From the Principal

It was an exciting milestone in our Senior Campus redevelopment yesterday afternoon, when we held a Topping Out Ceremony for the New Learning Hub to celebrate the completion of construction of the top floor of the building. We were delighted to welcome the owner, managers and key onsite personnel from Buildcorp, representatives from our architects and project managers, Chair Glenda McLoughlin and other members of the Redlands Board, the School Executive, RPFA President Michelle Tea and other RPFA members and Redlands staff.

Our lead contractors have done a splendid job in reaching this point since commencing onsite at the beginning of this year. We have appreciated the positive and close relationship with Buildcorp that has helped us continue to run an operating school while these works have been occurring.

During a break in the rain, we took the opportunity to walk up to the top level of the building, which will provide a wonderful learning space for our students from Term 3 next year. We also inspected the work that is progressing on lower levels including the internal structural walls of the Visual Arts and Innovative Design departments on the ground floor, as the levels have continued to grow above. We are certainly looking forward to achieving occupancy of this building in the coming year as it will transform our Senior Campus and provide our students and teachers with facilities that will give tremendous support to our innovative approach to teaching and learning.

I wish to congratulate Yr 7 Engineering Club team members William Andrew, Isaac Brooks, Thomas Jackson and Conor Petersen who won the Strength Award at the Aurecon Bridge Building competition on Tuesday, competing against 55 other schools. Their 110 gram balsa wood and string bridge supported a load of 50.2kg. What a splendid achievement!

Tomorrow night we are delighted to be hosting the Grand Finals of the SDN Debating Competition and I wish all the very best to the four Redlands teams who will be competing for Finals honours – Senior, Yr 7, Primary A and Primary B teams.

Dr Peter Lennox

Photo caption: Our Yr 7 winning Engineering team at the Aurecon Bridge Building competition.

Foundation

RPFA Second Hand Uniform Sale

Thank you to the RPFA Committee and all the parent volunteers who were involved in organising the Second Hand Uniform Sale last Sunday. Your efforts are greatly appreciated as many Redlands families will benefit and it also supports our environmental initiatives. $8,000 was raised from this sale which will be dedicated to the means-tested Scholarship Fund.

Let Your Light Shine on Education

The Redlands Scholarship Fund, an endowment fund for a means-tested Scholarship, was launched in 2010 by Dr Lennox with the vision of providing opportunities for exceptionally talented students who will make a strong contribution to both Redlands and our society, as well as enhancing the diversity of our student body.

Due to the generosity of the Redlands community, we currently have two students in the Secondary School benefitting from this Fund. Our goal for this year is to accumulate funds to be able to offer a third full time means-tested scholarship.

If you wish to join us and our Yr 12 students on this journey and contribute to this wonderful cause with a tax deductible gift, please

DONATE HERE

Every gift matters!

Melbourne Cup Luncheon – Tuesday 5 November

This year the tradition continues as we host the event that stops the nation at the Sergeant’s Mess in Chowder Bay overlooking stunning Sydney Harbour. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of fun with French champagne and a cocktail on arrival, a gourmet three course luncheon with fine wines, raffles and sweeps, live entertainment and fashions on the field. This year with a live band!

Early Bird tickets are available now. It is easy to book, just select your Year Group or guests you would like to be seated with. Tables of 10 are available and a limited number of tables of 12.

BOOK NOW

This is a great opportunity to catch up with your friends and make new ones. 

If you wish to donate a prize and learn more about this event, please contact Jenni De Jager.

Reunions 

Last Friday we welcomed the Class of 1999 to their 20 Year Reunion.

Our Redlanders very much enjoyed reuniting in the Roseby Library, hearing from Dr Peter Lennox about the current development, appreciated a tour of the School and even played ball in the Lang Gym designed by renowned Sydney architect Alex Popov in 1989.

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

RPFA

Second Hand Uniform Sale

The Second Hand Uniform Sale was held last weekend. The sale has become somewhat of an institution at Redlands and we are pleased that we are able to make it beneficial to our parents, but this year also to the environment. Our uniforms get used at least twice if not more and this year they have a further life as we are donating the no longer current and very old uniforms to the MS Society who will distribute them to those in need overseas. Additionally, if they are too old to be worn, they will be turned into mattress stuffing, a great outcome all round for sustainability.

As you also may know, all proceeds from the sale go to the Redlands Scholarship Fund and with the sales made on the weekend, we were able to donate $7924 to the fund.

All this would not be possible without the help of the volunteers so a big thank you to all who helped out. We are very grateful for your participation.

If you would like to know more about the opportunities to get involved by volunteering, please do not hesitate to contact the RPFA at rpfa@redlands.nsw.edu.au. Also please watch this space as we will soon be holding our Annual General Meeting and new committee members are always welcome. We will also be calling for volunteers to help with the Spring Fair next year, a lot of fun!

Melbourne Cup Luncheon

This year the tradition continues as Redlands hosts the event that stops the nation at the Sergeant’s Mess in Chowder Bay overlooking stunning Sydney Harbour. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of fun with French champagne and a cocktail on arrival, a gourmet three course luncheon with fine wines, raffles and sweeps, live entertainment and fashions on the field.

Early Bird tickets are available now until 1 October.

book here

It is easy to book, just select your Year Group or guests you would like to be seated with. Tables of 10 are available and a limited number of tables of 12.

Family Bush Dance

Book Club

Our next Book Club meeting is being held on Tuesday 24 September at Cremorne. The book we will be discussing is No Friends but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani. All new members welcome! Please direct any enquiries to lerida@bigpond.net.au.

Walks on Tracks

Wednesday 25 September at 8.20am: Neutral Bay to Mrs Macquaries Chair. Meet at Hayes St, Neutral Bay. No dogs. Any questions, please call Ann Marie Kimber on 0406 691 533.

Save the Date

Thursday 19 September – Yr 3 Coffee Morning at 8.20am at the Sunflower Cafe, Spofforth Street.

Sunday 22 September – Kindergarten Disco from 2.00-4.00pm, Mosman Drill Hall, 1 Cross St, Mosman. RSVP via Paperless Post. For further details, contact your Kindergarten Class Parent.

Thursday 24 October – Yr 6 Parent and Teacher Function from 7.00-10.30pm at Coco Cubano, Crows Nest. RSVP by 18 October here.

Saturday 2 November – Redlands K-6 Bush Dance from 4.30-8.00pm in Dunnet Hall. See poster above.

Tuesday 5 November – Melbourne Cup Luncheon from 12.00-5.00pm, Sergeants Mess, Chowder Bay. Details above.

2019 RPFA Committee rpfa@redlands.nsw.edu.au

President: Michelle Tea
Vice President: Jean Martin
Secretary: Jo Lloyd 
Treasurer: Maria Kinsela
Committee: Kathy Fox, Anna Maria Stillone, Hyun Cooke, Carys Wardman-Browne, Peter Coleman, Malcolm Pascoe

Event

Melbourne Cup Luncheon – Tuesday 5 November

This year the tradition continues as we host the event that stops the nation at the Sergeant’s Mess in Chowder Bay overlooking stunning Sydney Harbour. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of fun with French champagne and a cocktail on arrival, a gourmet three course luncheon with fine wines, raffles and sweeps, live entertainment and fashions on the field. This year with a live band!

Early Bird tickets are available now. It is easy to book, just select your Year Group or guests you would like to be seated with. Tables of 10 are available and a limited number of tables of 12.

BOOK NOW

This is a great opportunity to catch up with your friends and make new ones. 

If you wish to donate a prize and learn more about this event, please contact Jenni De Jager.

Head of Secondary School

Spirit Week

This week is Spirit Week where our Yr 12 student leaders organise a variety of activities to celebrate our School Spirit in the Arts, Sports and through the Houses. On Tuesday, our Yr 12 Prefects focused their last Prefect Assembly around “school spirit”. A new initiative they instituted this year was for each of the House Captains to award House Spirit Awards to students across Yrs 7-12 who have illustrated exemplary House spirit throughout the year. Yesterday, our House spirit was further on display with a House dodgeball competition taken out by McDouall. Today we celebrate our School Spirit through sports with a Staff v Yr 12 students Basketball game. And on Friday, we celebrate our School spirit through the Arts with a special lunchtime activity. Friday is also a mufti day where students can wear their House colours on the day with the money going to the Yr 12 Legacy Gift for the Scholarship Fund.

I have been reflecting on School spirit this week and how it is displayed at Redlands. In speaking to a number of the Yr 12 leaders in recent days, they have said that one of the accomplishments of which they are most proud is the further development of School spirit this year. And reflecting on this past year, I would wholeheartedly agree. Redlands is not a school that “forces” or “mandates” students to attend an event or activity to cheer, support or make up an audience. Instead, when our students support each other in the incredibly wide array of activities offered, they do so because they want to an they have chosen to be there. To me, this is in indication of true School spirit. I have seen this School spirit displayed in so many ways this year. Whether it was witnessing the large number of senior students who travelled out to Blacktown to support our Girls 1sts Football team in their Grand Final or the excited congratulations extended by one of our Athletics Captains to a successful junior student at the ISA Athletics Championships. Or whether it was the Yr 12s spending time with Yr 7 Tutor Groups this term or the large number of Yr 11 and 12 students who showed up last night at the opening of the IB Yr 12 Visual Arts Exhibition to support their friends. These examples, and so many, many more like this, are true examples of School spirit which happen daily here at Redlands.

Blackmores Run

On Sunday morning, Mr Gray, Ms Bergin, Ms Riley and I joined over 70 students and parents participating in the Sydney Running Festival 10km run. This initiative began last year and was a way for students to raise awareness for mental health as well as money for Headspace, an organisation dedicated to helping young people who struggle with mental illness. It was wonderful to see so many Yr 12 students wearing lots of pink and coming together as a community. While there were a few sore legs on Monday, I am certain that all of us involved enjoyed this special day. I would like to especially thank Chloe Woodward who has led this initiative over the past few months and all of the parents who donated money to support this worthy cause. 

Yr 12s

The banner for the Yr 12s is up in the Liggins courtyard counting down their final days at School. (While the IB students will return for classes at the beginning of next term as their final examinations are later than the HSC Examinations, we will officially celebrate the commencement of Yr 12 with their Prize Giving and Valedictory evening next Wednesday.) It is an exciting and emotional time for our senior students as one stage of their life’s journey comes to a close and another one is about to begin. Personally, I have greatly enjoyed seeing this group of Yr 12 students mature and flourish over the last few years as they have been exemplary leaders for our school community. I hope all of them are able to balance their continued preparation for their final examinations with a sense of joy and appreciation of the many events planned for them over the next week to wish them a fond farewell.

Yr 12 House Morning Teas

One way we have already acknowledged and celebrated our Yr 12 students over the past few weeks is through House Morning Teas. These events have provided an opportunity for the two Tutor Groups in each House to gather to reflect on their time together in the House and/or their Tutor Groups. For many students their first “connection” with Redlands has been through their House and they have had this association from their first day at school – even all the way back to Kindergarten! They have also been together in the same Tutor Groups from the beginning of Yr 7 (or from whenever they individually started their Redlands journey). It was wonderful to hear the Heads of House and the House Captains from the four Houses share their individual reflections on this special connection to the School.

Yr 12 IB Visual Arts Exhibition

Last night was the official opening of the Yr 12 IB Visual Arts Exhibition in Redlands Hall. The exhibition showcases not only the talents, but also the effort, dedication and discipline of our Yr 12 IB Visual Arts students who have produced works of such a high quality. Personally, I was so impressed with the deep thoughtfulness behind each piece of work and appreciated the “guided tour” that some of the students were able to give me of their works. A special thank you to the staff and parents who have supported these Visual Arts students on this journey and who must have been so proud to see their finished products on display last night.

Public Transport

I often receive emails or phone calls from members of the public complimenting our students on their appropriate behaviour, polite respect and or support for others when travelling on public transport. It is wonderful to know that many of our students are representing themselves and their school so well in public. However, unfortunately I occasionally receive messages where our students are not behaving appropriately. This week we are reminding all students of a few simple messages: that they should behave respectfully to each other and all members of the public when on public transport; they should stand up and give up their seat for paying members of the public who are standing; they should not clutter the aisles with their bags; and they should always tap on and tap off with their student Opal cards (even though they are not charged for this usage). Thank you for supporting us in ensuring that our students are always showing the best versions of themselves in public. 

Uniform Shop

In the school holidays, the Uniform Shop will be open on Monday 30 September, Thursday 10 October and Friday 11 October between 9.00am – 3.00pm. If you wish to make an appointment, please click here.

Engineering Club

The Engineering Club this term had a competition to determine which students would represent Redlands in the Aurecon Bridge Building Competition. William Andrew, Isaac Brooks, Thomas Jackson and Conor Petersen, all from Yr 7, were the successful students who spent every lunch for the last month designing and building their bridge. On Tuesday the team from Redlands joined 55 other schools at the Art Gallery of NSW where they were quizzed by a panel of engineers regarding their bridge design and then they watched as their bridge was load tested to destruction. The team were rewarded by winning the Strength category. Their 110 gram balsa wood and string bridge supported a mass of 50.2kg. This earned the school an impressive giant cheque and each student shared in a prize. The students came away from the day enthusiastic about their short term engineering future as they discussed modifications they intend to make next year. Congratulations to all members of the club for their enthusiasm and particularly our successful bridge builders.

Japanese Exchange

Seven passionate Japanese students (James Reid, Anna Saunders, Caroline Bates, Lachlan Edwards, Harrison Winton, Tylor Wessels  and Katherine Keller) departed for Kiryu City, Japan, on exchange at Jutoku High School (Redlands sister school) on Saturday 7 September. They flew from Sydney to Haneda, Tokyo, with Mr Okawa, and were warmly welcomed by their host families and teachers of Jutoku at Shin-Kiryu Station. On their first day a special whole school assembly was held for these students, and they competently and confidently delivered their individual speeches in Japanese to the school community. Their presentations were well received by the audience. The seven Redlands students are spending two weeks at Jutoku High School and will experience the immersion program by attending various academic classes and participating in a range of cocurricular activities and school events while in Japan.

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

Careers

The Gap Network Information Session

For students thinking of taking a gap year from 2021 and beyond, this school-based UK opportunity is a great option. The one hour session is open to students and families on Tuesday 29 October at 7.00pm at the Crows Nest Centre, 2 Ernest Place, Crows Nest. Returned gap students will also be present and an opportunity for Q&A. RSVP here.

UNSW Women in Engineering Camp 2020

This will run from 12-15 January 2020. The WIE Camp is a four day residential experience at UNSW for female Yrs 11 or 12 students to learn more about engineering and participate in hands-on workshops, industry site visits, career panels and a networking function with professional engineers. For more information and to apply, click here. 

Holiday Coding Camps

These one day coding camps are held in Mosman in the next school holidays. There are a range of workshops to choose from. Click here for more information.

Camp America Information Session

This is another option to consider for a Gap year. These camps have been running for over 50 years and provide invaluable skills as well as fun and friendship with students from all over the world. The next information session in Sydney is on Wednesday 16 October. Register here.

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

Chaplain

Our Winter School students have been learning all sorts of life skills especially around living in community and being independent. I have had a few days at Winter School speaking with students and hearing them reflecting on their experiences.

On Monday night we had a community chapel which was more interactive than we usually can do in Sydney. Students engaged with the reading, posing questions and answering each other’s queries. Callum Wardman-Browne accompanied us on the piano as we sang, which was both generous and brave. One student reflected, “I really miss chapel, I miss the time to reflect”.

In the beautiful surroundings of Winter School there is so much to reflect on and praise God for. This has been accentuated by a late season snowfall. The beauty of the pure white flakes floating down and coating everything is a fine powder of glistening white brings out the child-like delight in us all.

The beauty reminded me of the verse in scripture Isaiah 1:18 “though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;” The snow covers the trees the rocks and the ground so that the familiar colours of the Australian terrain disappear and white glistens all around. This is the image God wants us to visualise. God sees the darkness and red stain of guilt with in all of us, yet He is determined to provide a way for each of us to be cleansed as pure as the snow. It costs him, in the death of Jesus but he longs for each of us to be made clean and restored to a relationship with him and so we will be white as snow and yet to him even more beautiful.

Blessings

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

Ms Fiona McKenzie
Junior Campus Chaplain
fmckenzie@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9953 6022

Debating

SDN Competition

Congratulations to the Senior, Yr 7, Primary A and Primary B teams who will be competing in the SDN Finals this Friday. Redlands is hosting the event so we expect all SDN debaters (Yrs 8, 9, 10 and Junior too!) to come in to support these teams and help run the event at school. We will require students to be hosts, chairpersons, timekeepers etc.

The e-Program for Friday is available here. Please familiarise yourself with the contents.

SDN debaters please sign in at the John Roberts Centre at 3.30pm for room set up. 

Looking forward to a fantastic night of Debating. 

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

Service and Social Engagement

Blackmore’s Run

Congratulations to the Yr 12 students who celebrated another event in their final year of school by competing in the Blackmore’s Run last weekend. Chloe Woodward led the fundraising effort in support of Headspace and encouraged participation. Again this year, there was a commendable number of students, staff and other family members taking part. The passion and enthusiasm to support such a worthwhile and relevant organisation was evident in the planning for this event and in the joyous participation on the day. 

Cambodia Preparation

Students travelling to Cambodia at the end of the year are nearing the end of their fundraising efforts. They have been challenged with finding creative ways to each contribute $750 towards two activities; one is a community project they will undertake during their trip and the other is the ongoing support we provide to M’Lop Tapang, a community operated, not-for-profit organisation that have been working with vulnerable children, youth, and families in the Sihanoukville region for more than 15 years. Students need to complete their fundraising so that we can make arrangements for the funds to be used between now and their trip to buy project materials.

Junior School Movie Event

One team of Yr 11 Cambodia students are organising an after school Movie and Sausage Sizzle for Yrs 3 – 6 students next Tuesday afternoon as a fundraiser. You and your child are invited to come along, with all proceeds raised going towards the community project or to support our friends at M’Lop Tapang. 

The event will be supervised by Secondary School teachers and senior students but parents are welcome to attend. Teachers and students will also make arrangements to collect students from the Junior Campus on the afternoon of the event and walk them to the Senior Campus.

Date: Tuesday 24 September
Location: Redlands Hall (Senior Campus)
Who: Students in Yrs 3 – 6 (and their parents optional)
Cost: $15 for movie, popcorn and lollies
Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/BFJRQ
Optional extra: Post movie Sausage Sizzle ($5 sausage and fruit drink)

Junior School Maths and Reading Clubs

As this term comes to an end, it is wonderful to hear about the efforts of our Secondary School volunteers helping in the Junior School Maths and Reading Clubs. These mentors have been visiting the Junior School every week to work with their buddy. They have developed positive, supportive relationships with their buddies and with the guidance of the Junior School teachers they have helped to build their buddies’ confidence through lots of practice activities, guidance and encouragement. Our senior mentors have also grown from the experience, learning about empathy and perseverance.

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

Winter School

Week 8 of Winter School has brought some warmer weather, a riverside BBQ, a spontaneous dance party and a visit to Yarrangobilly Caves.

Students have been busy on their academic subjects. Yr 7 Music students have finished their music video which they have been working on throughout the term. Working with sounds recorded on the slopes, they created a music video titled The Hat Thief. This video was proudly presented to the rest of the Winter School cohort during Thursday’s Prep time.

Students have continued to enjoy their ski lessons: “The ski lessons are great, especially with my instructor Graeme, who is a total legend and helps to pick us up when we stack.” Jemima Flavell

Seeing the students’ progress in their ski and snowboard skills this term has been fantastic. The beginner group are now doing black runs. Everyone has increased their confidence, technique and speed.

On Wednesday, students and staff enjoyed a buffet dinner at The Station restaurant. Some of the students also enjoyed a spontaneous dance party before Prep: “We had an awesome dance party tonight and got to enjoy Ms Stewart’s spectacular music choices as well as Mr Levick, Emily and Ms Pierce’s dance moves.” Willow Stefanovic

On Friday Helen surprised us with a BBQ lunch at Thredbo after ski lessons finished. It was lovely to sit by the river with friends and enjoy the sausage sandwiches.

Students and staff gathered in the Rec Room for a talent show on Saturday night. A highlight was Callum Wardman-Browne’s piano performance of Elton John’s Your Song.

On Sunday students headed to Yarrangobilly Caves and Thermal Pools. It was fascinating seeing all the rock formations and walking around in another section of the Snowy Mountains National Park.

As we near the end of Winter School it has been great to hear from students about their experiences:

“Winter School has been a great experience to mature and become more independent.” Daniel Cullen

“Winter School so far has been an amazing experience that has allowed me to build bonds and relationships with many people that I probably would not have talked to otherwise. It has also helped me learn to take responsibility for my personal and educational life. The on-snow activities are amazing and have improved my technique extremely.” Charles Baskerville

“An experience filled with emotional rollercoasters.” Mia Kloiser-Jones

“The best way to learn and have great time with your mates.” Willem McCormack

We are all looking forward to sharing our Winter School experience with family and friends at the final dinner in a couple of weeks. Until then, here’s to another fantastic week at Winter School. Fingers crossed the snow continues to hold up as spring has well and truly sprung!

Emily Quinn Smyth
Winter School Assistant

Mr David Gregory
Head of Winter School
dgregory@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Year 12

News

Breakfast Cruise and Beach Day Permissions: There are a number of students still needing permission granted for Tuesday, Week 10 (see information below). Please make it a priority to grant permission via Redlands Pulse.

IB Visual Arts: This week students set up their body of works in Redlands Hall for the IB Exhibition. The works are most impressive and demonstrate their hard work.

Spirit Week: This week was Spirit Week. Our Prefect body arranged varied and exciting activities in celebration of House, Arts and Sporting spirit at Redlands. Thank you to all of the Yr 12 students who arranged a sweet surprise for Ms Shorter and myself during the Whole School Assembly. We were so touched!

Next Week’s Arrangements 

Monday Chapel Service

Students arrive for roll call at 8.45am under the Gym. The Chapel Service will run from 9.00 – 9.45am followed by morning tea from 9.45-10.30am (Top Terraces or under Gym if wet). The students will have normal classes from Periods 3-6.

Tuesday Harbour Cruise

Students are to meet at Mosman Bay Wharf, end of Avenue Road at 8.15am for an 8.30am departure for a three hour cruise. Please note students are not allowed to drive to this event as there is no parking availability at Mosman Bay Wharf. Also, it is crucial students are not late to meet the cruise. Our boat can only dock for a brief period of time as commuter ferries need to use the wharf too. If any students are prone to sea sickness, please bring with you appropriate supplies.

Chartered buses have been organised to take students at the completion of the cruise to travel to Balmoral Beach for a fun day of beach activities and pizza. Remember beach gear, sunscreen and water.

Wednesday Valedictory Rehearsal, Farewell Assembly, Valedictory Prize Giving and Celebratory Dinner

Students will meet at Luna Park Big Top at 8.15am for a prompt start for the Valedictory Rehearsal. At 11.00am buses will transport students to Dunnet Hall, Junior Campus for their Yr 12 Farewell Assembly. For those students who are performing at the Farewell Assembly, separate transportation has been arranged for these students only to depart Luna Park at 10.50am. This Assembly will be followed by lunch from 1.15 – 1.45pm.

Students who are performing at the Valedictory Prize Giving and Celebratory Dinner: Separate transportation has been organised to depart from the Adams Centre at 1.45pm to go directly for Technical Rehearsals at Luna Park.

Students are asked to meet at the Luna Park Big Top no later than 4.15pm in full Winter School uniform. Please make sure you are well groomed, tidy hair (both girls and boys), have polished shoes and no jewellery.

Farewell

As this might be one of my last Note Day articles as Yr 12 Advisor, I’d like to say a big thank you to all the parents and carers of Yr 12. It has been a wonderful experience to be a part of this Year Group’s journey through school. On behalf of Ms Shorter and myself,  thank you and good luck!

Ms Vanessa Wang
Yr 12 Advisor
vwang@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9813

Year 11

Motivation

“Many students use ‘I don’t have any motivation’ as an excuse for not doing work. You have to accept that these are just excuses they are using to justify doing what they want to do, ie. doing no work. It is a cop-out and it is really due to fear, even though they don’t realise it. It is that they may be secretly afraid of doing badly at school. The fear of failure or not meeting expectations has led some children to look for excuses to not do any work, so that if they do badly then it is not because they tried and failed, it is because they didn’t do the work. It is a safety mechanism their brain is putting in place. To make change students must take responsibility for their performance and realise that they are the only person who can change the situation. There are no quick or easy fixes for developing motivation. Students need to take baby steps and keep trying different techniques over a period of time”. – Dr Prue Salter, ELES

Japan Exchange

Caroline Bates, Lachlan Edwards, James Reid and Anna Saunders are currently representing Redlands on exchange in Japan. Last Monday was the first day at Jutoku High School (Redlands sister school), and a special whole school assembly was held for them. They competently and confidently delivered their individual speeches in Japanese to the school community (in front of more than 1000 students and teachers). We wish them a safe journey home on the weekend.

Debating

Good luck to Aleisha Lawrence and Sirena Scotting who will be debating against Roseville College this Friday night.

Mr Edward Atkins
Yr 11 Advisor 
eatkins@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9909 3133

Year 10

Student Immersion Program to Japan

Currently, Harrison Winton, Tylor Wessels and Katherine Keller are on exchange to Jutoku High School in Japan (Redlands sister school). A special whole school assembly was held for them. Our students competently and confidently delivered their individual speeches in Japanese to the school community (in front of more than 1000 students and teachers). They are currently experiencing the immersion program by attending various academic classes, participating in a range of cocurricular activities and other school events while in Japan. We look forward to hearing all their news.

Student Achievements

Sofia Stuckmann is a member of the NSW Junior State team for Indoor Volleyball. During the coming holiday break she will be travelling to Canberra to represent NSW in the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships. This is a significant achievement to be playing indoor volleyball at this high level and we wish her every success at this forthcoming competition.

Study Guides

Study guides are now available for students to access on iLearn. Students will be able to download these study guides from the respective Course pages for each subject that they are enrolled in. Please encourage your son or daughter to download these guides so as they can appropriately prepare for Term 4 examinations.

Harbour Cruise

A reminder that ticket sales will close for the Harbour Cruise on Monday 23 September. Please refer to the email sent to parents and carers on Tuesday 10 September. 

Book now

Please make sure:

• you register the ticket under your child’s name and not your own. 
• you enter food intolerances or allergies during this step, in the appropriate field.

You will receive an email with a confirmation to let you know that your purchase was successful (check junk mail if this does not appear in your inbox). A few days before the event, you will be emailed your official tickets – these must be printed by you and presented to be scanned on entry.

Yr 10 Parent Contact Group Harbour Cruise Parent Catch Up

With the Redlands Yr 10 Harbour Cruise scheduled for the evening of Friday 8 November, we thought it would be a great opportunity for parents to catch up while waiting for our children to return. We are planning on hosting a Yr 10 parent function at a venue near to King Street Wharf. Details to follow.

Ms Sarah Matthews
Yr 10 Advisor
smatthews@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6494

Year 9

Interesting Article of the Week

please read

At times, mobile phones are confiscated at school due to inappropriate use during the day. These phones are then returned to the student at the end of the day and have sometimes been sitting on my desk during this time. I have noticed increasingly how many of these phones are consistently buzzing during the day, and have upwards of 40 Snapchat notifications during just a few hours! Therefore, this week I have attached an article, which includes a TedTalk, on the addiction of Snapchat and the idea of Snapstreak. It makes really interesting listening and reading and raises some concerning issues as to why teenagers can’t put Snapchat down.

Study Guides

Yr 9 Yearly Examinations will be in Week 4 of Term 4. Examination notifications with study guides are now available for students to access on iLearn. Students will be able to download these study guides from the respective Course pages for each subject that they are enrolled in. Please encourage your son or daughter to download these guides so as they can appropriately prepare for Term 4 examinations.

Pastoral Care Program

Students are continuing to look at Mindfulness activities and implementing them during Pastoral Care time. In addition, we have had the final Yr 12 Prefect Assembly and students have also completed their approaches to learning for this term.

Social Awareness Program

Students are finishing off their presentations of organisations addressing inequality for refugees, or coming up with ideas as to how they can support or increase awareness for these organisations.

I hope you have a wonderful week.

Ms Rebecca Mountain
Yr 9 Advisor
rmountain@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6462

Year 8

Key Dates

Spirit Week 2019

This week was Yr 12 Spirit Week –  Yr 12’s opportunity to celebrate their final few days of school with the school community. Throughout the week, Yr 12 hosted a student led assembly, a House dodgeball competition, staff v students basketball game, school BBQ, performing arts events and a House mufti day on Friday. All proceeds from the fundraising events will go to the Legacy Fund. Thank you, Yr 12.

Yr 9 2020 Cultural Immersion 

There was a fantastic turn-out at the Yr 9 2020 Cultural Immersion information evening last week. The evening was inspiring and it’s exciting to see much anticipation and eagerness among the Yr 8 community in response. The evening provided a general overview of the program and an opportunity for a number of key program leaders to share their experiences. If you were unable to attend, there will be much more information shared over the next nine months. At this stage, of particular interest may be the video Culture, Country and Connection from MGGS. The Culture College website also provides a wealth of useful information. If you have any particular questions about the program, please email Mr Simon Colyer, Dean of Activities, or on 9968 9886.

Yr 12 Legacy Gift 

The Year 12 Legacy Gift team continued their fundraising efforts by hosting a lunchtime sausage sizzle and drinks stall today. If you wish to join Yr 12 on their Legacy Gift journey and contribute to the means-tested Scholarship Fund with a tax deductible gift, please DONATE HERE. Every gift matters!

ISA Reflection by Mr Nick Walker, Head Coach Redlands Track and Field

Last week, Redlands competed at the ISA Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park.  Redlands won Division 1 Junior Girls, Division 1 Intermediate Girls for the first time and came 3rd in Senior Girls to win the Overall Girls Shield which we hadn’t won since 1997! This was an outstanding achievement. Redlands was the 1st place coeducational school in the ISA Competition as well. 

Yr 8 were represented by Bronte Backhouse, Maddie Barwise, Lachlan Binnekamp, Sam Chubb, Catarina Croll, Sebastian Griffith, Oliver Noakes and Marli Prado. Well done to the following Yr 8 students who finished Top 3 in their event:

• Sebastien Griffith 3rd place in the U14 Boys A 200m
• Catarina Croll 2nd place in the U14 Girls 3000m
• Oliver Noakes 3rd place in the U14 Boys B 100m
• Maia Healey 2nd place in the U13 Girls High Jump

Ms Marita Jansons 
Yr 8 Advisor
mjansons@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9819

Year 7

Announcements and Upcoming Events

Uniforms: Yr 7 looked very sharp this past Monday arriving for Chapel in full school uniform, including blazers.  Students have been reminded this week that they are expected to be in full school uniform to and from school as well as to change back into their school uniform after PE at the earliest possible opportunity: recess, lunch or after school. 

Lockers: We appreciate your support in reminding students to always lock their personal belongings in their locker with a working lock. Many students are leaving belongings in Liggins Quad and, inadvertently, items are being picked up by other students. It is important we manage and take responsibility for our own items.

Assessment Notifications: This is a reminder that all Assessment Notifications are released to parents and students at least two weeks prior to the due date. Students are alerted of these notifications through iLearn and parents are able to access them in the parent portal.   

Vaccinations: 12 November will be Dose 2 of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

This Week

Four of our Yr 7 students, Conor Petersen, Isaac Brooks, William Andrew and Thomas Jackson competed in the annual Aurecon Bridge Building Competition this week and were awarded the Strength Award. Their 110 gram bridge,  made from balsa wood and string, supported a 50.2 kg a load. What an amazing achievement! Aurecon believes that engineering, science and technology industries must work together to make these fields more relatable and appealing for young people and their competition provides a real world experience for our young engineers. 

Last week, our Yr 7 cohort had the pleasure of meeting and listening to Mr Christopher Allen, Coordinator of History. Mr Allen was invited to speak to our cohort to share advice in overcoming setbacks and working through challenges, our theme this term in the The Yr 7 Marathon.  Mr Allen is an engaging and passionate speaker and the students were captivated throughout his presentation. Some advice shared by Mr Allen included being a good friend and having a few friends you can count on and truly speak with about what is going on and how you are feeling, putting yourself outside of your comfort zone to try new experiences and purposefully challenge yourself with things you do not think you are good at and get involved as much as possible. We thank Mr Allen for his time, advice and personal experiences shared with our cohort. 

Our last 2019 Prefect Assembly with Yr 12 students was held this week. The strong Yr 12 cohort took it upon themselves to organise several events with our Yr 7 students to share advice, connect with students and share their own experiences being in Yr 7. Jasmine Black and Alfie Leach represented the Yr 7 cohort in a Thank You to Yr 12 at the Prefect Assembly, recognising their efforts in holding the Yr 7 Pizza and Movie Night, organising two Q&A sessions during Tutor, volunteering their time to support the newly developed Yr 7 Service Committees and generally being strong role models for our younger students.  We thank the Yr 12 students and wish them all the best in the HSC and IB examinations!

Recommended Mini-Unit from Dr Prue Salter

As it is a very busy time of year with assessments and end of year examinations around the corner, it is a fantastic opportunity for students to sit down on their own or with their parents after receiving results from assessments to go through their marks and assess how they use feedback from teachers. To support this process, login to the Study Skills website and choose the unit After Tests and Exams. This unit guides students on how to learn from feedback to perform better in the future. 

Learn more at www.studyskillshandbook.com.au. Our school’s subscription details are – Username: redlands; Password: 68results

Athletics

Last week, Redlands competed at the ISA Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park. Redlands won Division 1 Junior Girls, Division 1 Intermediate Girls for the first time and came 3rd in Senior Girls to win the Overall Girls Shield which we hadn’t won since 1997! This was an outstanding achievement. Redlands was the 1st place coeducational school in the ISA Competition too. Special recognition to the following Yr 7 students who placed first:

Charles Henry – U13 Boys Div 1 Discus (28.40m) and Javelin. His Javelin throw of 37.20m was well ahead of his rivals!
Liam McFarlane – U12 800m in 2:37s holding his lead for the entire way
Mikaela Sanger Larsson – U12 Girls Discus with a strong throw of 12.19m
Sofia Thorne – U13 Girls Shotput with a big throw of 6.04m. She also came 3rd  in the U12 Girls Javelin.
Angela Monty – U12 Girls 100m in 15:44s

Congratulations to the following who finished top three in their event: 

Sofia Rolon – 2nd in the U12 Girls 800m and 2nd in the U12 Girls 400m, 200m and 100m, 3rd in the U12 Girls High Jump and Long Jump.
Eva Osborn – 2nd in the U13 Girls 800m, 3rd in the U13 Discus
Angela Monty – 1st in the U12 Girls B 100m
Grace Durrant – 2nd in the U13 Girls A 100m and 200m
Jessica Coleman- 2nd in the U13 Girls B 100 and B 200m
Junior Girls relay – 2nd place: Marli Prado (Yr 9), Lindsay Hallam (Yr 7), Eva Osborn (Yr 7), Grace Durrant  Yr 7)
Isaac Brooks – 2nd in the U13 Boys 800m and 400m
Liam McFarlane – 2nd in the U12 Boys 400m
Xander Halfen – 2nd in the U12 Boys B 200m and 3rd in the U12 Boys Discus.

Eight athletes were awarded Junior, Intermediate and Senior Athlete of the Year after the carnival based upon their attendance at trainings, invitational meets and overall performances. Congratulations to Charles Henry who won the Junior Boy Athlete of the Year.

Pastoral Care

This term, our Pastoral Program focuses on self-reflection for behaviour management utilising the flowchart What happened? What did you think about it? How did you feel about it? How did you behave?.

We will continue to touch on digital citizenship, summarising notes and study skills with help from Dr Prue Salter’s Study Skills website and we will begin to focus specifically on the first three habits from 7 Habits of  Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey.

Ms Alissa Ynson
Yr 7 Advisor (Acting)
9968 9863
aynson@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Head of Junior School

UPCOMING EVENTS

Please note that all Upcoming Events for the Junior School are now on their own Note Day article/page. 

This Head of Junior School page will consist of general information from the Head of Junior School. 

Spanish News

Redlands Junior School students participated again with great enthusiasm in the recent Education Perfect Language World Championships. I was thrilled to hear of our involvement and results which were outstanding and congratulate and all of our students and Senora Colagiuri. As a school, Redlands placed:

• 1^st in Spanish in Australia out of 65 schools
• 2^nd in Spanish out of 1,054 schools worldwide
• Redlands finished 26^th globally for all languages out of 1,644 schools.

Many of our Junior School students achieved certificates in the competition as outlined below:

• 22 Credit certificates (500 points)
• 17 Bronze certificates (1000 points)
• 7 Silver certificates (2000 points)
• 11 Gold certificates (3000 points): Jolon Chan, James Emmett, Finlay Scott Brown, Rabiah Singh, Cooper Rinaldo, Ruby Sommer, Victoria Rivera, Rowan Petersen, Liam Petersen, Zoe Noakes and Grace McSweeney
• 4 Emerald certificates (5000 points): Roy Rivera, Caitlin Edwards, Annabelle Hwang and Alexander Kraszewski-Francia
• 3 Elite Certificates (10,000 points) Krishna Gupta, Christopher Stevens and Michael Havryk

The highest scoring students in each Year Group received a $30 iTunes voucher from Education Perfect and we recognise and congratulate all of the students for their amazing effort and commitment to language study.

Certificates will be distributed as soon as they are received from Education Perfect and the ten highest scoring students from each Year Group also enjoyed a well-deserved churros and pizza party this week!

Lower North Shore Science Competition

Once again, the Junior School was delighted to host this year’s Lower North Shore Science Competition, organised by Eye Heart Science.

The competition invites primary school aged students from schools in the local area to present a Science experiment and it was wonderful to see many of our Junior School students involved this year, sharing both their curiosity for Science and a problem-solving mindset connected to real-world issues.

Eye Heart Science founder, Dr Alana Wylie, has a wonderfully infectious passion for Science and we have enjoyed a strong connection with her since 2011 when she became our Scientist in Residence through a CSIRO Scientists in Schools’ program. This long-standing connection was a catalyst for Dr Wylie to change careers and she now works solely to inspire the next generation of scientific thinkers.

Congratulations to our Redlands students who were involved in this event:
Yr 3: Sienna De Saxe, Ollie Hosker, Isaac McIntosh, Liam Randall and Lily Van Hulsen
Yr 4: Charli Amm, Tom Brown, Emma Cruttenden, Ruairi Lambert, George McIntosh, Grace McSweeney, Max Nicholson, Jay Roger, Sebastian Suit Solari and Zetong Shen
Yr 5: Julia Cooper-Hor, Kira Delaney and Freya Stasko
Yr 6: James Gray, Ben Hanning, Carolina Pedro Inacio, Alessandro Scali and Aiden Van Hulsen

I know, for many of them, beyond the challenge of making their scientific thinking visible, the challenge of presenting to visiting students, parents, teachers and judges was one that they overcame with great success and I loved talking to them about their experiments as they explained their thinking, reasoning and also the ‘great’ mistakes that were made along the way to get to their final presentation.

New Learning Hub ‘Topping Out’ Ceremony

Yesterday afternoon, I was delighted to be invited to attend the ‘topping out’ ceremony in the New Learning Hub on our Senior Campus. The practice of ‘topping out’ a new building can be traced to the ancient Scandinavian religious rite of placing a tree atop a new building to appease the tree-dwelling spirits displaced in its construction. As part of the event, a small tree was placed on the rooftop and we were then given an opportunity to see some of the internal work that is happening on the Visual Arts and Design and Technology level. As we went from floor to floor up on to the roof space, I was awestruck by the sheer scale of this new student learning hub, scheduled for occupancy in mid-2020. The contemporary educational facilities will truly transform our Senior Campus and our current Junior School students will enjoy these learning spaces in years to come.

Cashless Canteen from Term 4

As previously communicated last term, both our Junior and Senior Campus Canteens have been moving towards being cashless operations this year and will no longer take cash from Term 4. After the successful introduction of Flexischools last year, we now have very little incidental sales at our Junior Campus Canteen. The change has improved efficiencies and enabled our Canteen staff to spend more time on other aspects of their catering roles and has given them greater visibility on volumes of products being sold which has in turn, helped reduced food wastage as we have been able to collate data on sales.

As well as Flexischools, another option for families with Junior School students, which I know some students are using already, is to acquire a prepaid debit card such as Spriggy, which may also give students the opportunity to learn important budgeting skills.

Kids’ Cancer Project

Last Friday, we were delighted to support Yr 5 girls Stella Cunningham, Zoe Hicks, Chloe Hitchens and Charlie Hoskin, in their fundraiser for the Kids’ Cancer Project Fundraiser. The girls have been active fundraisers for this charity in recent times and we were delighted to raise a total amount of $774.70 through merchandise and raffle sales. This fantastic amount will support the charity’s focus on medical research and the girls have certainly raised awareness of this important cause in the Childhood Cancer Awareness of September. Well done on making a difference again, girls.

Junior School Lost Property

Please note that any unnamed items not collected by the end of term will be passed on to the next Second Hand Uniform Sale. Mrs Fairfax and Miss Wickham have repatriated a significant amount of lost property (named and unnamed) but there are still a number of items that have been in our Junior School Lost Property section for a lot of this term. Our lost property is located at the bottom of the Yr 3 stairwell in the Parkes Building should you or your child be on the hunt for missing items.

Reminder

Please be reminded that Tuesday Cocurricular Clubs and our Maths and English peer support groups (Wednesdays) do not take place next week. All Music practices do continue as do after school Extra Curricular Performing Arts activities.

Uniform Shop

In the school holidays, the Uniform Shop will be open on Monday 30 September, Thursday 10 October and Friday 11 October between 9.00am – 3.00pm. If you wish to make an appointment, please click here.

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

Junior School Upcoming Events

A more comprehensive calendar can be found on Redlands Pulse.

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

Head of Preparatory School

UPCOMING EVENTS

Please note that all Upcoming Events for Prep are now on their own Note Day article/page. 

This Head of Preparatory School page will consist of general information from the Head of Preparatory School. 

Cashless Canteen

As previously communicated last term, the overarching goal for the Junior Campus Canteen is for it to run completely cashless in order to improve efficiencies and allow for better planning of requirements by having all menu items on the Flexischools platform. Beginning at the start of Term 4, all students who would like to purchase a snack or a Recess and Lunch order will be required to order this on Flexischools. Please note, there will be no orders taken by the Canteen before school. If your child has forgotten their lunch and you are unable to bring it in through the day, a sandwich and a piece of fruit will be provided by the School.

Yr 2 Camp

A group of very excited Yr 2 students left for their first school camp this morning. Please find details below for collection of students on Friday afternoon.

• To comply with safety regulations, could parents please wait in the Piazza at the designated Meeting Trees:

• • 2E at the Meeting Tree
  • 2P at the Meeting Tree
  • 2A at the 1 Onyx Meeting Tree
  • 2C at the 1 White Meeting Tree
• Children will exit the bus and be escorted into the Piazza with their class teacher.
• The luggage will be unloaded from the bus and lined up along Allister Street.
• Parents are asked to mark their child’s name off the roll with their class teacher before leaving the school grounds.  
• Parents and children can then walk to Allister Street to collect their luggage before leaving school.

Clubs

Clubs have now finished for Term 3 and all families should have received a letter with the Trybooking link to register your child/ren for Term 4 Clubs. As previously advised, Clubs for students in Yrs 1 and 2 will commence in Week 2 (Wednesday 23 October) and will finish in Week 7 (Wednesday 27 November).

Vacation Care Bookings – October Holidays

This is a reminder that bookings for the October Vacation Care Program close next Tuesday 24 September at 5.00pm. After this time no further bookings, changes or cancellations can be made. There is still availability on several days, so if you would like to make a booking, please do so via the Flexischools website. To all those who have booked in, the OOSH staff look forward to a wonderful vacation program with your child/ren.

Prep Games Day

We invite all families to join us for the annual Preparatory Games Day being held on Friday 27 September at 8.45am. Please see the Upcoming Events page for more information.

Uniform Shop

A reminder to parents to check their children’s summer uniform for Term 4.  We now have stock of summer dresses, grey shorts and short sleeve shirts, so come and see us before the rush.

Don’t forget you can order uniforms online from Flexischools. Orders can be delivered to the Prep School or you can collect from the Uniform Shop located on Military Rd.

In the school holidays, the Uniform Shop will be open on Monday 30 September, Thursday 10 October and Friday 11 October between 9.00am – 3.00pm. If you wish to make an appointment, please click here.

Principal for the Day

Thank you to Emily Heller who managed the Prep School as Principal for the Day on Monday and Wednesday morning this week. Emily enjoyed visiting the classrooms and the Senior Campus, reading a story to Transition Gold and speaking at Assembly. Yesterday’s Mufti Day which raised $476.85 for the Marine Life Conservation, was Emily’s initiative and I thank her for motivating the students for such a worthy cause.

Mrs Audrey Fellowes
Head of Preparatory School
afellowes@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848

Prep & RH Upcoming Events

A more comprehensive calender can be found on Redlands Pulse.

Yr 2 Greek Mythology Incursion

Date: Thursday 26 September (Week 10) from 8.30-10.30am
Dress: Greek God or Goddess costumes over students’ PE uniform OR they are to bring their PE uniform in a separate bag. Students are not allowed to wear thongs with their costume however sandals are permitted.

Please note that all of the children will be changing from their costumes before morning tea and they will wear their PE uniform for the remainder of the day. Please refer to the detailed information letter on Redlands Pulse.

Prep Games Day

We invite all families to join us for the annual Preparatory Games Day being held on Friday 27 September at 8.45am. All students from Kindergarten to Yr 2 will be involved in running and field events on the Junior Campus Oval. Students are all expected to wear their sports uniform, sunscreen and hat, with a full water bottle for hydration throughout the day. Parents may take their child home at the end of the Games Day which we expect will be at approximately 12.45pm. We do ask however, that you sign your child out with their teacher before leaving the School. Staff will be supervising any students remaining after Prep Games Day until the end of the day. After School Care will be operating as normal.

Bush Dance

Mrs Audrey Fellowes
Head of Preparatory School
afellowes@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9848

Redlands House/Transition Gold

UPCOMING EVENTS

Please note that all Upcoming Events for Prep are now on their own Note Day article/page. 

This Head of Preparatory School page will consist of general information from the Head of Preparatory School. 

Vacation Care Bookings – October Holidays

This is a reminder that bookings for the October Vacation Care Program close next Tuesday 24 September at 5.00pm. After this time no further bookings, changes or cancellations can be made. There is still availability on several days, so if you would like to make a booking, please do so via the Flexischools website. To all those who have booked in, the OOSH staff look forward to a wonderful vacation program with your child/ren.

Gastroenteritis

As you may be aware viral gastroenteritis is circulating at elevated levels in the community, and there is an on-going risk of outbreaks in Child Education and Care Services. Gastroenteritis is commonly caused by viral infections resulting in vomiting and diarrhoea. The viruses are easily spread from person to person. Thorough washing of hands with soap and running water are vital to prevent spread. Please keep your child at home if they have any of the above symptoms. This assists us in keeping other children and staff well. Please clean your hands with hand sanitiser when entering and leaving Redlands House. Could we please also ask that you advise the School if your child falls ill, this will allow us to inform other families and the relevant authorities. Thank you for your close attention to this.

Optional Term 4 Uniform for Transition Gold Students

To assist in the preparation for Kindergarten, Transition Gold students who are moving into Kindergarten in 2020, are welcome to wear the formal school uniform in Term 4. Girls should wear a summer dress and boys a shirt, tie and shorts. As a reminder, you can order uniforms online from Flexischools. Orders can be delivered to Redlands House or you can collect from the Uniform Shop located on Military Rd.

Uniform Shop

In the school holidays, the Uniform Shop will be open on Monday 30 September, Thursday 10 October and Friday 11 October between 9.00am – 3.00pm. If you wish to make an appointment, please click here.

Mrs Audrey Fellowes
Head of Preparatory School
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 Secondary Sport

Team Formation

This week saw the announcement of many summer sport teams for 2019/2020 season. Selection trials can be an anxious period for many students but they are a necessary part of sport to ensure students are selected into the right team for their development at the right time. For many people the emotions of selection can come not from what team they were selected in, but what team their peers or friends were selected in. It is a natural response for people to compare themselves to those people around them, in many cases we are our own worst critics in this regard. As individuals we often apply a range of bias towards our own ability and the ability of others. It is this bias which creates the greatest barrier when forming teams. A team is a group of people linked to a common purpose. It is forming this team to establish and achieve the purpose that is difficult and is why it is called teamWORK, it requires exactly that to achieve success. Building a strong culture of teamwork is one of the most important and influential things our coaches can do at Redlands. Key to a majority of the enjoyment students derive from sport comes from the relationships they form and the shared experiences they have as a team.

The Tuckman model of the stages of group development, first published by Bruce Wayne Tuckman 1965, outlines the dynamics of a team and the stages of development a team will go through on the journey towards quality results and it is still relevant today.  

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Utilising models, such as the one above, is just one way we can instil a sense of self awareness about our students and the teams and relationships they form within our sport programs. The skill of team learning from each other is easy, however getting teams to learn for each other is teamwork. This is one of the greatest traits we can develop in our students to ensure they become better athletes and better people.

“Individual commitment to a group effort – that’s what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilisation work.” Vince Lombardi (3 x NFL winning coach. The NFL Super Bowl Trophy is now named in his honour).

Athletics

Redlands competed at the ISA Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park. Redlands won Division 1 Junior Girls, Division 1 Intermediate Girls for the first time and came 3^rd in Senior Girls to win the Overall Girls Shield which we hadn’t won since 1997! This was an outstanding achievement. Redlands was the 1^st place Coeducational school in the ISA Competition too. Below are some of the most memorable moments achieved by the team on the day:

Alexandra York (Yr 11) dominated the girls U16s 100m (13.12), 200m (27.23), Long Jump, Triple Jump and High Jump, winning all five events along with breaking the ISA record in 3 events. The records broken include: Intermediate Girls Triple Jump 11.96cm – 30cm longer than last year’s result; U15 Girls High Jump 1.65m; U15 Girls Long Jump 5.21m. 

Intermediate Middle-Distance runner, Emma Mahon (Yr 10), fresh from her run at the Australian Junior XC Championships, had strong wins in the Intermediate Girls 3000m (10:58), Intermediate Girls 1500m (4:51) and the U15 Girls 800m (2:26). 

Olivia Donoghue (Yr 10) won both the U16 Girls Div 1, 100 and 200m. Olivia also came 2^nd in the U16 girls 400m.

Lauren Smith (Yr 9) came away with a win in the U15 Girls 100m (13.94) (Div 1 A), the U15 200m (28.4) (Div 1 A) and also came away with the win in the U15 years 400m (1:05.22). 

Charles Henry (Yr 7) won the U13 Boys Div 1 Discus (28.40m) and Javelin. His Javelin throw of 37.20m was well ahead of his rivals!

The Senior Boys relay consisting of Yr 12 athletes Wilf McKie, Ellis Teudt, Cameron Pascoe and Antonio Bonandi Penna Coelho, had a convincing win in a swift time of 44.73. This was a brilliant finish to the last event of the day.

Other commendable results include:
Jasmine Chubb (Yr 12) came 1st in the U18 Girls High Jump (1.45m).

Lindsay McNeil (Yr 12), running the 3000m for the first time, finished 1st in U18 3000m in a time of 12:00.51s.

Leo Colin (Yr 11) finished 1st in the U17 Boys 800m. 

Jonah Koppers (Yr 10) finished in 1^st place in U16 800m with a new personal best time of 2:03s. Jonah also finished 3^rd in the 400m (55.28).

Olivia Vigneault (Yr 9) came 1st in U15 800m in 2:34.19s.

Anna McCormack (Yr 11), came 1st in the U17 Girls High Jump (1.45m). Anna also finished in 2^nd place in the 100m Hurdles. (19.62).

Liam McFarlane (Yr 7) finished 1st in U12 800 in 2:37s.

Mikaela Sanger Larsson (Yr 7) finished 1^st in the U12 Girls Discus with a strong throw of 12.19m.

Sofia Thorne (Yr 7) finished 1st in the U13 Girl’s Shotput with a throw of 6.04m, she also finished 3rd in the U12 Girls Javelin.

Angela Monty (Yr 7) finished 1st in the U12 Girls 100m in 15:44s.

8 athletes were awarded Junior, Intermediate and Senior Athlete of the Year after the carnival based upon their attendance at training, invitational meets and overall performances. Congratulations to the following students:

• Junior Boy Athlete of the Year: Charles Henry (Yr 7)
• Junior Girl Athlete of the Year: Lauren Smith (Yr 9)
• Senior Girl Athlete of the Year: Alex York (Yr 11)
• Senior Girl Athlete of the Year: Emma Mahon (Yr 10)
• Senior Girl Athlete of the Year: Olivia Donoghue (Yr 10)
• Senior Boy Athlete of the Year: Jonah Koppers (Yr 10)
• Senior Boy Athlete of the Year: Max Currie (Yr 10)

A huge thank you to all our coaches from Mosman Athletics Club, Rich Frost (Sprints and Jumps), Josh Swan (Sprints and Relays), Jackson Ellis (Sprints and Jumps) and Brett Van Zyl (Throws) for all their assistance on the day of the carnival. A big thank you to the parents who came out to support the team on Tuesday and for all the early morning and afternoon pickups. I wish all the Redlands athletes the best of luck at the CIS Athletics Championships coming up on Tuesday 24 September.

Basketball 

The following teams will have trial games in Dunnet Hall this Saturday 21 September. Players are asked to arrive 30 minutes before the start time indicated below, dressed in their Redlands Basketball uniform:

8.00am – 1^st Girls vs SACS
9.00am – 1^st Boys vs SACS
10.00am – 17A Boys vs SACS
11.00am – 15A Boys vs SACS
12.00pm – 14A Boys vs SACS
1.00pm – 13A Boys v SACS

Basketball teams not listed above will not have a commitment this Saturday.

We will be offering a Basketball skills session in the holidays on Tuesday 8 October in Dunnet Hall. Please click here to register:
9.00-10.30am – Yr 7 and 8 Boys and Girls
10.30am-12.00pm – Yrs 9 and 10 Boys and Girls

Basketball singlets are now available for hire from the Uniform Shop. Students will need to pay a $10 hire fee for the season and return their singlet to the Uniform Shop at the conclusion of the 2019/20 season.

Please continue to refer to Redlands Pulse for all of your Basketball information for the upcoming season.  

Rowing

Our near record number of rowers have started the season well. There has been a noticeable increase in focus from previous years with our experienced year levels along with our first year rowers taking to the sport very quickly! As always, students can join the Rowing program at any stage of their schooling.

This Saturday 21 September from 12.00 – 1.30pm, the Friends of Rowing will be hosting the season launch and boat naming BBQ at Mosman Rowing Club. All families are welcome and encouraged to attend. We will be acknowledging some people who have made a significant contribution to the program during our boat naming ceremony.

Our Friends of Rowing would love to hear from any parents who would be able to volunteer with setup, working the BBQ or any other duties for this event. Can you please email Sabrina Pauling at sabrina.pauling@gmail.com

Due to this, this Saturday’s training schedule for all Year Groups has been modified as follows:

Seniors (Yrs 9, 10 and 11)
Row – 7.00 – 9.30am
Rest/Transit – 9.30 – 10.00am
ERGO – 10.00 – 11.30am
Transit/Change – 11.30 – 12.00pm

Juniors (Yr 8)
Row – 9.00 – 11.15am
ERGO Relay – 11.15 – 11.45am
Change – 11.45 – 12.00pm

Juniors (Yr 7)
ERGO Relay – 9.00 – 9.30am
Row – 9.30 – 11.45am
Change – 11.45 – 12.00pm

Junior Sport

Spring Challenge AFL

Our Spring Challenge AFL boys played two matches against Knox last Friday night and were a real force to be reckoned with, taking both matches convincingly. Our whole team showed great sportsmanship, jumping in to help the opposition when there were players short and more often than not being the best player on the opposing team. We’ve been unable to muster an opponent for this Friday and so our Spring Challenge has come to an early end. Though, given the current weather, the likelihood of any games going ahead in this final week is pretty slender.

Girls AFL finished off their season with a series of tight tussles at Pymble last Saturday. Watching the girls from all of our three teams embrace the challenge of a new sport has been a real insight. Despite going down to some very tough Abbotsleigh girls, our teams were all right into it, tackling, smothering and bumping their way into every contest.

NSWCIS Athletics Championships

Joel Daily (Yr 5) has continued to dominate even at the next level, winning the 100m and Long Jump at the NSWCIS Championships last Thursday. Joel’s 14.07s 100m is rapid and will hold him in good stead whilst representing NSWCIS at the PSSA State Championships. Joel jumped his personal best a 4.64m, despite running between events in a heavy program.

Joels isn’t the only Redlands athlete to be heading to the NSW Championships. Ashley Corn and Jeffrey and Daniel Benoleil also qualified for the State Championships along with Joel in the Jnr Boys 4 x 100m relay. The boys ran great races and their 56.94s 4x 100m is an exceptional time. The boys put together some of the cleanest changes I’ve seen from a Redlands relay team and showed plenty of heart when tested at this high calibre. 

Basketball

Before school Basketball training is available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 7.15am in Dunnet Hall. Players from any grade and mixed or girls Basketball are welcome to attend.

Term 4 Sports Schedule

The schedule for Term 4 matches is available on Redlands Pulse.

Photos

We love having photos on display and to help archive our seasons, anyone who has any action shots they’re proud of and willing to share, please forward to acarter@redlands.nsw.edu.au.

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

Snowsports

Planning for 2020 is well under way. 

Snowsports calendar 2020

Friends of Snowsports

At the AGM held last Monday night, the new committee in 2020 was elected. The new Chairperson will be Peter Murphy, the Treasurer will be Nicky Wessels and the Secretary will be Kirsty Gautheron. Camilla Byron and Erin Fitzhenry will continue as Race Volunteer Coordinators while Helen Roberts and Chrissy Goerner have expanded the committee as Event Organisers. Many thanks to outgoing Chairperson, Lisa MacDonald and Treasurer, Richard Thomas who have done a fabulous job for many years to leave the committee and its workings in great shape. All Snowsports parents are welcome to attend meetings which are just once a month during winter sports terms.                                          

End of Season Celebration of the Year

All Snowsports families and competitors are invited to celebrate another fantastic season by attending to the Annual Snowsports Presentation on Friday 6.00-9.00pm on 27 September at the Cammeray Golf Club. The food is good and the price is right. To help with catering please RSVP here.

At the Winter School dinner on Saturday 28 September at High Country Campus, presentations will be made to National racers and Division Champions.

More details and dates are on Redlands Pulse. 

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

Ballet and Dance

Student News

Amber Hosker had some great results at Talent Tribe on Sunday. She came 2nd in the Restricted Jazz 12U section and the adjudicator really loved the piece and the performance. Well done Amber!

Samantha Hely was also busy at the weekend winning both the Tap Solo and Duo (with her partner) in the 14 and under section at Hollywood Bound. Well done!

Class Watching

Remember to come to our Class Watching Week from Saturday 21 – Friday 27 September. All classes available to watch are detailed on Redlands Pulse. We welcome all parents, carers and siblings.

Meet Our Alumni

Many of our alumni stay in touch. It is always wonderful to hear what they are up to and how they progress through an array of careers and industries. At our Ballet and Dance Awards Night we will meet some of them. Click here for an introduction to one of them, Bronwyn Trevor.

The 2019 Auditions for 2020 Performance Groups and Ballet Program

All dates and audition criteria are now advertised on Redlands Pulse and on the noticeboard.

Spring Holiday Workshop

The RAD Spring Holiday Workshop for our Senior students will be held in Parkes Hall on the following dates: 30 September, 1 October and 2 October. We are excited to welcome back Mr Kit Lethby, ARAD PDTC (Dip.) Royal Academy of Dancing Vocational Graded Examiner to the Academy to run these workshops this year.

9.30-11.00am – RAD Intermediate Foundation
11.00-12.30pm – RAD Intermediate
12.30-2.00pm – RAD Advanced Foundation
2.00-3.30pm – RAD Advanced 1

Please let us know whether you will be attending or classes may be cancelled.

Holiday Jazz Rehearsal

There will be rehearsals with Ms Marcia in the holidays on Tuesday 8 October.

Advanced and Lyrical Jazz – 11.30am-1.00pm
Yrs 8/9 Jazz – 10.00-11.30am

Friends of Ballet and Dance

Preparation for EOYC

Sewing / Working Bees

Next term we will be holding our Sewing Bee in the lead up to the concert.
Dates are 19, 26 October, 31 October and 2 November. Even if you can’t sew, we have plenty of jobs that involve creating, glueing, tidying and organising.  It’s a great way to catch up with other Dance parents so come along for a chat.

Concert Volunteers 

We would love your help backstage on Concert Days especially with students’ Hair and Makeup. The procedure is:

• Volunteers email the Ballet and Dance office with your intention to help, include your WWC number and ID.
• The list of volunteers will be sent to Redlands HR for Verification and Clearance to work with children
• Cleared Volunteer List will be sent to the Parent Coordinator
• Volunteers attend a Concert Hair and Make-up Tutorial (2 November)
• SignUp Genius link will be sent to volunteers to pick their chosen volunteer time slots on Concert Days.

If you are new to this procedure, please contact Eva at the Ballet Office or Sue Banfield (sbanfieldx2@gmail.com)

Hair and Make-up Tutorial 

Please attend our Hair and Make-up Tutorial on Saturday 2 November. Each year the requirements are slightly different so, even if you have done this before, please come along to see what’s new in 2019.

Virginia Burmeister (Hair) and Virginia Clayton (Make-up) will be giving demonstrations between 10.00-11.00am. 

Last Classes Term 4 for Pre-Primary and Primary Transition Classes

There will be an In class Christmas Presentation during the last class of Term 4. These classes will not be performing in the EOYC at The Concourse, Chatswood. See Redlands Pulse for details.

Important Dates Term 3

Week 10: Saturday 21 – Friday 27 September – Class Watching Week
Week 10: Monday 23 September – Auditions Ballet Program 2020
Week 10: Thursday 26 September – Auditions for Performance Group and Jazz Class 2020
Week 10: Friday 27 September – Last Classes
Week 10: Saturday 28 September – Auditions for Performance Groups 2020

Spring School Holidays

Week 1: Monday 30 September – Wednesday 2 October – Senior RAD Holiday Workshops
Week 2: Tuesday 8 October – Audition Results for Performances Groups Released (Noticeboard and Redlands Pulse)

For all updates, enquiries and information in regards to classes, uniform and competitions please check Pulse and Ballet and Dance TV (in the corridor outside the Ballet Studios).

New Dance Tshirt Available

Unisex Redlands Ballet and Dance tshirt is available for purchase from the Uniform Shop. Sizes are available for Girls/Womens and Boys/Men, the price is $30.

Can’t Come to Class?

Please do not forget to let us know if sickness, injury or change of circumstance has occurred. Send an email to evabishop@redlands.edu.nsw.au

Any Questions?

Please contact us at evabishop@redlands.edu.nsw.au  We would love to hear from you.

Ms K Martin
Head of Ballet and Dance
evabishop@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6461

Curriculum Dance

Congratulations

Congratulations to Jasmine Chubb, Chloe Church, Patrick Friedlander, Jennifer Psaroulis and Kateryna Vyshnivetska for completing the filming of their Performance and Composition works for the IB Dance Course. These works will be sent away for marking. We wish them all the best for their future endeavours.

Mrs Katharine Boase
Subject Coordinator of Dance
kboase@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9889

Drama and Theatre

Musical 2020

All audition Information for Grease is available here. Audition forms are due on 23 September at 3.30pm.

Yr 11 Production – Frantic

Congratulations to the Yr 11 IB and HSC students who presented a series of original works featuring physical theatre scenes based on the techniques of Frantic Assembly. Devised by our senior theatre makers, these pieces approached thought provoking issues with great creativity and flair. Award nominations were presented to the following students. The final awards will be presented at the Drama Celebration Night.

Best New Talent
Niyah Ali, Apsara Lindeman

Leadership  
Lachlan Roland Kenn, Domenica Stuart

Most Improved
Matisse Coletran, Danny Knight 

Dedication
Tasman Banks, Lauren Burke

Service  
Leilani Heath, Flynn Henry

More information can be found on

Redlands Pulse

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

Music

Music Forms and Events can be found on Redlands Pulse

Concert Band Open Rehearsal Concert

Last Wednesday the Music Department, supported by the FOM Committee, hosted our first Concert Band Open Rehearsal, where parents were provided with the opportunity to see their children in their rehearsals. It was a highly successful afternoon and parents evidently appreciated the opportunity to observe both the Intermediate and Advanced Concert Bands present, finding it a very valuable and enjoyable experience. Here are some comments that parents have shared with us over the past week.

“…we were especially impressed with the standard of performance – it reinforced to us the high quality of the Music program at Redlands…”

“…we found the whole process very interesting and appreciated the opportunity to observe rehearsals in action…”

“… this afternoon highlighted what the Intermediate students can aspire to and work towards and potentially enjoy in the coming years…”

Thanks to MIC of Bands Ms Hilary Luck for supporting this afternoon and Lead Conductor Mr Mathew Owen in his organisation role, Mr Cameron Harker for his humorous manner with the parents and all Music tutors who work in this program each week.

Yr 7 Incursion

Last week, Yr 7 Students participated in Rhythm Works, a Musica Viva incursion held in the Edwards Auditorium, where students participated in an educational interactive performance designed to foster creativity, community spirit and connection. As a duo, Rhythm Works demonstrated to students how to create visual images using a range of instruments including African djembes, marimbas, electronic loop machines and wearable instruments made out of PVC pipe. As part of this interactive show, students were introduced to simple, readily available software that quickly enables them to loop a basic rhythm track and add layers of complexity with tuned, un-tuned percussion, vocal parts and unconventional sound sources. This experience supports their Term 3 Unit Lights, Camera, Action where learning experiences have seen students produce Music videos by recording unconventional sound sources and creating their own piece of Electronic Dance Music.

Rock in the Quad

In Term 4, students enrolled in the Redlands Rock Band program will be presenting two lunchtime concerts to showcase their developing skills as contemporary musicians. Please mark these concert dates in your diaries.

• Junior Campus Rock in the Quad (Yrs 5-6 Bands) – Tuesday 29 October
• Senior Campus Rock in the Garden (Yrs 7-12 Bands) – Thursday 28 November

Junior and Senior Music Festival Footage

Over the coming week, all parents of students involved in the Redlands Music Festivals this year will receive a link and password to footage of the 2019 Junior and Senior Music Festivals. A fee of $10 will be billed to each family for access to these concerts.

Senior Campus

Redlands Composition Competition

Earlier this year, the Music Department announced the second instalment of the Redlands Music Composition Competition, in recognising the creative talents of students who compose their own music. This creative opportunity was designed for any aspiring young composer in Yrs 7-12 who is currently enrolled in the either the Academic Music program, the Cocurricular Music Ensembles program or the Extra Subjects program. Last year the Department appointed talented young Australian composer and Redlander Greta Argyropoulos (Class of 2017) as the ambassador in launching this creative initiative and in mentoring the students. This year, we are pleased to announce that our mentor for this project will be recent graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium (Composition) Mr Solomon Frank (Redlander Class of 2013).  

A meeting has been scheduled for Friday 20 September at 1.00pm in the Upper Music Gallery of the Music Centre to discuss the next stage in the process and work through the required production matrix in preparation for the recording stage throughout Term 4.

Senior Vocal Competition

Monday 23 September, The Edwards Auditorium, John Roberts Centre

book here

Adjudicator Ms Natalie Gamsu

The Vocal Competition Adjudicator this year is Ms Natalie Gamsu, a singer, actor and cabaret artist whose performances have been acclaimed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Sydney and Johannesburg. Born in Namibia, Natalie studied Drama at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. In South Africa, she established a strong following with her own solo cabaret shows, musical theatre, and the television series, The Big Time, (Best Actress in a TV series). From 1992 until 2003, Natalie lived and worked in New York City, performing in many famous venues. Since moving to Australia in 2003, Natalie has performed cabarets, festivals and also works on the large and small screens. Natalie teaches voice and performance at AIM, NIDA (Sydney) and at APO and SHOWFIT (Melbourne) as well as in her private studio.

We are all looking forward to hearing all the student’s wonderful performances and celebrating in their success as Redlands Senior Vocal Competition finalists for 2019.

Instrumental Competition Auditions (Week 10)

Applications now closed. The audition schedule will be advised on Thursday 19 September.

Junior Campus

Ensemble Rehearsals

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 juniormusic@redlands.nsw.edu.au 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).

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