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Welcome everyone back to Term 4, we are wishing the Year 12 students the best of luck with their HSC and IB examinations and we are looking forward to the Year 11 students taking their leadership positions and leading the student body into 2024. As we begin Term 4, we look ahead to a blockbuster term of exams, assessments, camps and a lot of sport. It is important to remember that maintaining sport training during exams periods is crucial for overall wellbeing of students for many compelling reasons: 

• Reduces Stress and Anxiety – regular physical activity has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety levels, we all know for some students, exams can be exceptionally stressful and engaging in sport helps students to manage this stress by releasing endorphins, the body’s natural mood lifters, which can improve their mental and emotional state. 
• Enhanced Cognitive Function – physical exercise enhances cognitive functions, including memory, concentration and problem solving skills. By continuing their sports training, students can actually improve their academic performance. Regular physical activity increases blood flow to the brain, which can boost mental acuity and help them retain information more effectively. 
• Sense of Discipline and Time Management – participating in sports fosters a sense of discipline and time management. By balancing academic commitments with sports, students learn to prioritise their tasks, set goals and allocate their time efficiently. This skill set is not only beneficial during exam periods but also through their lives. 
• Social Interaction and Emotional Support – continuing with their training routines throughout exam periods provides opportunities for students to have social interactions and emotional support, this allows them to stay connected with their peers, reducing feelings of isolation and loneliness during intense study periods.

‘Life’s challenge is to find your ‘big reasons’ why you do what you do. Finding these reasons and being deeply connected to them keeps you going when the going gets tough’
– Bo Hanson 

Bus Transport

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 to meet the standards of the above will face school disciplinary action.

Summer Sport

A reminder that all key information for the season has been uploaded onto the Secondary School Sport page of Redlands Pulse, if you have any additional questions, please reach out to the appropriate Sports Administrator listed at the bottom of this page.

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.

Melba has finalised all photos taken of sport teams and co-curricular activities and they are now available for parents to view and purchase. Please visit  www.melbastudios.com.au  Select the ‘Schools’ icon. The password for access is winnie.

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. 

Athletics 

NSW All Schools Athletics Championships

Please find below my reflection from the NSW All Schools Athletics Championships.

Congratulations to all the Redlands athletes who participated at the NSW All Schools Athletics Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park over the school holidays.

Isaac Brooks proved himself to be a force to be reckoned with at the championships. In the fiercely competitive 17 years boys 800m event, he not only secured a podium finish but also set a personal best time of 1:53. His performance earned him the status of a national qualifier, showcasing his talent and dedication to the sport.

In the 14 years Hammer Throw, Elizabeth Whelan demonstrated her prowess as she clinched the gold medal with an impressive throw of 42.86 meters. Not only did she claim the top spot in her category, but she also earned a national qualifier status. Elizabeth’s dedication and hard work are a testament to her extraordinary skills in this specialised event.

Olivia Law showcased her versatility and endurance by participating in two events. In the 13 years girls 1500m, Olivia secured a commendable 4th place with a time of 4:46. She didn’t stop there and took on the 14 years girls 3000m, where she finished 5th with an outstanding time of 10:28. Olivia ran up an age group in the 3000m and achieved a national qualifier.

Amber Kusano’s performance in the 15 years girls category was nothing short of exceptional. She secured 4th place in the 800m with a time of 2:20.8 and later took on the 15 years 400m event, where she finished 10th with a time of 1:02.90. Amber’s achievements include earning a national qualifier status in the 400m event, showcasing her immense potential as a middle-distance runner.

Ethan Lee achieved a personal best time of 4:38 in the 14 years 1500m, while Finn Gurney gave his best in the 13 years Boys 800m and 1500m events and our Track and Field Captain, Jaiden Confessore finished 25th in the boys 100m running a swift time of 11.86s. 

The Redlands community is proud of these talented athletes for their outstanding performances at the NSW All Schools Athletics Championships. Their achievements not only reflect their dedication and hard work but also serve as an inspiration to fellow students and aspiring athletes.

Congratulations to Isaac Brooks, Elizabeth Whelan, Jaiden Confessore, Olivia Law, Amber Kusano, Ethan Lee, and Finn Gurney for their outstanding performances, and we look forward to witnessing their continued success in the world of athletics.

Nick Walker
Head Coach of Athletics and Cross Country 

Basketball

Welcome back to Term 4 and the official start of the 2023/24 ISA Basketball Season. A reminder that all relevant basketball information is available on Redlands Pulse – Basketball Page including:

• Team Lists
• Training Schedule
• Draft Season Fixtures

The training and fixture details are also available on your individual student calendar.

A reminder that absentees for sport are now submitted through one of the following channels:

• Redlands Pulse (quick links)
• Redlands App (under activities)

This Saturday 14 October is the last Saturday of pre-season:

1st Boys: Pre-season tournament @ Blue Mountains
1st Girls: Pre-season tournament @ Sydney University
All other teams: Internal 3×3 tournament @ Lang Gym/Top Caged Court: 

• 8am-9am: 17 Boys 
• 9am-10am: 15 Boys 
• 10am-11am: 14 Boys
• 11am-12pm: 13 Boys
• 12pm-1pm: Junior & 2nd, 3rd Girls
• 1pm-2pm: Open Boys 

Fitness Centre

Welcome to the Fitness Centre for Term 4, 2023. The following changes to the Fitness Centre and our strength and conditioning program will begin over the course of the first few weeks of term.

Session times are staggered to provide more students access each morning with safe and effective coaching.

Year 11-12: 6:30-6:45am Latest Arrival/Start Time

Year 9-10: 6:45am Start Time

Year 7/8: 7:10am Start time.

Afternoon sessions are reserved for Rep sports.

ALL students will be provided a program that runs M/T/T/F mornings, except for Wednesday mornings Girls Only session. These programs will be aligned to our physical development framework and are designed to support the stage based physical development of students from years 7-12 in a safe and effective manner, whilst including individual student needs and ambitions within the gym.

All programs encompass a variation of the following:

• Lower Body Push: Double + Single Leg – eg. Squat, Split Squat
• Lower Body Pull: Double + Single Leg – eg. Deadlift, Single Leg RDL (Hinge)
• Upper Body Pull – Vertical + Horizontal – eg. Chin Up, Bench Pull
• Upper Body Push – Vertical + Horizontal – eg. Push Press, Bench Press
• Core – Anti-Extension + Anti- Lateral Flexion/Rotation – eg. Plank, Side Plank
• Injury Prevention – Optional + Recommended

Programs are designed to target each of these areas within a session and across the week in a variety of loads to ensure each student gets the opportunity to develop a solid foundation and variety of movement competency whether they attend one session or attend all four.

Injury Prevention exercises will always be included in session to target areas that are prone to overuse and soft tissue -e.g., Hamstrings, Quads, Calf, Adductors.

As students consistently attend sessions, progress through programs and movement competency, they will be provided with more autonomy within their program.

Years 7-8 will be provided with a full (100%) program as demonstrated below, that encompasses all fundamental movement patterns and areas of the body.

Years 9-10 will be provided with a program that is 75% structured and 25% of the session encompassing self-elected exercises as discussed with the coach.

Years 11-12 will be provided with a program that is 50% structured, leaving 50% of the session to include exercises elected by the student as discussed with the coach.

Individual Student Programs: Exceptions to the program are made for students who are participating in state level or above external sporting programs where programs are provided by an accredited coach and/or if a student is undergoing any rehabilitation from an injury where documentation is provided from a physiotherapist.

Mia Lundquist
Director of Strength and Conditioning

Football

Congratulations to Redlands School Captain, Jasmine Black who has been named in the Sydney FC Women’s team for the 2023/24 Season. Massive congratulations to Jazz!

Please click the link below if you were a football student/parent for the 2023 Season. We appreciate you taking the time to complete this survey to help up to continue to develop our programs in the future.

Hockey

A reminder for any Hockey students/parents who are yet to complete the post-season survey, can you please complete the survey here to help us to continue to develop our Hockey programs for future years.

Rowing

During the recent holidays a large number of students took the opportunity to complete the optional holiday training conducted both on water and at school in the gym. These students will see some nice improvement as we look to complete the first round of testing and crew selections leading into the first regattas.

Our senior students also attended the Sculling Camp held in Berry where they had the opportunity to refine their single scull skills along with some crew boat work. A particular challenging session is the 12km time trial where students race the length of Boughton Creek. The results of this are as follows:

BOYS

1st: Thomas Hooper (Yr 9) – 0:55:42.14
2nd: Jack Meek (Yr 10) – 0:56:19.71
3rd: Thomas Jackson (Yr 11) – 0:56:56.24 

GIRLS

1st: Sonia Polok (Yr 10) – 1:04:31.44
2nd: Mikaela Sanger Larsson (Yr 11) – 1:04:52.12
3rd: Annabelle Hwang (Yr 10) – 1:06:28.65

This weekend our Friends of Rowing are hosting the Boat Naming at Mosman Rowing Club from 12:00-1:30pm including a simple BBQ lunch. There are adjusted training times that students and families should be aware of. Parking will also be at a premium. Please refer to the information on the Rowing page of Pulse.

James Petering
Director of Rowing

Sailing

Welcome back to Sailing for Term 4. Please see below information for spilt, this spilt is more focused sessions on team racing format.

Tuesday Groups

Please take a look at the groups for Tuesday’s sailing going forward. Blue Group will be sailing in Week A, and Yellow Group in Week B. The sessions are up in Clipboard and Pulse.

There may still be movement between the groups as we want to ensure we are giving the sailors the best opportunity to improve.

Sailing Kit – Vaikobi 

We have gone live with the online store for Redlands with Vaikobi, this will allow you to buy as you need and have it delivered to you ASAP rather than waiting for all the orders to be purchased. The deal is for Redlands people only, and we will be checking on names and details with the orders that come through as we have a specific deal that gives all Redlands people 30%. If you have questions about the kit, contact me or Adrienne Langley adrienne@vaikobi.com from Vaikobi.

You will select what you and at the checkout, you will need to put in our code: REDLANDS30%

Link here to the Redlands store:

Discount code: REDLANDS30%

Save the Date 

The Redlands Cup Regatta will be held on Saturday 18 November at Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. More information to come over the next few weeks.

Dani Steer

Tennis

Welcome to Term 4 players. We hope everyone has had a restful break! Exciting to see some new faces at the Holiday Training Camps and we hope it was able to help prepare players for Term 4 competition and keep up their skills and fitness.

We will ease make sure to reach out ASAP should you want to discuss your team placement this term as we will be finalising teams this weekend and we will be holding a final trial session for selected Group 1 and 2 this weekend, Saturday 14 October from 10am-12pm at Cammeray Tennis Club.

 All competition and Development Squad will commence in Week 2 along with new training groups to better group players across the program and avoid overcrowding. Feel free to reach out to the Tennis Administrator Ms Caitlin Wong should you have any questions about the upcoming season!

Caitlin Wong

Touch Football

Training

The training schedule for Term 4 is set. Please note all teams will have two team training sessions per week as noted on Pulse. Students have access to their training commitments on their student calendar. 

Firsts teams will have an added session for Strength and Conditioning in the Fitness Center on either (at students’ choice) Monday or Wednesday afternoons 3.30-4.30pm.

Saturday 14 October 

Please see the details below for this Saturday 14 October: 

All students will train at Macquarie University Fields this coming Saturday ahead of fixtures starting next week (21 October)

Please ensure you have checked updated team lists. 

8.00am – 9.30am:  Senior 1sts and 2nds teams & Junior A,B,C Boys and Girls.

9.30am – 11.00am: Senior 3rd, 4th, 5th teams and Inter Girls. 

Touch Football Uniforms

Shorts: Students are to play in Redlands Sports shorts. 

Singlets: Singlets will be hired out for the season for a $10 fee which will be charged to student accounts. These singlets must be returned at the end of the season. Singlets will be available for collection on Saturday at the training session.

1st Uniforms: 1st uniforms will be available for collection from Thursday this week. 

Please note all students are encouraged to play in a hat with Touch Football being an outdoor summer sport!

Holiday Wrap Up

In the second week of school holidays we took a high performance squad to Berry for Pre-season Camp. This squad was made up of girls and boys 1sts and 2nds teams. 

Our players took part in skills and drills and learnt their base structures for the season ahead. It was a great opportunity for our Senior players to hit the ground running to lead into a successful season. Players had time to get to know each other with a wide split of Year Groups forming out 1sts and 2nds teams. All involved made the most of their time together and we can’t wait to reap the rewards as we begin fixtures next weekend. 

We came away with goals set, friendships made and personal skill development. 

Pathways

 If students wish to connect to pathways for Touch Football outside of schoo, please reach out. The School has strong connections with Norths Touch where students can get involved in representative teams and refereeing. 

Jordy Parsonage

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 log an absence via Clipboard prior to missing any training session. 

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 and result in school disciplinary action.

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

Summer Sport – Key Contacts