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Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 28
Friday 9th October 2015
IN THIS ISSUE:
 Dance News
 Public Speaking
 Volunteering Opportunities
Plus much more...
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Welcome back to Term 4 and the beginning of Spring and daylight saving.
The term ahead is a full one with the HSC students starting their final examinations on
Monday the 12th October. The holidays for these students have been a study break and I
thank all the Year 12 teachers who have been meeting students for tutorials and giving
feedback via email to essays and past papers that students have been submitting during
this period. We wish all these students a calm examination period where they can perform
at their optimum.
Many other activities occurred during the holidays:
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The Dance Department has received great news that our Junior Dance Company
were accepted into the first Independent Schools’ Dance Festival and performed at
Inuburra High School, who hosted the event.
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Ms. Collier Walsh also received confirmation that all six of her HSC Dance students
have been nominated for Callback. This is the showcase of exemplary performances and compositions by HSC students of Dance. Performances of Callback have
provided valuable demonstrations of HSC standards to students and teachers of
Dance since 1993. This is a great achievement because of the possible 18 categories, for which these six could have been nominated, Reddam received fifteen nominations. Well done, this is another very proud moment for Dance at Reddam.
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We are pleased to announce that Luc Siboulet has been selected to join The Sound of Music Production as Kurt. This is a significant achievement as the audition process was extremely
rigorous. Congratulations Luc.
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Yonatan Freund won a silver medal competing for Australia in the U-14s at the Commonwealth Karate Championships in Delhi, India. Over 600 participants from over 20 countries
were there with 24 athletes chosen to represent Australia. This is the first time Yonatan has
represented Australia at an international event and a fantastic achievement in coming second.
Yonatan Freund
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The thirty three students returned from Nicaragua and Costa Rica where they spent time
building and completing three classrooms for a community school, witnessing turtles emerging from the sea, laying their eggs and returning to the sea in a turtle sanctuary, and trekking
up three active volcanoes. The students and teachers who accompanied them have not
stopped raving about their experiences. Many have said the three weeks include some of
the best days they have ever experienced. Wow!!
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Anthea Kasses was awarded the Abbey Borgia award by Sydney Comets basketball. Anthea
plays rep basketball for Sydney Comets and out of the 20 girls in Anthea's age group she was
chosen to receive this memorial award. Abbey Borgia was killed in the Bali Bombings along
with her mother. At the time, Abbey played for Sydney Comets in the same group as Anthea.
Abbey’s father returns each year to the Comets presentation night to present the
award. Anthea's current Reddam basketball coach Jaimee Cohen also won this award when
she was in the same age group.
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In the last week of Term 3, Emily Wang in Year 7 entered the United Nations Voice Public
Speaking Competition. Emily researched her topic of “Gender Inequality” extensively and performed admirably on the day. During the holidays, we received the exciting news that she has
progressed to the Semi-Finals of this competition.
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Mr. Fenner took five Year 9 students on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition into the Royal National Park and the beauty and splendour of the surroundings made the trip so much more memorable.
Have a good week.
Dave Pitcairn
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SPORTING FIXTURES 10TH OCTOBER
BASKETBALL
Reddam 7 V St Aloysius, Chatswood Tennis Club Satur
Boys
day 8.00am
10 R Div 1 ( Lee) V The Rookies 8.00am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday.
Reddam 8 V Redlands Mowbray Public School Saturday 8.00am
10E Div 2 (Marcel) V All Blacks 8.00am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday.
Reddam 9 V Lane Cove Tennis Club Saturday 8.00am
12 R Div 2 (Marcel) V Rockets 12.45pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday.
WATER POLO
12 E Div 3 (Marcel) V Bye
Reddam 1 Senior Girls B CompV OLSH UNSW Pool Saturday 9.15am
14R Div 2 (Henry) V Titans 4.30pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday.
14M Div 3 ( Indy) V Swans 9.00am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sunday.
16 R Div 2 ( Lee) V Magic 3.10pm Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday.
Reddam 2 Sub Junior Girls A Comp V St Clares, St
Catherines Pool Saturday 9.00am
Reddam 3 Sub Junior Girls B Comp V OLSH, St Catherines Pool Saturday 11.00am
Reddam Senior Boys Saturday Comp V St Josephs College, Riverview Pool Saturday 11.50am
16E Div 2 ( Lee) V Mavericks 4.00pm Marrickville BasketReddam Senior Boys 1 V Reddam Senior Boys 2 UNSW
ball Stadium Saturday.
Pool Friday 8.15pm
16D Div 3 (Lee) V Trail Blazers 9.00am Alexandria BasReddam Senior Boys 2 V Reddam Senior Boys 1 UNSW
ketball Stadium Sunday
Pool Friday 8.15pm
18D Div 3 (Jeff) V Hawks 4.50pm Marrickville Basketball
Reddam Junior Boys 3 V Reddam Junior Boys 4 UNSW
Stadium Saturday.
Pool Friday 7.15pm
Girls
Reddam Junior Boys 4 V Reddam Junior Boys 3 UNSW
10R Div 1 ( Jaimee) V Bye
Pool Friday 7.15pm
12R Div 2 ( Jaimee) V Tidas 11.15am Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday
TOUCH FOOTBALL
14 R Div 1 (Lee) V Inner City 2.20pm Marrickville BasketGirls
ball Stadium Saturday.
Reddam 1 Senior A V Monte Reservoir Field No.1 Cen16 R Div 1 (Jaimee) V Ballers 5.05pm Alexandria Bastennial Park Saturday 9.40am
ketball Stadium Friday. The bus will leave the sports
office at Woollahra at 3.30pm
16E Div 3 (Jaimee) V Bye
Reddam 2 Senior D V Asham Reservoir Field No.1 Centennial Park Saturday 11.20am
Please check sydneybasketball.com.au to ensure
there have not been any late changes to the draw.
Reddam 3 Junior B V Asham Reservoir Field No.2 Centennial Park Saturday 8.50am
TENNIS
Reddam 1 V NSBH, North Sydney Boys High School
Courts Saturday 10.00am
Reddam 2 V St Pius, Talus Street Courts Saturday
10.00am
Reddam 3 V Redlands Mowbray Public School Saturday 10.00am
Reddam 4 V Redlands Mowbray Public School Saturday 10.00am
Reddam 5 V Redlands Mowbray Public School Saturday 8.00am
Reddam 6 V Barker, Kooroora Tennis Club Roseville
Saturday 8.00am
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Reddam 4 Junior C V Asham Reservoir Field No.2 Centennial Park Saturday 10.30am
Reddam 5 Year 7 C V Bye
Reddam 6 Year 7D V Bye
Reddam Junior A Tuesday. Comp matches commence on Tuesday 20th October
Boys
Reddam 1 Year 10 Boys. Comp matches commence
on Tuesday 20th October
Reddam 2 Year 9 Boys. Comp matches commence on
Tuesday 20th October
Reddam 3 Year 8 and 7 Boys. Comp matches commence on Tuesday 20th October
Reddam 4 Year y Boys. Comp matches commence on
Tuesday 20th October
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DANCE NEWS
During the holidays our Junior Company stayed busy representing Reddam House at the first ever
Independent Schools Dance Festival held at Bangor. Our amazing students spent the day rehearsing and dancing with students from 10 other Independent schools from all over NSW and performed that evening in a beautiful showcase of Dance ranging in styles from Jazz to Contemporary. It was such a fun day, which also included a Contemporary Dance workshop with the very
talented Eden Petrovski from SYTYCD Australia. I'm so proud of how talented our kids are and of
what a lovely, professional ensemble they are becoming. It was clear to me that our students are
filled with potential in the Dance industry and it was a pleasure spending the day together.
Students involved in the event were:
Avital Greenberg
Sunday Jones-Evans
Adina Herz
Caitlin Robinson
Charlotte Brinkworth
Natasha Carroll
Mckenzie Phillips
Rubi Carr
Thea Phillips
Paris Spennato
Elise Turco
In other exciting news, we have received notification that ALL of our incredible HSC Dance students have received Callback nominations for their practical work!!!!! Callback is a highly prestigious event that showcases the best of the best practical HSC examination works seen throughout
all of NSW. I'm very pleased and immensely proud to be able to say that this year's cohort of dancers at Reddam House have received together a total of 15 out of a possible 18 nominations. This is
a truly outstanding result and testament to the talent and hard work shown by our beautiful students. Bravo, Girls - this is well deserved by each and every one of you!
Please see below a list of the HSC Dance nominations received by each student:
Core Performance
Sascha Orlievsky
Lua Prichard
Francesca Stokes
Zara Zust
Bianca Chimes
Sasha Dreyer
Core Composition
Sascha Orlievsky
Lua Prichard
Zara Zust
Sasha Dreyer
Major Study Performance
Sasha Orlievsky
Lua Prichard
Zara Zust
Sasha Dreyer
Bianca Chimes
Liz Collier-Walsh
Dance Coordinator
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PHOTOS FROM THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS DANCE FESTIVAL
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PUBLIC SPEAKING SUCCESS
In the last week of Term 3, Emily Wang in Year 7 entered the United Nations Voice Public Speaking
Competition. She was given a choice of topics requiring her to discuss a global problem and provide creative solutions. She was then asked impromptu questions on the subject.
Emily researched her topic of “Gender Inequality” extensively and performed admirably on the
day. During the holidays, we received the exciting news that she has progressed to the Semi-Finals
of this competition.
Thank you very much for your enthusiastic participation in the preliminary rounds of the 2015 Voice
Public Speaking Competition. It was a phenomenal competition and all the judges were very impressed with every participant.
However, CONGRATULATIONS are in order as you have been selected to attend the NSW State
Semi-Finals for the 2015 Voice Competition for your brilliant speech, well-thought out solution and
speaking ability.
We wish Emily all the best for the future round of this competition.
Jo Karney
Emily Wang
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CAREERS NEWS
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ATTENTION IT STUDENTS IN YEARS 9-12 - UTS will be holding its annual Big Day IN on Tuesday 1
March 2016 for those high school students interested in technology. There is also a Law Discovery Day for current Year 11 students either Thursday 19 November or 26 November 2015.
Register online at law.uts.edu.au/events. If interested see Ms Jones for registration and further
details.
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Attention Year 12 students applying to study Engineering at UTS. There have been a number
of changes to available majors for 2016. For more information check the UTS website or see
Ms Jones.
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Year 11/12 - UTS is running an Ace Your HSC Seminar on 1 November 2015. Also UTS Business is
holding Info Evenings 17 & 26 November 2015 and a Discover Nursing session 25 November
2015. To register for any of these events see Ms Jones
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UNSW is running a Mining Summer School for students in Years 10 or 11 from 18 -20 January
2016. If you are interested in Science Physics and Mathematics why not discover the possibilities?
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Year 10 reminder - Outstanding Work experience forms must be given to Ms Jones ASAP.
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VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
Kids Giving Back creates meaningful volunteering opportunities for families and kids, enabling
participants to connect and reach out to communities to whom they are giving back: the homeless,
individuals in need, refugees + asylum seekers, the aged.
Register now to take part in these programs that truly makes a difference - both to you as well as
to the recipients of the meals you prepare.
Dads + Daughters Cook4Good, age 12+
and
Family Cook4Good, age 8+
DADS + DAUGHTERS Cook4Good is a Kids Giving Back volunteer program for Dads and
Daughters age 12 - 18. Participants will prepare, package and deliver 350+ nutritious meals for
people living on the streets and others needing a warm meal. Payment covers the cost of ingredients supplied by OBK plus a snack.
Date: Sunday, 18th October
Time: 1pm to approximately 5pm including deliveries (you will need a car for deliveries)
Cost: $80 for dad & daughter plus $40 each additional daughter
Location: Bondi
Deadline : Thursday, 15th October
Participation by registration only, numbers limited. Register with another dad and daughter/s and
do your deliveries together - you just need to let us know in advance.
To register, just click on this link. http://www.trybooking.com/158400
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VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
FAMILY Cook4Good is a volunteer program for the whole family aged 8+. Participants will prepare 350+ nutritious meals and deliver to recipients in need of a warm meal. Program duration is
approximately 4 hours including cooking and food delivery. Payment covers the cost of ingredients
supplied by OBK plus a snack.
Date: Sunday, 1st November
Time: 10am to approximately 2pm including deliveries (you will need a car for deliveries)
Cost: $40pp for adults, $35 pp for kids and teens (aged 8+)
Location: Bondi
Deadline: Thursday 29th October
.
Participation by registration only, numbers limited.
To register, just click on this link. http://www.trybooking.com/158978
Experience the richness and fun of giving to others together
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