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Discipline is a cornerstone for success, especially in the context of school sports and academics during student final years. During these formative years, students face a multitude of challenges, from rigorous academic workloads to intense sports schedules, and often the pressure of preparing for their future careers. Discipline, in this context, is the ability to remain steadfast and committed, regardless of the difficulty or setbacks. It is crucial for managing these challenges and emerging stronger on the other side.

In school sports, discipline translates to consistency in training, adherence to coaching instructions, and a focus on long-term goals rather than immediate comfort. It is easy to skip practice when the body is tired or sore, but disciplined athletes understand that progress comes from pushing through such discomfort. This mindset is not about ignoring the body’s signals of genuine distress but about distinguishing between discomfort that hinders growth and the discomfort necessary for it. Students who cultivate discipline in sports learn the importance of persistence, the value of repetition, and the power of mental toughness—qualities that are transferable to other areas of life, including academics.

Similarly, in academics, discipline is vital for maintaining a steady study routine, staying organised, and managing time effectively. The final years of school are often marked by a hectic schedule filled with exams, projects, and university applications. In such a high-pressure environment, it is easy for students to become overwhelmed. However, disciplined students understand that even when the workload is heavy or when motivation is low, the necessary work must be done. They develop the habit of breaking down large tasks into manageable parts and tackling them one by one, rather than succumbing to procrastination or stress. This disciplined approach enables them to stay on top of their responsibilities and to approach challenges with a calm and focused mind.

In both sports and academics, there will be times when efforts do not yield immediate results, or when things do not go as planned. Discipline is the training of the mind to persist without complaint, to adapt strategies when faced with setbacks, and to keep moving forward despite the odds. This perseverance is what allows students to not only achieve their goals but also to learn from the process.

Ultimately, discipline is about building a mindset that prioritises growth over comfort and long-term success over short-term gratification. It fosters a sense of accountability, enhances problem-solving skills, and prepares students for the challenges they will face in adulthood. When students learn to embrace discipline, they equip themselves with the tools to manage challenging times with grace and fortitude, making it an indispensable quality in their educational journey.

“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” – Abraham Lincoln

 Redlands Secondary Sports Calendar

• Tuesday 3 September to Sunday 8 September 2024 – Snowsports National Championships
• Thursday 12 September – Netball Presentation Dinner
• Saturday 14 September – Tennis Redlands Cup
• Saturday 14 September  – Athletics Invitational Carnival

Redlands Concussion Protocols and Updates

Following the publication of the AIS Australian Concussion Guidelines for Youth and Community Sport, the School has released a new Concussion Procedure along with a Concussion Referral and Clearance Form and a Graduated Return to Sport Framework. These documents can be found on Redlands Pulse and are linked below:

• Concussion Procedure
• Concussion Referral and Clearance Form
• Graduated Return to Sport Framework

In addition, we have published a Concussion Information Sheet which summarises how concussion is managed and the pathway a student must follow to return to competition.

• Concussion Information Sheet

Key points include:

• recognising red flag signs or symptoms of concussion (call 000 immediately)
• a student suspected of concussion must follow the graduated return to sport framework before they can return to competition
• a parent/carer is now required to take their child to a healthcare practitioner within 72 hours of the incident for the initial consult and again after 14 days symptom-free (at rest) before the resumption of contact training

Please read the procedure and if you have any queries on how a student will be managed following a suspected concussion, feel free to reach out to the designated Concussion Officer for each campus.

The following staff members have been designated as the Concussion Officer for each campus:

• Ms Mia Lundquist (Secondary School)
• Mr Eddy Atkins (High Country Campus)

Fitness Centre

Summer Sport Open Gym sessions have started this week!

Students in the Fitness Centre have participated in a range of testing and goal setting for their upcoming programs.
 All students are provided with a program that is aligned to our physical development framework, whilst including individual student needs and ambitions within the gym.

 Programs are designed to develop a solid foundation and variety of movement competencies whether they attend one session or attend all four. Students are encouraged and supported to challenge themselves throughout the program, set goals and work through sessions with the assistance of our Strength and Conditioning coaches. 

ALL students who are attending Open Gym sessions must have signed up via clipboard and be added into a session prior to attending.

Session start times for Open Gym are as follows:

• Year 11/12 Start 6:30am
• Year 9/10 Start 6:45am
• Year 7/8 Start 7:00am

The afternoon gym sessions are for Representative Firsts/Senior teams with the following schedule:

• Monday: Basketball
• Tuesday/Thursday: Rowing Seniors
• Wednesday AM: Tennis
• Wednesday PM: Touch Football

Hockey

Over the weekend, our 1st girls faced Chevalier in the grand final. As the top two teams of the season, the match was eagerly anticipated, and the final lived up to the hype.

Chevalier started strong and applied intense pressure on Redlands. The game was briefly paused five minutes in due to a serious injury to Heidi de Saxe, who took a stick to the head and had to be taken off the field. The injury unsettled the team, who soon found themselves down to 10 players due to another injury. Despite the challenges, they fought hard and went into halftime only 1-0 behind.

The second half saw improved performance, with Megan Kirkpatrick playing a crucial role in keeping the team in the game. However, Chevalier ultimately proved to be the stronger side, finishing the match 3-0. A huge shoutout to all the players for their effort and a special mention to Jess Van Extel, who played her final game for Redlands.

At the post-match presentation, Redlands were honoured as joint winners of the Hockey School Championship Shield. The Shield is awarded to the top-performing school across Div 1 and Div 2, sharing the accolade with Barker on a combined total of 6 points. Thank you to all the coaches, players, and parents for making the season a success. We look forward to seeing more players participating in the upcoming summer club competitions.

Netball

We had a fantastic end to the season last Saturday with 3 teams winning their grand finals! Massive congratulations to these girls and their teams!

Inter C

• Estella D’Arbon
• Ava Done
• Lucy Goodsall
• Tessa Griffith
• Alice Haggman
• Cassidy Le Page
• Annie Matthews
• Bianca Maxwell
• Sophie McDonald
• Darcy Mennie
• Tilly O’Flynn
• Eva Simpson
• Tajana Simunic

Junior D

• Annabelle Cahill
• Amelie Cochran
• Sienna de Saxe
• Ella Feller
• Sophie Feller
• Lali Gregory
• Emily Heller
• Ella Lorriman
• Avisha Sashipal
• Jasmine Smith

 Junior F

• Claudia Chmielewski
• Tara Clarke
• Eloise Mather
• Alma O’Leary
• Holly Schwarzer
• Ruby Seervai
• Sienna Sutton
• Sophie Thassim
• Amelie Wichgers

Congratulations to the Senior 3, Junior A,E,G teams in their efforts across the grand final, they all played so well and the games were so exciting!

Final reminder to secure your tickets to the end of season presentation on the 12th September.

Thank you to everyone for an amazing season!

Dear Netball Parents

With the competition over there’s one last event in our school netball calendar to look forward to – the Redlands Netball End of Season Celebration dinner, held on the 12th of September at the Dee Why RSL.

The event gives us the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of all our teams and all our athletes as we look back on another great season of Redlands netball.

Please don’t miss out – tickets are selling fast and registrations must close next Wednesday, September 4. You can register here 

The dinner will include a delicious 2 course meal, raffles, a prize draw, the end of season prize giving and a very special guest speaker – Teigan O’Shannassy from the NSW Swifts!

See you there!

Friends of Netball

Sailing

A great first session to start off Sailing season with students having a fresher afternoon, starting off with some fitness, club orientation than planning for the season ahead.

Snowsports

Last week we had the Snowsports State interschools in Perisher, it was great to see so many Redlands students across K-12 competing in all disciplines.

A special mention to the following:

• Felicity Schlederer – 3rd Place Snowboard GS
• Felicity Schlederer & Eva Fitzhenry – 2nd Place SB Slopestyle
• Aibe Elsworth, Winter Penney, Felicity Schlederer & Nora Moncau-Munio – 3rd Place Alpine
• Julius Keller & Alfie Leach – 3rd Place Mogul

A big congratulations to the students who have qualified for Nationals in Perisher next week.

End of Season Presentation

Snowsports AGM

Tennis

We had a great morning last Saturday for the Winter Tennis Presentation at Mosman Lawn Tennis Club.

The morning celebrated the 2024 Winter Tennis Season for all competitions (ISA, Internal and Development).

Many students and parents attended and we had some great fun with parents and students playing tennis and enjoying the BBQ and refreshments after the presentation.

The awards were as follows:

• Redlands 3 DIV 3 Winners: Louis Dobson, Anay Mishra Mall, Jonathan O’Carrigan, Bowen Shiao, Miles Woodhouse
• Redlands 7 DIV 7 Winners: Sara Hamori, Jessica Lee, Andrew Macourt, Nora Moncau Munio, Lucile Thompson
• Redlands 8 DIV 8 Winners: Daniel Bond, Alex Heller, Ryan O’Connell, Riku Sano, Matthew Sutton
• Redlands 9 DIV 9 Runners Up: Lachlan Bourne, Samuel Bourne, Andrew Hill, Sergey Philips, Marcus Richardson
• Redlands 10 DIV 10 Winners: Mateo Cotiga, Hugo McDonald, Aaron Oh, William Thomson, Samuel Toomey
• Redlands 11 DIV 9B Runners Up: Michelle Byron, Andy Guan, Ina Guan, Lucas Law, Johnny Shiao
• Internal Comp Junior Winners: James Garrett, Rafi Nicholas, Liam Randell
• Internal Comp Senior Winners: Marlon Giacco, Leilani Palise, Chloe Scamps, Madison Noes
• Development Squad 1 Most Improved Player: Zac McHattan
• Development Squad 2 Most Improved Player: Isaac Bishop
• ISA Coaches Award: Max Byron
• ISA Most Improved Player: Angel Edwards

Summer Tennis trials started this week and we are looking forward to another great Season of Tennis!

2024 Redlands Cup – Tennis Competition

We are opening up the 2024 Redlands Cup Tennis entries for students. In 2024 we will be hosting the 2024 Redlands Cup across:

• Saturday 14 September (Round Fixtures)
• Saturday 21 September (Round Fixtures & Finals)

The Redlands Cup is a knockout tournament with the draw created for the following competitions:

• Senior Singles (Yr 10-12)
• Junior Singles (Yr 7-8)

This tournament is open to all students who have competed in Summer and/or Winter Tennis.

There will be training and trials as per scheduled for those student who choose not to register for the Redlands Cup Tennis Competition and those who have registered and been eliminated from the competition.

The format follows the following:

• Round Fixtures – 1 set (best of 4, must win by 2)
• Finals – 1 set (best of 6, must win by 2)

If you have any question please contact the Redlands Sports Department.

Touch

Firstly, welcome to the upcoming season!

Trials schedule is live on the Touch Football Pulse page for this week and next. Students should also be able to view this on their personal calendars.

All trials sessions are compulsory to attend and school sports protocols are to be followed:

• All absences need to be informed. Please ensure the parent/ carer logs an absence via the ABSENCE button in PULSE
• Please note that unexplained absences from a training session or match will result in School Disciplinary Action

As it begins to warm up, students are highly encouraged to wear a hat to every session and should bring their own water bottle to each session.

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.

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 2022-24 >> 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.

Summer Sport – Key Contacts