Service
International Women’s Day
At Redlands we are fortunate to have time within our programs to consider and engage with many social issues. This gives students an opportunity to reflect on their own personal circumstances and the issues within our community close to home, nationally or in the wider world, which are often in stark contrast to our situation.
With this in mind, this week we are taking some time in Tutor lessons and at an assembly on Friday to consider gender equity with the theme of Balance for Better. While at Redlands we strive to provide balanced educational opportunities for boys and girls, the world around us may not always be so equal. Some food for thought came from new research published this week from the World Economic Forum (WEF), which, as part of its annual Global Gender Gap Report, ranked almost 150 countries on gender equality. Australia ranked 39th on this list illustrating that we still have a way to go to identify and remove systemic impediments to real equality.
We need to continue the conversation at school and more broadly about striving for equity, not focusing on promoting girls and women over boys and men but levelling the playing field. Whether this be our expectations of the role girls and women can play in the world, the careers they have access to, the educational opportunities that are available to boys and girls or the legal, historical and cultural impediments to equality that still exist here and much more significantly in developing countries.
Our assembly guest speaker this week was Jodi Mullen from Room to Read, who shared with us the work this organisation does to develop literacy levels and gender equality in education throughout the world. Yr 9 students will have an opportunity to develop some initiatives to support this work as the year unfolds.
Clean Up Australia
There was a great turn out to our Clean Up Australia event at The Spit Reserve. We had over 40 students and families from Yr 4 through to Yr 12 and it was a beautiful sunny afternoon. The local Scouts provided a sausage sizzle and there was an environmental information stand from the Two Hands Project . Mosman Council challenged us to focus on the little things, small pieces of plastic and cigarette butts etc. It was wonderful to see so many students pitching in to make a noticeable difference to our local community.
Mother’s Day Classic – Sign Up Now
The Redlands team has been registered on the Mother’s Day Classic site so it’s time to get your group together and register. There are 73 days to go until the the big day, Sunday 13 May. Over recent years Team Redlands has slipped on the leaderboard of competing schools so our honour is at stake! This is a wonderful family oriented event with categories for serious runners through to fun runners of all ages. Proceeds raised from this event are donated to Breast Cancer Research. Redlands pink caps and a new pink Team Redlands t-shirt will be available from the Uniform Shop by the end of April. All Redlands Winter Sports teams are encouraged to incorporate the event as part of their training and team building.
You will need to complete the registration process, nearly all they way to payment before you can select to join the Redlands team (password = shine).
Taldumande Gala Dinner Friday 5 April
Redlands has supported Taldumande Youth Services for several years by performing at their annual Gala Dinner and through fundraising by Yr 10 students. Taldumande is a North Sydney based charity that cares for and accommodates homeless young people throughout Northern Sydney and the Northern Beaches. Their annual Gala Dinner is their major fundraising event of the year and the Redlands Jazz Choir and a select group of musicians will be performing at the beginning of the night. Taldumande would warmly welcome Redlands parents and friends to the event to support the valuable contribution they make to our local community. Bookings can be made here (Individual tickets | $220, Table of 10 | $2,100, Table of 12 | $2,500).
Ms Kria Coleman
Service Coordinator
kcoleman@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9892