands Navigation video so they can research what they are after.

More detailed information can be found in the 2023 Term 1 Sport outline that was emailed to all parents and carers last week.

For this publication of Note Day I have included some shortcuts in the way of document links below. For all future publications all this information can be found on the Junior School Sport section of Redlands Pulse.

Redlands Pulse Orientation and Navigation Video

For the benefit of our new families and a refresher for our returning families please select the following link to view a short navigation video that we have put produced for the Junior School Sport pages on Pulse.

2023 Sport Pulse-Navigation Video

Redlands Pulse

The Junior School Sport pages on Redlands Pulse will continue to be the ‘source of truth’ for all information relating to sport this term. As you would be aware we have switched over to our new look Pulse later last term which allows more functionality and more positive user interaction. If parents have an enquiry relating to Sport, could you please make your first port of call will be the Junior School Sport section of Redlands Pulse.

Sport Information Booklet

For all Sport information regarding what Sports we offer when, how to navigate our documents, as well as information on Uniforms and Carnivals please refer to our Parent Information Booklets on Pulse.

Sport Calendar

We have a Sport Calendar for each Term. To view the 2023 Term 1 Sports Calendar please click here

This calendar is regularly updated and provides all the key dates for you for school sport, carnivals and major events.

Term 1 Summer Sport:   As you would be aware in towards the end of last year you would have nominated either a Representative Sport (Saturday commitment playing other schools with training taking place in school hours on a Wednesday) or a Non-Representative Sport (Wednesday sport with no Saturday commitment) for your child to participate in this term. A reminder of what sport your child has selected can be found here: 2023 Summer Sport Choices.

If your child has nominated to participate in a Representative Sport (Saturday commitment), there will be compulsory trials on Wednesday 1 February and Saturday 4 February. Details with times and venues for these trials can be found here 2023 Summer Sport Trials

For all Representative Sports, ability based gradings will occur at these trials for students to be allocated into teams in preparation for Round 1 of our Saturday Sport competition. 

Term 1 Swimming Carnival

Our school carnival will take place this Term on Wednesday 22 February at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre with all students required to participate. Students will be assigned an entrant number which they will use to register for events on the day. All information for this carnival can be found here Swimming Carnival.

Term 1 Athletics Carnival and Field Event Trials

Our school carnival will take place this Term on Thursday 16 March at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre with all students required to participate. All information for this carnival as well as the nomination link for pre carnival field event (shot put, high jump, long jump)  trials can be found here Athletics Carnival.

Representative Sport Student Absence

From this Saturday onwards, if students are absent on match day, parents are required to complete this online absence form. This will allow your responses to be passed on electronically to your child’s coach efficiently and at short notice. The Student Absence link can also be found on the Junior School Sport Page on Redlands Pulse.

Representative Sport Team Movement

In regard to representative sport and the movement of players across ability based teams, it is transparent for all parties as unexplained team movements sometimes cause unnecessary stress. At Redlands our teams are ‘fluid’, meaning teams may change from week to week depending on 3 main criteria:

ABILITY              in direct comparison to other students across the sport

ATTENDANCE    any student who misses 2 games in a season unrelated to sickness may be moved

ATTITUDE          this is based on behaviour at trainings, on game day and not limited to the sporting arena


Upcoming Events/Key Dates

 Wednesday 1 February

  • During school hours Non-Rep sport commences as well as Representative Summer Sport Trials #1 (compulsory for all students who have nominated to play Summer Sport) 

 Saturday 4 February

  • Compulsory Representative Summer Sport Trials #2 (compulsory for all students who have nominated to play Summer Sport- Basketball, Tennis, Touch Football, Girls Football). See link for timings

Wednesday 8 February

  • Representative Summer Sport before school skills sessions commences (Year 3&4 Basketball @ Dunnet Hall and Girls Football @ Redlands Oval). 7:00am-8.00am

Friday 10 February

  • Representative Summer Sport before school skills sessions commences (Year 5&6 Basketball @ Dunnet Hall and Year 5/6 Touch Football @ Redlands Oval). 7:00am-8.00am

Saturday 11 February

  • IPSHA Round 1 Summer Sport – see Pulse for sport fixtures.

I look forward to meeting many of you over the course of the term and beyond and please don’t hesitate to view our Sport Information page on Redlands Pulse if you have any questions pertaining to Sport.

Have a great term.

Mr Trevor Dunne
Head of Junior Sport
tdunne@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9953 6022