IN THIS ISSUE: Drama NT Trip Alumni Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 22 Issue 11 Friday 6th May 2022
Dear Parents and Caregivers, Welcome back to Term 2. I hope everyone had a restful break and that all our students are ready to be energised by the multitude of activities that the new term has to offer. During the holiday ten Year 9 and Year 10 girls together with Mrs Pelosi and Ms Knight embarked on the first Community Service trip to the Northern Territory. $17,000 was raised to support remote indigenous communities near Arnemland (specifically Cannon Hill and Kapalga). The money raised helped build sustainable orchards to help feed the many families in the region for years to come. Our students were actively involved in the planting of these orchards. They were rewarded with opportunities to see and enjoy the many wonders of the region for a week following their labours with the Aboriginal Community. We hope this is the first of what will develop into a respectful relationship between our school and the community. We have planned for next year’s trip which will take place from 7th -17th April 2023 and any students who are interested in joining should contact melanie.pelosi@reddamhouse.com.au.
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Year 11 Elective Drama students staged a production of Lewis Treston's 'Follow Me Home' on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. This episodic play demystifies the issue of youth homelessness and was written by Treston from many interviews with homeless young people in NSW and Sydney. The students produced authentic performances with outstanding belief and conviction that confronted and moved the audiences that watched. Congratulations to the students and to their teachers, Will Hodgson and Chris Montgomery, for all the hard work during the holidays to be able to present such a masterful performance in the first week of term. Truly confronting and thought provoking: great for our privileged students to get to see how so many children their age live.
A video of their adventures was shown in assembly and can be seen at Northern Territory Trip and we have some images on pages 8 and 9. It has been a very busy start to the term with the Year 11 Play, Year 7 Study Skills evening, the distribution of the 9th edition of the Stag student newspaper, and Pastoral Care sessions arranged for Friday. On top of all this the Year 12 students received their Final HSC Exam Timetable from NESA, so that final hurdle starts becoming very real for them. (more on each follows) ANZAC DAY Sarah Mueller continued the Reddam House tradition of representing the school for the Anzac Day ceremony at the Mark Moran Nursing Home playing The Last Post and Reveille as well as gave a reading, which was very well received. Thank you to all students who represented the school at various Anzac services around the country. Lest We Forget. Image, Sarah Mueller, Year 8
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Volume 22, Issue 11 Friday 6th May 2022
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