Reddam House High School Newsletter Vol 22 Issue 1

IN THIS ISSUE:  Welcome back  Congratulations  Scholarships Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 22 Issue 1 Friday 4th February 2022

 Canteen  Sports Fixtures Plus much more...

Dear Parents and Caregivers, Welcome back to Term 1.

What a start it has

been. Everyone has been issued with their RHATs and the process has started with testing on a Monday and Thursday morning. Any positive students stay at home along with any close household contacts. In this way school will remain open and functioning.

Teachers

who find themselves in this situation have been teaching remotely while isolating.

I do believe this is a good time for our Reddam community to stand together and help those isolating with regular communication or reaching out to see if there is anything that is needed. It is not a time for a witch hunt with interrogation as to how they became positive which will only serve to further isolate the person. The “us and them” scenario is divisive and not part of the Reddam ethos at all. We are all in this together.

Happy Chinese New Year to all our Chinese families. Also known as chūn jié (春节, the Spring Festival) it fell on the 1st February this year, which according to the Chinese lunar calendar marks the beginning of the Year of the Tiger.

Year 7 Chinese Continuers did paper cutting of the Chinese character “春” (chūn, spring). Year 8 and Year 9 Chinese Continuers made lanterns. They learned the cultural significance of the symbolic Chinese New Year items.

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We are still celebrating the outstanding HSC results of the Class of 2021 and I hope you will have noticed the ban-ner proudly displayed at both the Woollahra and Bondi Campuses. We will be welcoming them back to an as-sembly next Friday to acknowledge their place in the history of the school as the class to achieve the best HSC rank ever with their sixth place.

In staff news, I’d like to welcome a few new teachers to the school: Michelle Eckhardt joins the Music Department, Lei Guan the Maths Department, Audrey Roby will be teaching French to Year 7 to Year 10 students, Ryan Vose joins the PE Department, and Anne Moller will be teaching Geography and Entrepreneurship. At Bondi, Leanne Whittingham takes over the reception and will be your first port of call on that Campus.

I trust that you will join me, their colleagues and their students in making them feel very welcome at our school. My wish for them is that they enjoy working at

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this school as much as their students enjoy coming to school. That can only result in a positive spiral of learn-ing.

Following the sad passing of the very much loved, Jez Johnson, I can confirm that we have secured a fantastic Design and Technology teacher who needs to work her four week notice period and will join us on 7th March. I will introduce her closer to the time. Please be patient as we do the best we can to cover these lessons until then.

This week the orientation for the Year 7 students included a day at Raging Waters followed by a day of ice skating and 10 pin bowling. Mr Compton and Mrs Karney were very happy with the opportunity these activities presented for students to get to know one another in this fun-filled manner before commencing with classes on Wednesday. We welcome the Year 7 cohort to Red-dam and hope that their High School journey continues as positively as the start has been.

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Fantastic news for Xavier Nicholas of Year 11 who played for the NSW U16 Waterpolo Side against seven other representative teams from different states in the Summer Slam during the last week of the holidays. The team ended the tournament undefeated, beating the Queensland Team in the Grand Final. Xavier played one of his best games in the final and was not only selected as the U16 Goalkeeper of the Tournament, but was also made the Australian Cadet Squad. From this squad they select the Australian team to attend the World Championships. Well done Xavier.

A link to the Middle School Assembly is included for those interested which includes many more student achievements. Middle School Assembly 4/2/22 Have a wonderful weekend and week ahead, Dave Pitcairn

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BONDI STUDENT CANTEEN The canteen is back open this year!

Fully independently student-run with a wide range of healthy, fresh, and great tasting food and drinks. These include: (Lamb & spinach / Feta & spinach) Gozleme Meat pies Toasted banana bread Seaweed Salad bowl Sausage rolls Coffee Small protein yogurt Noodle bowls Juices and many more delicious meals, snacks, and drinks.

YEAR 9 SCIENCE During Science lessons this week the Year 9 students built models of Atoms out of playdoh. They were demonstrating visually how the “Theory of the Atom” has changed over time from 440BC until present day.

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT

This week over 100 students from Years 7-12 commenced work on this year's High School Musical, the Broadway classic Anything Goes. The Lead Cast is incredibly strong, and is complemented by an extremely talented group of singers, dancers and actors who make up the Chorus, Featured Ensemble and Dance Ensemble. Our amazing student Backstage Crew have also started to get to know the show and what their involvement will be, moving sets during the show is just the start of it! And

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our Wardrobe/Hair and Make-up Team, a group who are not afraid of hard work, have already measured close to 100 students for the various costumes they will wear in the production. The Orchestra will consist of professionals and students, and those skilled students dive into the score next week. We hope you can join us in Week 9 for what will surely be a fun and fabulous night out!

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COMPETITION WINNERS (2021)

First Prize Yana Delglish

Second Prize Archie Diamond @REDDAM—The Reddam House High School Newsletter

Third Prize Gabreil Stafford Volume 22, Issue 1

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CONGRATULATIONS

Tia Hinds (Graduate 2020) Playing for Australian in the World Rugby Sevens Series Women, at Malaga, Spain Russia vs Australia on 23 January 2022.

Xavier Nicholas Gold medalist at the recent Water Polo Australia Summer Slam.

Playing for NSW U16’s, Xavier received MVP goalie for the tournament and has been selected in the Australian Ca-det Squad.

Daniel Kelly Selection in the Australian U18’s Basketball to play at the Maccabiah Games in July 2022.

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SPORTING FIXTURES—5TH FEBRUARY 2022 Basketball Comets Competition - Friday

COMETS STADIUM

Under 16s –Reddam Knicks v New Town Diamonds 4.30pm

Under 12s – Reddam Raptors v Sydney HoopStars Mambas 1.00pm

Under 18s –Reddam Thunder v Coogee Crystals 5.15pm

Under 14s – Reddam Bulls v Newtown Rangers 11.20am

Under18s – Reddam Suns v Newtown Nets 5.15pm

Under 14s – Reddam Cavaliers v PCYC Panthers 11.20am

Under 18s –Reddam 1st V v Inner City Gems 4.30pm Perry Park Courts & Comets Stadium Saturday Fixtures

Under 14s – Reddam Mavericks v Inner City Bayside Ballers 12.10pm

(Perry Park Courts are located behind the Comets stadiUnder 14s – Reddam Nuggets v Inner City Thunum) der 1.00pm Girls Under 14s – Reddam Pistons v Sydney Hoopstars CoUnder10s – Reddam Lakers v Sydney HoopStars Tibras 11.20am gers 8.00am Boys MPCYC Under 12s – Reddam Bucks v Inner City Wild Cats Under16s – Reddam Warriors v Accelerate Warri10.30am ors 4.30pm Under 14s – Reddam Timberwolves v AllBlacks 9.40am Under16s – Reddam Rockets – BYE Unders 14s –Reddam Sparks v KHYAstronauts 9.40am Under 16s – Reddam Pacers v Inner City PanBoys Alexandria (Perry Park Courts) thers 5.15pm Under 10s – Reddam Jazz v Reddam Hawks 8.50am

Under 16s – Reddam Nets v Inner City Eagles 3.00pm

Under 10s – Reddam Hawks v Reddam Jazz 8.50am

Under 18s – Reddam Heat v CYS 6.45pm

Under 12s – Reddam Celtics v Inner City Demons 10.30am

Under 18s – Reddam Grizzlies v Manesis Strength 7.30pm

Under 12s – Reddam Clippers v Sydney HoopStars Adders 10.30am

Under 18s – Reddam 1st V v Newtown Warriors 3.45pm

Cricket Saturday Under 10 Boys Reddam Roos V UNSW Thunder 10.00am Heffron Park Oval 3 Under 11 Boys Reddam Rhinos V Easts Thunder 12.30pm Lough Field 2

Under 13 Girls Reddam House V Summer Hill CC 3.00pm Rowland Park Oval 4 Sunday Under 12 Boys Reddam Roosters V Easts Hurricanes 8.30am Booralee

Tennis—Saturday Reddam 1 v Bye

Reddam 5 v Bye

Reddam 2 v Bye

Reddam 6 v Bye

Reddam 3 v Bye

Reddam 7 v Bye

Reddam 4 v Bye

Reddam 8 v Bye

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SPORTING FIXTURES—5TH FEBRUARY 2022 CONT. Touch Football—Saturday Girls Reddam 1 v Kambala, Mission Field 2, Parkes Drive Centennial Park 8:50am Reddam 2 v SVC, Reservoir Field 5, Oxford Street Centennial Park 9:40am Reddam 3 v Kambala, Mission Field 5, Parkes Drive Centennial Park 10:30am Reddam 4 v SCEGGS Mission Field 2, Parkes Drive Centennial Park 11.20am Reddam 5 v Sceggs, Mission Field 5, Parkes Drive Centennial Park 8:50am

Reddam 6 v KRB, Mission Fields 5, Parkes Drive Centennial Park 8:00am Reddam 8 - Bye Boys Reddam 1 v Bye Reddam 2 v Bye Reddam 3 v Bye Reddam 4 v Bye Reddam 5 v Bye Reddam 6 v Bye

Water Polo—Saturday Boys

Girls

Primary v Bye

Reddam 1 v Bye

Middle School v Scots, SHORE Pool 11.45am

Reddam 2 v Bye

Seniors v Scots, SHORE Pool 2.00pm

Reddam 3 v Bye Reddam 4 v Bye Reddam 5 v Bye

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CAREERS NEWS ATTENTION STUDENTS IN YEAR 11 AND 12 If you wish to make a booking for a Careers meeting please email Ms Jones. I will only be conducting these online for the foreseeable future until the current Covid19 situation calms down.

Events in March

YEAR 12 STUDENTS INTERESTED IN STUDYING AT ANU IN 2023 There will be a virtual presentation on the application process, early entry and the Tuckwell Scholarship process on Tuesday 1/3/22 in C2.

UPCOMING UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY EVENTS Events in February Pathways to studying Law at the University of Sydney | Wed 16 Feb 4-4:30pm Did you know, there are many pathways to studying Law at the University of Sydney? Hear from our panel of current students who have joined the law community at Sydney through alternate pathways, transferring or studying graduate entry law.

University of Sydney Pharmacy Degree | Wed 23 Feb 4-4:30pm Find out more about the new Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) / Master of Pharmacy Practice and the Bachelor of Pharmacy and Management (Honours) / Master of Pharmacy Practice that includes the required internship training hours so you can graduate ready to be a practising pharmacist.

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Dubbo Medical Program | Wed 2 March 4:30-5pm Find out about our Doctor of Medicine delivered entirely at our Dubbo Campus. Learn why a regional and rural medical career could be for you.

Experience the Law | Wed 9 March 4-4:30pm Experience a day in the life of a law student and immerse yourself in an interactive case study.

University of Sydney Veterinary Science Degree | Wed 23 March 4-4:30pm Have you ever wondered what the day-to-day life of a veterinarian is like? And how you would become one? Join this session and learn about what veterinary medicine is about, what an average day of work might be like for a veterinarian and how you can pursue studies towards becoming a vet yourself.

Please note that these events are mainly online

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