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@Reddam IN THIS ISSUE: Halloween Dance RHAP Awards Sport Awards …….Plus much more!

Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 4 Issue 8

Friday 8th

November 2013

Dear Parent /Caregiver,

Congratulations to Graeme Crawford and Ian McLeod on the birth of their son, Ethan James, born on 31

st October. While he was born eight weeks early weighing 2.5kg, his

development is on target. We welcome him to the Reddam family.

This week has been a truly busy one that has emphasized the rewarding of students in the Performing Arts and Sports arenas. The teamwork from a staff perspective to organize and orchestrate the RHAP and Sports awards was a mammoth task. Thank you to Dr. McGregor and the team of performing arts teachers for a magnificent evening and to Mr. Kable and the Sports staff for an equally impressive evening on Tuesday. Congratulations to all the recipients of awards. We applaud your successes.

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Many thanks go to Cheryl Friedman and her team of tutors who together with the Junior Executive transformed Adelaide Hall into a “haunted mansion” for the Halloween Dance. All monies raised will go to the “Bushfire Appeal”

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This Wednesday also saw the last of the HSC examinations. They have their Formal on Monday evening with the pre drinks on the rooftop at the Woollahra Campus. This allows all the parents the opportunity of seeing how well the boys clean up and to admire the dresses of the girls. This fabulous event allows us the opportunity to say a final goodbye to this wonderful group of students. Next week the Year 10 students start their final examinations while the Middle School wraps up the cultural calendar with the Public Speaking Finals on Tuesday evening, The Year 9 Drama performances on Wednesday and the Dance Showcase on Thursday evening. Another event filled week to look forward too. Have a good week. Dave Pitcairn

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BASKETBALL Girls 10R (Suzann) V Bye 12R Div 1 (Lee) V All Blacks 32 - 20 12E Div 2 (Suzann) V Rockets 06 - 40 14R Div 2 (Lee) V All Blacks 20 - 27 16E Div 2 (Irena) V Sonics 25 - 72 18R Div 1 (Rhi) V CYS 24 - 33 18E Div 2 (Matt) V Fizz 24 - 35 Boys 10R Div 1 (Matt) V Lakers 24 - 32 10E Div 2 (Lee) V Seahorses 16 - 12 12R Div 1 (Lee) V Raptors 18 - 46 12E Div 4 (Matt) V Sonics 13 - 36 14R Div 1 (Rob) V Devils 27 - 33 14E Div 2 (Rob) V Bronte Rockets 21 - 25 14D Div 3 (Marcel) V Nets 05 - 20 14M Div 3 (Lee) V Celtics 12 - 30 16R Div 1 (Lee/ Melvin) V Sonics 39 - 50 16E Div 3 (Lee) V Blaze 36 - 38 16D Div 4 (Jeff) V Reddam M 56 -18 16M Div 4 (Marcel) V Reddam D 18 - 56 18R Div 1 ( Henry/ Marcel) V Ice Breakers 74 - 14 18E Div 2 (Henry/ Marcel) V The Cavs 12 - 41

Touch Football – Girls

Reddam 1V SCEGGS 04 - 03 Reddam 2V Ascham - Cancelled Reddam 3V Bye

Primary Touch Football– Monday 4th November

Year 5 and 6 Boys Reddam R V Then There's Us 02 - 13 Year 5 and 6 Boys Reddam E V Botany Rebels 02 - 07 Year 3 and 4 Boys V Red Rockets 06 - 08 Girls V Blue Diamonds 04 - 10

Water Polo Senior Boys V St Andrews 07 - 02 Junior Boys V Reddam SJ 05 - 03 Sub Junior Boys V Reddam J 03 - 05 Senior Girls V St Clare's 07 - 04

Tennis Reddam 1 V St Pius 06 - 00 Reddam 2 V Online Tennis 06 - 03 Reddam 3 V St Pius 00 - 06

SPORTING RESULTS 2nd

NOVEMBER 2013

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BASKETBALL Girls 10R (Suzann) V Newtown 10.20am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sat. 12R Div 1 (Lee) V Inner City 1.25pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sat. 12E Div 2 (Suzann) V Bye 14R Div 2 (Lee) V Inner City Fire 1.45pm Marrickville Basketball Stadium Sat. 16E Div 2 (Irena) V All Blacks 5.15pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Fri. The bus will leave Woollahra at 3.30pm 18R Div 1 (Rhi) V Rockets 5.15pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Fri. The bus will leave Woollahra at 3.30pm 18E Div 2 (Matt) V Chix 4.30pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Fri. The bus will leave Woollahra at 3.30pm Boys 10R Div 1 (Matt) V Bye 10E Div 2 (Lee) V Newtown Blaze 9.30am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sat. 12R Div 1 (Lee) V All Blacks 2.10pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sat. 12E Div 4 (Matt) V St Andrews 1.25pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sat. 14R Div 1 (Rob) V Newtown Rockets 5.20pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sat. 14E Div 2 (Rob) V CYS 6.10pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sat. 14D Div 3 (Marcel) V Celtics 9.00am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sun. 14M Div 3 (Lee) V Cavaliers 9.50am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sun. 16R Div 1 (Lee/ Melvin) V Newtown Jets 3.20pm Marrickville Basketball Stadium Sat. 16E Div 3 (Lee) V Supersonics 10.40am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sun. 16D Div 4 (Jeff) V Mavericks 9.00am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sun. 16M Div 4 (Marcel) V Devils 11.30am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sun. 18R Div 1 (Henry/ Marcel) V Admirals 4.55pm Marrickville Basketball Stadium Sat. 18E Div 2 (Henry/ Marcel) V Rockets 4.55pm Marrickville Basketball Stadium Sat.

Please check sydneybasketball.com.au to ensure there have not been any late changes to the draw.

Touch Football – Girls

Reddam 1 V St Vincents Reservoir Field 6 Centennial Park 9.40am Sat. Reddam 2 V St Vincents Reservoir Field 5 Centennial Park 11.20am Sat. Reddam 3 V SCEGGS Reservoir Field 3 Centennial Park 8.50am Sat.

Primary Touch Football– Monday 11th November

Year 5 and 6 Boys Reddam R V Flamingos Rowland Reserve No.7 @ 4.55pm Year 5 and 6 Boys Reddam E V Blue Bottles Rowland Reserve No. 3 @ 4.55pm Year 3 and 4 Boys V Mixed Nuts Rowland Reserve No. 7A @ 4.15pm Girls V K Cyclones Rowland Reserve No.1 @ 4.55pm

Water Polo Senior Boys V Marcelin University of NSW Pool 9.00pm Fri. Junior Boys V Scots University of NSW Pool 8.05pm Fri. Sub Junior Boys V Marcelin University of NSW Pool 7.10pm Fri. Senior Girls V SCHOLS University of NSW Pool 8.00am Sat.

Tennis Reddam 1 V St Pius Talus Street Courts Sat. Reddam 2 V St Aloysius Chatswood Tennis Club Sat. Reddam 3 V Barker Kooroora Tennis Club Sat.

SPORTING RESULTS 9th

NOVEMBER

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Congratulations to the following students who came third in the Eastern Suburbs Netball Gala day on Friday: Lisa Zhang, Kelsea Lekeu, Mikaela Liling, Danni Ovens, Danielle Levi, Jasmine Fountas, Mikaela Davis, Sonya Ivanovic, Nicole Gam and Abbie Gentin. The girls played really well against some very strong teams and were a credit Reddam House Netball. Well Done Girls!

SPORTS

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Next Tuesday 12th November we will be holding our annual Reddam House Public

Speaking Competition. Students from Years 7 - 9 have all presented speeches in class and between 10 and 12 finalists in each year group have been selected. This year we have a hotly contested competition - just making the finals was very challenging due to the exceptional number of superb speakers. We encourage all family and friends to attend what will hopefully be a wonderful evening. External adjudicators will be giving valuable feedback and choosing a winner and runner up in each year group. When: Tuesday 12

th November, at 7pm. A light supper will be served at the

conclusion of the evening. Where: Levels 3 and 4 of the Woollahra campus All finalists have been individually notified and are reminded to wear formal uniform. The finalists are (in no particular order):

YEAR 7

Adina Herz Noa Lubotzky Lita Bennett-McNeill Charlotte Brinkworth Marley Beeston Luc Bennett-McNeill Finn Holle Lucinda Holmes Leo Rubinstein Max Moran Caitlin Robinson Sunday Jones-Evans

YEAR 8

Sam Goodman Ellis Silove Abby Clark Bryana Bailey Julian Weiner-Angelopulo Nisha McArthur Sam Hurwit Zack Tolkin Ella Barlin Liam Strang Brigit Scholnik

YEAR 9

Noah Abulafia Jonas Holle Freddie Gilliatt Rachel Bowen-James Gal Kaminski Roman Guiffre Dario Pizzuto Lily Speiser Eric Zykov Issa O’Sullivan

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REDDAM PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITON

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Explorations in Sound is the best way to describe the works heard last week at the Sydney Symphony’s Meet the Music Series concert. Lush orchestral writing dominated the night, beginning with Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes. A world Premiere performance of Pipa Concerto No. 2, commissioned by the SSO was an impressive demonstration of this Chinese Lute-like instrument played by Wu Man, who was generous enough to give a virtuosic encore of a traditional Chinese folk tune. Lastly we heard the richness of Dvorack’s 9

th Symphony from the New World. The

Meet the Music Series is a wonderful way to experience a world class or-chestra playing both traditional and contemporary repertoire and I encourage every music student and music lover to come and attend these concerts. Jennifer Roberts

MUSIC

Congratulations to Alan Tsibulya who has received a Gold Medal and Music A Diploma with Distinction by the University of NSW. Only 10 people in NSW and Queensland are awarded this. We are very proud of you!

MUSIC

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Students in Year 8 have been working hard all semester on their scripted drama scenes. The plays chosen this year were "Ernie's Incredible Illucinations" by Alan Ayckbourn and "Stories in the Dark” by Debra Oswald. Each play has engaged the students and given them the opportunity to flex their acting muscles. Well done to all Year 8 students on their Drama performances.

YEAR 8 DRAMA

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SCIENCE

Year 7-9 Science students have been very busy this week creating oral presentations on various features of our Solar System. Next week will be an exciting week where all students will be delivering prepared speeches in small groups to demonstrate their understanding of concepts such the Evidence for the Big Bang Theory, Black Holes and comets, meteors and asteroids. Students will use their enhanced skills in Powerpoint and Prezi to create visually appealing presentations that will surely be enjoyed by all!

ART SPACE

ART OVERALLS

The Senior Visual Arts students are showing their moves in their new art overalls embroidered with the Visual Arts logo which they are wearing in art.

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Winners of last years ANZAC Art Competition Zoe Muir and Evan Ding were invited along to this years opening. Good luck to the Years 10 who have entered this year!

ANZC ART EXHIBITION

There has been a lot of discussion in the maths world lately about this year’s HSC examinations, in particular the degree of difficulty of the 2 unit paper. The arguments were neatly conveyed in the article that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday 6

th November by David Whitehouse

from Shore. http://www.smh.com.au/comment/2unit-maths-paper-too-hard-board-of-studies-must-revise-it-20131105-2wzf1.html There is an ideological battle going on behind the scenes between pure mathematicians who are reluctant to change anything about our calculus based courses and the more progressive mathematicians who want to see a more relevant and modern course that prepares students for the rigours of mathematics at university. And that may include the use of technology. The students across the state have voted with their feet and moved to General which is a relevant course for the modern student who knows that they do not want to pursue a maths based course at university. Interestingly the content of this course has evolved regularly over the last 20 years whereas the calculus based courses have not. But is this really what we want? Do we want half of our students either not doing Maths or doing General? Is this going to deliver us the mathematical minds we need to confront the challenges that lie ahead? I think that Mathematics should be compulsory for all students until the end of high school and we must have courses to suit the needs across the spectrum of students. I think that the calculus based courses are in need of a drastic overhaul to reflect more contempory themes than the ones we have been teaching since the mid 1970’s. And I think that the 2 unit course should be viewed in the same way as 2 unit courses in other subjects. At the moment there is no reward for students attempting the 2 Unit course. They get a much better return on investment by studying the General course or any other 2 Unit course because in other subjects everyone competes on an even footing. Brad Palmer

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MATHS NEWS

CALLING ANY YEAR 12 2013 STUDENTS. Bond University in

Queensland is offering 100 scholarships to Year 12 leavers to celebrate their 25

th Anniversary. Applications close Friday 15

th November 2013. See

Mrs. Jones if interested. Year 11/12 students. Are you interested in TECHNOLOGY? UNSW in

conjunction with Deloittes and Westpac are holding an interactive workshop on technology and information systems. 19

th November 2013

from 8.45 till 12.45 in George Street Sydney. See Mrs. Jones if interested in attending.

ATTENTION ANY YEAR 12 2014 STUDENT INTERESTED IN

ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN and Industrial Design. UNSW Built Environment Faculty is holding its annual LUMINOCITY exhibition of graduating student works. The exhibition will run from 18

th - 29

th November

2013. See Mrs. Jones if interested.

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CAREERS

UNIFORM SHOP HOLIDAY HOURS

The Uniform shop will be open for normal trading hours until Wednesday 11th

December 2013 and will then close until the 11th

January 2014. The Uniform Shop will reopen on Monday 13

th January and the hours are as follows:

Holiday Hours: 13

th January – 28

th January

Monday - Friday : 8.30am – 5pm

You are welcome to submit orders by email to: lucy.dimaggio@reddamhouse.com.au for pick up or during term time or your order can be delivered to your child’s campus.

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