Primary Newsletter
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Dear Parents and Caregivers, The last week of term flew past with the usual exuberance of spirit that usually characterises this time of the year. Like eagerly straining horses, ready to bolt for home, the students rushed headlong towards the well-deserved break which all students (and teachers!) had looked forward to. Looking back over the past term is always a rewarding exercise, as it reminds one of just how much was accomplished. With all students starting a new year group, and many arriving in the Primary School for the first time, there is inevitably a time of settling in and of getting to know the people in one’s class. It was, of course, also a real pleasure to get used to ‘school as normal’ again, after all the disruptions of the past couple of years. If there is one goal which we all have here at Reddam House, it is that school should be an adventure, with each day a pleasant experience of engaging with new-found knowledge, important skills, and happy, healthy relationships. We all want to be happy, and as such the findings from a recent ABC Happiness Survey, conducted among 47 000 Australian, children made for interesting reading. The survey reinforced how important supportive family and school environments are for children to feel happy, along with having good friends. Many children also pointed out how much their pets meant to them and how these added to their happiness. However, what was interesting was how important sleep is as a key indicator of wellbeing and happiness.
With a busy first term behind us, I hope that there will be plenty of time for good rest in the coming three weeks for all our students and staff, along with many happy moments spent with family, friends and pets.
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With a busy first term behind us, I hope that there will be plenty of time for good rest in the coming three weeks for all our students and staff, along with many happy moments spent with family, friends and pets.
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We are so aware of how important it is to view ‘the whole child’ in each individual here at school, and as such I am enormously grateful to the teachers and coaches who have done just that, getting to know the students and supporting them throughout the term. Education is about so much more than just the grades one achieves at the end of each term, and it is pleasing to see the care which the staff take to encourage the students along their path of discovery in the many different activities on offer.
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I am appreciative too of the close cooperation with parents, caregivers and other family members, and the teachers. This interaction throughout the term has meant that the students have felt supported at school and at home, with a common voice cheering them along. My thanks to the admin, cleaning and other support staff, who have worked so hard to ensure the success of the term. They have provided much of the ‘scaffolding’ which has kept the school operating smoothly, and their efforts cannot be underestimated. Finally, I applaud the fine start which the students have made to 2022. They have laid the foundations for what should be an excellent year on all fronts, and I look forward to watching their continued progress. Before we close the term, we need to congratulate Ella Jelicic, who won not one but two tennis tournaments last weekend. These were the Eastern Suburbs Tennis Association (ESTA) Junior League (Green Ball Champion) and the CBTA Junior Age Tournament, where she was crowned U10 Girls Champion. Well done, Ella! Congratulations to Eli Levin, Who competed in the NSW State Championships over the weekend. Eli was awarded 2nd in Kumite, 2nd in Kata and has been selected to be a part of the NSW State team and will go to the Australian Karate Federation National Championships in August. Well done, Eli! Over last weekend, our Reddam tennis players participated in the final round of the WCT Super Series. With over 50 students who train and play weekly, this is one of our most popular summer sports. Congratulations to our trophy winners and well done to all of our students who participated this term.
Enjoy the well-deserved break with your family and friends, especially to those of our families who will celebrate Easter and Pesach in the coming weeks. The staff and I look forward to welcoming you back for the second term in three weeks’ time. Dee Pitcairn Principal
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SPORT FIXTURES
I Sporting Fixtures 9th April 2022
Un16s – Reddam Rockets v BYE
Basketball Comets Competition – Friday
Boys MPCYC
Un16s – Reddam Knicks v Newtown Diamonds 4.30 Ct 2
Un16s – Reddam Warriors v Accelerate Warriors Orange 12.45 Ct 1
Un18s – Reddam Suns v Newtown Nets 5.15 Ct 2
Un16s – Reddam Pacers v KHY Astronauts 2.15 Ct 1
Un18s – Reddam 1st V v Inner City Fever 4.30 Ct 1 Perry Park Courts & Comets Stadium Saturday Fixtures 9th April (Perry Park Courts are located behind the Comets stadium)
Un16s – Reddam Nets v Innercity Warriors 1.30 Ct 3 Un18s – Reddam Heat v Newtown Gryphons 7.30 Ct 3 Un18s – Reddam Grizzlies v BYE Soccer
Girls Un10s – Reddam Lakers v All Blacks 8.00 Ct 4 Un12s – Reddam Bucks v Inner city Wild Cats 8.50 Ct 4 Un14s – Reddam Timberwolves v Reddam Sparks 9.40 Ct 3 Un14s – Reddam Sparks v Reddam Timberwolves 9.40 Ct 3
Girls Sunday Reddam Under 13 V Queens Park @ Queens Park Field 8, 2.00pm Reddam Under 15 V Queens Park @ Queens Park Field 6, 1.30pm Reddam Seniors V Queens Park @ Queens Park Field 5, 11.00am
Boys Alexandria (Perry Park Courts) Un10s – Reddam Jazz v Syd Hoopstars Pythons 8.50 Ct 1 Un10s – Reddam Hawks v Inner City Clippers 8.00 Ct 1 Un12s – Reddam Celtics v Newtown Power 10.30 Ct 1 Un12s – Reddam Clippers v Sydney HoopStars Vipers 10.30 Ct 2 Un12s – Reddam Raptors v Sydney Hoopstars Adders 1.00 Ct 4 Un14s – Reddam Bulls v Newtown Rangers 11.20 Ct 1
Primary Saturday Under 9 Reddam United v Reddam City,Queens Park 11B 10.00am Under 9 Reddam City v Reddam United, Queens Park 11B 10.00am Under 10 Reddam United v Reddam City, Queens Park 12A 11.00am Under 10 Reddam City v Reddam United, Queens Park 12A 11.00am Under 11 Reddam Gunners v Easts, Queens Park 2B 12.00pm
Un14s – Reddam Cavaliers v All Blacks 11.20 Ct 2
Under 12 Reddam United v Reddam City, Queens Park 12A 1.00pm
Un14s – Reddam Mavericks v Inner City Bayside Ballers 12.10 Ct 3
Under 12 Reddam City v Reddam United, Queens Park 12A 1.00pm
Un14s – Reddam Nuggets v Inner city thunder 1.00 Ct 1 Un14s – Reddam Pistons v Syd Hoopstars Cobras 11.20 Ct 3
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SPORT RESULTS
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Sporting results 2nd April 2022 Basketball Girls Comets Competition – Friday 1st April Un16s – Reddam Knicks v Inner City Jaguars 20 28 Un18s – Reddam Suns v SGHS Mystics 29 - 19 Un18s – Reddam 1st V v Inner City Allstars 16 36 Un18 Reddam Girls v RBHS 17 – 29 Girls Un10s – Reddam Lakers v Inner City Sparks 0 26 Un12s – Reddam Bucks v KHY Astronauts 6 - 26 Un14s – Reddam Timberwolves v Newtown Lynx 10 - 16 Un14s – Reddam Sparks v KHY Astronauts 16 23 Boys Un10s – Reddam Jazz v Newtown Panters 2 – 62 Un10s – Reddam Hawks v All Blacks 10 - 14 Un12s – Reddam Celtics v Sydney Hoopstars Vipers 4 – 35 Un12s – Reddam Clippers v Sydney Hoopstars Adders 10 – 10 Un12s – Reddam Raptors v KHY Orbits 19 - 4 Un14s – Reddam Bulls v Reddam Cavaliers 8 22 Un14s – Reddam Cavaliers v Reddam Bulls 22 – 8 Un14s – Reddam Mavericks v Newtown Sharks 28 - 34 Un14s – Reddam Nuggets v All Blacks 16 - 34 Un14s – Reddam Pistons v Inner City Thunder 17 - 43 Un16s – Reddam Rockets v Newtown Tigers 10 54 Un16s – Reddam Warriors v Inner City Panthers 19 – 40 Un16s – Reddam Pacers v Newtown Rhinos 17 38 Un16s – Reddam Nets v Vikings 33 - 44 Un18s – Reddam Heat v Newtown Kings 29 - 14 Un18s – Reddam Grizzlies v Maccabi Heat 37 34 Un18s – Reddam 1st V v MVP Lakers 45 - 43 Un18s – Reddam Cougars v Rose Bay 20 - 0
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Reddam House Would like to wish a very happy birthday to Zara Jackaman, Elena Hancock, Jingda Huang , Estelle Lake, Tobias Prufer-Waters, Dean Pulmano, Micah Shields Who celebrated their special day this week and over the weekend
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Principal & Principal
Honour Awards Reddam House Would like to congratulate the following students on their Principal and Principal Honour Awards. Principal Awards recipients: Summer Palermo, Annelise Sergides, Cheyenne Gunn, Tiago Alvarez-Calear & Georgia Salib
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KINDERGARTEN It was yet another busy week in Kindergarten, as our first term came to an end. The students have worked incredibly hard and already shown impressive progress in learning school routines, classroom expectations and forming lovely friendships. Throughout our Topic lessons this week we focussed on celebrating our similarities and differences amongst friends. We had so much fun discussing why we have different groups of friends and the fun activities we do with each of them. The students worked together to describe what makes a good friend and the special characteristics they think they should show their friends. In Maths this week we consolidated our understanding of adding numbers together and played many fun games to demonstrate our knowledge. We started to explore number bonds to ten so that we can learn them off by heart. The students loved the pattern of reversing numbers in an addition number sentence to find the same total. The students had a great time pretending to be ‘Cat in the Hat’ this week as we created rhyming hats. We have been focusing on listening carefully to all the sounds we hear in a word to aid our encoding and decoding skills. The teachers have been blown away by the hard work and progress in reading and writing this term. We are very much looking forward to more learning as the year progresses!
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KINDERGARTEN
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YEAR 1 This week in Year 1 we focussed our Literacy on self-expression. The children were exposed to the story 'My Shadow is Pink'. This elicited the idea that we all have identities that differ from one another. As our school song says, we are 'unique in who we are'. The children discussed how rich our lives our made by the fact that we are not all of the same tastes, styles, interests and so on. The children then shared what aspects of themselves make them unique, be it particular hobbies or connections that they have with others. It was enriching to see the children share such pride in their sense of self. We also looked at a favourite children's author, Oliver Jeffers. Many children were familiar with his work and excited to share titles they had read. We focussed on 'Lost and Found'. The children created their own reviews of the story. They chose their favourite and least favourite parts as well as giving it a rating out of 5*! We had glowing and scathing reviews. We decide that is why it's good we have such breadth and depth in our library to suit all our tastes. In Science we completed practical experiments to the giddy delight of our young investigators. We used a simplistic nut and balloon to make a sound experiment. Those air particles were certainly demonstrating some serious vibrations! We also played with creating travelling rainbows using paper, water and highlighters. Such a visual feast caused many ooohs and aaaahs. Mathematics was hands-on and investigative. We made chairs from unifix cubes, comparing size, shape and discussing the differences. The children became artists manipulating elastic bands on the geoboards to display flowers, houses, and even diggers! Dice play was turned into a systematic approach of how to find all addition combinations. It was interesting to allow the children to elevate their approach to this through collaborative learning. It was a delight to have such a strong Term 1 and we wish you a happy holiday ahead!
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YEAR 1
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YEAR 2 The students in Year 2 enjoyed revising and consolidating topics and themes covered in all Key Learning Areas this week. In English we focused on the long and short vowel sounds using a fun song to help us learn. Reading daily is something we all enjoy, and we encourage the students to continue at home during term break. We refreshed our sentence building skills by remembering to use interesting adjectives, verbs and details to enhance our writing. After a busy term, we used the recount genre to write about what we have learned so far in Term 1 of Year 2. In grammar, our attention was on the features of a statement and how to write one correctly. Our Mathematics revision included using our quick calculating skills for daily mentals, identifying halves and quarters in whole shapes, addition, and subtraction sums, along with daily problemsolving tasks. The students are enjoying reading a problem and working out how best to solve it. During our Science lessons, we recalled all the types of materials we learned about and their properties. Year 2 certainly know which materials are best used for different purposes in our daily lives. Our scientific vocabulary has certainly grown with words such as transparent, opaque, insoluble and mixture! The story of ANZAC Day and some important figures such as Jack Simpson and his donkey were covered in History this week. It is a very moving story which highlights the ANZAC spirit and displays how dedicated our brave soldiers were in World War 1. We recalled learning about technological changes and how these have affected our lives, saving us time and energy. Personal reflection time allowed the students to evaluate how they felt about all the wonderful lessons they participated in and identify what they enjoyed the most this term.
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YEAR 2
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YEAR 3 Congratulations to the Year 3 students on having completed a very successful first term. The eleven weeks were filled with endless exciting, educational and enhancing opportunities, so let’s take a walk down memory lane to see what the highlights of the term were for our students: Capri Reynolds: ‘The learning this term has been really fun so you are never bored. Also, Year 3 has the best teachers!’ Roman Hutensky: ‘I really like how everybody in Year 3 has been very welcoming. It is a calm community and you are free to have fun and learn. I really liked the excursion that we did about weathering. April Fool’s Day was also fun, as we played tricks on our friends and teachers.’ Avi Hutensky: ‘I love that we get to be more responsible and switch classes for Maths and English. I also like that we have Media Arts and we are trusted using the iPads.’ Benjamin Levitt: ‘I really like that Year 3 challenges me through assessments.’ Aliya Rodger: ‘I love that we move classes for Maths and English and that we are constantly learning every day to become more intelligent.’ Louis Hughes: ‘I really like getting to play in different parts of the school at lunchtime and recess. The basketball court is my favourite.’ Livinya Villis: ‘I loved the excursion that we went on to Longneck Lagoon. The bush walk was beautiful. We saw a goanna’s nest, dragonflies and a crystal clear lake. We got to see different types of soil through a microscope and do experiments. The whole day was amazing!’ Sol Jimenez: ‘Sport this term has been great! We’ve played Touch Football at the park during sport lessons and sometimes Dodgeball and Pacman if it has been raining. I’ve also really enjoyed playing basketball for Reddam.’ Well done, Year 3s, for a great first term!
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YEAR 3
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YEAR 4 As we approached the final week of Term One, it was a perfect time to reflect on what an amazing term Year 4 have had. There has been a wealth of learning throughout the weeks and the teachers are incredibly proud of what every student has achieved. In History, students finalised and submitted their project on a famous Eora person. This opportunity allowed pupils to complete a student-led investigation on how a local indigenous person has influenced our community over time. Have you ever heard of Pemulwuy? Patyegarang? Or what about Bennelong and Barangaroo? Now, Year 4 students can tell you all about them! Here are some excerpts from their amazing History projects. “Pemulwuy was an Aboriginal warrior who led a war against the British settlement at Sydney Cove. He was born around 1750 near Botany Bay in New South Wales. His name was derived from the Dharug word pemul, meaning earth or clay.” – Diyan Menon “Barangaroo was an independent and fearless woman. I found out that she was one of the many fisher women in the Eora Nation. The fisher women would normally be feeding many people in their tribe. She was part of the Cammeraygal Tribe who were known to be one of the largest and the most influential groups of the Eora Nation.” – Hanna Ching “Patyegarang developed a special bond and friendship with William Dawes; we know this because in William Dawes’s notebooks he refers to her as Patye. In Book B, page 21, there is a record of the Aboriginal word Putuwá which means to warm one's hands near a fire then to squeeze the tips of their fingers gently. This means that they must have had a trusting and intimate friendship. I think that she may have been a trusting person. She must have possessed incredible interpersonal skills to develop a bond with someone from a different culture who did not speak the same language.” – Eli Levin “Bennelong is one of the most remarkable and noteworthy Aboriginal people in early Australian history. He has three different names given to him by the Wangal people. These names included Warwaree, Ogultroyee and Vogeltroya. He enjoyed living a European lifestyle with settlers as he got the benefits of their company. He was born near the Parramatta River and spent his childhood there. At the age of six, his parents gave him the name Bennelong, which was a type of fish.” Avi Ereira It was amazing to read such depth and insight into these true Aboriginal heroes! Well done, Year 4!
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YEAR 5 & 6 ENGLISH YEAR 5 The students in Year 5 wrote narrative essays themed on adventures. Firstly, they did a storyboard. This is an excellent way to visualise content as well as ensure and establish the ways that images convey meanings. Secondly, they wrote their narrative stories. Here are some students demonstrating their work. Well done for writing such engaging pieces.
YEAR 6 This week, the Year 6 cohort created new poems and related images from the poem that they have been studying: ‘Mulga Bill’. Blackout Poetry is an exciting way to stretch and challenge inferences and analysis. Here is the classroom display of the students’ work on Blackout Poetry. Well done for engaging with this task. We have come to the end of an exciting term. During the three weeks of vacation, we encourage the students to take some extra time to find the joy and calm that reading can bring. Another great idea for the break is for students to create a journal of this interesting time. They could do this by writing a journal or recording a video journal. We hope that all the students have a lovely break.
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YEAR 5 & 6 MATHEMATICS This week, Year 5 mathematicians consolidated, integrated, and synthesised key ideas and knowledge. They summarised, remembered, and applied concepts by working mathematically. Students were provided with various opportunities to problem solve, during which time they discussed strategies, made connections, and saw relationships within and across learned topics. To build deeper understanding, Year 5 responded to familiar and unfamiliar situations and challenges where they were encouraged to employ strategies, analyse, and reason mathematically. Year 6 continued with their study of measurement. They calculated the area of triangles and understood that the height of a triangle is different to a sloping side. Students identified the perpendicular heights of a variety of different triangles, linking geometry and measurement. Furthermore, mathematicians used inverse operations to calculate the height or base of triangles given the area. Working mathematically, students carried out appropriate procedures flexibly and efficiently, recalling factual knowledge and concepts.
JEWISH STUDIES On Friday 15 April, in the evening, we will be celebrating the first night of Pesach. Pesach commemorates the exodus of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. It lasts for 8 days and is ultimately a celebration of freedom. During this time, we do not eat any leavened food products (bread, pasta etc.) and instead we eat matzah. Over the past few weeks, the students have been learning about the festival of Pesach. They have been learning about the 10 plagues, the order of the seder, the seder plate and the related songs. The students in Years 5 and 6 had a demonstration seder during their lesson and those in the younger years had matzah, grape juice and sang the songs. The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter
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YEAR 5 & 6 SCIENCE This week in Science Year 5 continued with their rusting experiment. Students had placed three different nails in three different solutions and left their nails for around a week in order to highlight which substance would rust a nail the most. After a week, students were able to analyse their results and complete their scientific write up on the experiment. This experiment highlights to students how rusting occurs and what speeds up the rusting process. Students also participated in a science escape room where they answered numerous questions about the chemistry topic this term to be the first to break out of the Science lab! In Science this week, Year 6 students completed their product designs. Students were very creative with their creations and explained very well why they had chosen particular materials. This activity built upon weeks of work around materials in order to highlight that different materials have different properties, and these properties and what make materials suitable for their role. Students also participated in a science escape room where they answered numerous questions about the chemistry topic this term to be the first to break out of the science lab!
In Science Club this week, students made elephant's toothpaste. Elephant's toothpaste is where an array of chemicals and ingredients are mixed together to form a toothpaste-like substance; however, the scale of the toothpaste is enormous! Enough to clean the tusks of an elephant!
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MUSIC The Year 5 students continued to put together their ‘Viva La Vida’ arrangement in their lessons this week, with students on a variety of individual instruments including mini keyboards, guitar, saxophone and violin. They worked hard to learn the bass line and first verse melody of the piece.
In all K - 6 lessons, students also had an opportunity to listen to solo performances from students who had repertoire prepared in their private lessons, and audience members listened courteously, and provided feedback with 'two stars and a wish'. Students brushed up on their musical vocabulary in order to comment on performances and also practised their performance etiquette. It was so fabulous to hear the pieces the children had been learning with their private instrumental teachers! Year 6 students began their 'Soundtrap' compositions this week, making a head start on their Term 2 work. They listened to and analysed the 'Billie Jean' drum beat to first distinguish between patterns that a kick drum, snare drum and hi hat might play. They then learnt how to input the 'Billie Jean' drum beat into the pattern beatmaker in 'Soundtrap', and then created a variation of this drumbeat. Students created the basis of a 32-bar composition by looping the drum beats that they had created for 8 bars at a time, so that there was an ABAB composition structure. They were then able to explore some of the bass loops in the programme, and many students began selecting and inputting bass line ideas into the pieces. All of the musicians in the Primary School have worked incredibly hard this term, and will no doubt enjoy a much-deserved rest in the Easter holidays!
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE Please see below for some important reminders and submission information for the two major competitions we are holding next term. All our Music students are encouraged to prepare performances for these events! Instrumental Competition: https://forms.gle/otnpCgJ56ae82Rgk6 Vocal Competition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/ e/1FAIpQLSdjRh6rFPm4E41xldLJOSnf18PKcbUeCGnt_vzQ1thttnPBzA/viewform?usp=sf_link Please enjoy the film from this term's Welcome Recital at this link: https://youtu.be/C17kzOXb38o Year 3-4 Keyboard Extensions
The Year 3-4 Keyboard Extension ensemble has had a great start to the year. We have been exploring different sounds of the synthesizers, including strings, electric piano, and horns. We have been using interactive accompaniment tracks to play along to old classics such as Beethoven's 5th Symphony and pop hits like Justin Bieber's 'Baby'. The group is currently working towards a performance in assembly next term. Year 5-6 String Ensemble Year 5-6 String Ensemble students have been working hard this year on a very fun piece by Soon-hee Newbold called Storm. It uses a lot of deep sounds from the cello and accents in the violins and the violas and has a great driving force throughout the entire piece. The kids have thoroughly enjoyed learning it and can't wait to perform it at an assembly later on this year. Another piece we have been working on in this last week of term is ‘Spartacus’, which we will go into more detail with in Term 2. For now, lots to practice in the school holidays is recommended, and we are looking forward to coming back together again in Term 2.
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE
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2022 ATOM PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION The Primary Art Department invites students from Years K-6 to submit 3 photographs based on the theme: ‘HOPE’ Hope: feeling of desire and optimism for something particular to occur. It is in periods of turmoil and distress when people most turn to hope as a source of comfort and inspiration. Our capacity as people to share hope in a common goal being possible is what allows us to achieve great strides and advancements in society. Explore and capture ‘Hope’ on camera. Be creative with your photography, and feel free to think outside the box when addressing the theme. Your photographs can be colour or black-and-white, realistic or abstract, they may include people or animals (or both, or neither). Participants can enter this competition individually or in small groups (3 maximum). PROCESS: 1. Take 3 original photographs that address this year’s theme: HOPE. (Note: Photographs can be taken using a camera or phone/iPad. Photographs can be enhanced/edited and should be submitted as a series of photographs to tell a story). 2. Submit your 3 photographs to amanda.william@reddamhouse.com.au with a title and short artist statement (up to 300 words) about the photos you have captured. ALTERNATIVELY: parents/guardians may submit online via the online entry system at atomphotocomp.org. 3. Entries close MONDAY 18th APRIL 2022. Top entrants in years 3-6 will earn points towards their Reddam Cultural Colours. If you have any questions, please ask the Primary Art Department. GOOD LUCK!
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2022 WAVERLEY YOUTH ART PRIZE – WAVERLEY COUNCIL
The Art Department invites students from Years 3-6 to enter the Waverley Youth Art Prize. This year's theme asks young artists to think about the world around us, the possibility of worlds beyond ours, how we understand our existence and what might be next in store for us. We want artists to hypothesise the future, analyse data, test a theory and come up with artworks which propose the potential of tomorrow. From big bangs, to single celled organisms, skywalkers and flying saucers, this is a science fiction prize like no other. PROCESS 1. Theme: SCIENCE, SPACE AND FUTURE STORIES • •
2. You may enter this competition individually or in small groups. 3. Art Categories: All mediums and interpretations are welcome (drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, video/film/new media etc.) 4. Entry form to be completed by a parent/guardian via the link below. If you are part of a group entry, only one form needs to be completed: https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/recreation/arts_and_culture/youthartprize/youth_art_prize_sub mission_form (ALTERNATIVELY: Please see Amanda William in the Primary Arts Department to help you with this process.) Once the entry form has been completed and submitted online, please attach a printed copy with your artwork when you hand deliver to the Art Department. (OR email the completed entry form if unable to print: amanda.william@reddamhouse.com.au) 5. Entries close Term 2, MAY 13th 2022. 6. Exhibition of artworks will be held at Waverley Library. 7. Winners will be announced at the Waverley Library on Thursday 2 June at 5pm. Should this not be possible due to any reason, the winners’ announcement will be released on Waverley Council’s social media channels (Facebook, Instagram and YouTube) on Thursday 2 June at 5pm instead. Top entrants in years 3-6 will earn points towards their Reddam Cultural Colours. If you have any questions, please contact the Primary Art Department. Good Luck!
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2022 1-MINUTE FILM COMPETITION
The theme for the 2022 competition is ‘DREAMS’. The Art Department invites students from Years K-6 to create an animation OR short film, based on the theme ‘DREAMS’. Hopes we have for the future; an often fleeting array of experiences which mainly occur during sleep. Whether it’s our wishes for an ideal future, personal dreamscapes to which we let our minds wander, or goals we strive towards – dreams provide points of connection to others and insight into our own psyches. PROCESS: 1) Participants may enter this competition individually or in small groups. 2) Films may be in any language or have no dialogue at all. Non-English audio (and important on-screen text) must have English subtitles. 3) Film must be no longer than 60 seconds. Opening and/or closing credits are not required, but (if added) may add up to an additional 10 seconds in total. 4) Ensure that all content in your film (including footage, music, images, props, etc.) is your own. If you include any copyrighted or trademarked content, you must be able to provide written permission for its use. Entries containing any unauthorised content will be disqualified. 5) Please save your final exported movie (and three screen shots from your film) on to a memory stick with a short paragraph about what your animation/film is about. Don’t forget your name! 6) Bring it to the Art Department or upload it on to Google Drive using your school email and share it with: amanda.william@reddamhouse.com.au Appropriate applications/software to use include: Stop motion (free applications on the app store to download). Video camera on your device. Movie Editing (iMovie or similar). If you are looking for royalty-free music to use in your production(s), you may find the following websites useful: archive.org/details/audio/ or freemusicarchive.org Entries close (TERM 3) MONDAY 25TH JULY 2022 Points will be awarded towards your Reddam Cultural Colours for entering this competition. If you have any questions, please contact the Primary Art Department (amanda.william@reddamhouse.com.au) GOOD LUCK!
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