Junior Sport

Junior Sport

Winter Sport – Rugby and Football

This week sees the final match for our Junior School Football and Rugby teams as they wrap up their Term 2 and 3 season. I have reminded students to take the time to say thank you to their coaches at the conclusion of their final match this weekend. In exciting news, we can confirm that commencing next week Rugby and Football students only will participate in the Redlands World Cup Football round robin event based on the Women’s World Cup that Australia is hosting. 

Students from both codes have been divided into 10 teams and will play each other in Term 3. Teams are mixed grades and each team has been allocated a country that they are representing.  Teams were displayed at school and the students are very excited about the event. For your reference these can be viewed here: 2023 Redlands’ World Cup Team Lists 

Term 3 Upcoming Dates

For Term 3 upcoming dates and key events these can be viewed by selecting this link.

Term 3 Summer Pre Season Training

Commencing Term 3 there will be a combination of both OPTIONAL and COMPULSORY pre season training for the following sports;

  • Representative Mixed Basketball (Term 1 teams plus new joiners) for students in Years 3-6
  • Representative Touch Football  (Term 1 teams plus new joiners) for students in Years 5&6
  • Representative Tennis (Term 1 teams plus new joiners) for students in Years 5&6
  • Representative Girls Basketball for students in Years 3-6

Welcome back to our returning students who played in these sports in Term 1 as we recommence our season from Round 6 through to 12 and also a special welcome and thank you to those students who signed up to play a Representative Sport in Term 4. You will be allocated to a team (Basketball and Touch) or ranked in Tennis this term in preparation for next term.

Optional Student Attendance – Pre Season Training

Those students who are playing a Representative Sport in Term 4 are encouraged to attend these optional skill sessions which will be offered on a Wednesday afternoon on site on the Junior School grounds taking place after school from 3:30pm-4:30pm.

This will allow those students who are in a Term 3 Rep or Non-Rep sport to continue with their normal Term 3 Sport with the option to join in when they get back to school. Sport uniform is fine for these sessions, no need for students to change.

After they return from their normal Wednesday sport, those students will have time to go to their classroom collect their bags and make their way to the venue if they wish to participate.

No registration is required for these sessions and parents/carers are asked to collect their child at 4:30pm sharp from either Dunnet Hall Allister St or from the Piazza inside the Junior School grounds.

Summer Pre Season sessions on a Wednesday will take place on Wednesday 13 September and Wednesday 20 September on site from 3:30pm-4:30pm.

Compulsory Student Attendance- Pre Season Grading

Those students who are playing a representative sport in Term 4 will need to attend the final training and grading session on Saturday 16 September for Basketball, Touch Football, Tennis and Girls only Basketball. This is the only opportunity to finalise teams in preparation for IPSHA for Round 1 which takes place Term 4, Week 1.

If students fail to attend this grading session on Saturday 16 September, they will be placed in the lowest team to be assessed at a later stage once the season commences in Term 4. 

Timings and venues can be viewed here Compulsory Representative Training Saturday 16 September

Students may wear their sports uniform to this session as Basketball Jerseys will be loaned out to them for the upcoming season once teams are selected. 

Wednesday Sport Inability to Train

If your child has an injury that prevents them from training, please send through an email to Junior Sport juniorsport@redlands.nsw.edu.au requesting they ‘sit out’ of training for that particular session. We can then forward this to the relevant external coaching staff. Where applicable, please include when they can return to normal training, so coaches are aware of this. That way coaching staff are aware of an injury that prevents them from participating at the venue but also allows us to be aware of periods where they are medically required to ‘sit out’.

Sport Calendar

The sport calendar for Term 3 onwards is available online on Junior School Sport Page. You can also view it by selecting here; 2023 JS Sport Calendar

Representative Sport Student Absence

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.

Please don’t hesitate to view our Sport Information page on Redlands Pulse if you have any questions pertaining to Sport.

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