Reddam House High School Newsletter Vol 22 Issue 28

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

The Year 12 Valedictory evening at the SCG was wonderful for so many reasons. To be able to celebrate this important milestone or rite of passage together with Year 12s, their parents and their teachers for the first time since 2019 was incredible. It certainly highlighted how important and significant face to face celebrations are. It was the culmination of their schooling and the school saying farewell to the most incredible group of young men and women. Congratulations to this cohort on the mature, thoughtful and memorable way that you completed your last week at school. We are exceptionally proud of them and look forward to celebrating their results with the Reddam community on Thursday 15th December.

Congratulations to Gabriel Stafford, of this cohort, who has been nominated for possible inclusion in HSC Showcase, Encore, a selection of performances and compositions from HSC Music students. His guitar performance would have impressed the examiners as one of the best performances in NSW.

The rest of the school carried on at full steam, interrupted only by the Queen's Memorial Public Holiday on Thursday.

The new Year 12 Drama students had their annual incursion of a live production of 'Norm and Ahmed' by Alex Buzo, a play which is one of their core texts for HSC Drama, to be performed at Bondi today.

On the sports field, fantastic news this week for Joseph Glasson of Year 11 from Sport Australia Hall of Fame: He was granted a Tier 3 scholarship among all of the Olympic sports. He is also the second youngest recipient. A nice recognition of his commitment and achievements in fenc-

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had five students compete in the NSWCIS Athletics Championships at Homebush. It was a great day out for all of our team with the following results being achieved:

Ava Bova 5th Javelin

Riley Gamertsfelder 4th 1500 metres

Aston Lake 4th 1500 metres

Sophia Garvin 3rd 3000 metres

Tomi Reynaldo 1st 100m Hurdles, 1st 800 metres, 1st 400 metres, 3rd 200 metres. These amazing results by Tomi are the best any Reddam student has achieved in the history of our school at this level of competition.

Congratulations to all our athletes with a special mention for Tomi.

Ms Bub has been inspired by the work the Year 7 students have produced in Design and Technology this term. They created vases and vessels after studying the wild designs of the Memphis Group from the 1980s, known for their gedevelopedo technical designs (isometric drawings) as part of their portfolios. We hope you enjoy some of the amazing products serving a range of uses in your homes. More images on pages 4 and 5.

The Year 10 Art students have been busy developing a Mini Body of Work, which gives them a taste of the expectations for their last two years of the subject. Images can be viewed on pages 10 and 11.

Year 9 Elective Drama students presented individual performances as part of their Term Assessment, taking to the stage solo to deliver a variety of monologues applying techniques of Realism to entertain and engage their audience. These talented students delivered a range of dramatic and comedic performances with characters placed in a variety of situations from dating dilemmas and parental problems to deceitful discoveries and pimple popping panic.

We are proud of our Year 9 Drama students and the effort they have put into developing their final performances for the term. Well done. A spread of images can be viewed on pages 8 and 9.

Jazz Spira of Year 10 had some amazing results when she attended the show jumping at Willinga Park on the South Coast. She and her horses, Avenly Bundy and Outlawed W, came away with two first places and a 5th place across the weekend, with the highlight being her win of the junior 1.10m. She will now go on to represent NSW in the Equestrian Interschools Nationals to take place at the end of September in Sydney.

Chris and Emma welcomed Mia Liv Breheny into the world at 9.34am on Tuesday. Mum and bub are both healthy and happy as is Ryan with his little sister. Congratulations to the Breheny family

We wish all the students who are going on the Reddam International Community Service Project to Nepal well as they reach out to the community of rural female farm20ers.Year

9 students are off on The Great North Walk from September 29 30, after the original April trip was postponed due to bad weather. This is the Adventurous Journey part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award.

We also hope that there is plenty of late season snow for our students joining Mr Kable’s ski trip to Perisher in the first week of the holidays.

Reports for Term 3 will be posted to Parent Lounge on Tuesday next week for all Year Groups.

Have a happy, safe, spring holiday and I would like to take the opportunity to wish our Jewish families, Shana Tova.

Dave Pitcairn

Year 12 Valedictory happy snaps on pages 12 and 13.

YEARS CHINESE CONTINUERS

Fried rice (炒饭, chǎo fàn) and dumplings (饺子, jiǎo zi) are two popular Chinese dishes worldwide. It is believed that fried rice was first developed during the Sui Dynasty in China and dumplings were invented in Eastern Han Dynasty. There are many varieties of fried rice and dumplings. All of them have their own specific list of ingredients.

Year 8 Chinese Continuers have been studying “Food and Drinks” this term. Year 9 Chinese Continuers have been studying “Shopping” and revising food vocabulary. As a co curricular activity and a celebration of the successful completion of Term 3, Year 8 Chinese Continuers ate fried rice and Year 9 Chinese Continuers ate dumplings in their last Chinese lessons of this term. team.

YEAR HEBREW

As the rain thudded against the ground of the rooftop on the fifteenth of September, the Year 7 Hebrew class came for a ‘surprise’ The SHOFAR FACTORY came to our school and met us on the rooftop so that we could make our very own shofars; horns which are made from the horn of a ram.

First, we learnt about Rosh Hashanah, meaning the ‘head of the year’. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish new year and is celebrated each year with sweet foods to symbolise a sweet new year. These include: apples dipped in honey, honey cake and round challah. Hearing the sound of a shofar on Rosh Hashanah is a mitzvah and we learnt how to play it.

To make a shofar, we use the horn of the ram because it is a kosher animal. We learnt that to produce the horn, they had to cut the cartilage out from the inside to make it hollow. Then we had a practical demonstration with a saw cutting the tip of the horn to create the mouth hole for the shofar. Then it was our turn no, not to saw the mouthpiece, that part was already done for us we each rushed to the tables to pick our very own shofar, some were lighter browns, and some were black. We put on our gloves and apron and began sanding the shofar to make it smooth. We were given a tub of varnish which most of us didn't know what to do with. Some of us took way too much so that when we rubbed it in, there would be clumps of it and due to the weather, it had no desire of drying. Others applied just enough and had a polished final result. We each took our own home in a little bag when it was the end of the day. As soon as I got home, I practised blasting my brother's ears off.

Tasha Rogoff & Tennyson Wheeler : Year 7 Hebrew students

MUSIC

Entries for submissions are now open for our Term 4 Spring Recital. If you have a chamber work, band performance or similar collaborative piece that is of a high standard that you'd like to include, please make a submission via the form linked here.

Thank You’s

2023 Musical Announcement

"And the 2023 high school musical is... Footloose!"

Spring Recital

Thank you to Jack Futcher, Maya Gertler and Oliver Pires for performing at their Valedictory on Monday night, and special thanks to Year 9 students Tadhg Kalowski and Natasha Green for their wonderful and entertaining set of music at the end of the evening. Our thanks also to the many high school students who assisted as backstage crew or in the wardrobe team for the primary school production of Disney's The Lion King JR. at NIDA this week!

Acknowledging the incredible achievements of our Year 12 Athletes this year, I am sharing with you the awards that were presented at the Valedictory Dinner earlier this week, including some of their individual achievements that have contributed to them receiving these awards:

Brooklyn Berry Under 18 Male Runner Up Athletics Champion

Luke Moloney Under 18 Male Athletics Champion

Edward Clifford Under 18 Male Runner Up Cross Country Champion

Sam Katz Under 18 Male Cross Country Champion

Quentin Burns Sailing Full Colours, Ranked Top 7 Youth Sailors in Australia, Senior Sportsman of the Year Runner Up

Gabriel Stafford Fencing Full Colours, NSW Fencing Team Silver Medal Australian Cadet Championships, Senior Sportsman of the Year

Talia Shapiro Under 17 Female Athletics Champion

Julia Tymula Under 17 Female Cross Country Champion

Scarlett Blanch Hockey Half Colours, South East Sydney Under 18 Team, NSW Championships

Natalia Krawiec Swimming Full Colours, NSW Swimming Championships, Under 18 Female Cross Country Champion, Under 18 Athletics Champion

Nikki Collins Water Polo Full Colours, NSW CIS Open Girls Team, NSW Under 17 Team, NSW Under 18 Team, UNSW/ Wests Open Women's Team Australian League, Senior Sportswoman of the Year Runner Up

Frankie Nicklin Cricket Full Colours, Captain of the NSW CIS Open Female Team, Cricket NSW Female U19 Metro Team, MVP of the Metro Team, NSW All Schools Team, Senior Sportswoman of the Year Runner Up

Frederika Schneideman Netball Honours, Premier League, NSW CIS Team, Sydney Swifts Academy, NSW Under 17 Team, Gold Medal National Championships, Australian Under 17 Team, Senior Sportswoman of the Year

Comets Competition Friday 23rd September

U16 Reddam Knicks v SGHS Slam Punks 5pm Ct 2

U18 Reddam Suns v Newtown Newts 5:45pm Ct 2

U18 Reddam 1st V v SGHS Scholar Sportswomen 5pm Ct1

Perry Park Courts & Comets Stadium Saturday 24th GirlsSeptember

U12 Reddam Storm v BYE

U14 Reddam Timberwolves v Newtown Lynx 10:30am Perry 3

U14 Reddam Sparks v Inner City Scorpians 1pm Comets 2

U14 Reddam Mystics v KHY Astronauts 9:40am Perry 3

Boys Alexandria (Perry Park Courts)

U10 Reddam Lakers v Newtown Wizards 9:40am Perry 2

U12 Reddam Raptors v Newtown Hornets 12:10pm Perry3

U12 Reddam Bucks v Newtown Rebels 1:50pm Perry 3

U14 Reddam Bulls v Reddam Cavaliers 12:10pm Perry 4

U14 Reddam Cavaliers v Reddam Bulls 12:10pm Perry 4

U14 Reddam Mavericks v Balling Seagulls 4:15pm Perry 1

U14 Reddam Pistons v Sydney Hoop Stars Anacondas 3:30pm Comets 2

U14 Reddam Nuggets v Newtown Bunyips 4:20pm Comets

Reddam Rockets v Maccabi Cavaliers 1pm Perry 2

U16 Reddam Jazz v Triple Threat Warriors 4:15pm Perry 4

Boys MPCYC

U16 Reddam Warriors v Inner city Panthers 1:30pm Ct 3

U16 Reddam Nets v Accelerate Warriors Admirals 4:30pm Ct 1

U18 Reddam Heat v MPB 2:15pm Ct 1

U18 Reddam Grizzlies v Newtown Kings 2:15pm Ct 3

U18 Reddam 1 st V v Waves 6:45pm Ct 2

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 covid situation calms down.

ATTENTION YEAR 12—A reminder that the closing date for SRS applications on UAC is 19 September 2022. On time closing date for university applications on UAC is 30 September 2022.

If your students are thinking about living on campus we have 40 Residential Financial Assistance Scholarships of up to $5,000 per year to cover college fees, as well as over 80 scholarships for tuition and living costs.

We strongly encourage your students apply for any scholarships they meet the criteria for.

Scholarship applications will be required to complete a quick application form, and in some cases, provide supporting documentation. View all Scholarships

Our general advice to all students who receive an offer in September is to ACCEPT all parts of their offer, including any accommodation and scholarship offers. Students have until Wednesday 5 October to accept their offers.

Accepting their September offer ensures it will be waiting for the student at the end of the year; students will be able to make their ultimate decisions (including accepting, enrolling or deferring) when final confirmations are made in December/January.

In case you missed it… Watch our recent Year 12 Degrees & Scholarships Information Evening on demand, as we covered how to apply for UNSW, preferencing, Portfolio Entry and scholarship application tips and Watchtricks.the event

All you need to know about UNSW’s Arts, Design & Architecture Degrees

Monash Scholars Applications see HERE

Your essential guide to Monash Science

Your one stop shop for everything Monash Science! Register for events and view other resources, access course information webinars, and make 1:1 appointments with staff and current students. Find out more

Do it with DATA: Pandemics, people and bioinformatics

If you’re looking to combine your interest in maths and computer science and explore applications in the field of bioinformatics, Do it with DATA: Pandemics, People and Bioinformatics is a great place to start! Register here

Monash Disability Support

Disability Support Services assists students with disabilities, mental health, and ongoing medical conditions, including those with learning difficulties, on the Autism Spectrum, and who are carers. Find out more

Scholarships, admissions and support services zone

Discover the support services available to help your students navigate their university life. Learn about our double degrees and how to prepare for university as a Year 10 student. Find out more

Campus life zone

With rerpresentatives from Monash Sport, Residential Services, Respectful Communities, Career Connect, English Connect, Chaplaincy, and more, students can discover how to enhance their university experience. Find out more

We’ve made important changes to our undergraduate degrees for new students starting in 2023. Explore our new degrees below to find out what’s changed, and what your students need to do to maintain their preference with UAC.

Read UNSWMoreAviation

Years 9 12 “Current Affairs in Aviation” Short Course

This short course is designed for high school students in Years 9 12 who are interested in aviation. We welcome students to join UNSW Aviation’s immersive on the 27 28 September. The two day short course will be on campus and online.

The course will allow students to explore the diverse career opportunities across this important sector and find out how a degree in aviation can support your pathway into this exciting industry. Register here

Applications for the UNSW’s Indigenous Pre programs are now Theopenprograms are both an alternative entry pathway to UNSW and a degree specific preparatory program. UNSW runs Indigenous Pre Programs in the areas of Business, Education, Law, Medicine, Social Work, or Science & Engineering. Read more

SciX@UNSW Science Extension Program

Applications for the 2023 SciX@UNSW Program open on 19 October 2022. SciX supports Science Extension students and other keen high school students to complete their research projects. The program is overseen by academic research staff and culminating in a one week on campus summer school. Find out more

UNE Scholarship applications are now open close 2 January 2023

Set your students in the right direction. Whether your students will be paying for tuition, accommodation or textbooks, a scholarship can help to ease the financial pressure and let them focus on their future studies. Scholarships are not just for students who achieve great academic results, we also consider; community involvement, personal strengths, obstacles they’ve overcome, and what they want to achieve in the future.

How students can share their university experience

Researchers at UNSW are conducting a project about the academic expectations of students making the transition to first year at Australian universities. We are looking for students who are 17 years or older and intending to enrol at any Australian University in 2023. Their future university experiences will be shaped by this project, so why not get involved and have a say! Register here

Future Innovators Awards applications are now open

The University of Sydney Business School Future Innovators Awards are now open. This award recognises the visionary influencers of the future and it is available exclusively to current NSW high school Year 12 students with a creative business idea with local impact. Successful applicants will receive a $250 cash voucher, as well as be considered for a $6,000 scholarship. Applications close on 30th September, 2022. Apply Here Band 5 requirements removed for Secondary Teaching

Following a recent NESA review, students are no longer required to obtain a Band 5 in three HSC subjects to enter into Secondary teaching. Learn about the changes here

Scholarships at The University of Sydney

Now is a great time to be thinking about scholarships. The University has a range of scholarships for different students; from high achieving, cultural and leadership, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, those facing disadvantage, subject specific and more.

FutureScholarshipsInnovators Award

The University of Sydney Business School Future Innovators Awards are now open. This award recognises the visionary influencers of the future and it is available exclusively to current NSW high school Year 12 students with a creative business idea with local impact. Successful applicants will receive a $250 cash voucher, as well as be considered for a $6,000 scholarship. Applications close on 30th September, 2022.

The Sandra Cadwallader Indigenous Economics Scholarship

This generous scholarship supports Indigenous students undertaking a Bachelor of Economics or combined Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Advanced Studies at the University of Sydney. Scholarship is valued at $50,000 per year for the duration of your studies. Applications are open now until 4th October 2022.

Adam Scott Foundation Scholarship

The Adam Scott Foundation Scholarship allows its recipient who has experienced financial hardship or disadvantage to commence undergraduate studies and receive up to $200,000 in scholarship funding.

Sydney Scholars Award

This scholarship supports outstanding Year 12 students to undertake an undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney. Students must submit an application for this scholarship by the 30th of September and then also receive an ATAR (or equivalent) of 95 99.85 and enrol into a course at The University of Sydney in order to receive this funding.

course prerequisites and are eligible under one of these categories:

Disadvantaged financial background

Resident of a regional or remote area Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

The list of Victorian secondary schools determined to be under for 2023 entry is now available on our website.

Our Access Melbourne website has been updated with details about our recent changes for 2023 applicants, including details about our new First in family category and expanded eligibility for our Disadvantaged financial background category.

There are nine Access Melbourne categories, which correlate to VTAC's Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) categories. Domestic students can select all categories that are relevant to their circumstances as part of their SEAS application.

School leaver SEAS/Access Melbourne applicants can receive guaranteed entry if they achieve the Guaranteed ATAR, satisfy

Explore everything there is to know about coming to Macquarie University. Read about our early entry schemes, get to know our award winning teachers, find out how our graduates are doing and more! Link Here

Applications for the Macquarie Leaders and Achievers Early Entry Scheme have now closed. However, students still have time to apply for an early entry offer from Macquarie with the Schools Recommendation Scheme (SRS).

Applications are open through UAC and will close on 19 September 2022. Read more about SRS

The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen’s Scout and Queen’s Guide Awards Scheme is designed for current Year 12 HSC students who have completed wither the Gold or Silver DofE Award. Applications for 2023 close 28 November 2022. How to apply

The Elite Athletes & Artistic Performers Scheme is designed for applicants who believe that their performing, training and/or competitive commitments have affected their study preparation in the past two years. Applications for 2023 close 30 November 2022. How to apply

ICMS Together with the Corporate Sponsored Scholorships , ICMS Professional Scholarships include:

ICMS Bachelor of Business Scholarship

ICMS Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) Scholarship

ICMS Bachelor of Business (International Tourism) Scholarship

ICMS Bachelor of Business (Marketing) Scholarship

ICMS Bachelor of Business (Sports Management) Scholarship

ICMS Bachelor of Business (Accounting) Scholarship

ICMS Bachelor of Business (Fashion and Global Brand Management) Scholarship

ICMS Bachelor of Event Management Scholarship

ICMS Bachelor of Hospitality Management Scholarship

ICMS Bachelor of Property (Development, Investment and Valuation) Scholarship

ATTENTION YEAR 12 STUDENTS APPLYING TO THE UK VIA UCAS

Please ensure you register for any examination that is required if you are applying to Oxford or Cambridge. You must also ensure you inform Ms Jones and Laura Dovier of this so we can register you to sit the examination at Reddam in November on the scheduled date.

The IDeA cadetship is a new program designed to create the next generation of tech professionals with the right mix of technical skills and business knowledge.

This three year program, available only at the University of Technology Sydney, lets them mix classroom study and real world employment at some of Australia’s leading companies and allows them to "Earn while they learn". Applications are open now and will close on 9 OCT.

Participants in this cadetship graduate with a Bachelor of Computing Science, as well as two years of industry experience under their belt. The program is co designed with industry partners, meaning students graduate with the skills and experience that employers are looking for.

sia long term.

What to expect The role will start in our head office team based in Sydney where the student will receive on the job and formal training. They will then join our Asia team to commence an international, fast paced career in financial markets.

Who we are looking for- No previous work experience is required, just a strong aptitude in math, science, or technology, a keen sense of

curiosity, willingness to learn and language skills. If you know a student that can demonstrate strong academic performance, enjoys a competitive environment (e.g., in academics or athletics) and being part of the team, we would love to hear from them.

How to apply To get started, we ask that students respond to this email by Friday 14th October with their CV and cover letter attached, that includes:

ematics, science, or technology subjects

Educational Access Scheme

A reminder that students must apply for EAS and upload all documents by 22 November 2022 to ensure their application is considered in the first ATAR based offer round on 22 December. If a student has applied for EAS and received an email from UAC about supplying documents, this is just a reminder. They can upload their supporting documents progressively, as they become available, but they must have them all uploaded by the 22 November deadline.

Students will be notified of their EAS eligibility on 15 December and will then have until midnight on 16 December to finalise their course preferences.

Schools Recommendation Scheme

Over the past few months, we have had many students from Years 10 and 11 asking about early offers. Please advise all your students that they can only apply for SRS when they are in Year

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have also had many enquiries from students who are unable to lodge an SRS application. It is usually because the student hasn't submitted their UAC application yet. Students must submit a UAC application before they can submit an SRS appliStudentscation.

must decide on the order of their course preferences by 3 November. The first SRS offers will then be released on 11 KeyNovember.dates:

4 October 2022 11.59pm SRS school ratings close

3 November 2022 11.59pm change of preferences close for SRS 11offersNovember 2022 7.30am SRS offers released

22 November 2022 11.59pm EAS applications and documents

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an exciting opportunity for a bright, driven, and conscientious year 12 student to join Macquarie’s Equity Derivatives and Trading team within the Commodities and Global Markets Group. The successful candidate will be available to start full time work following high school graduation and will have work rights and language skills to work in Thailand, Taiwan, or Malay-

dertaken (though as previously mentioned, not a requirement for their application)

A reminder that this opportunity is for those interested in pursuing full time work after high school with work rights in Thailand, Taiwan, or

ATTENTIONMalaysia.YEAR12Our

tutoring service, Tutor Doctor Eastern Suburbs, offers local employment opportunities for Year 12 graduates. Tutor Doctor provides personalised, one to one, at home tutoring to both High School and Primary School students in all subjects. We strive to make tutoring a positive experience and match student and tutor on both academic needs and Anypersonality/interests.studentswhoare interested are invited to send their resume to es@tutordoctor.com.au We would love to hear from you!!

NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Our wonderful team needs more casual tutors who are engaging and want to make a difference. We are looking for creativity in your tutoring approach