Service

Rescheduled Yr 11 and 12 Performance Night

Tomorrow night, Friday 15 June from 6.00 – 7.00pm in the new Music Centre, Yr 12 student, Erin Pacholke, has organised a performance night for Yr 11 and 12 students to gain some valuable practice of their music and theatre items in front of an audience of friends and family. There will be no admission price for this event but students will be encouraging donations in support of Headspace.

Redlands@Home Macquarie Pink Sock Round 23 July

Redlands@Home Sports Round is great opportunity to celebrate the sporting endeavours of the Redlands community. Parent helpers are needed to assist with set up and also with the events on the day. Come and make a contribution to the success of the day as well as watch your kids play their games.

Helpers needed for the following:

Set up helpers to put up tents and get the BBQ started (7am)
BBQ helpers throughout the day for shifts
Cake Stall Donations – all players are asked to make a small contribution to the cake stall (cupcakes, brownies, cookies, fairy bread and similar)
Cake Stall Helpers
Pack down helpers (1.00pm)
Busking for Breast Cancer Volunteers needed throughout the day, sign up here.

Please contact the RPFA if you can lend a hand.

Yr 10 Sleepout

Redlands Sleepout preparations are underway. Students will be sleeping out on Thursday 28 June at school. Like the CEO version, the Redlands Sleepout is an opportunity for students to better understand the realities of homelessness by experiencing it, if only overnight. We will be sleeping under the Gym and having a soup kitchen dinner. We have arranged a number of guest speakers for the evening who can offer valuable insights into homelessness and specifically some of the challenges associated with youth homelessness. The following morning students will be actively participating in a range of follow-on activities. The empathy students can gain from the Sleepout experience will hopefully be matched by their engagement in a series of action and reflection sessions at School during the morning after the Sleepout.

There is a fundraising element to this event. We will be fundraising in Tutor Groups for either Taldumande Youth Services who support vulnerable children, young people and their families through crisis response, residential care and specialised casework. We will also be supporting Orange Sky Laundry, a world-first, free mobile laundry service for people experiencing homelessness. Each student in Yr 10 is encouraged to seek personal sponsorship of at least $25.00 as part of this initiative. Collectively we hope each Tutor Group will strive to exceed a combined target of $500.00.

Yr 8 SIMS Visit

Yr 8 will be visiting the Sydney Institute of Marine Science tomorrow. They will be exploring the impact we have on our local marine environment and putting into practice things they have covered in Geography and Science so far this year. It is important that they come dressed in their PE uniform, preferably wearing their tracksuit pants and warm fleece, as we will be outside for much of the day. Students will also need to bring their recess and lunch as we will not have access to the shops for the day.

Matthew Talbot Winter Donations

Winter is upon us and this is an especially challenging time for people who are homeless. Please consider making some donations to the Winter Appeal for the Matthew Talbot Hostel. Redlands has had a long association with Matthew Talbot, with our Yr 11 students and volunteer teachers attending on Monday morning every week of the year to serve breakfast. At this time of the year and again at Christmas, we seek donations of new socks and underwear, basic toiletry items such as toothpaste and toothbrushes, soap, hand sanitiser, shampoo and second hand bath towels in good condition.

Donations can be brought to school any day from now until Week 2 next term. Every Tutor Group will have a box for collections. We hope to be able to fill 48 boxes in the Secondary School.

Ms Kria Coleman
Service Coordinator
kcoleman@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9892