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Dear Parents and Caregivers,

If last week was to be remembered by the pace at which we began the term, this week is the week we will remember as the week our Year 6 students officially became the leaders of our school. Wednesday night’s special leadership induction evening saw our

Adelaide Hall filled with occasion as the student councillors, senators and house cap-tains were inducted into their roles. While every year 6 will have an opportunity to lead within their chosen leadership portfolio, I would like to congratulate the Senators and House Captains who were elected by their peers to lead the various portfolios and hous-es. Congratulations to our Senators: Zachary Ahrens, Isabella Devine, Jack Futcher, Dov Gellert, Rosa Gordos, Jonathan Herz, Zeya Kuban, Daniel Maynard. Xiao Cao Neal, Jor-dan Rubinstein, Mia Seisun, Talia Shapiro, Ariane Varnava, Sofia Weidler and to our House and Vice House Captains: Bondi, House Captain Grant Stein and Vice captains Francesca Nicklin and Zeya Kuban, Bronte, House captain Brooklyn Berry and Vice Captains, Mila Karpes and Jordan Rubinstein, Coogee, House captain Talia Shapiro and Vice captains Frederika Schneideman and Harry Nunn-Price. I am looking forward to seeing the Year 6 leaders working actively as role models within our school.

I am thrilled to bring you some outstanding news of sporting achievement so early in the year. Firstly, congratulations to Raghav Sundararaman (Year 6) who competed in the ASISSA Tennis trials on Tuesday at Snape Park and won all of his matches. As a result of his outstanding performance, he has been selected to take part in the ASISSA team which will compete at the CIS trials later in the month.

Our congratulations are also extended to Daniel Kelly (Year 5) and Grant Stein (Year 6) who took part in the ASISSA Basketball trials on Wednesday and who both performed excellently. The results will soon be in and we are hopeful that both boys will make the ASISSA team.

Frankie Nicklin (Year 6) is one of our very talented and committed basketball players and her dedication to the sport has really paid off. She has been selected in the girls ASISSA Basketball team which is terrific and I wish her the best of luck at the CIS trials which take place later this month.

On the Reddam sport teams’ front, I commend the Primary Water Polo teams which

played their first games at the weekend. The results were mixed, however the sportsman-ship was superior in victory and defeat which is wonderful. I look forward to going to see our water polo players in action during the season.

The co curricular programme has commenced in full, with most enrichments and acad-emies before school being well attended. It is good to see so many students making the most of the opportunity to take part in a diverse range of activities. From tap dancing to chess, computer coding to cartooning, the school is abuzz with activity.

The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 3 Friday 12 February 2016

IN THIS ISSUE:

Leadership

News from classrooms

Music Evenings

At Reddam, we try to make every child feel special on their birthday by announcing their

birthday in assembly and by allowing students to wear mufti clothes on their special day. As

our school has grown, and it is not always possible for families to host birthday parties which

include all students in the year, I respectfully ask that birthday party invitations are not hand-

ed out at school. We have had some very sad students who felt left out recently. Thank you

for your understanding and support in this regard.

On Wednesday, 17 February, all students in Year 3 to 6 will take part in a Body Confidence

Workshop. The aim of these workshops is to build resilience in children through understanding

different body types, educate children about how the media distorts images making them

unattainable, and develop confidence in what our own bodies can do. The PDHPE depart-

ment addresses these issues and this incursion will enrich students’ understanding of this cru-

cial element of health and development.

Next week, we will be hosting two Parent Information Evenings for Year 3 &4 parents on Mon-

day and Year 6 parents on Wednesday. These evening offer a good opportunity for parents

to meet the teachers and glean an overview of what the year ahead will focus on for your

child. It is also a great way for new parents to integrate. These information evenings com-

mence at 7pm and run for about one hour.

This weekend, Frederika Schneideman, Brooklyn Berry and Siena Donato (Year 6) will be tak-

ing part in the Oztag State Championships which are being held this weekend in Coffs Har-

bour. These three talented players are sure to be instrumental to their teams and we wish

then good luck for the Championship.

I wish the sports teams playing games this weekend good luck and I wish all families a won-

derful weekend of sun and shine.

Dee Pitcairn

Principal


Reddam House

would like to wish a very happy birthday to

Julien Chuang, Yana Dalglish, Leila Lewis, Salvador Hudson, Tulli Atherton, Liam

Docker, Alexandra-Elka Fasol, Claire Mitchell and Leo Hansen-Bennett

who celebrated their special day this week!

We hope you had a fabulous day!

SPORTING FIXTURES 13TH FEBRUARY

BASKETBALL

Girls

10R (Div1) (Jaimee) V Bye

12R Div 2 ( Jaimee) V Gems 9.30am

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 14 R Div 2 (Lee) V Tidas 1.30pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday 18 R Div 2 (Jaimee) V Storm 5.05pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Friday. The

bus will leave the sports office at Woollahra

at 3.30pm 16E Div 3 (Jaimee) V Fire 4.20pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Friday. The

bus will leave the sports office at Woollahra

at 3.00pm

Boys

10 R Div 1 ( Lee) V Inner City 8.45am

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 12 R Div 1 (Marcel) V Inner City 12.30pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 12E Div 2 (Marcel) V Maccabi 11.45am

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 12 D Div 3 (Marcel) V Bye

14R Div 2 High School (Henry) V Pirates

2.00pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Satur-

day 14 E Div 2 Primary (Henry) V Titans 1.15pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 14D Div 3 High School (Henry) V CYS 4.15pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 14M Div 3 Primary ( Henry) V All Stars 2.00pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 16 R Div 2 ( Lee) V Blazers 2.15pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday 16E Div 3 ( Lee) V Bears 4.30pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday 18R Div 1 ( Lee) V Bye

18E Div 3 Year 10 Boys V All Stars 3.45pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday

Please check sydneybasketball.com.au to

ensure there have not been any late chang-

es to the draw.


SPORT FIXTURES

Touch Football – Boys

Reddam 1 Year 11 Boys. V Reddam 2,

Queens Park 2, 5.15pm Tuesday – The bus

will leave Bondi at 3.40pm Reddam 2 Year 10 Boys V Reddam 1,

Queens Park 2, 5.15pmTuesday – The bus

will leave Bondi at 3.40pm Reddam 3 Year 8 Boys V Moriah,


will leave Woollahra at 3.40pm Reddam 4 Year 7 and 8 V Moriah,


will leave Woollahra at 3.40pm

Water Polo

Reddam 1 Senior Girls V SCEGGS

Cabarita Pool Saturday 10.00am. The bus will

leave Woollahra at 9.00am Reddam 2 Sub Junior Girls V St Clares,

St Catherines Pool Saturday 9.30am Reddam Senior Boys Saturday Comp V Newing-

ton 1.00pm Newington Pool Saturday. The bus

will leave Woollahra at 12.00 noon. Reddam Senior Boys R V Marcelin

UNSW Pool Friday 8.45pm Reddam Senior Boys E V Bye

Reddam Junior Boys D V St Andrews

UNSW Pool Friday 7.45pm Reddam Junior Boys M V St Andrews

UNSW Pool Friday 7.15pm Reddam Primary Boys V Scots ,

Scots College Pool 10.00am Saturday

Touch Football - Girls

Reddam 1 Senior A V Kambala

Reservoir Field No.5 Centennial Park Saturday

9.40am Reddam 2 Senior C V Wenona

Mission Field No.2, 8.00am Saturday Reddam 3 Junior A V Bye

Reddam 4 Junior B V Wenona,

Reservoir Field No.1 Centennial Park Saturday

10.30am Reddam 5 Junior E V Kambala Mission Field

No.4 Centennial Park Saturday 8.00am

Reddam 6 Junior G V Wenona

Mission Field No.4 Centennial Park Saturday

9.40am Reddam Junior A Tuesday V Kambala,

Queens Park 1, 4.35pm Tuesday – The bus will

leave Woollahra at 3.40pm

SPORTING RESULTS 6TH FEBRUARY

BASKETBALL

Girls

10R Div 1 (Jaimee) V Magic 17 - 8

12R Div 2 ( Jaimee) V All Blacks 21 - 13

14 R Div 2 (Lee) V Magic 14 - 6

18 R Div 2 (Jaimee) V Jets 29 - 25

16E Div 3 (Jaimee) V CYS 33- 14

Boys

10 R Div 1 ( Lee) V Newtown 10 - 32

12 R Div 1 (Marcel) V Lakers 20 - 40

12E Div 2 (Marcel) V Dragons 20 - 0

12 D Div 3 (Marcel) V Kings 22- 4

14R Div 2 High School (Henry) V Eagles 27 - 17

14 E Div 2 Primary (Henry) V All Blacks 28 - 21

14D Div 3 High School (Henry) V Inner City 4 - 38

14M Div 3 Primary ( Henry) V Newtown 0 - 38

16 R Div 2 ( Lee) V Maccabi 32 - 28

16E Div 3 ( Lee) V Trailblazers 12 - 45

18R Div 1 ( Lee) V Inner City 32 - 24

18E Div 3 Year 10 Boys V Warriors 27 - 21

Water Polo

Reddam 1 Senior Girls V St Catherines 9 - 9

Reddam 2 Sub Junior Girls V Sydney Girls High

School 8 - 2

Reddam Senior Boys Saturday Comp V Scots 14 -

1

Reddam Senior Boys R V Bye

Reddam Senior Boys E V St Andrews 10 - 7

Reddam Junior Boys D V St Andrews 8 - 6

Reddam Junior Boys M V St Andrews 4 - 1

Primary Boys V Scots College 4- 6

Touch Football - Girls

Reddam 1 Senior A V Monte and Ascham 4 - 1

Reddam 2 Senior C V Monte and Ascham 0 - 2

Reddam 3 Junior A V Monte and Wenona 0 - 0

Reddam 4 Junior B V Kincopal and Monte 0 - 2

Reddam 5 Junior E V Wenona 0 - 1

Reddam 6 Junior G V Monte and Ascham 1 - 2

Reddam Junior A Tuesday V Kambala, 5—2

Touch Football – Boys

Reddam 1 Year 11 Boys. V Emmanuel 2 - 2

Reddam 2 Year 10 Boys V St Andrews 5 - 2

Reddam 3 Year 8 Boys V Reddam 4, 10 - 3

Reddam 4 Year 7 and 8 Boys V Reddam 3, 3 - 10


SPORT FIXTURES

The Kindergarten classrooms are a hive of activity at the moment. After a wonderfully calm

and settled start, we are now getting down to the real hard work. The children have thor-

oughly enjoyed having their first lessons with all their specialist teachers this week.

We have been very busy learning all our single sounds; we have learned 5 sounds already

and are looking forward to putting them together to form our first words. Every morning we

practise our letter formations on the whiteboards and use our playdough to help strengthen

our fingers for writing. For the letter ‘S’ this week we made slithery snakes, which swirl happily

in our classrooms. Our number writing is coming along too, as we practise each morning on

the whiteboards whilst singing along to our numeral song.

Our topic this term is “Marvellous Me”. We have had great fun looking at all our baby photos

and trying to guess who each one was. There were many funny stories as they recounted

things they did as babies.


KINDERGARTEN

Year 1 students have been engaged in sensory overloaded activities this week. We took our

senses on a walk around the school to discover things we can smell, taste, hear, see and feel.

We have also enjoyed hearing all about each other and our families in our "All About Me"

news activities, as part of our History / Geography unit, 'Identifying Us'.


YEAR 1

In Science, Year 2 students have been investigating how sound waves travel. They have

identified verbal and non-verbal forms of communication. The students enjoyed conducting

experiments to discover which materials are the best sound conductors.

Year 2 are discovering a range of media that can be used for communication. They have

looked at newspapers and photographs past and present and compared how technolo-

gy has impacted the ways in which we communicate.

This week the students have discovered the difficulties visually impaired people encounter.

They have enjoyed learning about the early life of Louis Braille. We are really looking forward

to our experience at the NSW Schoolhouse Museum next week.

YEAR 2

The Year 3 students have had yet another fun and exciting week in the classroom. In Maths,

the students have been exploring symmetry and symmetrical patterns. They began their

week by identifying lines of symmetry in shapes, pictures and everyday objects before at-

tempting to create their own symmetrical pictures and patterns. The Year 3 teachers were

absolutely wowed by the high quality of work completed by the students, who produced

some stunning symmetrical designs. They also loved the energy and enthusiasm that the stu-

dents displayed. Well done Year 3!

YEAR 3


This week in History, students have been learning about life in England in the late 18th century.

The children learnt about how the high rates of poverty and crime led to overcrowded pris-

ons. A compare and contrast activity highlighted the key differences of life in the 1780s and

in 2016. iPad research provided students with facts about the First Fleet journey and how a

new British colony was established in New Holland. Students gained an appreciation of how

much easier their life is compared to that of the convicts. Next week will focus on the impact

of the new colony on the Australian Aboriginals.

YEAR 4

Stage 1 Robotics Club has been in full swing this week with Mr Stone leading Year 1 and Mrs

Muirhead taking Year 2 lessons.

Students began their constructions, some making drumming monkeys, snapping crocodiles,

kicking giants, spinning top and an aeroplane.

WEDO Lego Robotics encourages teamwork building, creative and critical thinking skills, and

fine motor skill development.

All students will be invited to participate in Robotics within the year.


ROBOTICS

Year 2 have been learning how to

keep in time while saying a rhyme.

They learnt how to say the words, clap

the rhythm and add actions. Year 2

did so well at this task that they then

changed the words of the rhyme so

that each rhyme became individual.

Here is one for you to try at home.

Two little parrots sitting on a house

One name Elia the other named Mae

Fly away Elia, fly away Mae

Come back Elia, come back Mae

All PIP Ensembles have begun this week. Please assist your child in arriving at 7.50am for a

prompt 8am start. All Instruments must be stored for the day, in our instrument storage area

on the Ground Floor and then taken home that afternoon.

MUSIC

This week, the Year 5s have been investigating Rights

and Responsibilities in English in preparation for their nov-

el study of 'Parvana', the story of a young girl living in Af-

ghanistan under Taliban rule.

After an in depth discussion about rights, the students

identified the right they feel is the most important right

they have living in Australia. Students identified the right

to education, the right to be treated equally, the right to

healthcare and the right to shelter as important. Students

then elaborated with explaining the responsibilities that

accompany these rights.

It was inspiring to see the very mature views that these young minds have of the world in

which we live.


YEAR 5 EXTENSION ENGLISH

In Year 6 Extension English lessons this week, the class has been looking

at multiculturalism and in particular, how multicultural Australia is nowadays. Understanding

culture and the challenges that face a country to ensure that all cultures are respected and

treated equally, the students have begun by investigating how much their class is repre-

sentative of Australia as a whole. In class, they conducted an interactive investigation and

were all surprised to see how many students have dual citizenship. We also noted that we

have some first generation Australians in our class, as well as some children whose ancestors

travelled to Australia as stowaways centuries ago. Next week, the students will commence

their novel study 'The Giver' by Lois Lowry in which a community wholly different from ours will

house the action of the book.

YEAR 6 EXTENSION ENGLISH

Welcome to another exciting year in the Reddam House library. This term, we have lots of

great activities happening.

First up, all primary school students will attend lessons every fortnight at the library. During

these lessons they will learn library and research skills, there will be reading activities and the

chance to borrow books to take home.

The Scholastic Book Club will be held every term, as usual, with lots of fantastic and afforda-

ble new books. Also, our yearly Scholastic Book Fair will run during week 7. The theme for this

year is MONSTER BOOK FAIR!

Last, but not least, years 3 - 6 are welcome to take part in the Premier’s Reading Challenge

which commences in March. There will be more information about the challenge to follow.


LIBRARY NEWS


JUNIOR ELITE MUSICANS RECITAL


PIANO COMPETTITION


STRINGS COMPETTITION


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