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Over the coming months we are going to begin cultivating leadership opportunities for students in sport as a crucial development for their personal development and future success. By providing avenues for students to exercise their leadership skills within the sports context, they can learn valuable lessons and acquire essential qualities that will benefit them beyond the playing field. We have fostered a number of strategies to foster leadership in sports through the following ways (which will continue to evolve):

1. Leadership Roles: encouraging the selection of team leaders who can serve as role models for their peers. These individuals should exhibit strong leadership qualities and be responsible for motivating and guiding their teammates.
2. Mentorships: establishing mentorship programs where experienced athletes or coaches can guide younger students. This creates a supportive environment for skill development and helps instill leadership traits through hands-on guidance and feedback.
3. Team Projects: encouraging students to collaborate on team projects or initiatives that require them to work together and make collective decisions. This cultivates teamwork and allows emerging leaders to develop and showcase their abilities.
4. Workshops: by running workshops or seminars focused on leadership development. Inviting guest speakers along to share their experiences and insights on effective leadership in the sporting world.
5. Volunteering & Community Engagement: encourage students to participate in community service projects related to sports. This allows them to take on leadership roles in organising events, coaching younger athletes or advocating for sport-related causes.
6. Decision Making Opportunities: providing students with opportunities to make decision that impact their team or sports. This could involve determining team strategies or contributing to fundraising efforts.
7. Recognition & Rewards: by acknowledging and rewarding students who demonstrate exceptional leadership skills, we motivate others to aspire to leadership roles.

By implementing these strategies we can foster leadership opportunities for students in sport, equipping them with valuable skills, confidence and a sense of responsibility that will benefit them both in their athletic pursuits but also any future endeavours.

‘The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.’

Aldous Huxley

Cameron Ellis
Head of Secondary School Sport
cellis@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Bus Transport

As a school we pride ourselves on the way in which our students participate and train in their chosen fields, providing opportunities for all students to participate in a range of activities is something that we will continue to do. Providing transport to those activities is something that we do as a school, this is a reminder that when travelling on Redlands transport the Redlands school rules are in place and students should be always upholding the values of the school:

• Have good behaviour, safe behaviour and appropriate language at all times.
• Follow the driver (and supervising staff) instructions at all times.
• Obey the transport rules and regulations at all times (seat belts must be worn at all times).
• Leave the bus how they found it (no rubbish, no mess).

 Students who fail the meet the standards of the above will face school disciplinary action.

Winter Sport

A reminder that all key information for the season has been uploaded onto the Redlands Pulse – Secondary School Sport, if you have any addition questions, please reach out to the appropriate Sports Administrator listed below.

Sports Photos

All Sports Photos are available for parents to view / purchase on the SPA Images Website 

Photo Library >> Schoolsports 2022-23 >> select your sport

Password (redlands2023) Redlands has an agreement with SPA Images that we will only use the images for marketing purposes. 

Concussion Protocols

Parents & Carers last week received an email containing the Redlands Concussion Protocols, which can also be found on the ‘Key Documents’ section of Redlands Pulse – Secondary School Sport. A reminder to all that these protocols are for both a return to school and a return to sport. Students who have a suspected concussion are asked to seek medical attention at their earliest convenience.

Important Dates

Redlands Sport – Term 2, Week 9

There will be some adjustments to sport for Week 9, there will be no sport on Tuesday 20 June, there will be modified session on Thursday 22 June with more information being sent out on Monday.

Winter Sport Photos – Monday 19 June

The following team photos will take place on Monday 19 June.

• Cross Country – Redlands team that competed at ISA – recess – 10:10am (full winter school uniform)
• Cross Country – team that competed at the CIS Cross Country Carnival – recess – 10:10am (full winter school uniform)
• Redlands AFL – Boys (Jnr, Inter & Snr) & Girls (Jnr, Inter & Snr) – lunchtime – 12:55pm (full winter school uniform)
• Redlands Rugby – 1^st XV Boys – lunchtime – 12:55pm (1^st XV playing uniform)
• Redlands Touch Football – 1^st VI Boys – lunchtime – 12:55pm (1^st VI playing uniform)
• Redlands Netball – Inter C – lunchtime – 12:55pm (full winter school uniform)

Athletics Carnival

It was a great day out the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on Thursday, with a record number of students competing in events. A huge congratulations to Cowper who took out the 2023 Athletics Carnival with a total of 1639 points, finishing clear of McDouall in 2^nd on 1498 points, Dumolo a close 3^rd on 1490 points and Roseby in 4^th on 1408 points.  

Liv Law (Yr 7) broke 3 records on the day, taking 26 seconds off the previous Jnr Girls 1500m record, 10 seconds off the Jnr Girls 800m record and 2 seconds off the 13 Girls 400m record which has stood since 1986!

Henry Charles (Yr 11) also broke the Snr Boys Javelin record adding 4.46m to the previous record of 47.5m set back in 2005 taking it to a HUGE 51.96m.  

Emilie Bessell (Yr 12) and Sebastien Griffith (Yr 12) took out the respective ‘Champion of Champion’’ race which are the top 10 fastest 100m runners from all age groups.  

Below is the Age Champions & Runners Up 

Congratulations also to the Divisional Champions   

Basketball

Congratulations to Emilie Bessell, Eva Osborn and Alex Tanner who played in the National Junior Classic with the North Sydney Bears club over the long weekend. The team took out the U18 Championship beating some of the best club teams across the country. A further congratulations to Emilie Bessell who was named as the Grand Final MVP.  

Redlands House Basketball Tournament (3v3)

During Term 3 the Redlands Sport Captains Sam Chubb & Emilie Bessell along with the House Captains will be running at 3v3 House Basketball Tournament.

Round Robin Games will be played across lunchtime during Week 2, with the Semi-Finals being played in Week 5 and the finals being played during Week 6.

There will be 1 team per house for each division

Divisions will be:

• Junior Boys (Yr 7 & 8)
• Junior Girls (Yr 7 & 8)
• Inter Boys (Yr 9 & 10)
• Inter Girls (Yr 9 & 10)
• Senior Boys (Yr 11 &12)
• Senior Girls (Yr 11 & 12)

If you are interested in trialling for your house team please fill out the registration link FOUND HERE

Cross Country

Last Thursday, Redlands had 10 runners represent ISA at the CIS XC Championships at the Sydney Equestrian Centre. Congratulations to Isaac Brooks who finished 8^th place in the 17 Years 6k and Imogen Howard who finished 7^th in the 15 Years girls 4k. Both Isaac and Imogen will now represent Redlands at the NSW All Schools XC Championships at the Sydney Motorsport Park on Friday the 21^st July. 

Well done to the following ISA Representatives for their participation in the CIS XC Championships:

• 12 girls – Matilda Hugman 38^th
• 12 girls – Elisabella Ty 52^nd
• 14 girls – Isobel Campbell 51^st place
• 15 girls – Amber Kusano 50^th place 
• 12 boys – Angus Baird 30^th place
• 13 boys – Finn Gurney 27^th place
• 14 boys – Tom Brown 22^nd place
• 15 boys – Otto Ross-Sampson 18^th place

Football

A reminder that we have our last game of ISA Football for Term 2 this Saturday 17^th June. Please check Redlands Pulse – Weekly Fixtures or your individual student calendar for the game details this week. With several girls teams travelling outside of Sydney for their games this weekend please ensure you check the bus details, all buses will depart from the Adam’s Centre. If you will be providing your own transport please email kseebohm@redlands.nsw.edu.au so that the coaches are not waiting for you at the bus on Saturday morning 

Hockey

The last round of ISA Hockey for the term will be Round 7, this Saturday 17 June. Our Hockey teams will be travelling to the Central Coast this Saturday, with the bus departing at 6:15am from the Adams Centre. If you will be providing your own transport to the game, please email kseebohm@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Netball

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Congratulations to all who competed in the NSW State Titles over the weekend in Maitland. What a fabulous weekend to be a part of. I know there were many happy Netball memories made. Super impressive effort making these representative teams and putting themselves out there for their Clubs.

I will be running a few holiday sessions for the Juniors ( Year 7 & 8 ) and Inters ( Year 9 & 10) in the second week of the holidays ( w/c 3^rd July) . I will be sending out a form to complete early next week. Please stay tuned for these details. For some extra fun and fitness, one of the sessions we will be combining the session with the Rugby students. I know all our Netball girls will give their fellow Rugby students a run and show them who’s boss! 

Our “top trainers” for consistent effort, punctuality and great attitude for this week for are; Katherine Lam, Liv Law, Mabel Hancock, Angela Monty, Sunny Ho, Alice Flynn,  Annabel Sim, Serei Bayley, Astrid Vincent, Sammy Beck, Sophie Yu and Ruby Entwistle.

This weekend is our last fixture for the term – Let’s go Redlands! I do urge you all to keep up daily exercise in the holidays, we still have 3 games and semis and finals to play. Keep moving and be active! Get a netball with a mate and find a court, get shooting, get passing, have some fun outdoors.

Here are some early morning inters in warm up mode in Dunnet Hall.

Georgina Ford
Director of Coaching Netball

Rugby

Please action the Transport form for this coming weekend if you haven’t already: 

Holiday Program

Recent achievements:

Congratulations to the following students who represented their region at NSW Junior State Championships. 

We are so proud of your achievements! 

• Ash Corn (Manly 14s)
• Max Perry (Norths 16s)

This weekend: 

Friends of Rugby Dinner this Friday night 16 June in the Blue Mountains. (Please contact your year Representative if you require further information)

Blue Mountains host our games against Chevalier for the last rounds this term. 

Snowsports

We would like to extend our gratitude to all of you who attended our recent safety briefing. It was fantastic to see everyone come together and begin to immerse themselves in the snow mindset. For those who were unable to attend or would like to review the information again, we have uploaded the PowerPoint presentation to the Snowsports Pulse page for your convenience.
> Files > Safety Briefing

With just a few short weeks remaining, we are eagerly anticipating the upcoming Redlands Cup. The run sheet for the event will be posted on the Redlands Cup website within the next week. Please keep an eye out for it to stay informed about the schedule and other important details.

We regret to inform you that the new parents’ information briefing scheduled for next Tuesday has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to Danielle Steer.

We are eagerly looking forward to an incredible season of racing.

Danielle Steer
Director of Snowsports

Tennis

We hope everyone is well rested after the long weekend and ready for training and competition! Round 7 will be our last week of Saturday fixtures for the term so we wish all competing players good luck for their matches! Internal Competition and Development Squad will run as usual from Lane Cove Tennis Club this weekend as well. Please make sure to refer to the latest roster and draw before the weekend. A reminder also we are gauging interest for this term’s Holiday Training Camp so please fill out the EOI form if you are interested in attending!

Training will continue as usual next week (last week of school), however, we will not offer Friday morning sessions since that will be the last day.

Please contact Ms Caitlin Wong should you have any questions regarding Winter Tennis.

Touch Football

Please keep an eye out for First teams’ expression of interest trial form. Winter School students will have the ability to trial before they leave.

For students interested in pathways outside of school for both playing and referee opportunities, please reach out to Ms Jordy Parsonage (jparsonage@redlands.nsw.edu.au) 

Water Polo

Finals fixtures are to be shared – 

View Here

Water Polo is a representative sport and as such students are reminded that they need attend fixtures. If you are unable to attend, please email jparsonage@redlands.nsw.edu.au ahead of your fixture. 

General Sport Information 

Fixtures

All student training and fixture details will be available to families under My Schedule on Redlands Pulse. Additionally, 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 Redlands Pulse Friday afternoon to ensure you have the latest fixture information.

Uniform

The Redlands sports uniform should be worn to all trainings and matches (students are not permitted to wear any non-Redlands branded clothing). In the event of inclement weather students should wear their Redlands fleece or sports tracksuit. 

Sport Absences

Parents are required to send an email to the appropriate Sports administrator prior to missing any training session asking for their son/daughter to be excused. 

Any student unable to attend a Saturday fixture due to illness, is required to submit a Medical Certificate to their Sports administrator by the Monday morning following the missed fixture.

Injured students are required to attend all training sessions and Saturday fixtures.

Failure to do any of the above will jeopardise a student’s eligibility for Colours, Pockets, and Awards & result in school disciplinary action.

Please refer to the Student Planner 2023 for full details on requirements for participating in a Representative Sport.

Winter Sport – Key Contacts