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@ Reddam

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This week, the Kindergarten to Year 2 students took centre stage, literally, as they per-

formed three incredible shows of ‘Winnie the Pooh’ for large audiences in Adelaide Hall.

After just 4 weeks of rehearsals, Mr Dean Hattingh and a talented team of Reddam

House music tutors and class teachers created an absolutely thrilling experience for both

the little people on stage and the audiences alike. From the opening scene, with Pooh

Bear’s ‘tummy’ making a wild appearance, to the acknowledgement of Owl for her er-

ror in reading the ‘puzzling, terrifying note’, to the realisation that all the fuss was due to

a simply error on Christopher Robin’s note, the students were simply outstanding. It is at

times like these that one cannot deny the value of specialist drama and music lessons

from Kindergarten. The level of understanding about character, space, elocution and

body language was phenomenal. Furthermore, to see so many young students playing

the orchestra alongside high school students, music tutors, teachers and professionals

was inspiring.

Congratulations to the students for their outstanding production, to the musicians for the

incredible live orchestra, and to the backstage crew that quietly supports the produc-

tions. I would like to thank the parents and teachers who assisted with costumes, make-

up and hair. It seems like a small task, but it is huge. Thank you for your contribution. Fi-

nally, a very big thank you to Mr Dean Hattingh, Dr Michael McGregor, Mr Marcus

Bortolotti, Mrs Elli Bortolotti, the music department and the very dedicated class teachers

without whom this would not have been possible. We value your contribution to our

school greatly.

I am thrilled to congratulate Ethan Williams, Year 4, for his recent outstanding achieve-

ment in Tae-Kwon-Do which was achieved under the coaching of Joseph Seo, Red-

dam’s senior coach. Ethan was successful in attaining his black belt after completing his

grading and is our first student to achieve this level at Reddam House Primary School.

Well done, Ethan, on this exceptional feat and thank you to the dedicated coaches

who have mentored Ethan over the years.

Today, the students in Year 3 – 6 commenced their end of year examinations which they

did with positive attitudes and level headedness. After an intensive revision week, the

students are well prepared for these exams and I am sure their results will reflect the hard

work and effort that they have been putting in over the last few weeks.

This week, we heard the fantastic news that three of our very artistic students, Paige Ke-

meny (Year 4), Elana Pfitzner and Mia Maccormick (Year 6), have been selected as fi-

nalists in the 2015 ANZAC Art Awards competition, ‘Navy – Army – Airforce’. Their art-

works will be judged on Wednesday, 18 November. Congratulations Paige, Elana and

Mia for such a wonderful achievement. I am sure that the artworks you have created will

speak to the judges clearly and make a lasting impression on them. Good luck for the fi-

nal round!

The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 33 Friday 13 November 2015

IN THIS ISSUE:

Winnie the Pooh

News from Classrooms

Sport Fixtures & Results

In sporting news, I would like to congratulate the Primary mixed touch team and the Under

12’s Boys and Girls Basketball teams who had great wins last weekend. Well done.

Best of luck to the teams playing in matches this weekend. I hope that you come out trium-

phant and remain humble.

Dee Pitcairn

Principal


Reddam House

would like to wish a very happy birthday to

Ella Macarounas, Manoli Macarounas, Marlon Rayson-Harwood, Sebastian Baldo,

Isabella Devine, Raghav Sundararaman, Kayla Pfitzner, William Barouch, Matthew

Pashkov, Jasmine Ward, Katarina Vucic, Zaiden Zahra, Edan Angus, Christian

Kamahl and Mira Prasad

who celebrated their special day this week!

We hope you had a fabulous day!

SPORTING FIXTURES 14TH NOVEMBER 2015

BASKETBALL

Girls

10R Div 1 ( Jaimee) V Bye

12R Div 2 ( Jaimee) V Raptors 10.25am

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 14 R Div 1 (Lee) V Fire 2.20pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday 16 R Div 1 (Jaimee) V Wild Cats 5 .05pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Friday. The bus

will leave the sports office at Woollahra at

3.30pm 16E Div 3 (Jaimee) V Rockets 4.20pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Friday. The bus

will leave the sports office at Woollahra at

3.00pm Boys

10 R Div 1 ( Lee) V Hurricanes 9.35am

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 10E Div 2 (Marcel) V Bye

12 R Div 2 (Marcel) V Bye

12 E Div 3 (Marcel) V Bye

14R Div 2 (Henry) V Eagles 3.45pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday 14M Div 3 ( Indy) V Cyclones 9.00am

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sunday 16 R Div 2 ( Lee) V Suns 4.00pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday 16E Div 2 ( Lee) V Meerkats 4.50pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday 16D Div 3 (Lee) V Rabbitohs 9.50am

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sunday 18D Div 3 (Lee) V Hawkes 2.20pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday Please check sydneybasketball.com.au to en-

sure there have not been any late changes to

the draw.

Tennis

Reddam 1 V St Pius,

Mowbray Public School Saturday 10.00am Reddam 2 V St Pius,

Mowbray Public School Saturday 10.00am Reddam 3 V Redlands

Lane Cove Tennis Club Saturday 10.00am Reddam 4 V Redlands

Lane Cove Tennis Club Saturday 10.00am Reddam 5 V Redlands

Mowbray Public School Saturday 8.00am Reddam 6 V St Aloysius,

Chatswood Tennis Club Saturday 8.00am Reddam 7 V St Aloysius,

Chatswood Tennis Club Saturday 8.00am Reddam 8 V Barker,

Mowbray Public School Saturday 8.00am


SPORT FIXTURES

SPORTING FIXTURES 14TH NOVEMBER 2015

Water Polo

Reddam 1 Senior Girls B Comp V Schols

UNSW Pool Saturday 8.35am Reddam 2 Sub Junior Girls A Comp V St. Clares,

UNSW Pool Saturday 11.30am Reddam 3 Sub Junior Girls B Comp V OLSH,

UNSW Pool Saturday 12.30pm Reddam Senior Boys Saturday Comp V St Jo-

sephs College

The Kings School Pool Saturday10 .20am. The

bus will leave Woollahra at 8.45am Reddam Senior Boys 1 V Marcelin

UNSW Pool Friday 8.45pm Reddam Senior Boys 2 V St Andrews

UNSW Pool Friday 8.15pm Reddam Junior Boys 3 V Marcelin

UNSW Pool Friday 7.45pm Reddam Junior Boys 4 V St Andrews

UNSW Pool Friday 7.15pm

Touch Football - Girls

Reddam 1 Senior A V Ascham 9.40pm

Reservoir Field No.6 Centennial Park Saturday Reddam 2 Senior D V Loreto and Kincopal

Queens Park 03, 8.50am Saturday Reddam 3 Junior B V St. Vincents College and

Kambala Reservoir Field No.5 Centennial Park

Saturday 8.50am Reddam 4 Junior C V SCEGGS and Kambala

Reservoir Field No.5 Centennial Park Saturday

10.30am Reddam 5 Year 7 C V Wenona


10.30am Reddam 6 Year 7D V Kincopal and SCEGGS


11.20am Reddam Junior A Tuesday V Bye

Touch Football – Boys

Reddam 1 Year 10 Boys. V Emmanuel

Queens Park 10, 5.15pm Tuesday – The bus will

leave Woollahra at 3.40pm Reddam 2 Year 9 Boys V Emmanuel

Queens Park 5, 4.35pmTuesday – The bus will

leave Woollahra at 3.40pm Reddam 3 Year 7 Boys V Moriah,


leave Woollahra at 3.40pm Reddam 4 Year 7 and 8 Boys V Moriah,


leave Woollahra at 3.40pm

SPORTING RESULTS 7TH NOVEMBER 2015

BASKETBALL

Girls

10R Div 1 ( Jaimee) V Jets 6 - 30

12R Div 2 ( Jaimee) V Magic 24 - 17

14 R Div 1 (Lee) V CYS 28 - 33

16 R Div 1 (Jaimee) V Warriors 24 - 57

16E Div 3 (Jaimee) V Universal 44 - 15

Boys

10 R Div 1 ( Lee) V Reddam E 23 - 18

10E Div 2 (Marcel) V Reddam 18 - 23

12 R Div 2 (Marcel) V Devils 33 - 19

12 E Div 3 (Marcel) V Saints.0 - 20

14R Div 2 (Henry) V CYS Pirates 38 - 27

14M Div 3 ( Indy) V Scorpians 0 - 20

16 R Div 2 ( Lee) V Dragons 42 -44

16E Div 2 ( Lee) V Blazers 34 - 18

16D Div 3 (Lee) V Thunder 13 - 46

18D Div 3 (Lee) V Bye

Tennis

Reddam 1 V NSBH 2 - 1

Reddam 2 V Barker 1- 2

Reddam 3 V Redlands 1 - 2

Reddam 4 V Barker 1 - 2

Reddam 5 V MAD 2 - 1

Reddam 6 V St Aloysius 2 - 1

Reddam 7 V Barker 1 - 2

Reddam 8 V St Aloysius 2 - 1

Reddam 9 V St Pius 0 - 3

Water Polo

Reddam 1 Senior Girls B Comp V Sydney

Girls High 4 - 5

Reddam 2 Sub Junior Girls A Comp V St.

Catherines 8 - 7

Reddam 3 Sub Junior Girls B Comp V St.

Clares 12- 4

Reddam Senior Boys Saturday Comp V St

Andrews

Reddam Senior Boys 1 V St Andrews 12 - 1

Reddam Senior Boys 2 V Marcelin 4 - 12

Reddam Junior Boys 3 V St Andrews 8 - 3

Reddam Junior Boys 4 V Marcelin 0 - 10


SPORT RESULTS

SPORTING RESULTS 7TH NOVEMBER 2015

Touch Football - Girls

Reddam 1 Senior A V Bye

Reddam 2 Senior D V Loreto Washed Out

Reddam 3 Junior B V St. Vincents College

Washed Out

Reddam 4 Junior C V SCEGGS Washed Out

Reddam 5 Year 7 C V Wenona Washed Out

Reddam 6 Year 7D V Kincopal Washed Out

Reddam Junior A Tuesday V OLSH

Touch Football – Boys

Reddam 1 Year 10 Boys. V St Andrews 5 - 5

Reddam 2 Year 9 Boys V Emmanuel 6 - 2

Reddam 3 Year 7 Boys V Moriah 6 - 2

Reddam 4 Year 7 and 8 Boys V Moriah 5 - 8

Our topic ‘Space’ has really gripped the imagination and curiosity of our students. They have

been intrigued and have taken great delight in learning about the planets. They worked in

pairs and made their own visual representation of the Solar System. It was such fun creating

each planet with pastel and a coloured wash. They were quick to record our information

and add it to their display. Our classrooms are looking so beautiful with all the children’s work

and they are really proud of their efforts. Please pop in and take a look.

Just as the stars sparkle in the sky, it was our turn to shine on stage in our first production at

Reddam House. With absolute pride, our students watched our students took to the stage

with excitement and confidence as they performed in Winnie the Pooh. The costumes, the

make-up, the sets, props and orchestra all made it a wonderful magical evening which I am

sure will remain with them for a long time.


KINDERGARTEN

Year 1 have conducted some amazing food related Science experiments this past week.

Gia combined some different liquids to make an exploding bottle of foam!

Mariana showed us how to make lemons float and sink.

Henry demonstrated how to turn a solid into a liquid.

Leni made sultanas dance!

William and Saige made exploding volcanoes.

Hollie made different liquids separate.

Milo and Eli combined cola and Mentos to create exploding drinks.

Alexander separated the colours from Skittles.

What wonderful scientists we have in Year 1!


YEAR 1

As part of the HSIE unit "People in the Community," Year 2 had a very special visitor. Matthew

Ching's mum, Sue Ann, is an anaesthetist at the children's hospital. She explained to us what

her job is and how she helps children (and sometimes adults) fall into a deep sleep so they do

not feel any pain during an operation. Hamish, our patient, had broken his arm and needed

an operation to repair the bone. He was dressed for theatre, given some fluids via an IV drip

and then put to sleep with some gas. The children were very interested in the process of giv-

ing someone anaesthetic and were keen to share their personal experiences of hospital and

surgery with Sue Ann. Many of the students were intrigued and impressed by the amount of

study necessary to become first a doctor and then to specialise as an anaesthetist. It was a

fascinating morning and the children learnt a lot. Thank you Sue Ann!


YEAR 1

Winnie the Pooh

By Oscar Bakes

This week is the week of the K-2 production of Winnie the Pooh.

The main characters were Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga, Roo

and Winnie the Pooh and his Tummy,

The Year 1 kids were rabbits, foxes, butterflies, lady bugs and also

frogs. The Kindergartners were just bees. They sang their bee song

four times.

I was a fox with a very hairy chest and a golden body. The frogs

had shiny spots on them and soccer pants. The rabbits had a

white furry body and big ears. The lady bugs had a red suit with

black spots. Butterflies had wings which had loads of different col-

ours.

It was a great musical. I want to do it over and over again!

YEAR 2

The Year 3 students have been working so hard and trying their best during revision week, The

teachers have been most impressed with their diligence and application. They have spent

time revising the content studied during the course of the semester and they have been able

to think about it in different ways. Students have had the opportunity to discuss what they

have been learning both at school with their teachers, and also at home with their family

members, which has certainly helped to consolidate information. Some students have really

enjoyed the experience and this is what they had to say about their final revision week for

2015.

“When I do revision I feel relaxed. Although revision might be hard you get lots of help from

your teachers.”

Sam Weidler

“I liked the experience of revision because it made me think and it made me learn more

about what I have been learning in the past term.” Sophie Marcolina

“The thing I like about revision is you can have fun studying at home, even if your Mum pan-

ics, it can still be fun!”

Finn Rosenberg

“I enjoy revision because I get to go through things that I have already learnt but may have

forgotten. I also like revision because when I am at home my parents can see how I am do-

ing at school.”

Kenya Martin

Well done Year 3 on all of your hard work and preparation. We wish you all the very best in

your exams!


YEAR 3

Year 4 students have had the opportunity to refine their

study skills and gain a better understanding of time man-

agement skills, in order to be better prepared, for their up

coming exams.

Some techniques Year 4 students looked at were:

The use of visual aids. For example filing cards, highlighters,

mind-mapping, sticky notes around the house.

How to soothe stress. They looked at how anxiety is one of

the biggest barriers to performing well in tests and ways to

minimise it.

Drawing up a timetable. Students were supported when

working on their own study timetable and also given one

created for them.


YEAR 4

In preparation for their exams, our Year 5 and 6 students have been busily preparing themselves for their

persuasive writing pieces that were very similar in nature.

In Year 5, our students were asked to think very carefully about the lessons learnt during their study of the

well-known Japanese picture book 'Sadako' and why they're important lessons to learn as Year 5 students.

Similarly, our Year 6 students were asked to think very carefully about their film study of either 'The Lion King'

or 'ET' and the lessons they also learnt which will have relevance to them in an ever-changing, modern

world. In Year 5, we expose our students to the PEEL (point, expand, example, link) strategy which in Year

6, is then extended upon to create the PETAL (point, expand, technique, analysis, link) structure to effec-

tively analyse and critique a text and it's use of key visual or language techniques.

It is very fair to say that our students are readily applying these structures to create very comprehensive

paragraphs. Here are two paragraphs written recently in the classroom. One was written by Jordan Rubin-

stein in Year 5, the other by Max Simmons in Year 6.

A extremely powerful lesson that we can learn from the life of Sadako is that we should have courage and

be brave, no matter what the situation. Being courageous and brave is very important because you might

find yourself in a situation one day in life where you need to be brave and find your inner strength. As Sa-

dako's illness progressed, instead of going on and on about the fact that she could die, she had the cour-

age to do something about it and that was to start creating her paper cranes as a way of tackling her ill-

ness. Although there were times where she thought that it wasn't worth it, she had the courage to keep

going but unfortunately, her life came to an end. At that point, she had created six hundred and fifty four

cranes. Clearly, this example highlights that we should have courage and be brave, no matter what the

outcome is. If it's good or bad, at least you have the courage to do something about it.

By Jordan Rubinstein

Another reason why the film 'The Lion King' is a very relevant film in our modern day world is because it

teaches us as Year 6 students at Reddam House about the importance of teamwork. In the scene 'Simba

Returns to Pride Rock', Simba's friends Nala, Pumba and Timone are there to support him and help him

take his rightful place as king of the animal kingdom. One technique used to highlight their support and

teamwork is the close-up shot of all four animals with their eyes peering above a tree branch. This symbolis-

es the bond that they all have with one another and the teamwork they are employing to help Simba be-

come king. This is relevant to us as Year 6 students because as we grow older and more independent, we

are faced with challenges of teamwork when performing together for group assessments or simply working

alongside one another. By developing these skills and learning this lesson, it is sure to be very beneficial.

By Max Simmons

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