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HICES Swimming Team

Congratulations to all our swimmers who represented Redlands and HICES at last week’s swimming championships. Special mention to all the following students who have secured a place on the HICES Swim team who now compete at the CIS Carnival in a few weeks. We wish them the best of luck. 

 
Summer Season Wrap Up

Congratulations to all students who represented Redlands each Saturday in Tennis, Touch, Girls Football and Mixed Basketball. The season now pauses for Winter Sport for Term 2 and Term 3 and we will resume the season with rounds 7 through to 12 in Term 4. While there are no finals or league ladders it is worth acknowledging those team who did not lose a game this season, the 5/6 Basketball team. Well done to all teams and thanks to our coaching staff in facilitating an enjoyable season for our students. In some external competitions, Redlands was also represented in the NSTA Primary Schools Challenge with 7 of our Year 5 and 6 students playing some great across the different divisions.

Summer Rep Sport students only: Commencing next week (Wednesday 20 March) your child will now be involved in Athletics Preparation and this will continue until the last week of Term 1. It is listed in your child’s activities on the Redlands App as JS Activities Prep. 

Students are to wear their sports uniform as normal (joggers, hat and water bottle) no additional equipment is required.  They will be transported to Rotary Memorial Athletics track, Mowbray Rd, for their sport where they will undertake a program of instruction and participation for Athletics covering 50m, 100m, 200, 400m, 800, Long Jump, Shot Put and Discus events over the four weeks.

If you are one of those Summer Rep families who normally collect their child from their sport venue you may continue to do the same from Rotary Field just prior to bus boarding at 3:00pm. All other students will return to school for a normal 3:20pm dismissal time.

The students are very excited about this program and will prepare them for their upcoming units of Athletics in their PE classes next term.

Summer Non-Rep Students Only

Your season of Non-Rep Sport (Swimming, Surfing, Sailing, Gymnastics, Tennis, Kayaking, etc) will continue as normal each Wednesday until the rest of the term.

Paul Kelly Cup AFL Yr 5 and 6 Students

Thank you to those families who have completed the expression of interest for the AFL PKC. Named in honour of Sydney Swans legend and New South Wales footballer Paul Kelly, the cup is the Premier primary school AFL competition in the state. If we get enough interest will be entering 1 boys team and 1 girls team in the competitive competition which is a higher division than the ‘participation division’.  
To select these teams we are currently inviting students in Years 5 and 6 to trial for a place in these teams. Each team will be capped at 16 players.  Please note not everyone who signs up will make a team. If you are interested in registering to trial for the team please complete the registration form which can be found here.

Redlands Pulse Orientation and Navigation Video

Our intranet, Redlands Pulse, is the first port of call for all Junior School Sport related enquiries. A video has been produced to show you how to navigate through Pulse. You can view this short video here.

The Junior School Sport pages on Redlands Pulse will continue to be the ‘source of truth’ for all information relating to sport this term.  If parents have an enquiry relating to sport, could you please make your first port of call 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 Booklet on Pulse.

Term 1 Upcoming Dates

For Term 1 upcoming dates and key events these can be viewed by selecting this link. 

Sport Calendar

The sport calendar for Term 1 onwards is available online on Junior School Sport Page. You can also view it by selecting here; 2024 JS Sport Calendar

Representative Sports- Saturday Morning Match Wear

Just a reminder for all families who represent Redlands in Saturday sport only Redlands Sports Uniforms and match day kit is to be worn. Each family should own either a school tracksuit and or a fleece that they can wear over the top of their playing kit if they are cold. If your child feels the cold they may play in their fleece if their match allows it.

Any incorrect item will now be confiscated as all students have received the same message.

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’.

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