Reddam House High School Newsletter Vol 22 Issue 29

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome back to Term 4. I hope a rejuvenating holiday was had by all.

There were so many school activities that our children enjoyed in the holidays that deserve a mention:

The Reddam International Community Service Project to Nepal was a highlight for the twenty students who represented the school together with Mrs. Pelosi and Mr. Hattingh.

I include a report from Sophie Marcolina on the experience later in this newsletter.

all put in with editing and ensuring the show sounded as engaging as it does is a testament to their hard work and skill. What a natural bunch of broadcasters you’ve got at Reddam House. I am seriously impressed with the show that went to air tonight.”

Jamie Holdcroft and Daniel van Heerde, who operate the canteen at Bondi were featured in the Sydney Morning Herald on the last day of the holidays (10th October). The article was so popular that they were asked to do an interview with 2GB’s Deb Knight. Nearly 100,000 people were listening at the time. The high school students taking their canteen by storm Congratulations Jamie and Daniel, entrepreneurs of note.

On Thursday 29th September at 5:30 pm the first episode of "The Crumble" went to air on Eastside FM. This is a weekly half hour slot that some of our talented Year 9 students have written, produced, and performed.

They will be presenting a total of 12 episodes this was the first of six episodes this side of the year and the next six next year you can listen live next Thursday night at 5.30 pm (our usual timeslot).

Congratulations to the students involved in this particular episode: Marli Pasvolsky and Emily Miller (the main coordinators), with Jessica Levy, Jasmine Cohen, Georgie Davis, James Bradburn, and Maria Keis.

You can listen to the episode here: The Crumble 89.7 Eastside FM

Managing Director of Eastside Radio, Tony Smyth had this to say about our students, “They were excellent and so professional and well prepared. The additional efforts they

Twenty Year 9 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh participants hiked The Great North Walk from Hornsby to Mt. Ku ring gai. The students bravely endured steady, heavy rain and all the leeches the weather brought. Congratulations on completing the hike despite the awful weather.

The Year 12 Class of 2022 started their HSC on Wednesday this week with English Paper 1, followed by English Paper 2, Music 1, and Music 2 on Thursday. They finish the first week of exams with Modern History on Friday. They enjoyed the first week and feel relaxed, prepared, and confident that they will do well.

In teacher news, during the holidays two teachers welcomed their babies into the world:

Amy Bambach’s baby Sadie Margot Stubbs on Friday 23rd September (photo left)

Tegan Barnett welcomed Roni on 28th September (photo right)

Last night we welcomed the HSC Class of 2016 back to the Bondi Campus for their 5 Year Reunion. The excitement to see each other and their teachers again made the evening really special. Catching up on their achievements and the shared memories of their school exploits made for a fun evening of nostalgia. Other student achievements include:

We are pleased to welcome Yoni Charlupski to the PDHPE Department and Dene Kermond to the Drama Department while Will Hodgson is on leave this term.

Next Sunday 23rd October from 2:00 pm, I am very proud to announce that the 5th Annual TEDxYouth@ReddamHouse will be presented in Adelaide Hall. Curated by the students for the students this is a must attend event for students who love being challenged by ideas that make them think. Find out more and buy tickets at https://events.humanitix.com/ tedxyouth reddamhouse

TEDxYouth@ReddamHouse https://www.tedxyouthreddamhouse.com/

We have been sent the results for the international Inspired Concours D'Arts competition, which is an Inspired Competition. Results of the Gala Award evening can be viewed here

A fantastic number of students were recognised as winning their sections, listed on page 9. Congratulations to them for flying the Reddam Sydney banner high.

Aiza Khurram was awarded The Dame Marie Bashir Peace Award at a ceremony at State Parliament House in the holidays.

Annabel Wooley of Year 12 2023, was selected and has undertaken an HSC Art Intensive Studio Course at the National Art School. I share some of her works that are on exhibition.

BRONZE DUKE OF EDINBURGH—YEAR 9

A few more happy snaps of the Year 9 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh participants who hiked The Great North Walk from Hornsby to Mt. Ku ring gai.

The Bronze Award is the first step to getting involved in The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award and participants can then continue their journey by undertaking Silver and then Gold Levels.

Congratulations again on completing the hike despite the awful weather.

Have a great weekend and week ahead, Dave Pitcairn

Wishing all of our HSC students the very best throughout their examinations.

“A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” Nelson Mandela

On the 12th of October, we celebrated Sukkot with the class. We made our way down to the playground to enter the Sukkah (a temporary hut). Sukkot is a festival which is celebrated from the 9th until the 16th of October. During which it is a mitzvah to eat in the Sukkah. We learnt about how spending time in the Sukkah is unique because all other mitzvot require us to use only one or some of our limbs, but the mitzvah of the sukkah surrounds us from head to toe. The Sukkah reminds us of the miraculous clouds that kept the Jews safe while travelling through the desert to Israel. The clouds surrounded them above, below, and all around to look after them. They protected the Jews from scorpions and snakes and the burning hot sand and even cleaned their clothes. Another mitzvah we do on Sukkot is shaking the four types of plants together. These are the lulav, etrog, hadasim and aravot. We hold these together and shake them to show that we are incomplete without every Jew. We then shake them in 6 different directions symbolising how Hashem is found everywhere.

We each had a turn at shaking the lulav and etrog and then ate a cookie and challah in the Sukkah after saying a brachah. Overall it was a great experience!

Chag Sukkot

Sameach

Tasha Rogoff

Year 7

Hebrew student

Going on the Nepal community service project trip with school this September was a life changing journey that I loved and will never forget. Being immersed in a new culture filled with colour, beauty and peace was an amazing experience. Even though a lot of the people in Nepal are poor and don’t have much, they are sweet and caring and have a sense of community and gratitude.

We started our journey in Kathmandu. We all loved trying new and unique foods. My personal favourites were the momos, which are steamed vegetable dumplings, and a sweet lassi, which is like a sour yogurt drink.

The highlight of the trip for me was our community service initiative at the Shree Ram Janaki Basic School. When we walked into the school, the kids were cheering and we were greeted with kind smiles and flowers from the teachers. I loved meeting the kids and learning some fun new Nepalese dances and words. It felt so rewarding to be giving back to such a nice community. The fundraising money that we had raised prior to the trip went into helping buy new equipment for the school. We as a group helped dig and build a new school building for the kids. We also painted them a new mural on one of the walls of the school. After four days of hard work, we celebrated with all the families and kids from the school with a Nepalese feast.

After the community service project, we embarked on a four day treacherous hike in the mountains. The hike was fun but got a bit interesting at times with the heavy rain. Leeches were crawling on people’s faces as we slipped our way up and down the mountains. Nonetheless, the hike had amazing views, great company, and fun times. The Sherpas and porters who carried all our luggage and guided us safely on our hike were amazing.

The team of Reddam students was led by our World Challenge leader, Alex. He was an amazing guide with great sarcasm and jokes. He helped to inspire us to work together. Our group got along really well and learned a lot about each other. We became one big family.

Overall this trip was a once in a lifetime experience that I would love to do again. I made some amazing memories and new friends that will stay with me forever.

By: Sophie Marcolina

Congratulations to the Macquarie house band for winning last term's first round of the House Music Competition, and to all of the houses and bands for their participation and support! In Week 4, we will hold the House Spectacular to decide this year's overall House Music winner. All lessons and ensembles resumed this week, and if you'd like to be involved please contact the music department. Please see below for submission information for our big Term 4 recital, also!

HOUSE MUSIC

TERM

MUSIC NEWS

Spring Recital

Entries for submissions are now open for our Term 4 Spring Recital and close on Monday! 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. We will endeavour to find alternate performances such as assemblies for those submissions that we do not manage to fit on the Spring Recital evening.

2022 Reddam Idol

Please enjoy the film of this year's Reddam Idol Finals evening, held last week in Adelaide Hall. Congratulations once again to all our talented singers. The video can be viewed at this link:

Concours D’Arts

We are very proud to announce that a number of Reddam House Sydney students won their sections in the international Inspired schools competition the Concours D'Arts. Hundreds of entries were sent from Reddam Sydney, and the students below were lucky enough to be the overall winner for their category. The full Gala Evening video can be enjoyed at the following link:

Year 12: Jack Futcher Music: Classical Instrumental Pupil and Teacher Duet

Year 12: Gabriel Jones Music: Classical Vocal Romantic

Year 12: Oliver Pires Music: Contemporary Instrumental Jazz and Blues

Year 11: Persia Behnia Music: Classical Instrumental Baroque

Year 11: Lili Ogrin Music: Classical Vocal Classical Aria

Year 11: Ben Price Music: Classical Instrumental Romantic

Year 11: Zoe Topper Music: Classical Vocal Baroque

Year 11: Persia Behnia Music: Classical Instrumental Baroque

Year 11: Miles Yuen Music: Contemporary Instrumental Ensemble

Year 11: Persia Behnia Music: Classical Instrumental Baroque

Year 10: Jovan Vucic Music: Classical Vocal 20th/21st Century

Year 10: Terence Zhang Music: Classical Instrumental Classical

Year 9: Tilley Edwards Hill Music: Contemporary Vocal Popular

Year 9: Attica Geritis Music: Contemporary Vocal, Overall Best Performance Music Contemporary Vocal Grade 8 9 Musicals

Year 9: Milana Perczuk Music: Classical Instrumental Baroque

Year 9: Dimitri Sarkis Music: Classical Instrumental Romantic

Year 8: Ella Kirby Music: Classical Vocal Classical Aria

Year 7: Ella Clarke Smith Music: Classical Vocal Classical Aria

Basketball

Comets Competition Friday

U16 Reddam Knicks v SGHS Beef Pride 5pm Court 2

U18 Reddam Suns v BYE

U18 Reddam 1st V v SGHS Beef Ballers 5pm Court 1

Perry Park Courts & Comets Stadium Saturday

Girls

U12 Reddam Storm v Inner City Sapphires 8am Perry Ct4

U14 Reddam Timberwolves v Reddam Mystics 9:40am

Perry Ct3

U14 Reddam Sparks v Newtown Storm 1pm Comets Ct2

U14 Reddam Mystics v Reddam Timberwolves 9:40am

Perry Ct 3

Boys Alexandria (Perry Park Courts)

U10 Reddam Lakers v BYE

U12 Reddam Raptors v Reddam Bucks 11:20am Perry Ct3

U12 Reddam Bucks v Reddam Raptors 11:20am Perry Ct3

U14 Reddam Bulls v Newtown Lions 9:40am Perry Ct 4

U14 Reddam Cavaliers v Sydney HoopStars

Kingsnakes 11:20am Perry Ct 4

U14 Reddam Mavericks v Inner City Celtics 3:30pm Perry Ct 1

U14 Reddam Pistons v Newtown Supersonics 12:10pm

Perry Ct 4

U14 Reddam Nuggets v Accelerate Warriors 2:40pm

Comets Ct 1

U16 Reddam Rockets v Newtown Tigers 3:30pm Perry Ct4

U16 Reddam Jazz v Inner City Mustangs 1:50pm Perry Ct4

Boys MPCYC

U16 Reddam Warriors v Big Dream 3:45pm Ct 2

U16 Reddam Nets v Inner City Eagles 4:30pm Ct1

U18 Reddam Heat v Reddam Grizzlies 2:15pm Ct1

U18 Reddam Grizzlies v Reddam Heat 2:15pm Ct 1

U18 Reddam 1st V v MVP Cheetahs 6pm Ct 2

Cricket

Reddam Rabbits Under 10 v RJCC Royals 8.00am Lower Cooper Park 1

Reddam Roos Under 10 v RJCC Rebels 10.00am Rowland Park Oval 2

Reddam Rhinos Under 11 v Easts Crocs 3.00pm Lough Field North 1

Mountain Biking

Royal National Park Depart Woollahra 7.45am

Tuesday17th October

Reddam Year 9 v BP Calippos Multi Court 2, Waverley Oval 5.15pm

Netball

High School

Reddam 1 v Starting on 22nd October

Reddam 2 v Starting on 22nd October

Reddam 3 v Starting on 22nd October

Reddam 4 v Starting on 22nd October

Reddam 5 v Starting on 22nd October

Reddam 6 v Starting on 22nd October

Reddam 7 v Starting on 22nd October

Reddam 8 v Starting on 22nd October

Tennis

Primary Sunday 23rd October

Learn to play 12.00 noon White City Courts

Orange Ball 1.00pm White City Courts

Green Ball 2.30pm White City Courts

Touch Football

Boys:

Reddam 1 (Year 9) v Waverley 2, Queens Park No. 7 (adjacent to the Shed Café, Darley Rd), 9:40 am

Reddam 2 (Year 9) v Waverley 1, Queens Park No. 7 (adjacent to the Shed Café, Darley Rd), 8:50 am

Reddam 3 (Year 8) v Waverley 1, Trinity Grammar, 8:50 am. The bus will leave at 7:45 am.

Reddam 4 (Year 8) v Trinity 2, Trinity Grammar, 9:40 am. The bus will leave at 7:45 am.

Reddam 5 (Year 7) v Waverley 1, Riverview 1B, 9:30 am. The bus will leave at 8:20 am.

Girls:

Reddam 1 v KRB 2, Queens Park No. 3 (Baronga Avenue), 9:10 am

Reddam 2 v SVC 8, Queens Park No. 4 (Baronga Avenue), 11:30 am

Reddam 3 v KRB 13, Queens Park No. 3 (Baronga Avenue), 12:40 pm

Reddam 4 v Sceggs 15, Queens Park No. 1 (Baronga Avenue), 10:20am

Primary Monday 16th October

Reddam Eagles (Year 5 and 6 Boys) v Reddam Lions, Rowland Park 7, 4.50pm

Reddam Lions (Year 5 and 6 Boys) v Redddam Eagles, Rowland Park 7, 4.50pm

Reddam Sharks (Year 5 and 6 Girls) v Reddam Cheetahs, Rowland Park 8, 4.50pm

Reddam Cheetahs (Year 5 Girls) v Reddam Sharks, Rowland Park 8, 4.50pm

Reddam Taipans (Year 3 and 4) v Dashing Divas, Rowland Park 3B, 4.50pm

Water Polo

BOYS

Reddam 14s v Scots, Cranbrook Pool 9:40am

Reddam Seniors v Scots, Cranbrook Pool 10.20am Reddam Primary v Scots/St Augustines, Scots Pool 10.15am

GIRLS

Reddam 1 v Reddam 2, UNSW Pool 9.45am

Reddam 2 v Reddam 1, UNSW Pool 9.45am

Reddam 3 v Reddam 4, UNSW Pool 11.00am

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.

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 tricks.

Watch the event

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

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

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 More

Applications for the UNSW’s Indigenous Pre programs are now open

The programs 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

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

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.

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 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 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.

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 12.

We 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 application. Students must decide on the order of their course preferences by 3 November. The first SRS offers will then be released on 11 November.

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

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

Key dates: 3 November 2022 11.59pm change of preferences close for SRS offers 11 November 2022 7.30am SRS offers released 22 November 2022 11.59pm EAS applications and documents due

ATTENTION YEAR 12 Our 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 personality/interests.

Any students who are interested are invited to send their resume to es@tutordoctor.com.au

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

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

and the ability to adapt your tutoring style to suit different learning styles? If you would like to apply, please send your resume or register your interest by emailing es@tutordoctor.com.au

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.

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