From the Principal

Refreshed Redlands Learning Platform

The Redlands Learning Platform is the educational philosophy and framework that underpins all teaching and learning at Redlands. It provides a common language and core foundation of what both excellent teaching and learning look like in action.

The Redlands Learning Platform is a bespoke model, designed for the Redlands context, based on world-recognised learning frameworks and research, including Harvard University’s Teaching for Understanding and Making Thinking Visible. It was first designed in 2007, in response to the emerging changes in the modern world and the resultant implications for schooling and learning.  Redlands recognised at the time that there needed to be a shift from traditional schooling methods to more contemporary approaches to learning and teaching, in order to best prepare students for future life success. These changes have impacted upon how learning occurs, how teachers teach and the role students play in their own learning. 

A decade later, the School has undertaken a collaborative process of reviewing the Redlands Learning Platform. This process reflects Redlands deep commitment to continuous improvement, to ensure the provision of meaningful and challenging learning for all students, in order to give them an exceptional advantage for life in a rapidly changing world.

The renewed Redlands Learning Platform draws on current international research, including Harvard University’s Cultures of Thinking, and builds on our strong foundations. It captures a learning journey that begins with who we are as a learning community and ends with our aspiration for Redlands students to achieve life-readiness and contribute to the world with compassion and confidence. 

The following provides a snapshot of the renewed Redlands Learning Platform. Some of you may have noticed this image in classrooms or displayed on the electronic noticeboards at each campus of the school. Please click the image for a detailed graphic.

Looking closely at the Redlands Learning Platform, you will see:

• the foundations upon which we build our teaching and learning at Redlands (that is, our identity, our why and our beliefs),
• the actions teachers and learners take as they plan and learn together (our planning for teaching and our learning environment), and
• the learning outcomes that we aspire to at Redlands to prepare students for the future (our learning attributes and our place in the world).

We believe that through our nurturing of the learning and of the learner attributes, Redlands students will have the opportunity to equip themselves with the skills, knowledge, character and dispositions that will help them find their place in the world, support future life success and promote active contribution to society.

Our teachers have already begun using the revised Redlands Learning Platform and are reporting that it provides them with a very useful tool for planning and implementing teaching and learning with their classes.

We next intend to create a version of our updated Redlands Learning Platform specifically for parents that fleshes out the seven stages of our learning journey.

I encourage comments or questions about this Redlands Learning Journey and the refreshed Redlands Learning Platform to be addressed to either our Head of Teaching and Learning (Dr Emma Burgess: eburgess@redlands.nsw.edu.au) or our Dean of Teaching and Learning (Mr Nigel Coutts: ncoutts@redlands.nsw.edu.au).

Year 12 Trial Examinations 

These Examinations begin next week and I wish all our Senior students the very best. They will be doing their examinations off-site, as they have done all their previous exams over the past two years due to the construction work on the Senior Campus.

I also advise all parents to read the following message from Deputy Principal Ms Sarah McGarry.

Dr Peter Lennox

Emergency Procedures at Redlands

As parents may be aware, in the first two weeks of this term we have conducted Lockdown and Evacuation Drills on both Sydney campuses – Junior and Senior. This same exercise will be repeated at High Country Campus, in Jindabyne, at a later time in the term. These are part of our ongoing Emergency Procedures training.

As a School we have an Emergency Planning Committee, we have extensive emergency management plans in place, we train our students and staff, we conduct planned drills periodically and reflect and analyse when unplanned evacuations occur.

Our Plans

The School works with emergency management specialists to develop and implement safety procedures, and the goals of drills throughout the year are to improve our ability to protect students, save lives, and reduce injuries, in the event of an emergency situation. These practice drills allow us to evaluate our emergency response plans and improve our response skills.

We do not generally announce in advance whether a lockdown or an evacuation is a planned exercise. It is essential for the safety of our students, staff and any campus visitors, that they are very familiar with our processes and can perform the required steps to complete a safe lockdown or evacuation without forewarning. In the case of younger children, we practise these more frequently so that they are not unduly alarmed in the case of a drill.

We are pleased with the outcome of our recent drills and feel reassured that our safety plans can be implemented effectively by our staff. On both our Senior and Junior Campuses, students have been reminded about what to do in the case of a lockdown or an evacuation and all new students are provided with this information when they start at the School. This information is also contained in the front section of the Student Planner.

Communication

Students are not, under any circumstances, permitted to use their mobile phone during a lockdown or an evacuation. 

We would usually not communicate to parents that we are undertaking a lockdown or evacuation unless it resulted in a serious emergency requiring a longer disruption to the School day.

If an emergency situation does continue to disrupt the day, the School will communicate to parents via SMS if it is safe to do so.

In the case of an emergency situation requiring parents to collect their children, the School will communicate to parents with specific details about pickup arrangements.

Site Access

No person may enter or leave the site during an evacuation or lockdown, including students, staff, parent visitors or helpers. If you are onsite during an evacuation or lockdown, you must follow the instructions of the staff, in particular the wardens (wearing coloured safety helmets).

Please talk with your child, if you deem it appropriate, about the recent drills. Our goal, while practising important safety procedures, is to be sure all students feel safe and confident in how to respond. If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher or tutor.

Ms Sarah McGarry

Photo Caption: Congratulations to the IB Theatre and HSC Drama students who presented their ensemble major works this week in the Showcase performances.

Foundation

Culture of Giving at Redlands

I would like to thank all the families who supported the School in the last financial year and joined the annual giving initiative. Your support makes a difference and helps the School to invest and support areas that are important to our students, staff and the whole school community.

We are very fortunate at Redlands that we have a long history of community that recognises the importance of supporting the School by making a donation, volunteering their time or leveraging their corporate relationships.

Over the last school holidays, the development work progressed and the main entrance to the new Music Centre was completed which created some additional outdoor space for our students. 

Redlands Spring Fair Carnival Fun

Saturday 15 September, 9am – 3pm, Junior School Campus 

Thank you to our main partners and all the prize donors for the Spring Fair Raffle.     

Financial proceeds generated by the Spring Fair will be dedicated to the outdoor equipment across both campuses. Raffle tickets will be available to purchase on the day or pre-purchased together with the wristbands. Tickets will be on sale from Week 4. 

Redlands Melbourne Cup

Tuesday 6 November

This year the tradition continues and we will be hosting the event that ‘stops the nation’ at the Sergeant’s Mess in Chowder Bay. Lots of prizes and surprises! Early Bird tickets will be available in Week 4. 

Reunion of the Class of 2008

Friday 7 September

We look forward to welcoming back the Class of 2008, to celebrate their 10 year Reunion on Friday 7 September. It includes Welcome Drinks and School Tour 5.30pm at Redlands followed by a Reunion Dinner at The Oaks at 7.00pm. Bookings now open. For more information email alumni@redlands.nsw.edu.au.

Mrs Dana Casimaty
Director of Development
dcasimaty@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9858

RPFA

Redlands Spring Fair

Jam and Baking Sessions for Term 3 are being held:

Sunday 12 August  
Jam Making (berry jam): 1.30 – 4.30pm
Baking: 9.30am -12.30pm
Children welcome!

Wednesday 5 September
Baking: 9.30am – 12.30pm

You will have the opportunity to learn how to make jam with a qualified jam maker. In addition, both the jam and baking produced will be sold at the Spring Fair in the Redlands Cafe.

Everyone will receive a copy of the recipes, plus the opportunity to purchase a jar of jam at cost that you made at the end of the session. Book Now. Sessions will be held at The Barn at Mosman Bay.

Donation Day

Save the Date – Spring Fair Donation Day on Saturday 1 September from 12.00-3.00pm

If you have the following excellent quality and clean items:

• Action and toddler toys;
• Board games and puzzles;
• Pre-loved children’s clothes; and,
• Gently used books

we would love you to donate them on the day at the Preparatory School car park.

If you would like to volunteer to help on Donation Day, please email us, or click here. It would be greatly appreciated.

Book Club

Our second book for Term 3 is Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Please check back here next week for the date and location of the meeting.Contact Samantha at sli12@bigpond.net.au. 

Walks on Tracks

Most walks start at 8.40am for approximately 1.5-2 hours followed by coffee. Bring friends and family, a water bottle, hat and money for coffee. 
Wednesday 8 August: Mosman to Kirribilli via Cremorne Point. Meet at Bradleys Head Rd/Middle Head Rd roundabout. Dog friendly. Any questions, please call Ann Marie Kimber on 0406 691 533.

Save the Date

7 August

Secondary School PCG Meeting at 3.30-5.00pm in T18 Music Hub
Contact SSPCG Coordinators: Kylie Hunt, Carys Wardman-Browne 

Early Childhood PCG Meeting at 8.30-10.00am in Junior School Staffroom
Contact ECPCG Coordinators: Kathryn Fox, Jen Cadman 

Yr 8 Coffee Morning – 8.30am, venue to be confirmed. Contact redlandsclassof2022@gmail.com

9 August

Junior School PCG Meeting at 8.30-10.00am in Junior School Staffroom
Contact JSPCG Coordinators: Loretta Pradel, Carmen Richards 

16 August

Yr 5 Drinks Evening at 7.30pm at Barrel Bar & Dining. Contact your Yr 5 Class Parent. Book here.

24 August

Friends of Music Dinner – details tba

1 September

Redlands Spring Fair Donation Day 12-3pm. For further information, please contact springfair@redlands.nsw.edu.au

13 September

Friends of Netball Dinner – details tba

14 September 

Friends of Football Dinner – details tba

15 September

Redlands Spring Fair. For further information, please contact springfair@redlands.nsw.edu.au

22 September

Friends of Rugby End of Season Celebration – details tba

2018 RPFA Committee  rpfa@redlands.nsw.edu.au

President: Lisa MacDonald    
Vice President: Trudy Waterfield
Secretary: Jo Lloyd 
Treasurer: Maria Kinsela
Assistant Treasurer: Andrew Croll
Trybooking Coordinator: Emma McLaren
Committee: Laura Briggs, Hyun Cooke, Kathy Fox, Jean Martin, Anna Maria Stillone

Event

Please join us for the Drama and Theatre Competition on Thursday 16 August at 6.30pm in the Drama Studio.

Head of Secondary School

Learn How You Learn

I hope all students have had time to reflect on their reports from Semester 1, either over the holidays or at the beginning of this term, and have set goals and developed strategies for how they might continue to improve academically over the second half of the year. With Yr 7 and 8 Parent Teacher Evenings in Weeks 2 and 3 this term, I thought it was an appropriate time to share some of the messages I regularly give to students in my Yr 7 English class which I believe are particularly important for all students in their first few years of Secondary School. While students often get caught up in grades and marks, numbers and percentages, and see these as an “end point”, I remind students in my class that the most important accomplishment they should strive for in these first few years of their schooling is to “Learn How You Learn” and “Learn About Your Learning”. I believe that it is this focus on critical and honest self-reflection (a skill which can be challenging to develop in adolescents) which will best prepare for them for their later years of schooling and assist them in being a self-directed learner. Therefore, I would encourage all students, but particularly those in Yrs 7 and 8, to “look beyond the grade” and think about the strategies and approaches which help you learn best for years to come.

Yr 12 HSC and IB Drama Group Performances 

On Tuesday evening, I was fortunate enough to attend the group performances for the Yr 12 HSC and IB Drama classes. While I once again enjoyed the outstanding showcase of the Yr 12 Drama students on the stage, I was not surprised by this aspect of the evening, as I have been privileged to see many of these students performing in various Redlands productions over the past few years. However, I was particularly impressed with the depth of thought which went into these performances and their willingness to take intellectual and creative risks on the stage. We often talk about developing a culture of thinking and deep understanding in our students at Redlands, and to me these performances illustrated the culmination of this approach and how successful it can be. Bravo to all of the performers, crew and teachers for their efforts!   

Staffing Update 

As mentioned in my letter to parents in the holidays, at the end of this week we bid farewell to Ms Kate Carolan, who is moving to Dubai to take up a teaching position at an international school. We thank her for all of the contributions she has made to Redlands during her time at the school and we wish her all the best on her return to the international school scene. We are fortunate to have secured the services of Mr Conrad Del Villar in the English Department who is a highly experienced HSC and IB teacher and who will be taking Ms Carolan’s English classes and Tutor Group. In addition, at the end of Week 4, French teacher, Ms Sophie Masson, will be leaving Redlands to also take up a teaching position in Dubai which will bring her closer to home in the Northern hemisphere. We wish her all the best on this move and thank her for all of the contributions she has made during her time at Redlands. We look forward to welcoming Ms Dominique Barbeau to Redlands, who is also a highly experienced HSC and IB Languages teacher and who will be taking Ms Masson’s French classes and Tutor Group. 

Cyber Safety Presentation 

On Monday, cyber safety expert Brett Lee was at Redlands to deliver presentations throughout the day to students in Yrs 7-10 as well as a presentation to parents in the evening. I know a number of the students and parents found these presentations quite informative. He focused on five key principles to stay safe online which I thought would be useful to share with all parents:

• Set rules and boundaries – just like other areas of life, there should be clear rules associated with technology use. Rules are not meant to stop children having fun, they are to protect them. Some useful rules should focus on time limits and curfews, an understanding of what language is acceptable, guidelines of where in the home technology can and can’t be used, what websites, games and apps can be used, and what to do if something of concern happens or a mistake is made.
• Stay current – this involves parents being across what children generally do on the internet, when children are going online, what programs/software/games they are using. You can stay current by talking to their children and other adults, seek advice or contact the school for guidance.
• Take charge – ensure technology is not taking charge. Be aware of what technology is used, where and when. What sites are being accessed and where these are occurring. Remove technology from bedrooms – this should be a safe space. 
• Use management controls – parents have a right to know where their children go and whom they communicate with.
• Communicate – create an environment of openness about technology and talk about it with your children.

Mr Sean Corcoran
Head of Secondary School
scorcoran@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9870

Careers

YALE University Coming to Redlands

All students and parents are invited to hear from Hannah Mendlowitz, Associate Director of Admissions, when she visits next Wednesday 8 August from 10.15-11am in the Roseby Library. Yale does not visit Australia often, and they are not visiting many schools, so make the most of this terrific opportunity.

Macquarie University Parent Information Evening

This will be held on Thursday 9 August from 6-7.30pm at the city campus at 123 Pitt St (Level 24), Sydney. Scholarships, degrees, early entry and more to be discussed. Register here. 

Yr 12 University Application Season

Wednesday 1 August is when university applications officially open in NSW and other states in Australia. The deadline is 28 September. All students will receive a free UAC guide (NSW and ACT universities) in Week 5 and I will go over the application process then in detail. The application process to universities in the UK and USA will also be presented to interested students in Week 5.

Defence Force Information Sessions

There are many information sessions coming up in August covering Engineering, Combat and Security roles, broader careers in Defence and more. All are from 6.30-8.30pm and take place at Level 4, 9 George St Parramatta. Register here.

Northern Sydney Apprenticeship and Traineeship Expo

This will take place on Thursday 16 August from 3.30-6.30pm at The Concourse, Chatswood. For more information contact Kellie.

NYU Visited Redlands

We were fortunate to have NYU visit Redlands on Tuesday where the students were able to hear about the global campuses, course offerings and how to apply.

Ms Simone Salier
University & Careers Advisor
ssalier@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9867

Chaplain

Thankfulness is an important quality that the Student Representative Council (SRC) has focused on during the training for the Semester 2 SRC team. The students were asked to first identify the areas and aspects of the School for which they are thankful. The answers give a  great snapshot of the view of the school from the students perspective:

• Such great teachers
• The experiences we are allowed to do
• How the School pushes me to try things I never would have done otherwise
• The teachers and the contribution they make
• The community
• The rich sporting opportunities and options available
• The Music Centre
• All the Cocurricular opportunities
• Friends
• The way it pushes me to be the best person possible
• The great classrooms which are great learning places
• The culture and atmosphere
• How the classroom is fun
• That we include everyone no matter what

The SRC is one of the ways we develop leadership in the school and, as Chaplain, I have the opportunity to invest in these students. At SRC, students discuss ways to change and improve the School so the students also need a strong sense of the strengths of our learning community.

Gratitude is an important habit to develop. The Psalms in the bible are full of songs of thanks which sustained the community in the bible through difficult and challenging times. This attitude of thanksgiving builds resilience, optimism and is a great antidote to arrogance. While Christians reflect their thanksgiving in prayer, we all can take time to be thankful for the small and large good things we enjoy. We can all thank that person who has encouraged or helped us or just done their job well. I like to make lists of all the things, actions and people for which I am thankful. Take a moment and give thanks.

Ms Bronwyn Lihou
Senior Campus Chaplain
blihou@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9830

Debating

Last Week’s Debate

The first round of the SDN competition kicked off last Friday. Congratulations to the Senior, Yr 10, Yr 7 and Primary A teams for winning their debates. Well done!

This Week’s Debate

As you know, this Friday we have Jeans for Genes day. I am sure you will support this cause and be out in your best denim. Please remember to bring in your full school uniform for the Debating in the evening. The bus will leave the Adams Centre for Monte at 3.45pm with Ms Mountain accompanying you. All the best for the debates and make sure you sign off with Ms Mountain before leaving the venue on the night. Parents have been emailed details about the venue. More information about the SDN competition can be found here. You should also read the about Debating and the Debating Expectations sections if you are new to Debating this term.

Debating Club

Debating Club continues to run on Wednesday afternoons and is a one hour commitment each week. More information about Debating Club is here.

Mock Trial

The Yr 11 Mock Trial team had a convincing win on Wednesday night, by 50 points, against St Ives High School in the first elimination round. This means they are undefeated and now progress through to the last 32 NSW schools. The case was a criminal trial of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, where we presented evidence as the Prosecution, that the victim (Isabel Binnekamp) had been assaulted by her husband. The police officer in the case (Mackenzie Lofts) also gave evidence as to what happened on that fateful day. Our case was opened by Lachlan van der Pluijm, who was the first barrister, and closed by Lindsay McNeil, the second barrister. They were instructed by their quick-thinking solicitor, Chloe Woodward. Perri Carmichael controlled the court and assisted the Magistrate during the trial. The team will very shortly be preparing their next trial which will be released by NSW Law Society imminently. Congratulations to Ms Rebecca Mountain and the team!

Ms Simone Bryant
Debating Coordinator
sbryant@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9875

Languages

A Night to Delight

Learning Platform

Service

Jeans for Genes Day

We will be looking out for the best denim outfits tomorrow as we support Jeans for Genes Day. Students participating will be required to contribute at least one gold coin for our fundraising efforts to support research into genetic conditions. Please note the best dressed in denim will get into next week’s Note Day!

Fiji Service Learning Trip – October

Students in Yr 9 have kicked off their planning and fundraising for their Fiji Service Learning expedition in the October school holidays. Students will be undertaking a Service project in Nausori Highlands, an area famous for its remote villages, rich in cultural tradition and appreciation of the land. During this time they will also billeted with families in the community. This expedition has both a Service and an environmental focus with students visiting an eco-lodge overlooking Momi Bay. The students spend time learning about the connection between what happens on land and how it impacts marine life. They will also spend time in the National Park of Sigatoka sand dunes participating in a beach cleanup, some reforestation planting and studying the components of a reef ecosystem, as well as building fish houses and coral planting.

Students will be seeking opportunities to do household chores at home and with family and friends to raise their contribution to make the Service project possible.

Matthew Talbot

Thank you to all of the families and students who have taken time to bring in donations for our Winter Appeal for Matthew Talbot. We are down to our last days for donations to come in. Please bring in new underwear, toiletries and also things like old towels.  

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

Year 12

Trial Examinations

Trials are just that – an opportunity for students to test themselves in a similar context to their final examinations and learn from the experience. We are lucky at Redlands as we have enough time between trials and external examinations to receive meaningful feedback and reflect on it. There really are no pearls of wisdom for Yr 12 students as they prepare to sit their trial examinations over the next two weeks. The cohort has got a strong sense of what they need to do for Weeks 3 and 4 and have taken ownership of their approach to learning. The only advice for both parents and students is that what we focus on over the next two weeks will grow. If we focus on support, organisation and understanding, they will grow. If we focus on panic, pressure and disappointment, they will grow.

Careers and Universities

This is a very busy term for university visits. This week we had NYU visit on Tuesday in the Library. We thank Ms Salier for arranging so many opportunities for Yr 12 students this term as below:

Week 5 – How to apply to Australian universities: Wednesday 22 August at 10.15am venue TBA
Week 5 – How to apply to USA/UK universities: Thursday 23 August at lunch venue TBA
Week 6 – EAS application (applying for disadvantage): Monday 27 August at 10.15am in Library
Week 6 – Boston University USA: Tuesday 28 August at 10.15am in Library
Week 6 – University of Arts London: Wednesday 29 August at 10.15am in Library
Week 7 – Queens College Melbourne Uni: Wednesday 5 September at 10.15am in Library
Week 7 – St Andrews University Scotland: Friday 7 September at 10.15am in Library
Week 8 – University of Pennsylvania USA: Monday 10 September at 6pm in Library

Mr Ben Castelli
Yr 12 Advisor
bcastelli@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9865

Year 11

Yr 11 Curriculum Camp 

During Pastoral Care earlier this week, the cohort attended the first Yr 11 Camp briefing with guest speakers from Outdoor Education Group (OEG). This year, Yr 11 Curriculum Camp will take place from Monday 15 to Friday 19 October at Redlands High Country Campus, Jindabyne and the nearby Kosciuszko National Park.

Facilitated by OEG, this program tests not only the field skills developed over their five year Outdoor Education journey but also promotes a high degree of independence and leadership. Students should take the time to prepare well for what will be the most challenging and rewarding Outdoor Education program yet! Students have had the opportunity to choose an appropriate challenge and program level. The selection includes choices such as a day walk, full five day expedition or for something different, a horse riding, skiing or even a Duke of Edinburgh styled journey with cycling, paddling and bushwalking.

Parents are advised to update their child’s medical information and correct contact details at their earliest convenience. This will ensure a smooth preparation process. 

Please note the OEG website is currently undergoing reconstruction. Once it is available, I will inform you of the link related to our Camp and password.

Yr 11 HSC and IB Yearly Examination

Please note that Yearly Examinations will be held at Norths Club from Monday 27 August to Friday 7 September. Students can access iLearn for study handbooks, tips and hints as required. Students are encouraged to familiarise themselves with their routes to the venue prior to the exam block, either by public transportation or self driving. In addition, the exam timetable will be available in due course.

Student Leadership 2019

The voting for the positions of Activities Captains, Prefect, School, Sports and Arts Captain 2019 has opened to every Year Group and is open until Friday 3 August. Thank you to all students who self-nominated for leadership positions. We appreciate their efforts and time given to applications as well as their willingness to participate in the process.

Key Important Dates

• Yr 11 and 12 HSC/IB Dance Showing: Friday 2 August
• Yr 7-11 Australian Mathematics Competition: Thursday 9 August
• Yr 7-11 Breakfast with a Scientist: Thursday 16 August
• Yr 11 HSC and IB Examinations Monday 27 August – Friday 7 September: (External venue –Norths in Cammeray)
• Yr 11 HSC and IB Music Showcase Performance: Monday 10 September
• Yr 11 Meningococcal Vaccinations: Tuesday 11 September
• Yr 11 HSC and IB Drama and Theatre Performance Exam: Monday and Tuesday 17, 18 September
• Redlands Spring Fair: Sunday 15 September  
• SDN Debating Grand Finals: Friday 21 September
• Yrs 7 -11 Presentations and Announcement of Captains of Activities: Friday 28 September 

Ms Vanessa Wang
Yr 11 Advisor
vwang@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9813

Year 10

Snowsports

Well done to all those students who competed in the Redlands Cup and Sydney Interschools Championships during the holidays.

Congratulations to Katherine Stanbridge who won the Division 2 Snowboarding.

Congratulations to the following students who have made it through to the NSW Interschools Snowsports Championships: Joshua Benneyworth, Grace Bracks, Caitlin Brunton, Sophie Gautheron, Katherine Stanbridge, Simon Van Weelde, Ashlee Wilks, India van der Velde and Eduardo Young

Summer Sport Selections

All students were emailed a link to complete their Summer Sports selections on Monday 30 July. Selections will be closing on Sunday 12 August

Jeans for Genes Day

Jeans for Genes Day is on Friday 3 August, gold coin donations if you are participating.

A Night to Delight

Friday 3 August, Redlands Hall, 7pm – 9pm

Tombola Jars

Yr 10 students are running a Jam Jar Tombola stall this year at the Redlands Spring Fair. Students are encouraged to collect jars and fill them with lollies, toys, craft items, vouchers etc. Once the jars are full students can bring them into school and give to their Tutor.

Australian Mathematics Competition (selected students)

Thursday 9 August, Redlands Hall 8.30 – 10.20am

Snowsports Training weekend

Friday 3 August – the bus is departing Redlands at 3.30pm  

Mr Edward Atkins
Yr 10 Advisor (Acting)
eatkins@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9909 3133

Year 9

9 Cowper Yellow Tutor Group

Our Tutor for Cowper Yellow, Ms Elizabeth Scott, is on Long Service Leave this term. We are fortunate to have Ms Sarah Simpson acting in her place during her absence.

Student Achievements

Emma Mahon represented Redlands and competed at the NSW All School Cross Country Championships last Friday and was placed 10^th in the 15 years Girls 4km event. This was a wonderful result for a very difficult race. Emma has now qualified for the Nationals through Athletics NSW as part of the U16 Girls team to compete at the 2018 National Cross Country Championships in Queensland on 25 August. Well done Emma.

Oliva Wintle represented SXL Gymnastics Club in the Acrobatic Gymnastics State Trials and was awarded first place overall in the competitions. We warmly congratulate Olivia on this marvellous achievement.   

Aisha Vogler is continuing from strength to strength with her Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training. During the holidays Aisha competed in the NSW Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships and won a Silver Medal in her age and weight range for female participants. 

Maths Help for Students

Students are able to access help from our Maths teachers and Aluminate students. They can go to any session and it doesn’t matter if it is not their Maths teacher rostered on.

Ms Sarah Matthews
Yr 9 Advisor
smatthews@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6494

Year 8

Overview

Yr 8 have settled back in well to the start of Term 3 and are into the swing of the busy lives they have at Redlands. This week they were fortunate to hear from the cyber safety expert Brett Lee, who provided an informative session for them on Monday afternoon. He covered issues such as cyber bullying and responsible social media behaviour, and I am sure that the students felt much better informed of some of the dangers and issues surrounding the use of the internet.

Reminders

• Students are reminded that they must select their Summer sport as soon as possible
• Friday 3 August is Jeans for Genes Day and students are reminded to bring a gold coin and wear denim to school to help raise money for such a great cause.
• Wednesday 8 August (next week) is Yr 8 Parent Teacher night and booking is now available online through an email that you would have received. Please be prompt with your bookings as some teachers have more than one class and will therefore have limited spaces available.

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey

Yr 8 will be focusing on 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (by Sean Covey) in their Tutor and Chapel sessions this term. There is a famous quote by the English poet, John Dryden, who says “We first make our habits, then our habits make us”. You may be interested in reading the book so you are aware of the areas that we will be focusing on. The first habit is “Be proactive – take responsibility for your life”, where students will be looking at how they need to take responsibility for their choices, think before they act, find ways to move forward and focus on things they can do something about.

Ms Rebecca Mountain
Yr 8 Assistant Advisor
rmountain@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 6462

Year 7

We’ve had another busy week in Yr 7 Pastoral Care….

• Students completed Summer Sport registrations on iLearn. If your child is yet to do so, please make this a priority. Every student must complete the iLearn registration form. Details were sent to student emails via the Sports Department.
• On Monday, Brett Lee presented to Yr 7 about staying safe in the cyber world. Students found information insightful and are already reporting steps they are taking to increase their online security. Useful resources for home reading can be found at the following websites Internet Safe Education, Office of the eSafety Commissioner and Raising Children Network. It was great to see some Yr 7 parents at Brett’s evening presentation.
• On Tuesday, students were involved in their first Secondary School Leadership voting process, voting for Captains of Activities and Prefects for 2019. Yr 7 also assisted our 2018 Environment Prefects, Marcos and Kat, with emptying the school’s paper recycling. Much fun was had.

• On Wednesday, students reviewed workload management, completing a Term 3 Planner to assist with managing home learning and assessment. Planners should be appearing in a public location at home shortly – keep your eyes peeled (or check the bottom of  school bags!) Students can find a printable copy of the Term Planner on the Yr 7 Pastoral iLearn Page under Study Skills. There are also a few spare copies in the Year Advisor’s office. To support students at home, more information on workload management can be found in the Study Skills Handbook (usename: redlands | password: 68results).
• Wednesday night was Yr 7’s first Secondary School Parent Teacher Interviews. We hope that you and your child found the evening a valuable experience in assisting learning. Should subject specific questions arise, please contact subject teachers or Subject Coordinators.
• On Friday, we sadly farewelled Ms Carolan and wish her the best of luck on her journey to Dubai. In Week 3, we welcome Mr Del Villa to our Yr 7 Pastoral team as the new Tutor for Dumolo Blue.
• A reminder that Friday is also Jeans for Genes day. Redlands will be dressing in denim, double denim or more denim in support of this good cause. A gold coin donation will be collected during Tutor Time.

The Yr 7 Pastoral team wish you all a happy weekend!

Ms Marita Jansons 
Yr 7 Advisor
mjansons@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9819

Head of Junior School

National Swimming Success

We were thrilled to hear of the phenomenal swimming achievements again of Yr 6 student, Hannah Morton, who has been competing at the School Sports Australia Swimming Championships this past week in Hobart.

Hannah reached the final in all eight events that she competed in, winning an astonishing six medals. In the individual events, she won gold in the 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke and silver in the 100m freestyle. Of particular note, Hannah lowered her NSW backstroke record three times during the course of the competition. Hannah also competed in the relay team for NSW and was part of teams who won three more gold medals.

By any standard, this is a fantastic achievement and we congratulate Hannah and also recognise her dedication to her training and continuous improvement.

Junior School Library News

This term, Junior School students will look at the shortlisted books from this year’s Children’s Book Council Australia. Connected to this, students will explore the Picture Books of the Year in Library lessons, with the Arnold Library stocking the Younger Readers titles, Eve Pownall’s non-fiction titles, and the Crichton Award for New Illustrators titles. We will be following who wins each of these categories during Book Week.

This year’s dates for the CBCA Children’s Book Week are 18-24 August, with the theme, Find Your Treasure. Again, we will be organising a dress-up on the Friday of Book Week, where the students can come dressed as a character linked to the Book Week theme or their favourite book character.

Please note that the Premier’s Reading Challenge concludes on 31 August and many students are well under way in reading the required number of 20 books. Students should have their usernames and passwords in their Student Planners or saved on their iPads. 

And finally, we are extremely excited to be hosting the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2018 and 2019, Morris Gleitzman. Morris will visit Redlands to spend time with Yrs 3 and 4 on Thursday 30 August and then join Yrs 5 and 6 on the following day, Friday 31 August. Students are encouraged to read some of his books in advance of his visit. The Arnold Library will not be selling books on the day due to time constraints but if students do have personal copies of his books, we will do our best to have Morris sign them on the day, time permitting.

Staying with author visits, Yr 6 will also enjoy an additional author visit from Michael Adams in conjunction with the Secondary School Library on Tuesday 14 August.

Yr 3 Gallery Walk 

Our Yr 3 students were excited to share their learning with parents this week during their gallery walk. These important opportunities for parents to engage in their child’s learning are very important to us as home and school work in partnership to support each child. My thanks are extended to the students and their teachers for their preparation of an engaging morning for parents. 

Kids Need Books 

Next week, Junior School will be invited to support a book drive initiative for Kids Need Books (KNB), a non-government organisation based in Hanoi, Vietnam which aims to address the shortage of English language children’s books in Vietnam and build a community library to provide early exposure to English as a second language. The drive is being led by four Yr 11 Redlands students with a passion for literature and service. Any donations of second hand books for children aged 0-10 years will be sent directly to Kids Need Books in Vietnam. The organisation also offers a book lending and delivery service to expand access to reading books to rural Vietnam, where the average child only reads no more than one book per year. A gold coin donation would also be appreciated and the four students, Lindsay, Alice, Sienna and Jasmine, will share their idea with the Junior School in our assembly next Monday.

Online Junior Campus Canteen

Parents should have received a detailed letter introducing our new online ordering system for the Junior Campus Canteen called Flexischools, which commences next Monday 6 August.

We hope this step forward will support families with a more convenient and efficient process of ordering from the Canteen but Junior School students (Yrs 3-6) will still be able to buy items from the Canteen at recess and lunch on an ad hoc basis. In the early stages of this transition towards an increasingly cashless canteen, an iPad will be situated at the Canteen for families who haven’t been able to pre-order food online before the 9am daily cut-off.

Jeans for Genes

A reminder that tomorrow sees Redlands supporting the Jeans for Genes charity across all sections of our School. Students will be permitted to wear mufti clothing, with denim encouraged, in return for a gold coin donation. In addition to this, a group of our Yr 6 girls will be holding a bake sale to raise additional funds for this charity.

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

Mr Ari Guha
Head of Junior School
aguha@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9953 6022

Head of Early Childhood

Canteen Online Ordering

A letter was emailed earlier in the week to all Early Childhood families informing them of the exciting new online ordering system, Flexischools, beginning on Monday 6 August. Flexischools is a well-established organisation allowing you to easily place all your Canteen orders online. We hope this step forward will support families with a more convenient and efficient process of ordering from the Canteen. In the early stages of this transition towards an increasingly cashless Canteen, an iPad will be situated at the Canteen for families who haven’t been able to pre-order food online before the 9.00am daily cut-off. If you have any questions, please contact the Flexischools Customer Service Team on 1300 361 769, or you can contact them via their website; www.flexischools.com.au.

Jeans for Genes Day

As a reminder, tomorrow, Friday 3 August, Redlands (P-12) will be supporting Jeans for Genes Day. It was established in 1994 by the Children’s Medical Research Institute to fund revolutionary research that helps diagnose, understand, and find cures or treatments for conditions affecting children, including genetic diseases, cancer, and epilepsy. The goal in their 25^th year is $25 million, enough to create a new centre of collaboration, bringing world-leading scientists and doctors together to help Australian children with genetic disease. Students are asked to bring a gold coin donation to wear jeans and mufti on this day. A reminder that sneakers are to be worn. 

Spring Fair Planting

Michael Kniha, our School’s Horticulturist visited Transition Gold last week to help students with the planting of seeds to sell flowers and vegetables for the Spring Fair. He taught the students about seeds and what they need to do to look after them. Transition Gold had many questions for Mr Kniha which has sparked a class project. Gabby asked, “How do seeds know what to grow”?

The Spring Fair Committee have been busy preparing and organising for the Spring Fair on 15 September. The Coordination teams are working hard to ensure the day is great fun for everyone, most importantly the children. They are seeking donations of chocolate (big and small), lollies and lucky dip prizes for our Early Childhood stalls –  Old Fashioned Lollies, Lucky Dip and Lob-a-Choc. Please pass donations directly to Prep or Redlands House Reception. 

In addition, please see dates and times below, for jam and baking sessions at The Barn in Mosman.

Sunday 12 August
Baking 9.30am – 12.30pm
Jam 1.30 – 4.30pm

Wednesday 5 September
Baking 9.30am – 12.30pm

Book here.

Yr 2 Students – Junior School Athletics Carnival

Earlier in the week, Mr Carter emailed information to Yr 2 families advising them of the Junior School Athletics Carnival which will take place on Wednesday 8 August at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Homebush. This is an opportunity for all Yr 2 students who turn eight in 2018 to participate. The day itself is a full athletics carnival comprising track and field events including 100m, 200m, 800m races and shot put, discus and turbo javelin as well as long and high jump. Students are able to enter as many or as few events as they choose and there is no pre-registration required. All students receive House points for participating in events and students who place in the top positions are awarded additional points, place ribbons and may be selected to represent Redlands at the HICES Athletics Carnival on 28 August. As this is a Junior School event, parents of Prep students are asked to transport their child to and from the venue and supervise them for the duration of the day. Students should be at the Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay by 8.20am. If you are interested in this opportunity please email the Junior Sports Office and also inform your Yr 2 class teacher via a note in the Student Planner. 

Clubs Term 3

Just a reminder that if your family schedule has changed and your child is no longer able to do Clubs in Term 3, please email Miss Oxley so she can allocate any vacant spots to those students on the waiting list. Clubs runs from 3pm to 4pm on Wednesdays and prompt pick up at 4pm from their meeting spot is appreciated.

Parking and Car Line Reminder

For families new to the School, please be aware that there is No Parking outside of the Prep or Junior School buildings between 7.30-9.00am and 2.30-4.00pm. This zone must be kept clear to allow both car lines to operate efficiently. Junior School parents have also been asked to arrive closer to their 3.20pm end of school day or slightly after. Kindergarten car line begins at 2.50pm and siblings, Yrs 1 and 2 at 3.05pm. If you arrive earlier than these times, please do not park in the car line area as this must be kept clear for cars who are coming into the underground collection zone. The orange cones are placed for safety reasons, giving cars a clear view to be able to enter and exit the car park; we would appreciate you not moving these. If you are approached by a staff member, we ask that you please adhere to requests. There will be teachers on duty from 2.45pm daily to assist with the Prep car line process and to keep all members of the community safe.

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

We are delighted to invite Special Friends and Grandparents to Redlands on Friday 17 August. 

Book Week Dress-Up Day

On Thursday 23 August, the Prep School will be participating in a Dress Up Day as a culminating activity for Book Week. This year’s topic is Find Your Treasure and students are invited to dress up with a pirate theme or any other treasure idea they have in mind. A reminder that students need to be able to use the play equipment and participate in Sports lessons and therefore sandshoes and appropriate clothing is a requirement.

Mrs Audrey Fellowes
Head of Early Childhood
afellowes@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848

Redlands House/Transition Gold

Allergies

This year at Redlands House we have children enrolled who are at risk to anaphylaxis in response to the following foods: egg, tree nuts, sesame seeds – including hummus and tahini.

Redlands requests that all families enrolled support these children by limiting items that contain any of the above ingredients at Preschool.

Jeans for Genes Day

Redlands House will be taking part in Jeans for Genes Day on Friday 3 August. If your child attends Preschool on this day, please join us in supporting this charity by wearing jeans and/or denim to Preschool and bringing a gold coin to place in the boxes on the sign-in table. Jeans for Genes Day raises money to support the Children’s Medical Research Institute to discover treatments and cures for childhood illnesses.

Seniors Transition to School Visit and Sports Day

All Redlands House Seniors and Transition Gold children will be visiting a Kindergarten classroom in the morning on Wednesday 15 August to share in the experience of being in ‘Big School’. Accompanying them will be their classroom teacher and the Kindergarten teachers. They will be exposed to the Kindergarten classroom environment, where they will listen to a story and engage in activities within the room, before returning to Redlands House for Morning Tea. We believe all children will benefit from this experience, even if they will be attending another school next year.

Our annual Sports Day will then be held after Morning Tea on the same day, from 11.15am on the Prep School Oval. This is an exciting time for the children to share their sporting achievements with parents and friends. All parents are very welcome to come along to cheer on your child’s class and see the dedicated PE Department in action, enthusiastically assisted by Yr 6 students. The event should finish at approximately 12.30pm. If you would like to take your child home after this exciting and eventful morning, just remember to let your class teacher know before you leave. The Junior Campus Canteen will be open for parents to enjoy snacks and coffee. We look forward to sharing in a wonderful time with our aspiring future Olympians!

Spring Fair

The Spring Fair Committee have been busy preparing and organising for the Spring Fair on 15 September. The Coordination teams are working hard to ensure the day is great fun for everyone, most importantly the children. They are seeking donations of chocolate (big and small), lollies and lucky dip prizes for our Early Childhood stalls –  Old Fashioned Lollies, Lucky Dip and Lob-a-Choc. Please pass donations directly to Prep or Redlands House Reception. 

In addition, please see dates and times below, for jam and baking sessions at The Barn in Mosman.

Sunday 12 August
Baking 9.30am – 12.30pm
Jam 1.30 – 4.30pm

Wednesday 5 September
Baking 9.30am – 12.30pm

Book here.

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

We are delighted to invite Special Friends and Grandparents to Redlands on Friday 17 August.

Mrs Audrey Fellowes
Head of Early Childhood
afellowes@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848

Secondary Sport

Redlands Rhino – Weekly Fixtures

Please note: Redlands Rhino has the most up-to-date weekly fixtures. This is uploaded every Tuesday afternoon at 4.00pm. Please ensure you check this with regards to game times, venues and oppositions.

Weekly Results

Head of Sport

This week, students were emailed the Summer Sport registration forms. Preliminary information related to all available Summer Rep Sports and non-Rep Sports can be found on Redlands Pulse. Sport registrations will remain open until Friday 11 August.

Sports choice is a topic parents and students can often have trouble agreeing on. Our own research conducted in April 2018, indicated that the desire “to improve skills” and “to have fun” were the two most influential factors on a student’s sporting choice. The factors with the lowest influence on sports choice are the desire to “compete at a higher representation” and “to win”. This research tells us that the Redlands Sport program must foster a culture of high level engagement and commitment of which students are self-aware of the skills they are developing in fun and enjoyable environments. The critical question students should reflect on when registering for a sport is not what sport they should do, instead they should seek to understand how they will demonstrate commitment to the sport?

The improvement of skills is not isolated to a physical domain, but also the social, emotional and a mental domains of development. The improvement of skills and the elements of enjoyment in a student’s education are vital to the long term goals of developing young people. Developing a student to have integrity, high moral standards and perseverance are outcomes we strive for in a Redlands education. Any sport is a vehicle for this goal. It is the commitment to this goal which makes the difference between success and failure.

Cross Country

Congratulations to Emma Mahon (Yr 9) who ran at the NSW All Schools Cross Country Championships last Friday. In what was a very tough race, Emma finished in 10^th place for the 4k U15 Girls age group. Emma has now been selected in the Athletics NSW U16 Girls team for the 2018 National Cross Country Championships in Queensland on 25 August. We are all wishing her the best of luck.

Football

If you have taken any Football photos please send them through to sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Girls Football

It was another fantastic weekend of Girls Football. Despite the holiday break, our girls Football teams haven’t missed a beat. Our Junior A team played against Oxley and had an impressive 10-0 win. They continue to add to their undefeated record this season. The Junior B team had a tough match against St Andrew’s top junior team with the 0-2 loss not reflecting how close the game really was and some of the great passages of play our girls displayed. Our 2nd XI Girls played against the Barker 4ths team, and after another great game, they finished with a very convincing 3-0 win. Our 1st XI Girls played against St Andrew’s. Entering half time with the game tied at 1-1, our girls needed to step things up in the second half. They came out firing winning 4-1.

Boys Football

After a long break many of our Boys Football teams travelled to St Pius. The Junior boys tried very hard but the opposition proved too strong and played a very organised style of Football. The Senior boys had a tough day as well. Our 1st XI were outmatched by a very well-drilled St Pius team. The 2nds had a very close game losing 3-2 in the final minutes. Well done to Mr Bowler and his players competing at a high standard each week. Another good result was seen by the 14Bs, coached by Michael Warrell, the boys drew 0-0 and will continue to chase a position in the semis. The 13Bs lost 1-0 in a very close game, and the 15A boys have improved out of sight, putting up a great fight against St Pius. Our teams have shown improvement through the season and we encourage all our Football players to keep working hard at training and developing their own skill set and knowledge of the game as we head into the last two rounds.

Best of luck to our girls travelling to Central Coast this weekend, and our boys playing at home. “Attitude + Effort= Reward”

ISA

To see the ISA standings as we head into the final two rounds of the regular season, please visit the ISA website.

Save the Date

Please save the date for the End of Season Football Presentation, held on Friday 14 September at Dee Why RSL Club. More details will be released shortly.

Hockey

The 1sts team had an awesome 6-1 win at the weekend over Barker. Whilst the first half was a close 1-1 draw and brushing the winter break out the way, the second half was lovely Hockey to watch and all goals came from good team work and passing between everyone. This win puts the girls on top of the table going into the final two round games.

The 2nds played against Oxley at Barker College. The girls played a fantastic game scoring five goals from four different girls. It was a brilliant effort by all. Special mention to Iris, Aaliya, Kate and Freya, who shared the goals scored by the team. This commanding win should cement the girls into 2^nd place on the ladder with two games to go.

The 3rds game against Oxley was extremely close, ending in a 0-0 draw. The first half was tough on our defenders, however we improved in the second half, holding most of the possession of the ball. Our attacking line worked really hard, with Lucy and Jessie both playing excellent games.

This weekend will see the 1sts head to Oxley while the 2nds and 3rds both play against SACS at Barker College. All game details can be found in Redlands Rhino.

Netball

Save the date for the 2018 Netball Presentation Dinner on Thursday 13 September at the Norths Leagues Club. The evening is to celebrate the 2018 Netball season for both the ISA and NSNA competitions. The trybooking link will be emailed shortly with more information.

A huge thank you to all those parents who assisted with the NSNA Duty Round last weekend!

We had some mixed results over the weekend with two of the three Yr 7 NSNA teams having byes. Our NSNA 7 Gold team took on a strong North Sydney Girls High team. The girls have shown great improvement throughout the season and came away with a hard fought 22-13 win. This has set them up well for the last few weeks of the season, now sitting in 2^nd place leading into the last few weeks of the regular season.

There will be a Friends of Netball meeting on Thursday 9 August. For more information please contact Mr Cameron Ellis.

Rugby

Our youngest side managed to put together their best game of the season over the weekend, coming out on top against a much larger opposition on their home pitch. The efforts seen from the side lines was incredible, with our Redlands boys aiming up in defence with some wonderful hits, whilst our attack was fluid and direct with some lovely individual efforts for our players.

The game started with a wonderful try from Hugh Sellar, who cut through the midfield defence of Oxley and ran the length of the field to score the first points of the match. Off the next restart, the much larger pack of Oxley started to run over the Redlands players with one of their players in particular running through the heart of our backline to score a try against the run of play. From there the game turned into an arm wrestle, with Oxley the stronger of the teams in size and strength but Redlands being the quicker more structured of the teams. There were some wonderful moments, Jackson Doyle making massive carries into the Oxley forwards, Chase Vandekreeke playing his best game of the season as he tackled anything that moved and making some brilliant runs. But ultimately it came down to one moment, with the score at 15-14 to Oxley, Jack Baker snaked through the defence, beating the fullback and sprinting away to the try line. With one to beat he dived to the corner, scoring an amazing try to bring us back in front. What followed was a tense two minutes as Oxley looked to score the winner, however with seconds on the clock, Oxley’s biggest forward came running down the side line only to be sent out by a huge hit from Hugh and Chase, game won Redlands. Brilliant effort from the whole team, well done.

Summer Sport Choices

Students have been emailed the link for their Summer sport choices. All students have until Sunday 12 August to complete their 2018/19 Summer Sport registration.

Tennis

Redlands has returned from the holidays with some impressive victories on the weekend. Team 1 had a dominant victory over Central Coast Grammar School, winning 5-3. Team 2 managed to keep a clean sheet against Central Coast Grammar 8-0. Team 3 produced some excellent tennis to defeat Barker 7-1. Team 4 maintained their winning record against Chevalier with an 8-0 win.

Weightlifting

Best of luck to Sean Russell (Yr 12), who will be in Melbourne this weekend competing in the National Powerlifting Championships. Sean will be competing in the 74kg weight class. Good luck Sean!

Waterpolo

Our Yr 7 boys and girls got off to a great start on Friday night in what, for some of them, was their first ever Waterpolo game. A little nervous to start, the boys started the first game against St Augustine’s White and unfortunately were no match for the Augies boys, going down 2-11, however you couldn’t wipe the smile off the boys’ faces at the end of the match. In true style they all stayed around to play the 2^nd game against the St Augustine’s Green. This was a little closer, however the boys unfortunately went down 4-7. With lots of improvement still to come, the boys look like they are very eager for Waterpolo this year.

Our girls come up against a very strong Brigidine team, fighting throughout the game, and showed some great skills with a number of the girls having never played before. A big thank you to Sienna Kerr (Yr 11) and Maddy Hampton-Vickers (Yr 10) who helped coach the Yr 7 girls on Friday night.

If you are a Yr 7 girl and you are thinking about giving Waterpolo a try, please let Mr Ellis in the Sports Department know.

Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au

All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.

Junior Sport

IPSHA Sports

IPSHA Sport recommences this weekend and we have a few minor alterations for game times and venues:
4 Blue and Red are now both playing on Northern Oval at Macquarie University playing Fields at 11am.

Just a reminder for all of our players and parents – it’s essential that our coaches have the full playing complement ready and available to play at least 20 minutes prior to scheduled match time. A good warm up is essential for all athletes regardless of age or grade. I understand that with early starts and Saturday morning travel it can be difficult, but it’s not really giving our teams a chance to perform to their best if the warm up is spasmodic or incomplete for the whole team.

NSNA Netball

I was excited to see more smiles than ever before at our Redlands Netball matches last Friday night, despite chilly weather and results that weren’t all in our favour, the camaraderie and fun amongst the players were a highlight and a great reminder to me that we can’t always measure how successful our Sports programs are based on win/loss records. Redlands 10 were the main culprits, clearly enjoying the chance to play together and having a blast – despite going down in a tough match.

Football

Our Yr 6 footballers are consolidating as a squad and last week had three great wins in the local derby against Mosman Prep. 6C, despite starting the game light on numbers, battled hard and won 2-0. The 6B and 6A teams also got away with close fought wins. School Captain, Conor Petersen, returned from injury last term and really found his feet this week, netting goals in both C and B matches.

AFL

Our AFL boys carried through their improving form with a last gasp win over Trinity at Marrickville last week. As always, Isaac Brooks led the way, Owen Conder played well returning from injury and Lachlan Carmichael showed he’s got a bright footballing future with another great performance

Rugby

Travel suits our Rugby XV who fared well after the bus trip to the Central Coast last week. Despite missing some key players, our forward pack led the way going down three tries to one in a spirited effort. The lads take on another road trip and another tough school this weekend bus leaving for Tudor House at 7.15am

Hannah Morton – School Sports Australia Champion

Anyone who saw Hannah swim at our Carnival early in Term 1 would not have been mistaken for believing they had watched an elite level performance. Hannah has rewritten Redlands Junior School Swimming records and has continued that form through HICES, NSWCIS, NSWPSSA and now School Sports Australia Championships. Competing for NSW Primary Schools, Hannah again blitzed the field taking gold medals in 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke, she took silver in 100m Freestyle and won Gold with teammates in a range of relay events. That makes Hannah Morton an Australian Champion in five events. Through heats, Semi Finals and Finals, Hannah broke her own NSW 50m Backstroke record on three separate occasions. It might never happen, but I hope to see another swimmer of Hannah’s quality in the Redlands cap again. 

Term 4 Sports Selections

Thanks to everyone who has entered their Term 4 Sport selections. Summer Sports commence in Week 8 of this term  (Wednesday 12 September) and so we’re keen to lock away quality coaches and facilities. We really appreciate your help in securing your selections early. Trybooking for Junior School Summer Sport Term 4 selections will close Friday 3 August at 5pm.

Athletics Carnival 

The Junior School Athletics Carnival is approaching fast and will be held on Wednesday 8 August at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre. Students across Yrs 2-6 are steadily working on developing their techniques across the range of track and field events during PE classes in the lead up to the Carnival.

The below program will give an idea of event timing for the day. Please use the timing as a guide only – if everything goes well – all of our track events run faster (like the kids) and our throwing events will run longer – (more kids throwing it further!).

Photos

We love photos and showing off your great action shots from Sports fixtures on Saturday. If anyone has any pics or takes any, I love to use them to showcase our current teams and past teams on the rolling display in Dunnet Hall. Please send me the pics, or a link or even pop them in on a USB (it will be returned) to the Sports Office.

Winter Before School Training Schedule

Mr Adrian Carter
Head of Junior School Sport
acarter@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6454

Snowsports

Congratulations

Congratulations to Julius Keller, Daisy Thomas and Julia Murphy for their winning ways at the Junior Mogul Freestyle Competition last weekend in Thredbo.

State Interschools Championships 21-26 August

Congratulations to all those students who represented Redlands at the Sydney Regionals! Teams have been selected from combined results times in the Redlands Cup and Sydney Interschools.

If your child is unable to compete for any reason, please let me know immediately as teams have been entered and I have only a brief time to make changes before the event. If your child is at Winter School, they will be training for the event in their time on snow and don’t need to join the training from 20-25 August in Thredbo. All bookings for State are here.

If you are in Thredbo 21-27 August, please help by volunteering one day by contacting Karen Nicholson. 

Final teams (45 quaified from Sydney Regionals) will be emailed next week.

Friends of Snowsports

You are invited to our Friends of Snowsports monthly meeting on 6 August at 6-7pm in H2.5 on the Senior Campus.

Snowsports Training Weekends

Only a few spaces available! Ski/Snowboard at Thredbo for Yrs 3-11, all ability levels – beginner to Race Training:

• • • • • Weekend 1: 3-5 August (Full)
        • Weekend 2: 10-12 August staying in Jindabyne

Book Tickets

More details are on Redlands Pulse. 

Mr Bruce Campbell
bcampbell@redlands.nsw.edu.au
Snowsports Administrator
0413764445

Ballet and Dance

Students Achievements 

It was a busy but great first week back. On Sunday both the Redlands Senior Contemporary Dance group and our Junior Jazz Troupe performed at the Extreme Dance Competition held at Shore.

Our results were excellent with our Senior Contemporary placing 1^st  out of 24 schools in the Yr 10 and over Modern section. Congratulations to Mary Argyropoulos, Jasmine Chubb, Chloe Church, Anouk Daddo, Elizabeth Davies, Lara Dempsey, Marcella East, Patrick Friedlander, Sienna Gray, Alex Jackson, Jade Patrick, Jennifer Psaroulis, Cara Skirrow, Elizabeth Smith and Sunday Stephens in Senior Contemporary.

Congratulations to our Junior Jazz Troupe who placed 3^rd in their section: Rose Connell, Tali Feldman, Tabitha Galvin, Aneke Golowenko, Alicia Green, Amber Hosker, Charlotte Humphreys, Annabelle Hwang, Emma Noes, Chloe Scamps, Alexandra To, Tiana Vatandoust, Zoe Waterfield and Melinda Wright.

A great start to the term!

Upcoming Eisteddfods

We have two Eisteddfods:

Sunday 5 August at 6.00pm – Sydney Eisteddfod, Sydney Opera House

Miss Shannon’s Junior Jazz Troupe are to meet at the Sydney Opera House Box Office (located in the entry Foyer on Level 1). Parents are not allowed beyond the stage door, Miss Shannon and Miss Lauren will be there waiting to meet everyone. Students need to bring their costume, jazz shoes, tights, and all their accessories in addition to having their hair and makeup done. The performance time is scheduled for 7.30pm.

Sunday 26 August at 12.30pm – Performance in the Gala Final for Event 522 and Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship

Miss Whittaker’s Senior Contemporary class is to meet at the Opera House stage door where they will be met by Ms Whittaker. Parents are not allowed beyond the stage door. Hair and makeup must be completed and costume on, on arrival. The performance time is scheduled for 2.30pm.

Lost Property

We have many items of clothing both uniform and personal which is in our Lost Property basket. If you are missing any clothing PLEASE come and take a look through the basket as it will be cleared out in Week 3.

Appearance

Please take time to remind your children to bring their appropriate Dance uniform and shoes to class, in particular the students should make sure their hair is neat and tidy.

Can’t Come to Class?

Please do not forget to let us know if sickness, injury or change of circumstance has occurred.

Important Dates

Week 2 on 2 August: Yr 11 and 12 performances in Parkes Hall (Marcia’s Senior classes cancelled)
Week 8 on 15 September: Redlands Spring Fair. Please note all Ballet and Dance classes are cancelled on this day. There will be a small performance program tbc.
Week 10 on 25 September: Watching Week – Grades Ballet classes only
Term 4 Week 1: RAD Grade Examinations tbc

Spring Holiday Weeks

Concert Rehearsals (1-5 October) details to come
RAD Workshops (9-13 October) details to come

End of Year Ballet and Dance Concert Term 4

Week 4: EOY Sunday rehearsals Jazz ONLY 11 November – Parkes Hall, details to come
Week 5: EOY Sunday rehearsals Ballet ONLY 18 November – Parkes Hall, details to come
Week 6: EOY Concerts 6.30pm Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 November. Saturday classes will be on 24 November.
Week 7: EOY Pre-primary and Bambino Concerts – Parkes Hall
Week 7: Last Ballet and Dance Classes. Last Day of all classes at Redlands is Saturday 30 November. No Watching Days in Term 4.

We look forward to working with everyone in this exciting Semester

Ms K Martin
Coordinator of Ballet and Dance
dance@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6461

Drama and Theatre

Senior Showcase

Congratulations to the IB Theatre and HSC Drama students who presented their ensemble major works this week in the Showcase performances. Great preparation, passion and commitment was involved the creation of these works and all students should be proud of their achievements. We wish all our students well as they prepare for the final stages of their external examinations. Special awards were presented acknowledging outstanding achievements.

Arts Captains – Charlotte Everingham and Marvin Ma
Drama Captain – Rose Callaghan
Theatre Captain – Pip Pincini
Most Improved – Francesca Brown
Service – Pip Pincini
Leadership – Louis Sarich-Prince
Dedication – Hugh Smylie

Drama Competition

Thursday 16 August at 6.30pm

The Drama Competition will be held on 16 August in the Drama Studio. Students will be competing in the categories of Comedy and Drama with contemporary performance pieces. All are welcome to join us. Our adjudicator will be Redlander and recent ACA graduate Sean Lyall.

Yr 11 Production- Curious

17-18 September at 6.30pm

Yr 11 IB and HSC students will present a series of original works featuring physical theatre scenes based on the techniques of Frantic Assembly. These creative and engaging performances will be held in the Drama Studio at 6.30pm on 17 and 18 September. All are welcome.

Mrs J Daley
Coordinator of Theatre and Drama
drama@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9860

Music

Forms and Information

Junior Music Festival

Throughout this week, it has been exciting to observe the collaborative work of our Music staff and the Junior School students, with their preparations and rehearsals for the Junior Music Festival concert. We look forward to celebrating in the students’ musical achievements at the Festival this week, as they present and perform music that explores Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM).

Staffing Thanks

The Music Department would like to acknowledge the outstanding work by certain members of our team, who have stepped into various roles this last Semester while Mrs Hilary Luck has taken Maternity Leave. Thank you to Mr Benjamin Castelli (Acting Assistant Coordinator of Music) who has superbly led our Junior Campus Music team, Mrs Amy Richardson (Acting MIC of Bands) for her exceptional overseeing of the Band program and Mrs Andrea Kent (K-6 Music teacher) who has passionately delivered enjoyable Music classes. Next week, we welcome Mrs Luck back to school and look forward to her return to our team of Music educators.

Annual Music Awards Dinner

The Music Department and the Friends of Music Committee presents the Annual Music Awards Dinner at the Manly Golf Club on Friday 24 August. This event recognises the outstanding musical achievements of students, while also reflecting on the dedication of Redlands Music staff who play a significant role in building enriching quality learning experiences for our learners. This celebration dinner includes a wide variety of entertainment and performances, culminating with achievement awards that are presented to students who have demonstrated leadership skills, musical excellence, service and overall dedication to the Music program. All students in Yr 7 are presented with a Participation Certificate at the dinner while Yr 12 musicians are presented with a Music Graduation Gift.

Music Centre Opening

Week of Celebrations

In celebrating the official opening of the new Music Centre, the department will be presenting a series of performances from Monday 27 August through to Monday 3 September. This will consist of various concerts before school, during lunchtimes and after school, in providing the wider school community with the opportunity to listen to a broad selection of repertoire in the new Music Performance venue. A schedule of concerts will be published in Week 3. Please mark these dates in your diary.

Senior Campus

Music Ensemble Rehearsals

Over the next month, students will be rehearsing in small ensembles for consideration and selection of performers at the annual Music Awards Dinner on Friday 24 August (Week 5). During these rehearsals students will receive the opportunity to work with Music specialists in extending chamber music skills. 

Auditions for Extension Ensembles (Week 4)

Following the conclusion of the Senior Music Festival and the start of new repertoire for various events this Semester, enrolments are now open for students interested in joining a Guitar Ensemble, Choir, Concert Band or Orchestra. Auditions for students who are interested in moving to the Advanced level of Ensembles and other auditioned groups will be held throughout Week 4. Please sign up at Music Reception. 

Spring Fair

Yrs 7-12 Rock Band Performance

With the Spring Fair fast approaching on Saturday 15 September, the Redlands Rock program (Yrs 5-12) will be provided with the opportunity to perform for their family and friends as showcased musicians at this event. Please mark this date in your diary.

Instrumental Competition Auditions (Week 8)

The audition process will require students to demonstrate advanced technical skills, personal expression and understanding of style. For the audition, students will only need to present one work. A second contrasting piece will need to be considered at the time of the audition and discussed with the audition panel. This piece WILL NOT be required to be presented at the time of the audition but will need to be prepared and presented in advance of the Competition if the candidate is selected as a finalist. Copies of piano accompaniment scores must be submitted to Music Reception at the time of the application submission.

Junior Campus

Junior Music Festival

Throughout this week, it has been exciting to observe the collaborative work of Music staff and Junior School students, who have been busy preparing and rehearsing for the Junior Music Festival Concert. We look forward to celebrating in the students’ musical achievements at the concert this Thursday evening, as they present a wide selection of music that explores STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths).

Ensemble Rehearsals

Cocurricular rehearsals will return to normal next week following the Junior Music Festival. Semester 2 is the perfect time for students to enrol and experience the broad range of musical experiences that our department has to offer. Please visit the Junior Music Office or email us for more information.

Musicianship Classes

Students who are currently learning an instrument and who would like to further extend their knowledge of Music Theory are encouraged to join the Musicianship class on Tuesday mornings (7.30-8.15am). 

Spring Fair

Yrs 5-6 Rock Band Performance

With the Spring Fair fast approaching on Saturday 15 September, the Redlands Rock program (Yrs 5-12) will be provided with the opportunity to perform for their family and friends as showcased musicians at this event. Please mark this date in your diary.

Mr Darren Kuilenburg
Coordinator of Music
seniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9820