Foundation

Twilight Cocktails

Thank you to the RPFA and all the volunteers who were involved in organising such a wonderful evening. The event was attended by over 500 Redlands parents and staff, providing a great opportunity to meet new parents and catch up with old friends.

A special thank you to Anna Maria Stillone (RPFA Committee Member), Michelle Tea (RPFA President) and Melanie Hendra, Redlands Events Manager for their exceptional dedication to make this function happen. Thanks also to the pianist Jack Williams (Class of 2017) who was a member of the Jazz Band whilst at Redlands.

Foundation Survey

We would greatly appreciate a few minutes of your time to respond to our survey here. This survey is anonymous and will help us to understand the awareness of the Redlands Foundation among our community. A summary of this survey will be shared in the next Foundation newsletter. We thank you in advance.

Redlands Inaugural Sports Luncheon – Celebrating 120 Years of Redlands Sport

The Luncheon will provide a great opportunity to celebrate the integral value of sport to the Redlands community and its students of the past, present and future. This event is open to all our parents and Alumni. Get a table together with your Year Group, Sports group or with your friends.

One of our esteemed Alumni speakers and former parent, who will be sharing her inspiring sports journey, is Karyn Gojnich (Davis), Class of 1978.

Karyn has had a professional Sailing career spanning over 20 years, including representing Australia at the 1988, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. Alongside this, she balanced a career in the IT industry developing custom software and — with her husband John — raising two daughters who also attended Redlands. In 2018 she was selected as the Sailing team manager and coach for the Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aries, Argentina. Previously a Board Member of Australian Sailing as well as the Oceania Sailing Federation, she is now on the Board of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Karyn remains a strong advocate for Sailing, currently focusing on introducing more children and women to the sport.

 “Sport, any sport, I believe teaches us how to play the game and at the same time so many other life skills which is why it is so important to all Redlanders, now and in the future” Karyn Gojnich

Please join us on Friday 5 April to celebrate 120 Years of Redlands Sport with our community and hear other inspiring speakers. Bookings are open here.

Alumni News

Reunion of Class 2014 – Friday 8 March

This reunion will take place at The Oaks Hotel, commencing at 7.00pm and we will be hosting pre-drinks on the Senior Campus commencing at 5.30pm. All Parents and carers of this Class are welcome.

Book Here

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

Head of Early Childhood

Community

The warmth of the Redlands community was certainly felt at the Twilight Cocktails held last Friday night, with many families from Early Childhood in attendance. Dr Lennox warmly welcomed new families to the School and reminded everyone about the upcoming social events in the School calendar. I enjoyed chatting with many parents and although I didn’t have the opportunity to speak to all Redlands House and Preparatory families, it was heart-warming to see so many in attendance this year. It was lovely to hear families enthusiastically sharing stories with me of their children’s positive start to the school year. Events such as these take many weeks of planning and I would like to thank Melanie Hendra, the School’s Event Manager, the Facilities and Maintenance teams for their behind the scenes preparation, the Redlands Parents and Friends Association (RPFA) committee members, in particular, President Michelle Tea, Anna Maria Stillone and Jean Martin who were closely involved with the organisation of the evening. This week also held the first Early Childhood Parent Coordinator Group meeting for the year. Thank you to Jennie Cadman and Bree Stevens for their coordination of this Group and to the parents who have given their time to organise various social functions for their cohort for the year ahead.

Dr Judith Locke Presentation

This week we were fortunate to have Dr Judith Locke, clinical psychologist, former teacher and workplace trainer present workshops to staff and families of the School. Her advice to support children in a friendly and relatable way as well as providing specific strategies around how to help them become independent and make the most of their opportunities whilst at school was invaluable. Dr Locke reminded parents that by allowing children to face a world with some challenge and disappointment it can lead to opportunities that develop resilience and confidence. If you missed this wonderful learning opportunity and would like more information, please visit this website where Dr Locke’s book; “The Bonsai Child” is available, or refer to the Facebook page – Confident and Capable. The five essential skills for long term success in children, which she challenges is more important than academic scores are outlined below:

1. Resilience – the ability to cope with difficulty
2. Self-Regulation – foregoing current pleasure for future gain
3. Resourcefulness – the ability to take the initiative to improve your situation
4. Respect – for others and authority
5. Responsibility – contributing to the community

We are very keen for feedback about this event to help us inform our planning for future events. We would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to answer some simple questions by clicking here (even if you were unable to attend).

Parent Teacher Learning Meetings

Parent Teacher Learning Meetings will be held for the Preparatory School in Week 8, between Monday 18 and Friday 22 March. Bookings will open at 9.00am on Monday 4 March and close on Wednesday 13 March. These meetings are a wonderful opportunity for collaboration between parent and teacher and I therefore urge you to take up this important time with your child’s teacher. You are able to book meeting times that suit you by following the steps below:

• Go to schoolinterviews.com.au and follow these simple instructions.
• School Event Code – wnkcf
• Enter your details
• Choose your teacher
• Choose your time
• When you click Finish, your interview timetable will be emailed to you automatically – check your junk mail folder if you do not receive your email immediately.
• You can return to schoolinterviews.com.au at any time, and change your interviews, until bookings close.

Easter Eggs for Sydney’s Homeless

Redlands Preparatory school will once again provide Easter eggs and special encouraging cards to the men and women experiencing homelessness at Edward Eagar Lodge in Sydney this Easter. What started as a simple gesture of care has become a much-anticipated tradition among both those who give and receive. The homeless men and women who have received the gifts in the past often ask about the wellbeing of the students who made their special cards and are looking forward to their treats again this year. The children love the story of one man who has kept his cards each year and they have become his most prized possessions. They also love preparing the gift bags and the cards and this simple gift allows some fellow Sydneysiders experiencing homelessness, a sense of inclusion in this celebration.  

For families wishing to be involved, please send Easter eggs, especially small and medium-sized eggs to Prep Reception. The students will create gift bags with the donated eggs and cards during recess, lunch and Christian Studies lessons. Our aim this year is to create 300 bags. For any additional information please contact Fiona McKenzie, Junior Campus Chaplain.

Teaching and Learning Presentation

Next Tuesday 5 March, Dean of Teaching and Learning Mr Nigel Coutts, and Dean of Students Mrs Samantha Kourakis, will be presenting an information session for parents and carers. If you would like to know more about our contemporary teaching and learning pedagogy, as well as how we support student wellbeing at Redlands, please join us for this opportunity. The presentation will take place in the Arnold Library, Junior School, beginning at 8.30am. Tea and coffee will be available from 8.00am.

Clean Up Australia Day

Clean Up Australia Day is a wonderful opportunity for all Redlands students and their families to make a positive contribution to our local community. This year the location has changed from Balmoral and the focus is on cleaning up the Spit Reserve. Many Redlands students have spent time in this area for various sports including training sessions in the park and our older students row on the harbour. I encourage you to come along on Sunday and help the School make a difference and see if we can remove as much rubbish as possible from the park and the harbour foreshore.

Date:                           Sunday 3 March
Arrive:                        1.00pm for a short briefing
Clean up:                   1.15 – 2.30pm
Afternoon tea:         2.30pm, BYO some snacks to share

Redlands Inaugural Sports Luncheon

The Redlands Inaugural Sports Luncheon, celebrating 120 years of Redlands Sport, will be held towards the end of this term on Friday 5 April between 12.00 – 4.00pm at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Kirribilli.

This Luncheon is open to all Redlands parents and alumni and provides a great opportunity to celebrate the integral value of sport to the Redlands community and its students of the past, present and future. We are delighted to announce our guest speakers, all past Redlands students, who will share their very inspiring journey during this luncheon:

• Karyn Gojnich (née Davis), Class of 1978 (Olympic Sailor, Redlander and former Redlands parent)
• Janusz Hooker, Class of 1987 (Olympic Rower)
• Lachlan Mackay, Class of 2000 (Rugby: Australian Wallaby)
• Holly Crawford, Class of 2001 (Olympic Snowboarder)

Tickets are $130 per person and include a gourmet two course meal and beverages. Limited spaces are available and bookings can be made here. I hope to see many of you there as we recognise this milestone in the history of Redlands Sport.

Easter Working Bee

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

Redlands House/Transition Gold

Dr Judith Locke Presentation

This week we were fortunate to have Dr Judith Locke, clinical psychologist, former teacher and workplace trainer present workshops to staff and families of the School. Her advice to support children in a friendly and relatable way as well as providing specific strategies around how to help them become independent and make the most of their opportunities whilst at school was invaluable. Dr Locke reminded parents that by allowing children to face a world with some challenge and disappointment it can lead to opportunities that develop resilience and confidence. If you missed this wonderful learning opportunity and would like more information, please visit this website where Dr Locke’s book The Bonsai Child is available, or refer to the Facebook page – Confident and Capable. The five essential skills for long term success in children, which she challenges is more important than academic scores are outlined below:

1. Resilience – the ability to cope with difficulty
2. Self-Regulation – foregoing current pleasure for future gain
3. Resourcefulness – the ability to take the initiative to improve your situation
4. Respect – for others and authority
5. Responsibility – contributing to the community

We are very keen for feedback about this event to help us inform our planning for future events. We would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to answer some simple questions by clicking here (even if you were unable to attend).

Community

The warmth of the Redlands community was certainly felt at the Twilight Cocktails held last Friday night, with many families from Early Childhood in attendance. Dr Lennox warmly welcomed new families to the School and reminded everyone about the upcoming social events in the School calendar. I enjoyed chatting with many parents and although I didn’t have the opportunity to speak to all Redlands House and Preparatory families, it was heart-warming to see so many in attendance this year. It was lovely to hear families enthusiastically sharing stories with me of their children’s positive start to the school year. Events such as these take many weeks of planning and I would like to thank Melanie Hendra, the School’s Event Manager, the Facilities and Maintenance teams for their behind the scenes preparation, the Redlands Parents and Friends Association (RPFA) committee members, in particular, President Michelle Tea, Anna Maria Stillone and Jean Martin who were closely involved with the organisation of the evening. This week also held the first Early Childhood Parent Coordinator Group meeting for the year. Thank you to Jennie Cadman and Bree Stevens for their coordination of this Group and to the parents who have given their time to organise various social functions for their cohort for the year ahead.

Insect Discoveries

Transition Gold have had an exciting beginning to their year as they were introduced to stick insects in the classroom. These stick insects hatched last year from eggs Mrs Maré collected on a visit to The Australian Museum. There are three different species: the Crowned, Spiny Leaf and Goliath stick insect. Each stick insect lays different eggs and the children have been using magnifying glasses to observe and classify. The class are eagerly expecting hatchlings in the next month or so. The children have enjoyed completing observational drawings and paintings, and writing stories about the stick insects. Projects such as this provide an important foundation of experiences and assists children in making sense of their world. In order to develop an appreciation of nature, children need to engage in many repeated and varied opportunities over periods of time. These experiences, explorations, and processing of information gives students the chance to go beyond surface-level understanding.

Community Garden

Redlands House has a wonderful community garden at the top of the playground. The children have an interesting time caring for this space, learning a variety of skills whilst sharing in the fun of growing plants and vegetables. Gardening assists children learn how to care for their environment, as well as develop mathematics and science concepts, in a way that builds both self-confidence and responsibility. To enable this project to be successful, we are seeking parent helpers. If you are able to assist in any way, please contact your child’s teacher. One of the teachers and the children usually tend the garden between 8.30 and 9.00am once or twice a week. Thank you.

Redlands Inaugural Sports Luncheon

The Redlands Inaugural Sports Luncheon, celebrating 120 years of Redlands Sport, will be held towards the end of this term on Friday 5 April between 12.00 – 4.00pm at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Kirribilli.

This Luncheon is open to all Redlands parents and alumni and provides a great opportunity to celebrate the integral value of sport to the Redlands community and its students of the past, present and future. We are delighted to announce our guest speakers, all past Redlands students, who will share their very inspiring journey during this luncheon:

• Karyn Gojnich (née Davis), Class of 1978 (Olympic sailor, Redlander and former Redlands parent)
• Janusz Hooker, Class of 1987 (Olympic Rower)
• Lachlan Mackay, Class of 2000 (Rugby: Australian Wallaby)
• Holly Crawford, Class of 2001 (Olympic Snowboarder)

Tickets are $130 per person and include a gourmet two course meal and beverages. Limited spaces are available and bookings can be made here. I hope to see many of you there as we recognise this milestone in the history of Redlands Sport.

Clean Up Australia Day

Clean Up Australia Day is a wonderful opportunity for all Redlands students and their families to make a positive contribution to our local community. This year the location has changed from Balmoral and the focus is on cleaning up the Spit Reserve. Many Redlands students have spent time in this area for various sports including training sessions in the park and our older students row on the harbour. I encourage you to come along on Sunday and help the School make a difference and see if we can remove as much rubbish as possible from the park and the harbour foreshore.

Date:                           Sunday 3 March
Arrive:                        1.00pm for a short briefing
Clean up:                   1.15 – 2.30pm
Afternoon tea:         2.30pm, BYO some snacks to share

Easter Working Bee

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

From the Principal

New Learning Hub Building Project

Following my last update in the final Note Day of 2018, I am now in a position to provide some additional information about the series of events which led to the School’s severance of its contract with Ichor and to the tendering process to appoint a new head contractor.

Ichor were appointed through a competitive process the latter part of 2016. Early last year the School took possession of the first phase of the project, which was formally opened last August. The John Roberts Centre was welcomed by staff and students for the splendid new Music facilities which are housed in that Centre.

In late September last year, Ichor were forced into voluntary administration due to a legal dispute between its two partners. Upon legal advice to protect our rights, Redlands formally terminated the contract and retook possession of the site from Ichor, ensuring the construction site was secure and safe. In November Ichor went into liquidation.

It was only at that point that we could commence approaching other builders. The School ran a contractor review process that was coordinated by specialist external parties and, post the end of the school year, they recommended to the Board a builder who was formally engaged at the end of 2018.

The preferred builder is currently in a due diligence phase: reviewing all documentation, work undertaken, and obtaining prices for work moving forward. This process is due to be completed mid-end March when Redlands will look to formally engage the builder on a fixed price contract with an agreed program. Subject to all going smoothly, we are expecting that work on the New Learning Hub will recommence in earnest at the start of Term 2.

Redlands has undertaken this conservative approach to protect its rights and to formally close out the remaining contractual aspects of the previous contractor.

Once the new contract, contract price and program are formalised and agreed, the School will communicate specific information about the revised work program and other details which will then be finalised. I anticipate this communication will be at the beginning of April. In the meantime, much preparatory work has been underway in the background since mid-January.

From the Deputy Principal

Dr Judith Locke

This week, Dr Judith Locke presented to Redlands Secondary School and Primary School parents, focusing on building resilience and independence in children. This connects into our whole-school focus on Wellbeing, and the development of Social and Emotional Learning Skills across all year levels. Dr Locke also spoke with our teaching staff on Monday afternoon, and will return to work more closely with them at the beginning of Term 2. It was so heartening to hear Dr Locke affirm the message, consistently upheld at Redlands, that the development of the 5 Essential Skills of Resilience, Self Regulation, Resourcefulness, Respect and Responsibility is far more important than school results – for it is these things which truly prepare our young people with life-readiness.

There was a high level of parental interest and attendance at these sessions and we are very keen for feedback about this event to help us inform our planning for future events. We would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to answer some simple questions by clicking here (even if you were unable to attend).

We offer these types of information sessions, with presenters from Redlands and guest speakers, to support parents, share resources, and to strengthen further the essential partnership between home and school.

The next such session will be held on Tuesday 5 March 2019, with the topic of Positive Behaviour Support for Learning, presented by our Junior Campus Dean of Students, Mrs Kourakis, and Dean of Teaching and Learning (P-6), Mr Coutts.

RPFA Twilight in the Piazza…well, Hall

What a lovely evening we enjoyed last Friday, with this annual event to connect parents across the School, particularly welcoming new families to Redlands. Whilst the weather did not permit the event to proceed in the Piazza as planned, the rain did not dampen the spirits and it was a credit to the organising parents of the RPFA that the wet weather plan was able to be enacted so effectively. Sincere thanks to the parents, volunteers and staff who contributed to this successful event.

Ms Sarah McGarry

Photo caption: Year 10 students performing titrations (neutralisation chemical reactions) for the first time ever and managing to achieve very accurate results!

RPFA

Twilight Cocktails

Thank you to all those who were able to join us for Twilight Cocktails last Friday. It was a wonderful evening! Thank you to all the organisers and volunteers who made the evening possible.

Book Club

We had a terrific turnout for our first meeting of 2019 last Wednesday. Our next meeting is Tuesday 2 April at Cremorne where we will be discussing 40 Rules of Love by Elif Shafek.  

For more details please contact: Lerida Grant. New members are always welcome!

Walks on Tracks

Wednesday 6 March at 8.20am, Cammeray to Northbridge. Meet at Tunks Park, Brothers Avenue, Cammeray. Dog friendly. Any questions, please call Ann Marie Kimber on 0406 691 533.

Save the Date

Friday 1 March from 8.30am – Yr 7 Parents’ Morning Tea. 15 Whiting Beach Road, Mosman

Wednesday 13 March – Yr 3 Drinks and Dinner – Barrel Bar & Dining. Book here.

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

Event

Head of Secondary School

Service Learning at Redlands

This week we had a wonderful assembly led by our Prefects, in particular our Service and Environment Prefects, focusing on Service Learning and the many and varied contributions our students make to both local and global communities. We heard from some of our Yr 12 students about their experiences in Cambodia at the end of last year, from Yr 9 students about their focus on inequality this year and from two Yr 11 students about both the upcoming Service Learning trip to Peru, as well as an opportunity for students to assist in fundraising efforts for a school in Nepal. Our Prefects also asked students to “do the little things”, such as supporting each other through acts of kindness or picking up rubbish around the Campus, to further support our community. I also encouraged all students to be inspired from the assembly and strive for “self-lessness” instead of “selfishness” for the betterment of the School community, as well as wider communities.

Clean Up Australia Day

A wonderful opportunity for students and families to display this “self-lessness” and contribute to the wider community this weekend is to participate in our Redlands Clean Up Australia Day initiative. Please join us from 1.00 – 3.00pm on Sunday 3 March at the Spit Reserve next to the Redlands Rowing sheds. There will be a briefing at 1.00pm before students clean up the area followed by a BYO “plastic free” picnic at 2.30pm. More information can be found in the Service section of Note Day.

Judith Locke Presentation

It was great to see so many of you attend Judith Locke’s presentation to Secondary School parents on Monday evening. From conversations with a number of you on the evening and since Monday, her talk seems to have been useful and informative and, like me, you went home with lots of “food for thought” in regards to our parenting. Judith also spoke to all staff on Monday afternoon and we look forward to having her back with teachers later in the semester for further follow up and the development of ongoing strategies for supporting students and families.

For those who were not able to attend, I thought I would share some of her strategies for how we can best support our children as they grow up.

• Challenges, setbacks and failures should not be always seen in a negative light and instead seen as valuable opportunities for young people to develop resilience
• As parents, we need to “step back for our children to step up” as they face increasingly challenging tasks so that they develop independence
• Do not allow our children to have “adult rights and child responsibilities” – they should earn those adult rights
• And by making things too easy for our children, they fail to learn the essential skills of:
  • Resilience – the ability to cope with difficulties
  • Self-Regulation – the ability to forego current pleasures for future gain
  • Resourcefulness – the ability to take initiative and improve a situation
  • Respect – both for others and for authority
  • Responsibility – the desire to make contributions to a community
• And it is these skills that will truly make them “life-ready” when the leave School

We are very keen for feedback about this event to help us inform our planning for future events. We would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to answer some simple questions by clicking here (even if you were unable to attend).

Sports Update 

The summer sports season is quickly coming to a close with many of our ISA teams moving to Semi Finals this weekend while other sports are gearing up for end of season regattas or races. I congratulate all teams and competitors on their many and varied accomplishments this season, and particularly, how they have positively represented themselves and the School in a sporting context. I wish all teams competing in ISA Semi Finals, as well as our rowers competing in the Head of the Lake in Canberra, the best of luck this weekend.

I would like to make special mention of a team which will not be competing in the Semi Finals this weekend. This year our Boys’ Basketball program has moved up to ISA Division 1 and our 1sts team has come up against some of the best Boys’ Basketball teams in NSW. While the challenge of this higher level of competition has been rewarding, they were unfortunately out of Semi Final contention coming into their last game of the season on Saturday away at St Patrick’s. However, they still played their best game of the season in this last game, beating St Patrick’s (who will be in the Semi Finals) in an exciting 86-81 victory on Saturday. Most pleasing was to see the way some of the Yr 12 players stepped up in their last game for the School, whether it was defensively or offensively, to finish the season and their Basketball careers at Redlands, on a high note. 

Sports Luncheon

We are very excited to be holding our inaugural Redlands Sports Luncheon, celebrating 120 years of Redlands Sport, on Friday 5 April from 12.00 – 4.00pm at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Kirribilli.

This Luncheon is open to all Redlands parents and alumni and provides a great opportunity to celebrate the integral value of sport to the Redlands community and its students of the past, present and future.

We are delighted to announce our guest speakers, past Redlands students, who will share their very inspiring journey during this luncheon: Karyn Gojnich (Davis), Class of 1978 (Olympic Sailor, Redlander and former Redlands parent), Janusz Hooker, Class of 1987 (Olympic Rower), Lachlan Mackay, Class of 2000 (Rugby: Wallaby) and Holly Crawford, Class of 2001 (Olympic Snowboarder).

Tickets are $130 per person and include a gourmet two course meal and beverages.

Limited spaces are available so please book here so you do not miss out on a place. 

Note from the School Nurse

As we are about to move to a change of seasons, we are enlisting your help to encourage and enforce good hygiene etiquette with a view to minimising illness and infectious disease transmission in school this year.

School students are at increased risk of contracting transmittable conditions and infectious diseases because of the close proximity they share in their groups for learning and play. However, students contribute to this risk by sharing drinks, drink bottles and utensils (cutlery, toothbrushes and hair brushes).

There are simple things that everyone can do to help prevent the spread of common conditions such as colds, flu, glandular fever, conjunctivitis, head lice and so on. These include:

• Hand hygiene
• Cough, blowing nose and sneeze etiquette
• Not sharing drink bottles and utensils
• Keeping distance from friends with colds and coughs
• Keeping long hair tied and managing head lice infestations promptly.
• Staying at home with a fever, persistent vomiting and diarrhoea and seeking prompt medical advice when conditions including Influenza, Chickenpox, Shingles, Whooping cough, Glandular Fever, Conjunctivitis, Bronchitis, Impetigo (school Sores), Scabies and Hand, Foot and Mouth are suspected.

We appreciate your cooperation in assisting us look after the welfare of our students and the Redlands School community at large. 

Easter Working Bee

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

Careers

All About the SAT: Presentation at Redlands

This will take place in Tutor Time (10.30am) in the Library and is targeted to Yr 10-12 students. Ms Salier will discuss how to register, when to take, preparation, scores required and more! All invited, no RSVP required.

Interested in a Career in Surgery?

Associate Professor Amanda Dawson is a Clinical Academic and Specialist General Surgeon with a Masters of Surgery at UNSW. She has 19 years standing as a specialist in upper gastro-intestinal, hepatobiliary, advanced laparoscopy and obesity surgery. She will present to interested students on Monday 11 March in Tutor Time (10.30am) in the Library. All welcome, this is an amazing opportunity to hear from such an experienced practitioner.

UNSW Built Environment Workshops Yr 10-12          

These free workshops are being held in the holidays on 16 and 18 April from 9.00am-4.00pm. Lunch is provided. Meet current students and engage in interactive experiences. Registration open soon here.

UNSW Yr 10 Subject Selection Evenings

UNSW also holds these evenings for Yr 10 students and parents in April and May. Registrations opening soon: here.

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

Debating

ISDA Congratulations to the Primary B, Yr 7 and Senior B teams who won their debates against Scots last week. Round 2 will be at Monte. The bus will leave at 4.10pm (a little later than usual) with Ms Beggs accompanying the students. Please see an email from me for more details.

FED teams have a Home debate against Pymble Ladies College this week. They need to meet at 3.30pm in the Quad for room set up.

There are several students away this Friday for various reasons and many teams will be on minimum numbers. Please let me know first thing on Friday if a student is sick so that we can make arrangements to avoid the penalties of a forfeit.

Parents are encouraged to come in and watch debates to support our debaters old and new. More about both these competitions and about Debating in general is in the Debating section of Redlands Pulse.

It is not too late to join Debating Club which runs on a Wednesday afternoon and is also conducted by Masters Academy. More information on how to register for this is here. Based on interest, we are looking into the possibility of running an extra day/time slot. Please register interest with Masters Academy info@mastersacademy.com.au if you can’t make it on a Wednesday.

Please read the Debating Expectations section under special programs on Redlands Pulse and feel free to chat with me or with Ela Kos, our Debating Captain about any queries you may have.

Lunch and Learn – Free public speaking workshops in school: Masters Academy is running two free lunch time sessions on Public Speaking (with nibbles provided) for students in L.1.4 on Thursday 7 March and Thursday 14 March. Anyone is welcome though classroom space is limited. Please ask your son or daughter to drop in.

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

Service

Clean Up Australia Day 3 March

Clean Up Australia Day and Plastic Free Picnic – March 3rd

This Sunday afternoon is your chance to contribute to improving the Mosman foreshores around the Redlands Rowing sheds. Our Service and Environment Prefects would like to invite all Redlands students and their families to participate in our Clean Up Australia Day event and make a tangible contribution to our local community. This year we are changing location and will be focusing our energy on cleaning up the Spit Reserve. Many Redlands students have spent time in this area for various sports including training sessions in the park and rowing on the harbour. This is our chance to make a positive difference. We will be fanning out from the Redlands Rowing sheds and seeing if we can remove as much rubbish as possible from the park and the harbour foreshore. In particular we will be focusing on all of the tiny pieces we can remove from the environment.

Date: Sunday 3 March
Arrive: 1.00pm for a short briefing
Clean up: 1.15 – 2.30pm
Afternoon tea: 2.30pm, BYO plastic free picnic

Mother’s Day Classic – Sign Up Now

Register Now

The Redlands team has been registered on the Mother’s Day Classic site so it’s time to get your group together and register. There are 73 days to go until the the big day, Sunday 13 May.  Over recent years Team Redlands has slipped on the leaderboard of competing schools so our honour is at stake!  This is a wonderful family oriented event with categories for serious runners through to fun runners of all ages. Proceeds raised from this event are donated to Breast Cancer Research. Redlands pink caps and a new pink Team Redlands t-shirt will be available from the Uniform Shop by the end of April.  All Redlands Winter Sports teams are encouraged to incorporate the event as part of their training and team building.

You will need to complete the registration process, nearly all they way to payment before you can select to join the Redlands team (password = shine).

Taldumande Gala Dinner Friday 5 April

Redlands has supported Taldumande Youth Services for several years by performing at their annual Gala Dinner and through fundraising by Yr 10 students. Taldumande is a North Sydney based charity that cares for and accommodates homeless young people throughout Northern Sydney and the Northern Beaches. Their annual Gala Dinner is their major fundraising event of the year and the Redlands Jazz Choir and a select group of musicians will be performing at the beginning of the night. Taldumande would warmly welcome Redlands parents and friends to the event to support the valuable contribution they make to our local community. Bookings can be made here (Individual tickets | $220, Table of 10 | $2,100, Table of 12 | $2,500).

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

Uniform Shop

We now have stock of our Winter uniform ready for the start of Term 2. 

For new students particularly, you will need to come to the Uniform Shop to be fitted for your Winter uniform. We strongly recommend you visit us as soon as possible and beat the rush.  Why not take advantage of our longer opening hours on Thursdays when we are open until 6.00pm.  

Don’t forget our new location is 286 Military Road, Cremorne.  Please call us if you have any questions.

Mrs Kathy Brown
Uniform Shop Manager
uniformorders@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9850

Year 12

Hump Week

The next few weeks are the busiest period of this term for many students, working hard for multiple assessments and deadlines. Some students are beginning to show some signs of both physical and emotional fatigue. Students have been assured that while it is common for this time of year, they should look for warning signs of exhaustion. These signs may appear as low tolerance to stress or stressful situations, inattentiveness, insensitivity, lack of motivation and also physical fatigue. Students have been encouraged to keep an eye on each other, openly share how they are feeling, and seek help though the Pastoral Care team if needed.

HSC Student Meeting 

Earlier this week, all the HSC students attended a meeting with Mr Randall (Dean of HSC) about the essential information with regards to their course studies, including familiarisation with the rules and procedures advertised by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). It is extremely important for students to accurately update their personal details on the website Students Online, so that they can view personalised information, such as their individual exam timetable, study details and HSC results when they become available. For more information, please click this link. 

IB ToK Enrichment Excursion

On Friday 1 March, Yr 12 IB Theory of Knowledge (ToK) students will be attending a workshop on Critical Thinking for the IB, offering excellent preparation for their upcoming assessment, the Essay, worth 67% of their ToK grade. The excursion will take place at the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry at the University of Sydney, Darlington. Buses will depart from 2 Allister St (Junior Campus) at 8.30am and they will return to school by 3.30pm. I hope all the students will make the most of this great opportunity, inspired by the presenter’s guidance and wisdom. 

Student Leadership

With the Secondary Swimming Carnival, Junior Swimming Carnival and Prefect-led Assembly every fortnight, Yr 12 students have really pulled together to raise a tight-knit community spirit. There has been much positive feedback regarding the way of Yr 12 students modelled good leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of fun. Well done to all students involved. 

Debating

Lunch and Learn – free public speaking workshops in school

Masters Academy is running two free lunch time sessions on Public Speaking (with nibbles provided) for students in L.1.4 on Thursday 7 March and Thursday 14 March. Anyone is welcome though classroom space is limited. Please ask your son or daughter to drop in.

Sibling and Cocurricular Photographs

Sibling photos will be held on the Senior Campus on 13 March 7.30 – 8.30am in Redlands Hall. Sibling photographs must be ordered online prior to the day of photography by visiting www.advancedlife.com.au and using the online order code: NWL 4NR ETY.

Cocurricular photos for Music, Dance, Drama and Theatre and Debating will be held on 13 and 20 March at the Top Garden. Please check with the Cocurricular Activity Coordinator for the photography schedule. Students are reminded school blazers are required for photos.

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

Year 11

Student Wellbeing – Managing Stress

Stress is a normal and necessary part of life. Stress can help to motivate us and get us moving and help us to focus. If the stress levels rise too high in our body, this then becomes distress and we start to feel negative effects from these high stress levels – both physical and non-physical symptoms.

Strong mental health helps us to become more resilient. If we are resilient we are able to cope with the challenges that life throws at us so that when something tries to knock us off the path we want to be on, we simply pick ourselves up, brush the dust off and look around for another way to make things happen or to cope with what is happening.

Tips and strategies for students

1. Exercise can help get rid of stress so make time to do active things like playing sport or going for a walk.
2. Give yourself permission to relax and take the time to do things you enjoy and that relax you. Schedule time on a regular basis for these activities.
3. Develop a daily schedule of activities that is realistic and achievable. Make a daily to-do list. Identify your priorities and what is most important to you and stick to your list.
4. Imagine a ruler marked 1 to 100 and think of all the things that are not good in the world. Where at the moment is the thing that is making you feel bad on this scale compared to the worst things that could ever happen? This reminds us that reality is not as bad as it seems.
5. Feel good about yourself and your achievements! Reward yourself for the things you do and look for your positive qualities and strengths – give yourself encouragement. Take pride in yourself and your skills and abilities. Accept yourself for who you are and what you are and set realistic expectations for yourself.

Debating

Lunch and Learn – free public speaking workshops in school

Masters Academy is running two free lunch time sessions on Public Speaking (with nibbles provided) for students in L.1.4 on Thursday 7 March and Thursday 14 March. Anyone is welcome though classroom space is limited. Please ask your son or daughter to drop in.

Sibling and Cocurricular Photographs

Sibling photos will be held on the Senior Campus on 13 March 7.30 – 8.30am in Redlands Hall. Sibling photographs must be ordered online prior to the day of photography by visiting www.advancedlife.com.au and using the online order code: NWL 4NR ETY.

Cocurricular photos for Music, Dance, Drama and Theatre and Debating will be held on 13 and 20 March at the Top Garden. Please check with the Cocurricular Activity Coordinator for the photography schedule. Students are reminded school blazers are required for photos.

Key Dates

Yr 11 HSC Geography Excursion – Friday 1 March 8.30am
Yr 11 ‘Day of Hope’ – Student incursion – Monday 25 March- Full Day
Yr 11 Parent Teacher Night – Wednesday 3 April (Week 10)

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

Year 10

Yr 10 Assessment Handbook

The Yr 10 Assessment Handbook has been posted in digital form as a PDF on the Yr 10 Pastoral Page of iLearn. During our Year Assembly last week I showed students where this important document is located on the Yr 10 Pastoral page. Please encourage students to document their assessments on a wall planner. Many large (A1, A2) year planners can be easily purchased online through companies such as Officeworks and Typo. In addition, students should make themselves aware of the assessment rules located at the front of this document.

Study Centre

The aim of the Redlands Study Centre is to provide students from Yrs 7-12 with the opportunity to seek shoulder to shoulder support or assistance in specific subject areas from Secondary School teachers. These sessions are not to be seen as formalised one on one tutoring but instead should be seen as opportunities for students to get answers to specific questions of feedback on specific areas of learning. Most study sessions are held in the Roseby Library before and after school and at lunchtime. The Study Centre timetable is available for students to access on the Yr 10 Pastoral page on iLearn.

Independent Learning

At this time in their learning journey, Yr 10 students should be aware of the importance of independent learning. During our Year Assembly this week, I discussed the importance of making time to engage in independent study/revision as well as Home Learning. There should never be the excuse that there is nothing to do in terms of Home Learning and students should be setting time aside each day for revision. Students should review the learning of the day, read ahead, create summary notes and further investigate topics of interest. Students should be canvassing their individual subject teachers for ideas on what revision strategies are appropriate to each subject. Again, Dr Prue Salter’s website is a valuable resource with a plethora of information to assist students to develop good study habits: www.studyskillshandbook.com.au User name: Redlands, Password: 68results

Yr 10 Explorations in Science

Students in 10.2, Ms Bryant’s Science class, performed titrations (neutralisation chemical reactions) for the first time in their class last week. This is apparent from the very light pink in the conical flask that Ross is holding below. These students managed to achieve very accurate results. Many thanks to Ms Bryant for sharing this exciting learning news. 

ISA Swimming Carnival

All Yr 10 students received an email asking for volunteers for the ISA Swimming Carnival to be held on Wednesday 13 March at Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre, Homebush. This year, Redlands will be hosting the ISA Carnival and students are needed to volunteer on the day. This is a great opportunity to be part of an exciting swim meet and for students to demonstrate their leadership skills as part of the Redlands community. Students will be transported to and from the venue by bus and the return time to school on the day will be approximately 6.00pm. Students will be involved in time keeping, marshal running and distribution of catering. Please encourage your son or daughter to volunteer.

Debating

Lunch and Learn – free public speaking workshops in school

Masters Academy is running two free lunch time sessions on Public Speaking (with nibbles provided) for students in L.1.4 on Thursday 7 March and Thursday 14 March. Anyone is welcome though classroom space is limited. Please ask your son or daughter to drop in.

Sibling and Cocurricular Photographs

Sibling photos will be held on the Senior Campus on 13 March 7.30 – 8.30am in Redlands Hall. Sibling photographs must be ordered online prior to the day of photography by visiting www.advancedlife.com.au and using the online order code: NWL 4NR ETY.

Cocurricular photos for Music, Dance, Drama and Theatre and Debating will be held on 13 and 20 March at the Top Garden. Please check with the Cocurricular Activity Coordinator for the photography schedule. Students are reminded school blazers are required for photos.

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

Year 9

Tony and I really enjoyed meeting some of you last Friday at the Twilight Drinks. It was an added bonus that the evening helped contribute to the volunteering from our new Parent Reps for 2019!

Interesting Article of the Week

Please read

On Monday 25 February, Redlands staff attended a seminar provided by Dr Judith Locke, clinical psychologist and author of The Bonsai Child: Why modern parenting limits children’s potential and practical strategies to turn it around. I hope that many of you attended the session she also ran at 6.00pm on that evening and found it informative and useful.

This week I read an article by Lisa Hughes, in which she reviews Judith Locke’s book. Lisa is the founder and director of Occupational Therapy Helping Children in Balgowlah and Pymble.

Mothers’ Day Classic

On Sunday 13 May, the Mothers’ Day Classic 5km run takes place. More details are available on the Note Day Service page. I will be registering to run in the race and would love some company on the day! So please join me and other parents / teachers from Redlands for this worthwhile cause.

Debating

Lunch and Learn – free public speaking workshops in school

Masters Academy is running two free lunch time sessions on Public Speaking (with nibbles provided) for students in L.1.4 on Thursday 7 March and Thursday 14 March. Anyone is welcome though classroom space is limited. Please ask your son or daughter to drop in.

International Women’s Day and Dinner Opportunity

This coming Friday 8 March is International Women’s Day. We will be having a whole school assembly on the day, where a guest speaker from the organisation Room to Read Girls’ Education Program in Nepal will be presenting. As Yr 9 are currently learning about gender inequality, we are lucky enough to have two student places at a dinner in Sydney on Thursday 14 March. Please ask to see your child’s email from me for further details. Click here if you wish to know more about this organisation.

Pastoral Care Program

This week students have spent time looking at either how much time they spend online and comparing this with others, and thinking about how this can negatively impact their lives. Others have been looking at cyber-bullying: what it looks like and what their response should be to it as a victim, perpetrator, and a by-stander.

Social Awareness Program

This week students have begun to look at the Term 1 topic of Gender Inequality. Students are now choosing a particular organisation to research in relation to their particular issue regarding gender inequality.

Sibling and Cocurricular Photographs

Sibling photos will be held on the Senior Campus on 13 March 7.30 – 8.30am in Redlands Hall. Sibling photographs must be ordered online prior to the day of photography by visiting www.advancedlife.com.au and using the online order code: NWL 4NR ETY.

Cocurricular photos for Music, Dance, Drama and Theatre and Debating will be held on 13 and 20 March at the Top Garden. Please check with the Cocurricular Activity Coordinator for the photography schedule. Students are reminded school blazers are required for photos.

Have a great week!

Ms Rebecca Mountain
Yr 9 Advisor
rmountain@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 6462

Year 8

We Have a Baby!

Congratulations to Ms Walker. Her baby girl, Isabella Melanie Bowler, arrived last Thursday!

Student Representative Council

SRC voting was held on Wednesday this week. Thank you to all students who nominated. Representatives will be announced shortly. The SRC is a leadership development opportunity for students in Yrs 7-10. Elected students will be a student voice and conduit for communication between Executive, school planning and the students. There will be one SRC member elected in your House for each Year Group.

Parent Pastoral Care Presentation with Dr Judith Locke

Thank you to all who attended Dr Judith Locke’s presentation on Monday night. I’ve received a number of positive emails describing the evening as ‘enlightening’, ‘entertaining’, ‘informative’ and ‘practical’. Dr Locke explored how parents can best support their child in an ever-changing world. The workshop was designed to provide specific strategies to assist the young people we care for to achieve their personal best, both within the classrooms as well as in other areas of life. If you were unable to attend and wish to learn more about information covered, you are able to purchase Dr Locke’s book, The Bonsai Child, here. Dr Locke is a Member of The Australian Psychological Society (APS) and a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.

Student Planners

Some students are naturally organised; for others, organisation is a learnt skill. Each cycle, Tutors are viewing Student Planners to ensure they are being used correctly as a tool to aid time management. We ask that parents also assist students in the use of this important resource by viewing and signing Student Planners each week. Students should be recording 1) the date Home Learning is assigned; and, 2) the date Home Learning is due.

Assessment Booklets

The 2019 Yr 8 Assessment Handbook is now available on Redlands Pulse and iLearn.

Debating

Lunch and Learn – free public speaking workshops in school

Masters Academy is running two free lunch time sessions on Public Speaking (with nibbles provided) for students in L.1.4 on Thursday 7 March and Thursday 14 March. Anyone is welcome though classroom space is limited. Please ask your son or daughter to drop in.

Sibling and Cocurricular Photographs

Sibling photos will be held on the Senior Campus on 13 March 7.30 – 8.30am in Redlands Hall. Sibling photographs must be ordered online prior to the day of photography by visiting www.advancedlife.com.au and using the online order code: NWL 4NR ETY.

Cocurricular photos for Music, Dance, Drama and Theatre and Debating will be held on 13 and 20 March at the Top Garden. Please check with the Cocurricular Activity Coordinator for the photography schedule. Students are reminded school blazers are required for photos.

Indoor Hockey

Congratulations to Eloise Trueman (Yr 8) who won the COD Citizenship Award at last weekend’s COD Carnival. This award is for citizenship, coachability, attitude to COD sessions and how they played at their final COD weekend. Winners are great with their team, work hard and try hard to execute what the coaching staff had asked.

Key Dates

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

Year 7

Dr Judith Locke Presentation

We are very thankful for Dr Judith Locke’s presentations this week to parents and staff. Her research and findings sparked a lot of discussion and conversation. If you missed her presentation this week, please be on the lookout for upcoming parent sessions.    

iLearn Yr 7 Pastoral Page

Students now have access to all of their iLearn courses including the Yr 7 Pastoral page. We will continue to populate this iLearn course with content around study skills, digital citizenship and key information. Weekly announcements, key contacts and a copy of the Tutor Period schedule is linked for students as well.   

Student Acknowledgements

Please send through photos and/or announcements for any special commendations or achievements of your Yr 7 children. We’d love to spotlight your child during our weekly Year Meetings!

Student Absences

When absent, students are expected to check iLearn for any missed work and are encouraged to write their teachers an email asking for any further information to support their learning when they are absent for multiple days. 

Yr 7 Home Learning

Students are starting to get into the routine of checking their email and iLearn daily.  Students should have approximately 20 minutes per class of Home Learning. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate with the teacher regarding Home Learning completion or make up. Further information is in the Student Planner for student’s reference.   

Sibling and Cocurricular Photographs

Sibling photos will be held on the Senior Campus on 13 March 7.30 – 8.30am in Redlands Hall. Sibling photographs must be ordered online prior to the day of photography by visiting www.advancedlife.com.au and using the online order code: NWL 4NR ETY.

Cocurricular photos for Music, Dance, Drama and Theatre and Debating will be held on 13 and 20 March at the Top Garden. Please check with the Cocurricular Activity Coordinator for the photography schedule. Students are reminded school blazers are required for photos.

Yr 7 Parent Morning Tea

All welcome, this is a great chance to meet other parents and have a chat: Friday 1 March from 8.30am at 15 Whiting Beach Road, Mosman.  

Debating

Lunch and Learn – free public speaking workshops in school

Masters Academy is running two free lunch time sessions on Public Speaking (with nibbles provided) for students in L.1.4 on Thursday 7 March and Thursday 14 March. Anyone is welcome though classroom space is limited. Please ask your son or daughter to drop in.

Winter Sports

Students should have chosen their Sport preference last week. This week is the last rotation for Yr 7 Introduction to Sport. Next week, students will have an introduction to Winter Sport, including setting expectations of Sport. Winter Sport begins Week 7. 

NSW School Vaccination Program

Each year NSW Health works in partnership with schools to offer the vaccines recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for adolescents as part of the school vaccination program.

In 2019 the following vaccines will be offered:

Parent Information Kits will be sent home in Week 5 and we ask that you read all the information provided, complete the consent form and return the completed consent form to your child’s Tutor in Week 6. A Record of Vaccination card will be provided to each student vaccinated at each clinic. Parents and caregivers should ensure that this record is kept for future reference and should not assume that their child has been vaccinated if they do not receive this Record of Vaccination. 

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

Head of Junior School

The Joys and Challenges of Parenting

Earlier this week, I attended two sessions led by Dr Judith Locke; one for teachers and one for parents. At both sessions, Dr Locke shared her considerable knowledge and research into over-parenting and the causes and impacts on students, families and schools. It was wonderful to see Redlands Hall full of Early Childhood and Junior School families on Tuesday night, which was mirrored in terms of attendance on Monday evening by Secondary School families.

I am sometimes asked if being a teacher (my wife is one too) makes parenting easier. Let me assure you it does not. Parenting can and should be one of the most privileged and fulfilling roles many people play but is certainly not easy. With no ‘one size fits all’ manual, I found it really helpful to hear Dr Locke validate this and share her sense that, for a number of reasons, this is a tough time in history to be a parent. She also identified five key skills that she believes all children need to learn: resilience, self-regulation, resourcefulness, respect and responsibility, the final two coincidentally being part of our Redlands School Values. Dr Locke firmly believed that developing these traits in young people was far more important that academic matters as our children grow to learn about life and how to conduct themselves in the world around them. I have noted before that through positive partnerships, these values need to be shared at school and home, something that I have often found to be the case at Redlands.

Another point of interest for those present but also for those who were not able to make this session was Dr Locke’s research on parents who often try to ‘save’ their children from possible challenges. One of the examples she gave was of parents who try to influence either class placements or sports team selections, even though parents never have the full awareness of every student and their needs and capabilities, which teachers or coaches would do. Her article, Class Placements: The Case Against Allowing Children to Choose their Class is one that might prompt some reflection and it certainly resonated with situations that both teachers and I have faced, where in essence our professional judgment and trust is questioned.  

Every parent and teacher I have spoken with since the sessions found Dr Locke’s presentation to be both pragmatic and realistic and I am already looking forward to her returning to work with Redlands staff next term. More importantly, I have also reflected further on my own role as a father.

Parent Seminar: Positive Behaviour Support for Learning 

Continuing our parent seminar series, next Tuesday 5 March, our Dean of Teaching and Learning, Mr Nigel Coutts, and our Dean of Students, Mrs Samantha Kourakis, will be presenting an information session for parents and carers about our contemporary and innovative teaching and learning pedagogy, as well as how we support student wellbeing at Redlands. The presentation will take place in the Junior School’s Arnold Library beginning at 8.30am with tea and coffee available from 8.00am.

Welcome Parent Cocktail Evening

Despite the inclement weather, my wife and I enjoyed a wonderful evening last Friday joining just over 500 others in our Redlands community at the Welcome Cocktail evening. Robert Dunnet Hall was elegantly dressed as the Plan B venue and I acknowledge and thank all of the parent volunteers who helped to organise, set up and pack away a wonderful social occasion for parents and staff.

Particular appreciation is extended to Junior School parent, Anna Maria Stillone, who oversaw the event, ably assisted by Jean Martin and our Redlands Events Manager, Melanie Hendra.  

Our RPFA President, Michelle Tea, spoke warmly and engagingly about the strong community at Redlands in her remarks, and this was certainly something that could be felt on the night.

Thank you to everyone who was able to make this first event which was a great start to the year and look out for other upcoming events such as the Inaugural Redlands Sports Luncheon, which is advertised in more detail below.

Redlands Inaugural Sports Luncheon

The Redlands Inaugural Sports Luncheon, celebrating 120 years of Redlands Sport, will be held towards the end of this term on Friday 5 April between 12.00 – 4.00pm at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Kirribilli.

This Luncheon is open to all Redlands parents and alumni and provides a great opportunity to celebrate the integral value of sport to the Redlands community and its students of the past, present and future. We are delighted to announce our guest speakers, all past Redlands students, who will share their very inspiring journey during this luncheon:

• Karyn Gojnich (née Davis), Class of 1978 (Olympic Sailor, Redlander and former Redlands parent)
• Janusz Hooker, Class of 1987 (Olympic Rower)
• Lachlan Mackay, Class of 2000 (Rugby: Australian Wallaby)
• Holly Crawford, Class of 2001 (Olympic Snowboarder)

Tickets are $130 per person and include a gourmet two course meal and beverages. Limited spaces are available and bookings can be made here. I hope to see many of you there as we recognise this milestone in the history of Redlands Sport.

Junior School Parent Group

This morning saw our first Junior School Parent Group meeting and it was delightful to welcome and meet this group of volunteers who will contribute to our strong sense of connectedness as a School community this year. We are always fortunate to have parents volunteer for these important roles and I look forward to supporting and working alongside them this year.

Student Representative Council

Our peer-elected Student Representative Council (SRC) met for the first time last week and with the group represented by a girl and boy from each Junior School class, there was a real sense of school student voice in the room. These meetings are chaired by our School Captains, Aneke Golowenko and Krishna Gupta, gently guided by Yr 6 teacher, Ms Cosolito. In their first meeting, the students enjoyed a rich discussion on ‘Positive Behaviours for Play’, which they believe will help to guide our students at recess and lunchtime. 

SRC members will ask their classmates for feedback and bring this feedback to our next meeting in order to revise our ‘Positive Behaviours for Play.’

Clean Up Australia Day

All Redlands students and their families are again encouraged to participate in Clean Up Australia Day, an activity to help make a positive contribution in our local community. This year, we are changing location and will be focusing our energy on cleaning up Spit West Reserve. Many Redlands students have spent time in this area for various sports including training sessions in the park and rowing on the harbour. This is our chance to make a positive difference. We will be fanning out from the Redlands Rowing sheds and seeing if we can remove as much rubbish as possible from the park and the harbour foreshore.

Date:                                 Sunday 3 March
Arrive:                               1.00pm for a short briefing
Clean up:                          1.15pm – 2.30pm
Afternoon tea:                 2.30pm, BYO snacks to share

Information for Events and Excursions

Following some recent parent feedback, I am writing to provide parents with some guidance when seeking information on events and excursions where parent permission has been requested. As parents, when you are in Redlands Pulse granting permission, there is always a letter of information within the permission box of information that can be downloaded for your reference. Wherever possible, we will seek to add these letters to the relevant sections of Redlands Pulse too, eg. a Year excursion permission request would also have the letter in the Yr 4 section of Redlands Pulse.

Year 5 Parents and Students

While next Wednesday’s Secondary School Information Session is primarily aimed at Yr 5 parents and students for Yr 7 2021, any Yr 6 parents and students who did not attend the same evening last year for Yr 7 2020 are warmly invited to attend. Please email the Registrar if you would like to do so. 

There will be a Yr 6 into 7 Transition Session for Yr 6 parents and students in Term 2 on Monday 13 May at 6.00pm.

Easter Working Bee

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

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

Mouthguards

There will be a representative from ProFit Mouthguards at the school next week, Wednesday 6 March. ProFit mouthguards are professionally fitted onsite using dental moulds and offer protection for teeth and gums whilst also reducing the severity of concussions caused by contact sports.

For any student wishing to be fitted please contact Mr Jack Gooding and please complete the registration form. These mouthguards are recommended for all Winter Representative Sports in Redlands including Hockey, Football and Rugby. The application form can be found here.

Fitness Centre

Please be aware that the Redlands Fitness Centre is available to all including those currently not in a Representative Sport and there are sessions each morning on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with additional afternoon sessions on Monday and Wednesday. Sessions are as follows:

Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings – 6.00am Fitness Session Open – Session runs from 6.15am-7.20am
Monday/Wednesday morning – 3.30pm Fitness Session Open – Session runs 3.40pm-4.20pm
Wednesday mornings will have a session run that is tailored towards Rugby Pre-season.

I would recommend that all students looking ahead to their Winter Representative Sport look to use these sessions as a way to prepare physically for their 2019 seasons. Sports such as Football, Rugby and Netball all require a level of strength and flexibility all of which can be achieved by using the Redlands Fitness Centre.

There will also be more information sent out regarding a High Performance program for some of our athletes across the Representative Sports at Redlands as we begin to prepare for the Winter Sport season. This program is designed to track certain athletes through their off-season/in-season, managing their goals and targets for their chosen sports. This program is a more individualised program and offers the students a more tailored approach to their conditioning and strength development.

Please speak to Mr Gooding directly or email on jgooding@redlands.nsw.edu.au if you would like to speak regarding individualised programs and or the High Performance program.

Basketball

Round 10 was an important round for many of our teams, with some of our teams relying on a win to get through to the Semi Finals. Despite a few tough losses, we still have 17 teams through to the Semi Finals and the 14D Boys have successfully made it straight through to the Grand Final.

Congratulations to all teams that have successfully made it through to the Semi Finals this Saturday. It is fantastic to see six of the seven girls teams progressing into the Semi Finals, showing that our Girls program is going from strength to strength. The Boys program has had another great year, and despite both our A and B Boys teams moving up a division, it’s a great sign that we still have 12 of the 18 Boys teams progress through to the post-season playoffs.

Don’t forget to register to attend the End of Season Basketball Dinner. Please see the details below:

Date: Thursday 14 March
Time: 6.30pm arrival for a 7.00pm start
Venue: Norths Leagues Club (12 Abbott St, Cammeray)
RSVP: Sunday 10 March
Book your tickets now via https://www.trybooking.com/BAZHI

Thank you to all players and parents for your commitment to the Redlands Basketball program for the 2018/19 season. Best of luck to the teams playing in the Semi Finals this Saturday, we look forward to seeing you at the End of Season function to celebrate another great year.

Indoor Hockey

Congratulations to Eloise Trueman (Yr 8) who won the COD (Centre of Development) Citizenship Award at last weekend’s COD Carnival. This award is for citizenship, coachability, attitude to COD sessions and how they played at their final COD weekend. Winners are great with their team, work hard and try hard to execute what the coaching staff had asked.

Netball

The trials for the 1st VII Netball will begin in Week 6, Tuesday 5 March (Lang Gym 5.30 – 7.30pm) and Thursday 7 March (Lang Gym 5.00 – 7.00pm). These trials are open to all players in Yrs 10 – 12. If you are interested in trialling for the 1sts, please email cellis@redlands.nsw.edu.au with your preferred position #1 and preferred position #2.

Friends of Netball will be meeting on Monday 4 March at 6.00pm in L1.2. If you are interested in joining the Friends of Netball, please contact redlandsfon@gmail.com.

Rowing

On Saturday the Yr 8 students headed off to separate regattas with the girls attending the Kings/PLC Regatta in Penrith while the boys raced at the AAGPS All Schools Regatta held on Hen and Chicken Bay. For both groups, this was their first regatta experience independent to the rest of the Rowing program.

The girls started the day with small boat racing in either the double or single scull events before moving across into the Coxed Quads. Some standout results were the combination of Alana Mansfield and Erin Tyrrell finishing 4^th in Division 1 in a time that would have seen them in second place in any other division. Issy Treloar raced a patient and consistent race in the single scull, seeing off some fast starters to win her scull division comfortably.

In the School Coxed Quads, the Division 1 crew of Issy Treloar, Briar Carter, Charlotte Scamps, Catarina Croll and Lucy Horton were narrowly beaten by Loretto Normanhurst for 2nd place, finishing in 3^rd while the Division 2 crew of Zoe Naismith, Aysha Sayan, Erin Tyrrell, Alana Mansfield and Camille Ghenzer finished a strong 2^nd place behind Queenwood.

Meanwhile the Yr 8 boys who were racing against the GPS schools for the first time this season punched well above their weight! The combination of Liam Batemyr, William Natilli, Liam Griffin, Zac Garvey and Maya Little racing in Division 6 finished a strong 3^rd while the combination of Joe Griffiths, Chase Vandekreeke, Fergus Edmonds-Wilson, Angus McLachlan and Charlotte Morrison also finished 3^rd in Division 5. The standout of the day however was our Yr 8 Boys 1^st crew of Patrick Walker, Matthew Fry, Daniel Close, Finn Woodward and Charlotte Morrison who won Division 1 in what was the fastest time of the day for the event, beating all other Yr 8 1^st crews from the GPS schools. With no lane markings and racing on an open expanse of water, skilled coxes really can make a huge difference at Hen and Chicken, to this, special mention should go to Maya Little and Charlotte Morrison who between them coxed all of the Boy’s crews at this Regatta.

Next weekend will see the whole program head to Canberra for the ACT Head of the Lake with our Yrs 8-9 students departing at recess on Friday while the Yrs 10-12 students depart at lunch. Parents and supporters are encouraged to make the trip down to watch the racing.

Rugby

Friends of Rugby Meeting – there will be a Friends of Rugby meeting next week on Monday 4 March starting at 6.00pm. For all those wishing to attend please contact Mr Jack Gooding directly at jgooding@redlands.nsw.edu.au or Mr Malcolm Pascoe at mjp24601@gmail.com.

Tennis

Saturday started out with rain clouds ominously lurking around from very early on. Our 8.00am Tennis matches went ahead as planned giving students the opportunity to improve their match playing skills. By 10.00am it had started to drizzle on and off. Matches started in the hope that the rain would pass. In the end the courts were too wet to continue. Thank you to all students for showing persistence and a great attitude despite the challenging conditions.

Touch Football

This weekend sees three of our teams compete in the ISA Touch Football Finals held at St Paul’s Grammar, Cranebrook. This is a wonderful representation of how far our program has come this year, seeing not only two of our Junior sides qualify but also our 1st VI Girls make the Finals playing in an incredibly hard ISA A Division.

For our Junior Cs their season started out on a tough note, losing their first two matches and coming away from a weekend at Oxley with a controversial draw but it was amazing to watch this team build each week, not only developing as a team but also each individual player becoming stronger. So many of this team were new to the sport this year and watching their two wins last weekend away at Kinross is one of my highlights for the season. I cannot wait to see players like Lily Attard, Madison Hungerford and Anna Ivanovic represent our school in their match against a strong St Andrews Cathedral School side, this whole squad should be extremely proud of their work this season.

Our Junior As came out of the blocks like a cannon, sweeping through the first half of the season undefeated and with the best For/Against record across any team in the competition. With comprehensive wins against Chevalier, Oxley, BMGS and Kinross the Junior As sat atop of the table and looking at an undefeated season as we went into the Christmas break. This little stop in our season managed to shake the squad a little bit, losing a bit of our attack in a draw against Chevalier and a loss against Oxley but it was a credit to this group that they went on to record their two best wins against BMGS and SAS. This team is blessed with some amazingly strong players that combine so well in attack and defence. Sophia Hill and Piper Allen are without question our two leaders, building our attack and feeding the strike weapons we have out wide, creating some wonderful space for ball runners like Emma Mahon and Ruby Kelly. This weekend sees this squad faced with the challenge of proving they deserve to be considered the best team in the competition and go out as Grand Final winners.

The journey for our 1st VI Girls started with the pre-season trials and the camp away in Berry, where they began to build as a squad, seeing where they needed to improve to come up to the level of this new competition. This group is built around some amazingly talented athletes with Lulu Simpson, Sydney Stuckmann and our Captain of Touch Football, Caitlin Du Plooy, leading this group of girls. But it is the development of the rest of the squad which is the best highlight for the season. Seeing players like Caroline Bates, Aoibheaan MacLochlainn and Ruby Brook become so brilliant in their attack each week is a credit to their hard work and the coaching of Mr Ellis. This team has ridden an up and down season but strong wins throughout the season has meant they qualified 3^rd behind Barker and the undefeated team of Kinross. This weekend sees them with the chance of beating Barker in the Semis and from there a Grand Final win is within grasp.

This has been a wonderful season for all of our teams and despite the win/loss records of some of our teams, the development across our whole program has been so strong. I wish all teams the best of luck on the weekend, let us see if we can come away with multiple Grand Final winners.

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

All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.​

Junior Sport

HICES Swimming Carnival

Our Redlands team for the HICES Carnival on 6 March was posted on Dunnet Hall noticeboard on Friday and students/ parents notified of selection by email. The following students have been selected to represent Redlands in what looks like the strongest Redlands Swimming team for some years, ready to take on the top swimmers vying for the HICES trophy:

Charlotte Algar, James Black, Jaxon Black, Isobel Campbell, Alice Connell, Rose Connell, Amelie Dewar, Thomas Dewar, Federico Gazzilli, Giorgio Gazzilli, Remie Gibbs, Anneke Golowenko, Luka Gordon, Lachlan Green, Amber Hosker, Ollie Hosker, Charlotte Humphreys, Annabelle Hwang, Freya Kittle, Olivia Law, Toby Luce, Alex Ramsay, Annalise Rowe, Lexi Rowe, Finn Scott Brown, Stella Simpson Morgan, Georgia Slack, Joshua Svensson, Lachlan Svensson, Pieter Van Dam and Tara Ward.

It’s fantastic to see so many siblings together as part of the Redlands team.

Extra Sports

Don’t forget our great extra sports on offer before and after school. Our Football Skills Squad is an active after school option running on Mondays with Coach Javier Carpio.

Agility and Speed training will return with the Junior School Oval, which is looking better and better each day!

IPSHA Sports

IPSHA matches begin this weekend. All matches, times and venues are as per the original draw.

Basketball

Our Yrs 5/6 basketballers have really lifted the bar in the early part of this season. Our teams are so far undefeated across three rounds in Grades A – F and our depth is truly showing through with many of the students involved in our Rep team Intraschool matches ready, willing and able to take the court for our graded teams. The quality of Basketball across all grades is impressive and I can assure you that our coaches are working hard to ensure our players are improving all aspects of their game, not just getting results on Saturdays. 

Lachlan Carmichael was successful in being selected for NSWCIS Boys Basketball team last week. He will be part of the CIS team who have dominated the NSWPSSA Championships in recent years. That tournament is in Term 2 in Maitland. Congratulations Lachlan.

Cricket

Our Cricket team were washed out last weekend, but are back on track this weekend with a trip to The Kings School. The roster is as normal and Nick and Adam will be there from 7.30am for warm up.

Tennis

Stella Simpson Morgan has been the cornerstone of our Tennis team for a few years now and was this week selected for the second year running to represent NSWCIS at the NSWPSSA Primary Tennis Championships in Inverell in May.

Girls’ Football

Our Girls’ Football teams are spread far and wide. We have six teams playing modified matches everywhere from Pymble to Tara to Moore Park each week. Coaches reporting back are ecstatic with the effort of the girls and improvement already. 

Winter Sports Choices

Don’t forget to log into Trybooking to enter selections for your Winter Sports. The booking window will remain open until 5.00pm Friday 1 March.

Paul Kelly Cup

The Paul Kelly Cup is the largest AFL Primary School competition in NSW and the ACT and is open to students in Yrs 5 and 6. The Paul Kelly Cup consists of 12-a-side teams competing in round robin carnivals in the local area. Games are played on a smaller field using modified 12-a-side rules. This allows children who are new to the game to experience and enjoy AFL in a safe and fun environment. Our teams will play a minimum of three games at the AFL Paul Kelly Cup Gala Day. We have entered teams into the Gore Hill PK Cup on 20 March.

Students interested in playing should sign on at Dunnet Hall noticeboard, outside the Sports Office this week.

Before School Training Schedule

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

Snowsports

If you are new to Redlands and would like to join our activities this year, send me an email so I can keep you informed (thanks for those already received!). 

Race Registration

Now open.

Book here

Race Week

From 11-20 July at Thredbo. Bookings are now open.

For students to stay at HCC

You have your own accommodation

Friends of Snowsports

Parent meeting is on 4 March at 6.00pm in H2.1 on the Senior Campus.

Ski Training Weekends

2-4 and 9-11 August

Book Now

It’s important to get all upcoming dates in your calendar so you can arrange accommodation in the snowfields during Race Week.

Important Dates for 2019

More details are on Redlands Pulse. 

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

Ballet and Dance

Important Dates HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS

The Easter holiday Ballet RAD Workshops are on 15-16 April. We will be doing the Ballet Grades as well as the Senior Ballet Performance Group Rehearsals.

The Easter holiday Jazz Performance Group Workshops are on Saturday 13 April.

Please see Redlands Pulse, Noticeboard and TV for full information and timing for classes. Do let us know via email if your child will be attending the Workshops.

School Photographs

Ballet and Dance photographs for all students in Cocurricular and Extra Curricular Ballet and Dance will take place on 20 March – 10.15am Yrs 9-12 and 10.30am Yrs 7-8. Please make sure to arrive on time. 

RAD Exams

The Senior RAD Exams will be held around 4-28 June (Term 2). The Junior Grades exams will be around 13 September (Term 3: exact dates to be confirmed).

Eisteddfods

The dates for our Eisteddfods:

Junior Ballet Performance Group: 23 June and 2/3 August
Senior Ballet Performance Group: 4 August
Junior Jazz Performance Group: 23 June and 2/3 August
Senior Jazz Performance Group: 2/3 August and 4 August

Letters will be sent to the students required.

Note from Teachers – Especially to all Prep Students

Please bring hairbrush, hair net and pins to ballet. We need the girls hair to be tied up and look nice and tidy for Ballet. All hair must be up please!

Studio Usage

Students – If you need access to the studios, please do check with the Ballet Office in advance. We have had instances when regular classes (non-Ballet) have had to give way to non-booked student practice.

Edumate

Parents – please check your child’s Ballet and Dance timetable/profile to determine that they are attending the correct classes. Let the office know if there are any discrepancies.

New Uniform

We have a new top for Jazz and Contemporary. Prep and Junior Ballet students can continue to wear their Ballet leotard with shorts to Jazz classes.

The Jazz top will become mandatory by Semester 2 for all Senior students but we will encourage all new students to purchase. Please ask in the Uniform Shop (not Bloch) for the new Ballet and Dance Jazz top. Please note that it is very small in size.

Contact Us

For all updates, enquiries and information regarding classes, uniform and competitions, please check in on Redlands Pulse, Note Day and the Ballet and Dance TV.

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

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

Important Dates:

Term 1 

Week 11         Saturday 6 – Friday 12 April – Class Watching Days
Week 11         Friday 12 April –  Last classes

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

Drama and Theatre

Musical

Tickets are now on sale for the Redlands Musical and are available directly from The Concourse box office. Redlands will be presenting Strictly Ballroom from 28-30 March at 6.30pm in the Concourse Theatre. With show stopping costumes, sizzling dance and classic hits, Strictly Ballroom will warm your heart  and have you dancing in your seats!

Gala Arts

This year’s Gala Arts performance will take place on Friday 31 May in the Concert Hall at The Concourse in Chatswood. Auditions time slots will posted shortly here. Applications are now closed. Late applications for an audition are not accepted.

The Shakespeare Carnival

Sport for Jove Theatre is returning with The Shakespeare Carnival for 2019. Right across NSW, high school students have the chance to tread the boards and creatively engage with Shakespeare’s works on the stage as actors, dancers, musicians and designers. Redlands Shakespeare Carnival will be held on 20 March at 6.30pm in the Drama Studio.

Theatresports Competition

Redlands annual Theatresports Competition will be held this term on Tuesday 2 April at 6.30pm in the Drama Studio with the winning competitors progressing to the regional finals in May. Come along for an evening of hilarious entertainment.

More information can be found on

Redlands Pulse

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

Music

Jazz in the Garden

Music Department Launch Event

Saturday 9 March (6.00-8.00pm). Table bookings are now open online. Book here.

Come join us for an evening of Jazz music as the Friends of Music host our launch event, Jazz in the Gardens on Saturday 9 March at 6.00 pm. As part of this concert, the first-ever Redlands EP of Original Compositions will be released. Enjoy performances from the Junior and Intermediate Jazz Bands, Stage Band and the Jazz Vocal Ensemble, hosted by the 2019 Arts and Music Captains.

Music Community Working Bee

The Friends of Music Committee would like to invite members of the school community to a Working Bee on Saturday 6 April (9.00am-1.00pm), assisting the Music Department as they prepare scores for relocation into the new Music Library storage units. The focus of this community morning is to assist with the sorting, organising, cataloguing and shelving of all Music Ensemble scores and ongoing data entry in updating our Music Library spreadsheets.

Morning tea and refreshments will be provided at approximately 11.00am and this event will also be a wonderful time for parents to meet the 2019 Friends of Music Committee. If you would like to join us for the full four hours or even part thereof, please RSVP the Friends of Music President Mrs Emma McLaren.

Location: John Roberts Music Centre
Time: 9.00am-1.00pm
Attire: Casual Clothes
RSVP: Mrs Emma McLaren g_e_mclaren@hotmail.com

Battle of the Bands (Yrs 5-12)

Enrolments are now open for Battle of the Bands auditions which will be held in Week 7 (Monday 11 March – Friday 15 March). This event supports our budding young rock and contemporary musicians through a fundraising venture for the Redlands Cambodia trip. The competition is open to students in Yrs 7-12 with guest performances from our Junior School Rock Band program. Competition audition forms are now available on Redlands Pulse.

Piano Competition (Yrs 3-12)

Enrolments are now open for the Junior and Senior Piano Competitions auditions which will be held in Week 10 (Monday 1 April and Wednesday 3 April) for Secondary School students and in Week 11 (Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 April) for Junior School students. Audition forms are now available on Redlands Pulse.

Senior Campus

Meet the Music Series 1

As part of the Curriculum Music Program, last Thursday evening Yr 9 and 10 students had the unique opportunity to attend Meet the Music Series 1, presented by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. This concert showcased two significant orchestral works, Amériques (1929) by Varèse and the Australian premiere of Marsalis The Jungle, Symphony No. 4 composed by Marsalis. As a Parisian in America, Edgard Varèse was entranced by the tumultuous soundscape of New York and his composition Amériques is a portrait of the city in all its thrilling chaos. In matching the intensity of city life, Wynton Marsalis, presented his modern symphony, where Jazz Band meets orchestra, as musicians explored the exciting sounds of New York, from Spanish Harlem to Wall Street. Marsalis, who performed alongside his orchestra in this concert is regarded as the epitome of American creativity and modern music.

Junior Campus

RedFactor

Entry into RedFactor has now closed and auditions will be taking place next week. Families of auditionees will be contacted by email advising of audition time and location.

Instrument Insurance

School hired instruments must be included on personal home and contents insurance as Redlands cannot be held responsible for instruments which are lost, stolen or damaged. As all instruments are very fragile, we ask for your assistance in ensuring that students do not let other children play with their instrument, instruments are kept in a safe place and out of extreme temperatures (ie. hot car) and are not left out of their case when not in use.

Daily Instrument Storage Arrangements

Monday

On a Monday morning cello (only) students are to bring their instruments for storage in the purpose-built cupboards in the Parkes Building corridor. For the security and safety of all resources, instruments are not to be left at school overnight as they are needed at home for regular practice sessions. Violins and violas are to be stored safely within the child’s classroom.

Thursday

On a Thursday morning, cello, trombone, baritone and violin (only) students are to bring their instruments for storage in the purpose-built cupboards in the Parkes Building corridor. For the security and safety of all resources, instruments are not to be left at school overnight as they are needed at home for regular practice sessions. Flutes and clarinets are to be stored in school bags on Thursday and all other instruments are to be stored safely within the child’s classroom. For student safety, instruments are not to be left outside classrooms in corridors or on the ground.

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