Redlands House and PreKindergarten

Redlands House and PreKindergarten

April Vacation Care 2024 for Redlands House and PreK

We would like to invite you to enrol your child in our upcoming April 2024 Vacation Care program. To obtain all relevant information pertaining to the holiday activity schedule and daily requirements, we encourage you to visit the Extended Care page in Pulse starting from Friday 8 March 2024 (6pm). You may proceed with your booking by sending an email directly to Extendedcare@redlands.nsw.edu.au starting from Monday 11 March 10am. Please do not book via  hubhello. We kindly remind you that the deadline for making bookings is Monday 8 April. Please note that any bookings made after this date will not be accepted. Also be advised that bookings are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend making your booking as soon as possible to secure your place in the program. In the event of any Vacation Care queries, please do not hesitate to contact Trishna Rai trai@redlands.nsw.edu.au.

  • Vacation Care: 15-26 April, 8am to 6pm.
  • Please note 25 April is ANZAC Day and a Public Holiday – no Vacation Care

International Day

The wonderful Redlands International Day will be held on 9 April. This is a day for us to celebrate the rich international flavour that makes Redlands the diverse and inclusive community that it is.

As always, we would love to welcome parents into our classrooms who would like to share their own unique culture with our students. This may take the shape of storytelling, books, costumes, music. dancing or art and craft experiences. Please speak to your class teacher if you would like to share with the class

Mrs Huon and Mrs Thomas – Reggio Emilia Study Tour

Mrs Huon and Mrs Thomas will be travelling to Italy in April to attend a study tour of the schools in Reggio Emilia. The Municipal early childhood programs in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy, for children aged three months to six years, are internationally acclaimed for the inspirations, challenges and provocations they provide for all those concerned with the care and education of young children. Founded and developed by educational theorist, Loris Malaguzzi, the schools demonstrate a distinctive and innovative curriculum and pedagogy as well as a method of school organisation which recognises the potential of young children to question, reflect, problem-solve, theorise and experiment. The schools in Reggio Emilia demonstrate, by making children’s learning visible, that children are capable of devising creative ways of knowing, understanding and making connections and meaning. There is a particular emphasis on the role of the environment, both social and physical, and the cultural, geographic, political, economic and historical experiences of Reggio Emilia are incorporated into learnings. Mrs Huon and Mrs Thomas depart on 5 April. Their classes will be covered by Redlands House staff and permanent casual staff over the last week of term.

Kindergarten 2025 Engagement Session

  • Who:    Current PreKindergarten and Seniors
  • When:  9am-10am Tuesday 2 April 
  • Where: Arnold Library

We warmly invite all current PreKindergarten and Redlands House Seniors to the 2025 Kindergarten engagement session on Tuesday April 2. Transitioning into Kindergarten will be a focus for our conversation as we share the strength of our Prep Wellbeing program as well as share expectations around what starting school looks like.

We will also be taking a peek into the Kindy classrooms and meet our classroom and specialist staff who will become key people in your child’s Redlands journey.

Mrs Chemane Huon
Redlands House and Transition Coordinator
chuon@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9904 1448

Mrs Ainslie Breckenridge
Head of Preparatory School
abreckenridge@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848