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Dear Parents and Caregivers,

All families who were away for the holidays, welcome back. For the rest of us who stayed in

Sydney and were treated to the best autumn weather experienced in many years, the first

week of Term Two has certainly continued the trend. It confirms for me why many people be-

lieve this to be the best time of the year.

This is a very short term (8 weeks) compared to the first term and includes the Half Yearly ex-

aminations in Week 7. The most stress students ever feel at any level is not having sufficient

time to cover the required work for those assessments: so a term for students to get focused

and organised early.

The term also includes the School Ballet production in Week 4. Dancers have been rehearsing

tirelessly in the holidays to be prepared for this event at NIDA.

In Week 5 the High School Drama production of Lorca's Spanish tragedy, Blood Wedding, will

be on. This is a well-known, classic play written in 1932 by renowned Spanish playwright and

poet, Garcia Lorca. It's a powerful piece exploring the themes of love, fate and death, but

most of all the tension between rigid tradition and changing cultural beliefs and passion.

Information on the acquisition of tickets to these two events will follow.

@REDDAM—The Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 16, Issue 12, Friday 06 May 2016

@Reddam IN THIS ISSUE:

Rostrum Regional Finals

Prefect Social

Year 11 Drama

Plus much more...

Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 12

Friday 6th May 2016

Contd….


Student achievements during the holidays include:

The Year 11 and 12 Geography excursion to the Great Barrier Reef. The curriculum includes

studying eco-systems under threat and the visit to the reef and the Daintree Forrest is the per-

fect case study. Thank you to Mrs. O’Reilly for organising and accompanying our students.

Eden Riley was awarded the prestigious Sydney University Academic Award at a ceremony

during the holidays. Well-deserved Eden, congratulations.

Contd….


Sam Newton tried out for the Australian Youth Climbing Team in Melbourne last weekend

where he was successful for Lead climbing in the Junior division. He was required to ‘top’ 3

out of 4 very difficult 14 metre climbs on the first attempt and ended up topping all 4. He also

placed first in the Tasmanian Lead Climbing State Championships 2 weeks ago and will be

competing for NSW in the Queensland & NSW State Titles and also at the Oceania Lead and

Speed Climbing National Championships over the next 2 months. A place on the Australian

Team means he will represent Australia at the World Youth Cup in China in November. Incred-

ible Sam, well done.

Yonatan Freund participated in two Karate tournaments. In the Schools and Universities

Championships, representing Reddam, he got a Silver medal, whilst in the Australian Open he

got a bronze, losing the semi-final by flags, but coming back strongly to place 3rd. He has

been selected to participate in his 2nd international tournament, the Oceania Cup to be held

in New Caledonia next month. Impressive Yonatan, incredible performances.

Contd….


Louis Fontaine and Luc Siboulet have been offered roles in the boys' chorus of Carmen for

Opera Australia, which begins rehearsals in mid-May, with the final performance in mid-

August. So now the two “Kurts” of Sound of Music fame are continuing their very impressive

performance careers in opera. Well done boys.

Kai Mashimo, made it through to the Junior Regional Final of the Rostrum where he received

the Silver medal. A great achievement Kai.

Adrian Zhao competed in table tennis at the NSW Junior Closed Championship, where in the

Under 13 boys’ doubles championship he received the Gold medal.

In the Under 13 boys doubles championship he also received the Gold medal and in the Un-

der 13 boys’ singles, the bronze medal. With these results he has been selected for the NSW

State Team and will represent NSW in the National Junior Table Tennis Championships in Alice

Springs in July.

On Wednesday this week the ISD Touch Football tournament was held. Our Senior Boys and

Girls teams won this tournament not losing a game, as did the Junior Girls team. The Junior

Boys team won three of the four games played, coming second in this tournament. Congrat-

ulations to all our touch players on these fantastic results.

Have a wonderful Mother’s Day on Sunday and a great week.

Dave Pitcairn


BASKETBALL Girls

10R (Div1) (Jaimee) V Magic 8.45am Alexandria Bas-

ketball Stadium Saturday

12R Div 2 ( Jaimee) V Wild Cats 10.15am Alexandria

Basketball Stadium Saturday

14 E Div 2 (Lee) V Maccabi 1.30pm Marrickville Bas-

ketball Stadium Saturday.

18 R Div 2 (Jaimee) V Bye

16E Div 3 (Jaimee) V Fire 4.20pm Alexandria Basket-

ball Stadium Friday. The bus will leave the sports office

at Woollahra at 3.00pm

Boys

10 R Div 1 ( Marcel) V Newtown 8.00am Alexandria

Basketball Stadium Saturday.

12 R Div 1 (Marcel) V Lakers 12.30pm Alexandria Bas-


12E Div 2 (Marcel) V Cobras 11.45am Alexandria Bas-


12 D Div 3 (Marcel) V Bye

14R Div 2 High School (Henry and Luke) V Inner City

3.30pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday.

14 E Div 2 Primary (Henry and Luke) V All Blacks


14D Div 3 High School (Henry and Luke) V Reddam M


14M Div 3 Primary ( Henry and Luke) V Reddam D


16 R Div 2 ( Lee) V Stars 3.45pm Marrickville Basketball

Stadium Saturday.

16E Div 3 ( Lee) V Bye

18R Div 1 ( Lee) V Raiders 4.30pm Marrickville Basket-

ball Stadium Saturday.

18E Div 3 Year 10 Boys V CYS 4.30pm Marrickville Bas-


Please check sydneybasketball.com.au to ensure

there have not been any late changes to the draw.

RUGBY 16A V Barker, St Leos College Oval Hornsby 10.00am

Saturday. The bus will leave the Woollahra Campus at

8.15am

14A V Riverview, Parade Ground No.6 (where we

train) Centennial Park 9.00am Saturday

SOCCER 18 Girls V Maroubra, Coral Sea No.3, 2.30pm Sunday

16 Girls V Maroubra, Coral Sea No.3, 1.00pm Sunday

14 Girls V Pagewood Rowland Park No.3, 10.00am Sun-

day

Open Boys V Barker College, Parade Ground No.6

(where we train) Centennial Park 10.00am Saturday

Year 10 Boys V Sydney Grammar School, Reg Bartley

Oval Rushcutters Bay, 8.00am

Year 9 Boys V Sydney Grammar School, Weigall No.4

Rushcutters Bay, 8.00am Saturday

Year 8 Boys V St Patricks College, Parade Ground No.6

(where we train) Centennial Park 11.00am Saturday

Year 7 Boys V Sydney Grammar School, Weigall No.2

Rushcutters Bay, 10.00am Saturday

12s Boys V Maroubra, Coral Sea No.2 2.00pm Saturday

11Rs Boys V Queens Park, Queens Park No.3 1.00pm

Saturday

11Es Boys V Dunbar, Queens Park 10A 1.00pm Satur-

day

10s Boys V Maroubra, Coral Sea 12.00 noon Saturday

9s Boys V Maccabi, Chistison Park No. 3 10.00am Sun-

day

NETBALL

Reddam 1 ( Intermediate) V Rose Bay Heffron Netball

Courts No. 22, 3.00 Saturday

Reddam 2 (15 Years) V Bronte Heffron Netball Courts

No. 22, 9.45am Saturday

Reddam 3 (14 Years) V Bye

Reddam 4 (14 Years ) V St Catherines Heffron Netball

Courts No. 3, 12.24pm Saturday

Reddam 5 (13 Years) V St Catherines Heffron Netball

Courts No. 26, 11.06am Saturday

Reddam 6 (13 Years) V Coogee Heffron Netball Courts


Reddam 7 (12 Years ) V Kincopal Heffron Netball


Reddam 8 (10 Years) V Maccabi Heffron Netball


Reddam 9 (Moddies) V Mascot Heffron Netball Courts


TOUCH FOOTBALL

Reddam V Minis 9.00am Queens Park Sunday

SPORTING FIXTURES 7TH MAY


All academies begin in week 2 of term 2.

Please note that Debating & Theatre Sports will begin in week 1.

There are 7 spots available in the new Tuesday and Thursday Fitness academy. Please see below

for further information and email Tegan Barnett if you would like to join this academy.

The fitness program is designed to give the students a basic understanding of how to take care of

their bodies. We focus on cardiovascular and resistance training using primary body weight as

their resistance. Sessions are run at Plus fitness at Bondi Junction and students make their own way

to and from the venue. Please note that no school bags are allowed in the gym due to space

constraints, students can drop these off at school prior to their session.

Cost: $150 (15 weeks)

Day: Tuesday & Thursday mornings

Time: 7:45- 8:30am

Venue: Plus Fitness 7/251 Oxford St, Bondi Junction

Transport: Own

Tegan Barnett

ACADEMIES @ REDDAM

Fitness

On Monday evening, the night before school be-

gan, Kai Mashimo represented Reddam House in

the Regional Finals of the Rostrum Voice of Youth

Competition.

The regional finalists were all winners of their indi-

vidual heats so the competition was extremely

tough. Students were required to present a six mi-

nute speech as well as present a three minute im-

promptu speech.

Kai spoke brilliantly on the topic of the afterlife. The

impromptu speech is always daunting but he

managed well on the topic of “I’d be lost without

it”.

At the completion of a wonderful evening of

speeches with subjects that were wordly, interest-

ing and used language innovatively, Kai was an-

nounced as the runner-up. He received a cash

prize to top off a very successful competition.

ROSTRUM REGIONAL FINALS

REDDAM HOUSE FOOTBALL ENGALND TOUR

As mentioned in the previous newsletter, the inaugural Reddam House Football Tour of England is

scheduled for December this year. It is a 15 day tour which will start in Manchester and finish in Lon-

don. Dave Naylor, director of Complete Sports Solutions, will be giving a presentation to parents

and players on Monday 23rd May at 7pm in A1 at the Bondi campus. He will take you through the

itinerary and answer all of the queries concerning the proposed tour.

Brad Palmer


SENIOR EXECUTIVE PREFECT SOCIAL

On Wednesday three Senior Executive members attended a prefect social hosted by Killara High

School. The social which was in a suburb far far away was in the theme of Star Wars, a fitting idea

for May the fourth. At the social, the students met and exchanged ideas with Prefects from

schools around Sydney, while at the same time having a great afternoon. Icebreaker games, trivia

and dodge ball were played and by the end of the day, it was nice to see all of the prefects en-

joying each other's company. The Reddam Prefects were the best dressed of all students that at-

tended and one was fortunate enough to be on the winning team of trivia. In the past year the

senior executive has been invited to numerous schools Prefect socials which continue to strength-

en ties with other schools.

Daniel Rotenstein


Year 11 Drama has been enjoying a busy first semester as they fulfill both their course requirements

as well as developing a full-scale theatre production for the Reddam community. The cast and

crew are staging the 20th Century classic Spanish Tragedy Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lor-

ca.

The play is a passionate and lively exploration of love, fate, nature, death, and the individual versus

social constraint. It takes the form of Greek tragedy in its scale, structure and symbolism. The Year

11 students (joined by cast and musicians from Years 8, 10 and 11) have embraced the task head

on as they bring to the stage their fiery, passionate and complex characters of 1930’s provincial

Spain.

Below are several of the promotional poster designs the Year 11 students submitted for assessment.

During the holidays the students came to school for extra rehearsals. It was on one of these occa-

sions that some of them enjoyed the visit of actor Joel Edgerton who was in Sydney between Inter-

national film shoots. He had wonderful industry stories to share with the students, as well as excel-

lent advice about the importance of taking creative risks in rehearsals; being willing to “fail” so that

we work outside of our comfort zones as actors. Through doing so, those magic moments for the

stage are discovered.

We are so looking forward to the 31st May and 1st June when we can bring their work to an audi-

ence. Tickets will be on sale very soon.

Posters in order of appearance: Nathan Gencher, Brigit Shkolnik, Julian Weiner Angelopulo, Nisha

McArthur, Alex Ulis and Nina Song. Also, some of the cast with Joel Edgerton.

Amanda Crompton

YEAR 11 DRAMA


YEARS 11 & 12 - A reminder about the HSC & Careers Expo to be held at the Hall of Industries

Moore Park Thursday 2 June to Sunday 5 June. Ms Jones has a limited number of free tickets

available to first in.

YEAR 12 - UTS is holding a Bachelor of Accounting Info Night 17 May 2016 , A LAW INFOR-

MATION EVENING 22 JUNE 2016 and an International Students Day 19 May.

UTS APPLICATIONS CLOSE FOR THE BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING CO OP SCHOLARSHIP on 3

June 2016 and B Information Technology Co Op Scholarship close 19 June 2016.

ATTENTION YEAR 12 STUDENTS INTERESTD IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - AIT is holding a Cre-

ative Careers Expo on 21 June 2016. It offers courses in Film, animation, Gaming, Design, VFX,

Digital Marketing and Web Development.

YEARS 12 & 11 - Macquarie University is holding an Information Evening on Wednesday 18

May from 6.30 to 8.30pm. The evening covers courses, facilities and information on flexible

entry. See Ms Jones for registration details.

ATTENTION YEAR 10 - UNSW has scheduled another Year 10 Subject Selection Evening on

Wednesday 28 May 2016. See Ms Jones for registration. Other dates are May 5 & 10 2016.

UNSW is holding a Debating Day on Tuesday 7 June.

UNSW is holding a Scholarship Information Evening on Wednesday 22 June 2016. See Ms

Jones for registration.

YEAR 12 - UNSW Is holding seminars on Creating Your Own Career. These sessions offer stu-

dents the opportunity to hear from Industry Leaders and gain insight into career opportunities

which exist through their CO Op Program. This will be held on Tuesday 31 May. Register at

whatson.unsw.edu.au

UNSW is holding an Engineering High School Info Day on 18 May 2016. See Ms Jones if interest-

ed.

YEAR 12 – Notre Dame University is holding an HSC Study Week 11-15 July 2016. Brochures are

available at Bondi Reception.

YEAR 12 - Le Cordon Bleu Hospitality School is holding an Open Day Thursday 1 September

2016. They have scholarships available . Visit their website http://www.cordonbleu.edu

YEAR 12 - ACU has new degrees in Commerce, Science, Teaching. For more information see

Ms Jones

ATTENTION YEARS 10 to 12 - WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY IS HOLDING U-DAYS- INFORMATION

DAYS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS – on Tuesday 31 May and Wednesday 1 june 2016. See Ms

Jones for more information.

YEAR 12 - Professional Cadetships Australia are offering Engineering & Technology Cadetships

as well as their Business cadetships. Applications opened 7 March and CLOSE 11 may 2016.

Visit www.etcad.com.au if interested.

YEAR 12 - the latest Course Guides from UNSW have arrived and are available from Ms Jones.

CAREERS NEWS

http://www.cordonbleu.edu

http://www.etcad.com.au


Six enthusiastic, articulate teen volunteers needed 15+!

Are you a confident person who likes to talk to people?

The Royal Hospital for Women Foundation needs your help.

The Royal Hospital for Women Foundation is hosting a flower sale in

the foyer of PwC to fundraise for the Hospital and raise awareness.

DATE: Friday 6th May

LOCATION: PwC foyer - Darling Park Tower 2, 201 Sussex Street, Sydney

TIME: 3:00pm – 6:00pm

YOUR JOB: Volunteers will be selling Mother’s Day flowers to people in the foyer of

PwC, this will include handling money and potentially providing information about

The Royal Hospital for Women Foundation (information to be supplied on the day).

To apply please contact Sam Holt: [email protected]

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

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6 Volunteers 15+ needed for Friday Night Live at the NCIE 29th April

This free, whole of community event at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence offers cultur-

al activities, jumping castles, a musical performer,

BBQ dinner & popcorn, open air cinema and an

OzTag competition available to all.

YOUR JOB: Help set up, collect surveys from at-

tendees, help with general supervision, help with

cultural activities, general tidying up

DATE + TIME: Friday 29 April , 5:30pm-9:30pm

LOCATION: NCIE - 166 - 180 George St, Redfern

TO APPLY: [email protected]

8 Volunteers age 13+ needed for Special Olympics Annual Swimming Carnival

Special Olympics Sydney East are hosting the annual swimming carnival. Special Olympics is a

charity which provides sport opportunity for intellectually disabled people throughout the world.

As 2016 is a selection year for the Eastern Zone national games, organisers are expecting a solid

attendance by athletes from NSW and ACT.

DATE: Sunday 15th May, 2016

WHERE: Des Renford Leisure Centre, Robey Street,

Maroubra 2015

TIME: 2 different shifts, please choose one:

12pm-2pm - 10 volunteers needed

2pm-4pm - 8 volunteers needed

VOLUNTEER TASKS: Assistance needed with selling of

raffle tickets, marshalling area, distribution of food

to officials and volunteers, time keeping of races,

presentation of medals, assistance to athletes par-

ticipating in the event. Please wear modest suitable

clothes and shoes to be around a pool environ-

ment.

TO APPLY: Please contact Debra Cush no later than 11th May: [email protected] OR 0419

208 660



COOK4GOOD - Mums + Daughters Day

SUNDAY 29th May

Bring your mum/grandma/aunt - or all!

Participants will cook and deliver approx. 350+ nutritious meals for the homeless

and others in need of a nutritious meal. Experience the richness and fun of giving

to others, together.

DATE: Sunday 29th May 2016

LOCATION: Our Big Kitchen, 36 Flood St, Bondi

TIME: 1:30 - 4:30pm (incl delivery) NB: This is an afternoon session

REGISTRATION closes: 26th May

To find out more click on this link: https://www.trybooking.com/Booking/

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Reddam will be fielding teams in the Northern NSW Snowsports Champion-ships on the 3

rd – 8

th July. This year racing will be at Thredbo.

Along with this we will also be taking a group of recreational skiers to the snow. Regardless of your experience on the snow you are guaranteed to have a great time. We will be staying at Smiggins Hole where we ski to both Perish-

er Valley and Blue Cow Resorts.

Departing from Sydney on Sunday 3rd

July and returning late on Friday even-ing 8th July. 5 days of skiing with your friends and staying on the snow.

Students from Year 7 through to Year 12 are welcome to attend. Any parents wishing to join the trip are also more than welcome.

For further details please collect an enrolment form from the Sports Depart-ment Office at Woollahra or email Phil Kable at

[email protected]

Students wishing to race should also collect their entry form from the Sports Office.

SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING 2016

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