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Maximising Wellbeing & Minimising Risk

The Sport Department is working closely with the Redlands Executive to observe all guidance from the Association of Independent Schools of NSW, as we seek to safely maximise sporting opportunities for our students in 2022, (concurrently minimising the potential for Covid transmission).

Our approach to planning for the safest possible resumption of Sports Activities includes:

Training and Fixtures

• Maximising use of well-ventilated or outdoor venues
• Limit attendee numbers for indoor venues to support physical distancing and ventilation requirements.
• Limiting visitors (such as spectators or audiences)
• Wear masks indoors when not participating in sport and use of masks in situations where physical distancing is not possible, and contact is sustained.
• Scheduling training and fixtures across multiple courts/playing spaces to minimise mingling and maximise ventilation.
• Encourage participants to bring their own equipment (particularly water bottles, towels and clothing) where possible.
• Minimise the number of players per team and maximise the play space where possible.
• Avoiding handshakes/high-fives to reduce contact
• Reduce the use of changing rooms by asking students to come ready to participate.
• Where equipment is being shared, increase cleaning and hygiene control measures (e.g. sanitising balls between plays or games).

Transport and Travel

• Private use transport (chartered coaches) or walking to reduce mingling with the general
• Enforce mask requirements on public transport and aircraft (plus associated waiting areas).

Our Risk Management strategies adhere to the AIS guidance and allow for our programs to resume across 7-12. 

Please click on this link to access the Redlands – Covid-19 Sport Protocols for this Saturday. This document will provide you with an overview of the current protocols that are in place at each of the Redlands home sporting venues. The Sports Administrators will communicate with families directly on the requirement in place at ‘away’ venues each week.

Participation and Exemption

• If there is a reason why your child is unable to participate in their scheduled Sports training or Fixtures during Week 2, please directly email Alison Cox, Head of Secondary School Sport acox@redlands.nsw.edu.au by 3.00pm on Monday 14 February.

Mask-Wearing

• Mask-wearing is required when traveling between sports venues and on school grounds (this includes students walking or traveling by bus to or from school).

• Secondary School students must always wear masks at indoor sports venues when not exercising, including in change room and bathroom facilities.

Change-Rooms and Uniform

• In order to minimise large groups of students mixing in changing rooms, students have permission to wear their PE uniform to school on days they have Sport training.

Representative Sport

• Students whose Representative Sport training session is not scheduled on Thursday afternoon will be dismissed from school at 2.30pm.
• If your child is unable to attend any of their scheduled sessions, please contact the appropriate Sports Administrator (contact details listed below).
• Sport Specific information is also available to families on the Secondary School Sports Page on Redlands Pulse.

Fixtures

A friendly reminder that the weekly Fixtures (The Redlands Rhino) can be found on the Secondary School Sport page on Redlands Pulse from Wednesday each week. Please ensure you check this on Friday each week to ensure you have the most up to date fixture information.

Wet Weather

General

In the event that training is cancelled due to wet weather, a notification will be posted on the Redlands Sport Twitter page (@RedlandsSport) in addition, an email will be sent out to both students and parents. This includes morning & afternoon training along with weekend fixtures.

Thursday afternoon sport – wet weather arrangements (Year 8-12)

In order to limit student mixing indoors, Students in Year 8-12 who are dismissed at the end of Period 5 are required to go directly home. Sport coaches and Redlands staff will supervise their COVID-safe departure. 

Thursday afternoon sport – wet weather arrangements (Year 7)

In the event that year 7 sport is cancelled on Thursday afternoon, students will remain at school until 3.10pm and participate in cohort-based activities.

Thursday afternoon – early departure (Year 8-12)

As we attempt to limit student mixing indoors, there will be no classroom supervision for students who do not have any scheduled sport training on a Thursday afternoon. Therefore, students who do not have training on Thursday afternoon will have permission to leave early.

Representative Sport

Touch Football

It was a great day out at Macquarie University on Saturday morning with some light showers making the middle timeslot an entertaining fixture between all the players. The ISA draw has been released and is available on Redlands Pulse – Touch Football.  A reminder however that the Redlands Rhino will have the most up-to-date fixtures and will be uploaded each Tuesday afternoon. Please ensure you check this prior to the games on Saturday. 

Team Selections

We will be using this weekend’s fixtures to finalise the team selections, some teams there might be slight adjustments to in future weeks. 

Playing & Training Uniform

Players are reminded they need to be wearing Redlands Sports Uniform to training and to games (with the Redlands Touch Football singlets on game days). Students who do not wear the appropriate uniform will be issued with school uniform infringement notice.

Basketball

We hope that all basketball students and parents are looking forward to the first round of games this Saturday 12 February. A reminder that the most up to date fixtures can be found under the Redlands Rhino tab on Redlands Pulse. This link will be updated by Tuesday afternoon of each week in the lead up to the Saturday fixtures. Please ensure you are checking the Redlands Rhino carefully for any changes in the week leading up to your Saturday game. 

We ask that all players arrive to the venue 30 minutes prior to the start time indicated on the fixture for their game dressed in their Redlands Basketball uniform (students are not to wear any non-Redlands attire). 

If you have not yet collected a Basketball singlet from the Sports Department, please ensure you are doing so before the games on Saturday.  

Best of luck to all our teams this weekend in the first round of 2022 ISA Sport.

Sailing

Last week our sailors faced challenging weather conditions courtesy of La Niña. On Thursday, our sailors remained on shore and worked on their sailing theory and fitness due to strong winds. They also took part and won the inaugural Capture the Flag Championships against the RSYS sailors and coaches. On Saturday our sailors braved the windy conditions, racing against each other in up to 30 knots of wind.

Tennis

After a great first week back to school and training last week, we are only days away from the first round of the Term 1 Summer NSTA and TNB competitions on Saturday 12 February. 

A reminder to take time to read through the most recent update that has been sent out to all tennis students and parents, as the competition draw, team lists and training groups have all been posted both in the update and on Redlands Pulse. 

Playing Pairs for Round 1 will be posted before Friday. If you and your team haven’t filled out the google form, please do so as soon as possible.

If your child is unable to attend their scheduled competition matches, please email Luke Jeffery before 12pm on Friday

Please join me in wishing the Tennis students all the best for their upcoming matches this weekend!

Rowing

Last weekend saw our girls attend their first regatta for the season, the Roseville College Regatta at Iron Cove.

The Yr 8 Girls hit the water first in some small boats with some very promising results in both the single and double sculls. A huge achievement considering that this was their first ever regatta. Some significant results included 2^nd places for Jess Smith and Lara Doyle along with Elizabeth Whelan and Katie Budden in the double sculls while Scarlett Cortes, Ruby Warner and Lucy Maher all finished in 2^nd place. It was Rosie Garcia-Wood who won her division in the single scull in an outstanding race.

The 1^st crew of Mikaela Sangar Larsson, Briar Carter, Georgia Verschoor, Elizabeth Holtheuer and Charlotte Harman and the 2^nd crew of Emma Sullivan, Charlotte Scamps, Emma Canton, Cat Croll and Zoe Naismith also both placed 2^nd in their respective divisions and will be keen to improve for this weekend’s NSW State Champs.

Unfortunately at this point the regatta was called off with excessive wind and no further racing took place.

This weekend will see our Yr 8 boys attend their first regatta for the season along with Yr 9 and Seniors racing at the NSW State Championships.

Fitness Centre

With Sport well and truly back up and running, the Redlands Fitness Centre will again be open for students across Term 1. All students can access the morning sessions which run Monday–Friday and start promptly at 6.30am. We have had brilliant numbers across the sessions with over 100 students coming through the doors across the week.

In addition, starting from next week, the Fitness Centre will also be open to all students across Monday and Wednesday afternoon. These afternoon sessions will be targeted towards specific areas of development such as speed, power and flexibility. For all of our Winter Representative Athletes, the Monday afternoon session will be focused on power and explosive speed.

Students are reminded to bring with them the following.

• A water bottle
• Towel
• Redlands PE / Sports Uniform

Students are asked to contact the Director of Athletic Development Mr Jack Gooding jgooding@redlands.nsw.edu.au for any specific questions regarding these sessions.

Trainer of the Week

Our Redlands Trainer of the Week for Term 1 Week 2 is Isaac Brookes. Isaac is not only a brilliant runner and representative athlete for Redlands but he is also one of our hardest trainers. Attending three sessions last week, Isaac worked through specific workouts designed to build more strength and power as he builds towards the athletic season. Congratulations Isaac!

Key Contacts

We appreciate the ongoing support of the Redlands community in their respect of the Covid-19 Sport Protocols.

Mrs Alison Cox
Head of Secondary School Sport
acox@redlands.nsw.edu.au