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Junior School Sport Information

Welcome back to Redlands Junior School Sport. In exciting news, we commenced our Representative and Non-Representative Sport programs this week at all venues. It was very exciting to see students back on the course, the court, in the pool and on their boards on Wednesday. The excitement on their faces as they boarded buses for these venues certainly showed the enthusiasm for getting back into sport.

Regardless of the sport, 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. Students will also be reminded not to share their water bottles with team mates and to take extra precautions across the board.

Interschool Sport competitions resume on Saturday 17 October and the specific safety requirements, social distancing protocols, spectators’ ratios relevant to each Sporting Association have been outlined in the draw and on team lists that was uploaded to Redlands Pulse this week.

As required by the NSW Office of Sport, we will keep a record of name, mobile and email for all staff, volunteers, spectators and contractors who enter our Junior Campus for their Saturday sport fixture for a period of 28 days. This will assist in contract tracing should a COVID-19 case occur.

For Junior School Sport there is a QR code below that parents or spectators (one parent or spectator per child) in attendance will be required to complete if they wish to enter the school grounds to watch their child’s match. You may complete this ahead of time if you know your child’s game is on site or can scan and complete at the entry to our home venues. 

Once you have registered and submitted your details you will receive a confirmation message on the final screen, please show this to the staff on the gate to gain entry to the ground. We are asking that parents and/or spectators maintain social distancing, do not congregate in large groups and to leave the venues once their game is over so the next game can commence.

Sports Calendar

For all other changes please see the updated Calendar that can be found here.

Term 4 team Lists

Students/parents/caregivers are asked to refer to these team lists towards the end of the week so you are aware of any changes the coaches have made after training and or games. 

Team Movements

This will continue to occur but the aim is now to make the process more transparent for all parties, as unexplained team movements can sometimes cause unnecessary stress.

Training Schedule

Wednesday is our primary training day for our Summer Sport. Throughout the term there are also optional morning training sessions on offer for students in Representative Sport to attend. Please note these are now based in stages with only Yrs 3 and 4 on Wednesday mornings and only Yrs 5 and 6 on Friday mornings for Basketball. These sessions will only continue if they are well attended by students across both days

The Summer Training schedule can be located on Redlands Pulse or here.

Week 2’s fixtures will be released for viewing. This draw is ‘live’ in nature with updates occurring as we receive them from host schools. Please do not print the draw out for this reason. Best practice would be to check the draw on Thursday or Friday evening for the most up to date details. The meeting times for matches remains unchanged with students requiring to meet their coaches 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the match. You can filter this draw by selecting your child’s sport, then their team from the tabs which will then show only their fixtures.

Draw Structure

Due to current COVID-19 protocols both IPSHA and HICES (the organisations we belong to for Saturday Sport) had to construct a draw that kept school in zones and in stages. The parameters that they had to operate in to cater for schools with varying numbers of teams and sports had a massive impact upon the draw. For example, it has created a larger number of byes where there is no opposition to play in that particular round. 

Redlands has been allocated into the Harbour Zone and includes Mosman Prep, St Aloysius College, Shore and St Ignatius College for all our IPSHA Sports.

Uniforms

Redlands students will need to ensure they are in the correct uniform. Please refer to this link for all information relating to what uniform is required for Saturday matches.

Absences from Saturday Sport

For those students who are representing Redlands in fixtures on Saturdays and will miss their game due to illness or misadventure ,parents/carers 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 Redlands Pulse.

Home Venues

A venue directory has been prepared for you to assist you in locating grounds and school for Saturday morning matches. Please be aware that the following venues are classified as ‘home’ venues for the listed sports.

• Redlands House Courts and Dunnet Hall – Mixed Basketball, Girls Basketball
• Redlands Oval -Touch Football
• Macquarie University playing fields – Touch Football
• Cammeray Tennis Centre – Tennis

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. Recently the pages have again been updated to give you an overview of the sports on offer, their respective seasons, costings and links to live documents. The Term 4 Sport Calendar, venue directory, uniform booklet and parent information booklets can be found here. If you have an enquiry relating to sport, please refer to Redlands Pulse as your first port of call.

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