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I was sent a great article by a parent  this week titled Growth mindset driving the Boston Celtics, which goes into detail about the now Championships run of the Boston Celtics, how and why their coach Brad Stevens has instilled the growth mindset amongst the young playing group that achieved great success early in their careers but have also been deleted with some tough lessons throughout their careers. This drives home some key learnings for our Sport programs as students move through their high school journey, not every season is easy, not every game, set or match is hard but working to improve is important. Having that growth mindset is crucial for teenagers because it influences their approach to challenges, learning and development across various aspects of their lives, from their sporting commitments, to their academics and also their co-curricular choices.

How can we help?

• view setbacks and failures as opportunities to improve rather than be obstacles (embrace the challenges).
• persist with trainings and practice, understand that skills improve with effort and dedication (stay persistent)
• be open to feedback and collaboration, this leads to better communication, enhance team dynamics and effective leadership
• be willing to adapt to more complex and diverse situations
• abilities and brilliance can developed through hard work and effort
• try new activities, broaden experiences and skill sets

A key message that the students hear is to establish a growth mindset early. This allows them to build a strong foundation of resilience, curiosity and a passion for learning. This creates such a positive attitude towards all activities that the school has to offer, setting the stage for continued growth. As the pressures increase, we work to allow students to handle stress, stay motivated and achieve their goals. This provides an opportunity for well-rounded education, which will contribute both personally and professionally in the future.

‘In a growth mindset, you are focused every day by your growth, not deterred by challenges and not overwhelmed by accomplishments – you’re just moving on to the next day’

Brad Stevens

Redlands Secondary Sports Calendar

• Monday 24 June – Sports photos – Recess: 1sts (AFL, Football, Tennis, Hockey) / Lunch: Hockey, ISA Tennis, AFL Jr.
• Tuesday 25 June – Secondary School Athletics Carnival
• Thursday 27 June – NO SPORT

Football

Rain didn’t stop us from playing, the grounds were open and looked superb ready for Football action.

The day started with wins for 15A Boys and 16A Boys against St Andrews Cathedral.

The boys kept getting good results during the morning, the Second XI Boys led by Brazilian coach Ruddy Franco had a great 8-1 win.

Our young teams also had very tough games and 13A boys won.  The rest of the young teams played good football but didn’t get the wins.

The First XI Boys competed to the end and while they didn’t come up with the points, they are working hard and creating chances.

Congratulations also to the Junior A Girls who had a great win 1-0 against Barker, the First XI girls winning 2-1 against Oakhill. Junior C Girls played very well and won 3-2 against Blue Mountains, and the Second XI girls also achieved a great result drawing 1-1. Congratulations to Mr Crawford, Mr Da Costa , Mr Marlow and our young female coaches Maddi, Livia and Zoe for the performances of the girls teams.

Round 7 will be the last round for Term 2 but it will be full of action. The Boys will be at home against St Patrick College and we are looking to improve our performances and results on Saturday.

The Girls program will be travelling to Oxley for a tough round of games, which we all are looking forward to.

During the upcoming school holidays, we are planning Football clinics for the players. There will be more information on Pulse next week.

Thank you all for supporting us on Saturday morning. It is very much appreciated and I am sure the players love having you support them at their matches.

Hockey

For Round 6, Redlands Hockey made their trip down to the Southern Highlands to play against Oxley College. The teams were very happy to hear the games this year weren’t being played on grass and rather at Frensham School’s synthetic grounds.

After an early start heading down to Frensham, the 1^st Girls began the game slowly, going into halftime at 2-2. Coach Peterson delivered an enthralling team talk and the girls came out in the second half, putting 4 goals past Oxley and winning 6-2. Goal scorers: Jess x 3, Carolina, Heidi and Eleanor all 1 each.

The 2nds had a good performance overall, dominating the goal however just struggling with the final passage of play getting past the Oxley keeper. The players combined well on numerous occasions with plenty of circle entries. MVP: Daisy Mann who kept a clean sheet.

The 3rds were up next and, after a cold morning, the layers were starting to come off and the girls were ready for tough game against a young and energetic Oxley. The team fought hard and unfortunately went down 0-4. Next up in Round 7 is Barker and Blue Mountains Grammar School respectively.

Whilst the holidays are fast approaching, we want to ensure we come back firing in Term 3. With that in mind there will be two holiday training sessions for all teams:

• Tuesday 16 July and Thursday 18 July
• 7:30 – 9am at Redlands Junior School

Netball

A huge day of travel last Saturday and some excellent netball played.  Some very close games which is always exciting and makes me very happy – intensity and focus makes great netballers.

Please find our Players of the Week for Round 6.

• For the First VII, it was Charlotte Horton. Coming off the back of her third place win at the Senior NSW State Titles, her shooting accuracy was on point and she was on fire – a very tightly contested game for the entire hour and a big score of 56-58!
• Our Senior 2 team was Clara Wall with some tight defence work and great rebounds, a close game indeed.
• Senior 3 player of the match was Caitlin Mitchell, reading the play well, taking a strong front position to take many intercepts.
• Our other players of the week were Annalise Beatty and Issy Saltz for Junior B who had a great attacking and shooting connection.
• Junior A was Aggie Storch. Aggie asked for feedback in defence and put this into play and had an successful second half with rebounds and intercepts.
• Another close game for the Inter A team this week with Millie Coddrington, who took some flying intercepts and tips.
• The Inter B’s saw Aurora Crennan perform very well under pressure, with some intense defensive moves.
• For the Junior E team, Miranda Tahuil-Gonzalez took on some early feedback in the game, listened and had a blinder after that.
• Inter D was the only team at Barker and had an energetic game. Anna Moate was the player of the match with long, strong shoulder passes and good eyes looking for space down the court.
• Junior C was Alba Martin-Gomez. Alba was always working hard, making good drives and change of direction around the court for reoffers.
• Junior G and Junior H team had their fixture during the week with the First VII girls coaching and umpiring. A treat for the girls to have their hero players watching them play. The G team won but it was well fought by the Junior H team.

Round 7 sees many teams travel to the Central Coast Grammar School. Once again please check the Clipboard schedule on Pulse for bus departure and arrival times. Ensure players are warm and have water with them. Healthy snacks are allowed for the long mornings but nothing is allowed to be eaten on the bus.

These holidays to keep up players fitness and skills, we will be running the below holiday sessions with our dedicated coaches. Sessions are divided into attacking skill work and game time and defensive skill work and game time.

Juniors (Yr 7/8):  9 & 11 July, 8.30am-10.00am in the Lang Gym

Intermediates (Yr/10): 16 & 18 July,  8.30am- 10.00am in the Lang Gym

There will be sign up information for the sessions published next week. We hope to see many players take these opportunities to keep up skills and keep engaged over the break. Please note there are still three more fixtures in Term 3 plus semis and finals for some.  Go Redlands!

Rugby

Round 1 ISA Wrap up:  A few students have provided summaries of Week 1 ISA fixtures

14s: My teammates and I were thrilled to have the opportunity of travelling to Bathurst to play rugby and really enjoyed the experience. In our first game against St Stanislaus’s B team, we all played incredibly hard with some amazing personal performances from Tristan, Luca and Matteo. Redlands won 33-22 in a great game of rugby from both sides.  In the second game however was a challenge as we were all exhausted. But still, we went into the game determined to do our best, but St Stanislaus’s A team was on another level. We ended up losing 53-0. – Felix Eade

16s: We lost 43-41. Even though we lost, I feel like this was one of the best games we’ve played as a team this year, as we were resilient throughout the whole game, and never put our heads down between tries. We knew that we were trailing by a fair margin at halftime, but in the second half we came back strong and almost produced a win over St Stanislaus.  – Leo Migliucci

Trainer of the Week: This season we will name players/trainers of the week throughout the term on Note Day each week. These players demonstrate commitment to the team in training and strong performance in games.

• 13s: Kyler Simpson
• 14s: Ashton Bannister
• 15s: Kai Feldman 
• 16s: Leo Migilucci
• Opens : Charlie Gordon

Round 2 Preview

This weekend we are back at home against St Augustine’s. St Aug’s are the current powerhouse in ISA Rugby, this will allow for a great challenge for the Barbarians Rugby program. We look forward to building into our season with the support from friends and family at home. 

Game day reminders: 

• All players are required to be at the field 30 minutes prior to kick off time. This allows for coaches to gather the team, and warm them up effectively. 
• All spectators (if not helping run touch judge) are to be behind the fence/ bunting around the field. 

Pathways outside of school

We encourage our Rugby enthusiasts to look into club pathways with upcoming opportunities to trial for Junior State Champs teams (15s has just been payer) and 7s formats. This for both boys and girls. If you are interested please reach out so that we can help point you in the right direction!

The School has close ties with Norths Junior Rugby, we are happy to connect interested students. 

Holiday sessions

Please see rugby details for the upcoming optional holidays sessions that will be on offer to the Rugby program. 

Please use this form to register your attendance. 

Admin Reminders

• Please ensure you are reading Pulse News notifications for Rugby. 
• Please ensure absences follow school policy for sport – logging these through clipboard. 
• Concussion protocols can be found in the Key Documents section of the Redlands Pulse
• All students are encouraged to attend the Fitness Centre to complement their development within Rugby. Please read the Fitness Center pulse page: for information on how to register your attendance for optional sessions. Opens (Year 11 & 12) players will continue their compulsory session weekly as scheduled on student calendars

Snowsports

Redlands Cup Dinner – Friday 12 July

Last chance to get tickets! Booking closes 28 June 2024!

Accommodation

Hamilton House brings a sense of luxury to the Snowy Mountains offering boutique self-contained accommodation in Jindabyne. The property includes 4 x 1 bedroom Luxe Huts, a 2 bedroom Mountain Villa and our Main House – a large private residence that sleeps 14. Use Promo Code: ‘WINTER’ for discounted rates on a luxury stay.

Tennis

Despite the wet weather, we managed to play all the ISA matches against St Andrew’s Cathedral School at Mosman Lawn Tennis Club on Saturday.

Unfortunately the Away matches were cancelled due to the rain, however it was fantastic that the matches went ahead at Mosman and the students all played extremely well.

It was great to see the students showing support for each other and really playing as a team.

We had some great matches and some very good results:

ISA 6 won 5-3, ISA 8 won 6-2 and ISA 10 won 7-1 and ISA 11 won 8-0 against St Andrew’s Cathedral School.

Let’s focus on training this week and get ready for some great tennis on Saturday to finish the term with a win!

Don’t forget there will be extra tennis training in the last week of the school holidays, as well as the chance to play some UTR matches.

Redlands Tennis Training Camp for Groups 1, 2 & 3 at Mosman Lawn Tennis Club

Mon 15 July, Wed 17 July, Fri 19 July – 12-2pm

Register Here

Redlands Tennis Training Camp for Groups 4 & 5 at Mosman Lawn Tennis Club

Mon 15 July, Wed 17 July, Fri 19 July – 12-2pm

Register Here

UTR Holiday Camp at Mosman Lawn Tennis Club

Mon 15 July, Wed 17 July, Fri 19 July – 2-5pm

Register Here

UTR Matchplay Event at Mosman Lawn Tennis Club

Monday 22 July – 8am-1pm

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Touch Football

Winter School students have had a form shared with them to indicate their participation in summer sport. This form details trial information for Winter School students to assist with grading before the departure.

Students from other Year Groups, please keep an eye on your emails as you may be invited to supplement trials for opposition!

Water Polo

Our Inters age teams continue their round games through to next term however its Semi Final time for the Open Girls competition

Redlands Open Girls fought hard to finish in front of Stella Maris Open Girls on a For/Against countback.

The Semi Finals Schedule for this Friday evening, 21 June, is below:

All games will be played in WAC 1 (the bigger pool)

4 x 6-minute quarters of RUNNING TIME.

WAC 2 – The smaller pool can be used as a warm-up area.

The draw has been updated on student calendar

Redlands Open Girls will play at 8.30pm against Brigidine.

Be there to support our Open Girls!

Trainer of the week: This season we will name players/trainers of the week throughout the term on Note Day each week. These players demonstrate commitment to the team in training and strong performance in games.

• Opens Girls: Sela Tea
• Inters Girls: Lauren Rolfe
• Iners Boys: Cooper McDonald

A few reminders:

• Fixtures have been loaded onto Pulse and the student’s calendar. We encourage all students to download the Redlands App
• Open Water Polo girls, your compulsory 1x Gym session on Tuesdays 3.30-4.30pm. Attendance is recorded.
• Inter teams, to attend the Fitness session, please read the Fitness Center pulse page. Inter team students can select the morning they wish to attend but will need to register their attendance.
• Water polo is a representative sport and as such attendance is compulsory to all training and fixtures. Absences must be logged through Pulse sport absence form. 

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.
• Students must wear trainer style sneakers that are preferably white with non-marking soles. It is part of our shared responsibility to ensure that students wear footwear that aligns with the activity to be undertaken. High top sneakers, Vans, Converse etc. are not appropriate for School Sport.

Saturday Sport Absences

• Parents are required to log an absence via the Sports Absence Form available on Redlands Pulse – Secondary School Sport (under ‘Quick Links’ prior to missing any training session or weekly fixture.
• 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 2024 for full details on requirements for participating in a Representative Sport.
• 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.

Wet Weather

• Unless communicated differently or in the morning of the session (via Redlands Pulse & Clipboard), all training sessions are to be deemed ‘on’.
• Students should bring with them a change of Redlands Sport Uniform (Thursdays only) or their school uniform (Tuesday) if there are light showers during training.

Winter 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 2022-24 >> select your sport

Password (redlands2024) 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 the Melba Studios website, Select the ‘Schools’ icon. The password for access is winnie.

Concussion Protocols

Parents and Carers last week received an email containing the Redlands Concussion Protocols, which can also be found in 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.

Winter Sport – Key Contacts