Primary IN THIS ISSUE: Year 4, 5 & 6 Camps...

Primary @ Reddam

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Part of the school was eerily quiet this past week, as the Year 4-6 students headed off on their various camps. Unfortunately for the Year 3s, the rainy weather put paid to their trip to Centennial Park, although at least they will still be able to look forward to the excur-sion on the 16th of this month.

The camps are eagerly anticipated by most, and perhaps somewhat anxiously antici-pated by others, as students leave the comforts of their homes. However, by all ac-counts it did not take long before the infectious and enthusiastic spirit in each group swallowed up any fears or anxieties. The camps were full of fun, with many students commenting on how they had overcome challenges and achieved things they would never have previously attempted.

This special time together is such an important component of the year, as it sets the tone for the Year group, creates common, shared experiences, which become part of the fabric of that group, and integrates the new students into the school. When Year 6 stu-dents are asked at the end of their time in the Primary School what some of their most treasured memories are, it is often the camps which are mentioned.

For this reason I appreciate all the more the efforts of our teachers. From the initial book-ings and arrangements done last year, to the finer details of activities on camp, all the while looking after the students’ needs, and ensuring a positive, worthwhile experience

for all. Their efforts cannot be overstated. At the same time I am aware that they are away from their own families, so for all of this I am most grateful.

I hope that you enjoyed the feedback from your child if he or she was one of those who travelled this past week. I am sure that each one returned with many stories of an enjoy-able time with friends, facilitators and the teachers. If you are the parent of a younger child, all the more reason to look forward with anticipation to future camps!

Some of our students have already been actively involved in sporting and cultural pur-suits outside the school and on Saturday Mia Cohen received the results for her RAD Pri-mary in Dance exam. She received an 81% distinction mark (gold medal) which was the top mark in her grade. We are thrilled to hear of this exceptional performance, Mia!

It was with sadness but also with immense gratitude for her tremendous input that I noti-fied the staff this past week that my wonderful PA, Tara Featon, will be leaving us to move back into her role within the Insurance Industry. I have no doubt that most parents will have experienced Tara’s professional and caring approach during her time at Red-

dam House, as she has shown tremendous support to all students, parents and the staff-ing faculty. Her presence, dedication and commitment will be sorely missed,

The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter Volume 17 Issue 2 Friday 10 February 2017

IN THIS ISSUE:

Year 4, 5 & 6 Camps

News from the classroom

Sports Fixtures and Results

and as such I am sure that you will join with me in thanking her for all her efforts, and to wish

her well for the future.

In her place, I would like to welcome Constance Brown as my new PA. Constance comes

from a background of working in the Department of Defence and at North Nowra Public Pri-

mary School. I look forward to working with her and am sure that all in the broader Reddam

House family will quickly make her feel at home in this special school.

My thanks to the large number of parents who attended the Year K-2 Parent Evening on

Thursday. It is indeed gratifying to see the enormous interest you take in the education of

your child, and in the support you give to activities at the school. The Year 5 and 6 Parent

Evening takes place on Monday 20th February, and the Year 3 and 4 Evening a few nights lat-

er, on Thursday 23rd February. I look forward to meeting with you on those evenings, and es-

pecially to welcoming new parents to the school.

The hearts will no doubt be all aflutter next week, as we celebrate Valentine’s Day with the

Valentine’s Dance on Monday evening. On the same evening, and also with a musical con-

nection, is the Kawai Piano Sale, in the Adelaide Hall.

Later in the week, we celebrate the senior students in the Primary School with the Year 6

Leadership Induction. This auspicious occasion reminds our Year 6 students of the awesome

responsibility of serving and respecting others, and of carrying themselves with dignity and

maturity. I look forward to watching this group take the lead around the school, as they show

care towards those younger than them; assist with organisational roles; and light a spark of

enthusiasm and spirit for others to follow.

Enjoy the weekend with your family and other special people!

Dee Pitcairn

Principal


SPORTING FIXTURES 11TH FEBRUARY 2017

Basketball Girls 12R (Div2) (Jaimee) V Sapphires 10.15am Alexandria Bas-ketball Stadium Saturday. 12E Easts Comp (Jaimee and Lee) V Clovelly 1.50pm and Bondi 2.10pm Waverley College Sunday. 12D Easts Comp (Jaimee and Lee) V Clovelly 3.00pm and Coogee 3.40pm Waverley College Sunday 14 E Div 2 (Henry) V Inner City 10.00am Alexandria Basket-ball Stadium Sunday. 16 R Div 2 (Jaimee) V CYS 4.20pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Friday. The bus will leave the Woollahra Campus at 3.30pm 18 R Div 2 (Jaimee) V Newtown Supersonics 5.05pm Alexan-dria Basketball Stadium Friday. The bus will leave the Wool-lahra Campus at 3.30pm Boys 10 R Div 1 ( Lee) V Coogee Kings 8.00am Alexandria Bas-ketball Stadium Saturday. 12 R Div 2 (Lee) V Warriors 11.45am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday. 12E Div 3 (Lee) V Newtown Kings 9.30am Alexandria Bas-ketball Stadium Saturday. 12 D Easts Comp (Lee) V Bronte 11.30am and The Gullivers 11.50am Waverley College Sunday 14 R Div 1 (James) V Magic 2.00pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday. 14 E Div 2 (James) V Bye 14D Div 3 (James) V Reddam M 10.15am Alexandria Bas-ketball Stadium Saturday. 14M Div 3 (James) V Reddam D 10.15am Alexandria Bas-ketball Stadium Saturday. 16 R Div 2 ( Henry) V Warriors 4.00pm Alexandria Basket-ball Stadium Sunday. 16E Div 3 ( Henry) V Swans 11.30am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sunday. 18R Div 2 ( Luke)Year 10 Boys V Hawkes 4.45pm Alexan-dria Basketball Stadium Sunday. 18E Div 3 (Luke) Year 10 Boys V Papa Chef 12.15pm Alex-andria Basketball Stadium Sunday. 18D Div 3 (Lee) Year 11 Boys V Pheonix 1.00pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sunday. Please check sydneybasketball.com.au to ensure there have not been any late changes to the draw.


SPORT FIXTURES

Touch Football

Girls Reddam 1 Senior B V Loreto, Reservoir Fields Centennial Park No. 1, 8.50am Saturday Reddam 2 Junior A V Ascham, Reservoir Fields Centennial Park No. 5, 8.00am Saturday Reddam 3 Junior C V Monte, Reservoir Fields Centennial Park No. 1, 11.20am Saturday Reddam 4 Junior E V Monte, Reservoir Fields Centennial Park No. 4, 12.35pm Saturday Reddam 5 Year 7A V Monte, Game Reservoir Fields Cen-tennial Park No. 3, 8.00am Saturday Reddam 6 Year 7C V Schols, Reservoir Fields Centennial Park No. 2, 9.40am Saturday Boys Tuesday Easts Comp - 14th Feb Senior V Moriah Queens Park 4.35pm Junior V Moriah Queens Park 5.15pm Year 8 V Waverley Blue Queens Park 3.55pm Boys Saturday Schools Comp Senior V Riverview Queens Park (Darley Road side) 11.15am Junior V Waverley Gold Queens Park (Darley Road side) 10.30am

Water Polo Girls Reddam 1 Senior (Years 10,11,12) V St Clares , Queenwood Pool 9.20am Saturday. The bus leave Woollahra 8.15am Reddam 2 Junior ( Year 8 and 9)V Schols, MLC Burwood Pool 11.20am Saturday The bus leave Woollahra 10.00am Reddam 3 Sub Junior (Year 7) Sydney Girls High School, St Catherines Pool 10.50am Saturday Reddam 4 (Primary) Kincopal, Santa Sabina Pool 10.20am. The bus leave Woollahra 8.45am Saturday. Boys – Saturday Schools Comp. Reddam 1 Senior V Sydney Boys High School The Kings School Pool 8.00am Saturday The bus will leave Woollahra at 6.45am Reddam 2 (16s) V SHORE The Kings School Pool 8.40am Saturday The bus will leave Woollahra at 6.45am Reddam 3 (Primary) V Waverley College, The Scots Pool 9.00am

The Kindergarten classrooms are a full of active learning and fun. After a wonderful calm and

settled start, we are now getting down to the real hard work.

In English we have been very busy learning all our single sounds, we have learned 3 sounds

already and are looking forward to putting them together to form our first words. For the let-

ter ‘i’ this week we made igloos, students continued to develop their fine motor skills by dec-

orating them using small white stickers.

In Maths this week we have continued with our number formation and have started to look

at different types of measurements. Students had lots of fun measuring their height and are

learning to sort long and short items around the classroom.

As part of our topic “Marvelous Me” we carefully decorated our self portraits using gold pas-

ta and have proudly displayed these in our classrooms.


KINDERGARTEN

Reddam House

would like to wish a very happy birthday to

Yana Dalglish, Leila Lewis, Salvador Hudson, Tulli Atherton, Liam Docker and

Alexandra Fasol

who celebrated their special day during the holidays or this week! We hope you had a fabulous day!

This term, Year 1 has been demonstrating great enthusiasm for their new topics. In History

and Geography the topic of ‘Identifying Us’ has already generated great interest from the

children as they created their own badges/logos that reflect their life and groups of which

they belong to.

‘The Senses’ is our Science topic for term 1 and the children have been investigating the

sense of sight. This week they observed what they could see around the school and exam-

ined the parts of the eye using a 3D eye model. The children then created their own eye

model, labelling each part. They also discovered useful facts about how the eyes work and

enjoyed our blindfolded walking experiment.

"The black part of the eye is called the pupil. In bright light it gets smaller".- George

"The colored part of your eye is called the iris." -Noah

"Eyelids and eyelashes protect the eye." - Bronte


YEAR 1

In Maths, Year 2 has had a wonderful week learning about number patterns and patterns in

this world. We have also been attempting different methods of subtraction and using ab-

stract items such as paper clips to measure items around the classroom.

In English we have begun listening to the story 'Lost' which focuses on the adventures of a

young family who find themselves lost in bushland. This story is highly significant due to its link

with our History unit of family and community both past and present. It is fascinating finding

out how children used to live their everyday lives over a century ago.


YEAR 2

YEAR 3

Having completed their first full week of the new school year, the Year 3 students are proving them-

selves to be a hard-working, enthusiastic and determined cohort. They have excitedly embraced

their Science topic of ‘Mini-beasts’ within the classroom. They were given the opportunity to inde-

pendently research and a mini-beast of their choice. The students recorded and enthusiastically

shared the information they had found.

Here are some of the things that they learnt:

Jasmine Wolfe-Coote: ‘Cockroaches can eat just about anything.’

Nicola Shapiro: ‘Spiders are found on every continent except Antarctica.’

Christopher Hill: ‘Worms are 600 million years old.’

Milly Kertesz: ‘Slugs have four noses but only one foot.’

Xavier Hanna: ‘Almost all of us have tiny mites living in the sockets of our eyes.’

Year 4 had a brilliant start to 2017. This week students embarked on their Year 4 Orientation

camp to the ‘Blue Mountains Camp’ in picturesque Katoomba for two days of fun and ad-

ventures. They enjoyed time with their new friends , exploring their natural surroundings and

history of the land.

Students visited the beautiful Echo Point, where they went on a guided walk, looking at the

many eucalyptus trees, the ‘blue mist’ and the ‘Three Sisters'. Surviving the heat, students

were then guided through a lesson in Indigenous painting and a most interesting opportunity

to learn the art of didgeridoo playing. Students were also treated to an Aboriginal cultural

performance, learning about different art, dances and ceremonies. These experiences linked

in well with the term one topic they will be studying in History this term about ‘First Contact.’

It was wonderful to see the students having a fantastic time playing games, chatting in their

cabins and enjoying the opportunity to eat meals with their friends. Other activities included

a hike to the waterfalls nearby, team-building games and for most, their attempt at shooting

bow and arrows in archery. All the teachers are extremely impressed and proud of the resili-

ence, maturity and enthusiasm students displayed over these days. Well done to Year 4!

YEAR 4 CAMP—BLUE MOUNTAINS


This week the Year 5 students attended the Great Aussie Bush Camp, Kincumber, for two and

half days full of action, activities and adventures! Students participated in a range of outdoor

activities including archery, rock-climbing, raft-building, a high ropes course, a giant swing

and the very muddy lost island challenge. The rain didn't interrupt the action packed

programme and our students showed great enthusiasm in all of our activities.

Despite the demanding programme, our students came away with a smile and real sense of

achievement. They knew that they had stood up under pressure, stepped out of their com-

fort zones and given 100% in each challenge.

In Year 5 we are very fortunate to have the energetic contributions of our tutor teachers Mr

Mee, Ms Carter, Ms Rong, Mrs Maranowsky, Mr Hawke, Mr Do, Ms Su and Madame Estelle. A

big thank you for all of your hard work and involvement!


YEAR 5 CAMP—KINCUMBER

On Monday 6 November, Year 6 departed from Reddam for ‘The Great Aussie Bush Camp’ facility

near the coastal towns of Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest. In store for them were three days of action-

packed fun. Their excitement and anticipation was well warranted as ‘The Great Aussie Bushcamp’

was a wonderful outdoor education and recreation learning experience. The camp allowed Year 6

students to have fun, build rapport with their peers and teachers as well as taking important steps out

of their comfort zones.

The trip included canoeing, a “lost island” mud run, the thrill of a giant swing, a dual flying fox, disco

games, rock-climbing, bush crafts and survival strategies, a high ropes course, a night game of

‘Commando’, as well as beach games and swimming to name a few. We asked several students for

their highlights from the camp and they responded without hesitation and in much detail about their

favourite activities.

Hannah Feneley: I loved going canoeing because we played a game where we had to tap the front

of another boat for them to become a part of our country. It was so much fun and we had to work

together to get it done. My boat sang funny pirate songs while we used teamwork to win the game.

Xavier Nicholas: On the giant swing I could see right over the lake. When I looked down all of

Coogee House were holding me up below. It was such a nice feeling to trust them as my life-line. I

liked when I pulled the rope and dropped; I could choose when I wanted to go but also felt a little bit

out of control because I had to pull the rope a couple of times, then there was a big jerk and I went

flying through the air like a bird swooping down and flying back up after catching fish.

Maddy Buckley: Camp was so fun because it was so amazing when I went on the flying fox which

made me feel butterflies and happy.

Zayne Gladson: Camp was really exciting. It gave me the opportunity to get outdoors and connect

with the world. At night we got to play commando which enabled me to experience something like a

real army game. When I was on the flying fox it felt like I was really flying.

Max Craven: The great Aussie bush camp really helped me conquer my fears and make new

friends.

Ethan Nguyen: The Great Aussie Bush Camp was an incredible experience that made my roots grow.

Isolde Ridge, Brighton Stokes, Coco Veksner-Shaw, Aaliyah Ibrahim: During camp many of us

stepped out of our comfort zone and tried things that we weren't confident about and what's more is

we did this while having the time of our lives.

Charlie Pattison: During camp I liked to help out with rock climbing and canoeing. I had a great time

with my friends and made new friends too! I also grew in my ability to conquer my fears and was able

to stop worrying about capsizing while canoeing.

Amelia Tran: Canoeing was exciting because it was my first time ever doing this activity! I didn't know

what to do at first, but then I was getting into it and having lots of fun. The whole camp was awe-

some, but the giant swing was my biggest highlight because I went all the way to the top and I had

never done that before. It was very scary at first, but when I pulled the rope I dropped down and

swung over the river which felt like a roller coaster which was awesome. I wish I could do it again, but

without the screaming!


YEAR 6 CAMP—TEA GARDENS


YEAR 6 CAMP—TEA GARDENS


PRIMARY ELITE MUSICIANS RECITAL


PIANO COMPETITION


STRING COMPETITION

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