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Dear Parents and Caregivers, Last Friday, the Year 4 students organised a very successful Bake Sale. The Bake Sale’s goal

was to raise money for the Sydney Children’s Hospital, and in the end a grand total of

$1182.15 was raised! The event was organised in very quick time with four students, Mia Johnson, Tessa Marks, Bailey Mitchell and Paloma Nicholas, consulting their peers and making a list of the goods that each child would be donating. The girls were then supported by the Year 6 Charity Portfolio who helped with the setting up and sales. The under-croft was flooded with students (and teachers) the moment the lids were removed. The Year 4 girls wish to thank everyone who assisted with and who supported the Bake Sale. They send a huge thank you to the Year 4 parents who baked the delicious treats and to the Year 6 students who helped on the day. I was also grateful to receive their thanks but it is I who applaud them for all their initiative and hard work on behalf of others. Sunday’s 2018 Kindergarten Orientation Day was a tremendous success, with a large contingent of children and parents arriving on campus to be guided through the exciting prospects which await them next year. My thanks to all who contributed to the day – their efforts did much to present the school in the best possible light and I know that the new cohort of students and their parents left here eager to return in 2018. Likewise, all reports about the Year 7 Orientation Day and Year 7 2018 Parent Evening were very positive, with the current Year 6s and their parents excitedly learning more about the new phase of their academic journey. Dr Arne Rubinstein’s talk on Thursday to parents of Year 5 and 6 students provided much food for thought. It was a privilege to have Dr Rubinstein at our school and I know that parents who attended would have gained new insights from what was discussed on the evening.

The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter Volume 17 Issue 32 Friday 27 October 2017

IN THIS ISSUE:

Percussion Competition Results

News from the classrooms

Sports Fixtures

At assembly last week, we were treated to a display by our primary drummers from this year's

Percussion Competition. We were joined by our adjudicator Andrew Dickeson, who teaches

at the Conservatorium and UNSW, while still maintaining a performing career as one of

Sydney's best jazz drummers. Andrew was blown away with the talent and the whole

creative atmosphere of the event. He thought that our students were extremely lucky to be

able to perform with a live band and he would like to return to give a master class in the near

future. We appreciated all of his input and thank him for his enthusiastic support of music at

Reddam.

Tuesday night's Reddam Idol Competition was

sensational. Twenty seven of our finest vocal

artists lined-up to entertain and enthral the

enthusiastic audience. Ranging in age from

10 to 14 years old it was hard to believe that

these were school children. Their maturity and

stage presence was astonishing. With judging

tight, the audience’s vote was the critical one

which was used to decide the winner. In the

end, Kate Aruman was voted Idol 2017 for her

stunning performance of Fallen by Alicia Keys.

Congratulations to all those who took part

and to the many others who auditioned. It

truly was a spectacular insight into the talent

which we have in the school.


1st Place

Julian Shalome

‘Believer’ by Imagine Dragons

2nd Place

Luke Nunn-Price

‘Roar’ by Katie Perry

3rd Place

Zoe Kertesz

‘Higher Ground’ by Stevie Wonder

The Music Department’s final concert for the year was held on Wednesday. Students from

Kindergarten through to Year 8 performed solos across voice, piano, strings and wind. There

were thirty five performances in all, which is indicative of the incredible job which the Music

Department has done to inspire the students throughout the year. All of these performances

demonstrated the musical strength that permeates the school, and all the students who

performed were a credit to their teachers. Congratulations to all.

Max Styles, in Year 6, continues to impress in his performances. Last weekend, he competed

with the Brent Street Dance School at the Ooh La La Dance Challenge. They came first in both

Contemporary and Musical Theatre, where they performed "The Rhythm of Life", with Max taking

on the lead singing role. Then they came second in Tap, Jazz and Hip Hop. We congratulate

Max for these excellent achievements. It is always a pleasure it is to see our students pursuing

their passions and achieving accolades along the way.

The Year 1s have an excursion to look forward to next week, as they will visit the Sydney

Children’s Hospital on Tuesday. This trip promises to be an eye-opener for our students, as they

are exposed to the complexities of running this renowned hospital.

Our Mufti Day on Thursday has an animal focus, with all proceeds going towards the ‘Save the

Orangutans’ fund. We thank our families for their support and trust that the students will

remember the reason behind their being allowed to wear mufti on the day.

That evening, the Jewish Studies students will present the efforts of their hard work at the Project

Heritage presentation evening. I know that many hours have been expended on their research

and am sure that all attending will be impressed with their insight and thorough presentations.

Finally, students have the Year 3-6 Battle of the Bands to anticipate, which takes place on

Friday. Once again, excitement has been building for this event and it will no doubt be exactly

what the name suggests – a battle between several top bands, all vying for the support of the

audience. Best wishes to all those taking part. It promises to be a memorable event.

Enjoy the weekend!

Dee Pitcairn

Principal



SPORTING RESULTS

Water Polo – Saturday Comp

Girls

Reddam 1 V St Clare’s 8 - 2

Reddam 2 V St Clare’s 11 - 0

Reddam 3 V St Catherine’s 7 - 3

Reddam 4 V Sydney Girls High School 1 – 13

Boys

Opens V Scots 10 - 0

16s V Cranbrook 4 - 5

Primary V Scots 2- 4

Water Polo – Friday Comp

Boys

Reddam 1 V Wests 4 - 4



Touch Football – Saturday Comp

Girls

Reddam 1 V Schols 2 - 6

Reddam 2 V Loreto 9 - 4

Reddam 3 V Kincopal 1 - 7

Reddam 4 V Schols 3 - 0

Reddam 5 V Wenona 3 - 0

Reddam 6 V Monte 1 - 5

Reddam 7 V Monte 3 – 0

Boys

Reddam 16s V Waverley 4 9 - 2

Reddam 14s V Waverley 1 12 - 3

Basketball - Easts Comp Sundays

Girls

10R (Lisa) V Maccabi 2 - 36

12E (Lee) V Clovelly 16 - 30

12D (Lee) V Clovelly 11 - 24

13R (Lee) V Raptors 23 – 29 Boys

10E Boys (Lee) V Bondi Lions 20 - 19

12D (Lee) V Clovelly

12M (Mehdi) V Bronte

12A (Mehdi) V Gulliver’s 32 - 18

14E Year 7 Boys (Kenny) V Tripple Threat 7 - 18

14D Year 8 Boys (Kenny) V Emanuel 23 - 11

14M Year 8 Boys (Mehdi) V Kangaroos 37 - 21

16R Year 9 Boys (Mehdi) V Emanuel 18 - 32

Basketball - Comets Comp Fridays and Satur-

days

Girls

16 R Div 2 (Hayley) V Waverley Warriors 34 - 21

18 R Div 2 (Guy) V Bandits Boys

10R Div 1 (Lee) V Magic 12-22

12R Div 2 (Henry) V Scorchers 47 - 11

12E Div 3 (Henry) V All Blacks 9 - 27

14R Div 2 (Lee) V Bye

18R Div 2 (Luke) V Elites 30 - 25

18E Div 3 (Luke) V Phoenix 50 - 28

18D Div 3 (Lee) Year 11 Boys V Bye

Tennis

Reddam 1 V St Pius 3 - 0


Reddam 3 V Redlands 2 - 1


Reddam 5 V Barker 2 - 1



Reddam 8 V Barker 0 - 3


SPORTING FIXTURES

Tennis—Saturday Comp

Reddam 1 V St Pius Primrose Park Tennis Centre

10.00am

Reddam 2 V St Pius Talus Street Courts 10.00am


Reddam 4 V St Pius Primrose Park Tennis Centre

10.00am Reddam 5 V Redlands Lane Cove Tennis

Club 8.00am

Reddam 6 V Barker Primrose Park Tennis Centre

8am

Reddam 7 V Redlands Primrose Park Tennis Cen-

tre 8.00am


Water Polo – Saturday Comp

Girls

Reddam 1 V Bye

Reddam 2 V Schols 11.15am UNSW Pool

Reddam 3 V Schols 11.45am UNSW Pool

Reddam 4 V St Clare’s 12.15pm UNSW Pool Boys

Opens V Cranbrook, Knox Pool 1.20pm. The bus

will leave Woollahra at 12.00 noon.

16s V Trinity, Trinity Pool 10.20am. The bus will leave

Woollahra at 9.00am.

Primary V St Aloysius, Scots Pool 9.00am

Water Polo – Friday Comp

Boys

Reddam 1 V Wests UNSW Pool 8.15pm



Touch Football – Saturday Comp

Girls

Reddam 1 V Monte 9.40am Queens Park No. 1

Reddam 2 V Monte 8.00am Reservoir Field No. 6

Reddam 3 V Monte 8.00am Queens Park No. 4

Reddam 4 V Wenona 12.10pm Reservoir Field No.

4 S

Reddam 5 V Wenona 11.20am Queens Park No. 4

Reddam 6 V Monte 8.50am Reservoir Field No. 4

Reddam 7 V Kincopal 10.30am Reservoir Field No.

4 Boys

Reddam 16s V Waverley College 3 10.35am

Queens Park 19 (Adjacent to the Shed Café on

Darley Rd)

Reddam 14s V Waverley College 2 Queens Park

19 (Adjacent to the Shed Café on Darley Rd)

Basketball - Comets Fridays and Saturdays

Girls

16 R Div 2 (Hayley) V Bye

18 R Div 2 (Guy) V Frost 5.05pm Alexandria Bas-

ketball Stadium Friday. The bus will leave Wool-

lahra at 3.30pm Boys

10R Div 1 (Lee) V Bye

12R Div 2 (Henry) V Warriors 4.15pm Alexandria

Basketball Stadium Saturday.

12E Div 3 (Henry) V Warriors 11.45am Alexandria


14R Div 2 (Lee) V Scorpions 5.45pm Alexandria


18R Div 2 (Luke) V Hawkes 6.00pm Marrickville


18E Div 3 (Luke) V Lions 5.15pm Marrickville Bas-

ketball Stadium Saturday.

18D Div 3 (Lee) Year 11 Boys V Trailblazers 7.30pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday.

Basketball - Easts Comp Sundays

Girls

10R (Lisa) V Shooting Stars 1.30pm Waverley Col-

lege

12E (Lee) V Clovelly Warriors 2pm Waverley Pavil-

ion

12D (Lee) V Clovelly Hoopsters 11.45am Waver-

ley Pavilion

13R (Lee) V Coogee 2.45pm Waverley Pavilion Boys

10E Boys (Lee) V Bye

12D (Lee) V Reddam M 3.15pm UNSW Gym

12M (Mehdi) V Reddam D 3.15pm UNSW Gym

12A (Mehdi) V Bye

14E Year 7 Boys (Kenny) V Reddam D 11.10am

Sydney Boys High School Gym

14D Year 8 Boys (Kenny) V Reddam E 11.10am


14M Year 8 Boys (Mehdi) V Emanuel 11.10am


16R Year 9 Boys (Mehdi) V Bye

Touch Football - Boys Tuesday Comp 31st Oct

1 Seniors V St Andrews 5.15pm Queens Park No. 8

2 Year 9 V Emanuel, 4.35pm Queens Park No.9

3 Year 8 V Moriah, 4.35pm Queens Park No. 8

4 Year 7R V Reddam 5 3.55pm Queens Park No.8

5 Year 7E V Reddam 4 3.55pm Queens Park No. 8


Reddam House

would like to wish a very happy birthday to

Luka Rasic, Isaac Ching, Allie O’Keeffe, Arthur Zeritis, Victoria Zeritis, Angelina Cassab,

Jasmine Kaushansky, Satchel Taylor & Thomas Sands

who celebrated their special day this week and over the weekend We hope you had a fabulous day!

KINDERGARTEN

This week the Kindergarten students filled the classrooms with song and dance. Between Jungle

Book practices and rehearsals for our assembly dance it is surprising that the students managed

to find time to do any work. Yet, when they weren’t singing and dancing up a storm the

students learnt about sharing and patterns, they wrote recounts, were introduced to the ‘wh’

sound and researched some sea creatures.

It has been a delight to watch the students learn the choreography for the dance. Many

students began by tentatively following along but by Thursday afternoon every child was

rocking their best moves on the stage. We certainly have some confident performers in the

Kindergarten cohort this year!


YEAR 1

This week was another busy week for Year One. In History and Geography the children were

immersed in their learning about the topic “Food”. The students used the healthy food pyramid

to understand the food groups and understand how the food can provide for the body. Also a

big thank you to Nutritionist, Ms Mandy Sacher, who visited the children on Tuesday morning

and who provided us with lots of useful information about eating a balanced diet and how it

can still be very tasty!

In Mathematics this week students consolidated their learning of Time. They made their very

own watches and even enjoyed the challenge of telling the quarter times!

Our text type of Poetry so far this term has displayed an array of talent from the children.

Poems have included: alliteration, imagery, rhyming and similes! We hope that you enjoy our

colour poems.


YEAR 2

In Science this week, Year 2 were kept busy learning about six animal groups: mammals, birds,

insects, fish, amphibians and reptiles. We learnt about the features of each group and sorted

animals into the correct group. Over the next few weeks, we will be looking more closely at an

animal belonging to the amphibian group, namely the frog.

The Year 2 mathematicians learned about money this week. We worked out which coins we

need to use to pay for certain items and calculated how much change we receive when

paying with different coins.

Continuing with our theme of money, we had some very interesting news presentations about

the animals and famous people featured on Australian coins and notes. The children also

thought about which important Australian they would put on a coin or note and why.

Well done Year 2 on another productive week!


YEAR 3

In PDH lessons this term the Year 3s have

been investigating how to live healthy lives.

This week the students explored how to be

healthy physically, emotionally and socially.

We discussed the steps that we can take to

ensure that all areas of our health are

maintained. This includes eating a balanced

diet, being active and socialising with family

and friends every day.

The students filled in a diary to make

themselves aware of their choices and

reflected as to whether there was a balance

in their day-to-day lives. They identified areas

in which they could improve their overall

health and are excited to implement new

strategies into their daily routines. We look

forward to seeing how these choices

improve their overall health and lifestyle.


YEAR 4

In Year 4 this week, the students were eager to receive their revision booklets – this shows

what diligent and conscientious students we have. Keep working hard!

In English, the students thoroughly enjoyed writing and reciting poetry. They have used their

knowledge of figurative language and written poems to create imagery. All three teachers

were utterly impressed with their enthusiasm and quality of their work.

Here is an example of a Year 4 poem by: Amelia Ross & Thea Debellis

Winter

Snow shoots down like bullets

through the dark night sky.

Splatting on the icy, cold floor,

with a bang, bam, BOOM!

My wind wraps around

people’s warm woollen coats.

The sun is not here to play,

The freezing cold ice is still not melting away

I help to build snowmen

for all who dare to play.

I hope I am no trouble,

as I can make people go away.

Flaking around my surroundings,

isolating plants with fear,

yet,

winter still comes every year.


YEAR 5 EXTENSION ENGLISH

This week, the Year 5 Extension class practised skills in preparation for writing an essay on the

class text, ‘Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes”. The main body paragraphs use a PEEL

structure which stands for ‘point, evidence, explain and link’. This acronym is used to help

students structure their paragraph in a logical way. As part of the extension skills set for the

class, students also demonstrated the ability to pick out key words from the evidence and

analyse the language used. Rocco Buck demonstrates this in the following paragraph which

answers a question about the morals that Sadako teaches readers:

The first important lesson the reader learns

from the book is about hope. In the novel

it says, “The golden crane helped. It re-

minded Sadako that there was always

hope.” The verb ‘helped’ suggests that

the crane eased the pain for Sadako and

gave her hope to survive. The adverb

‘always’ means there was constantly

hope even in the darkest times.

Therefore, Sadako teaches us about the

importance of having hope.

YEAR 5 & 6 MATHEMATICS

Year 5 and 6 Mathematics students revisited decimals place value. We compared,

converted, ordered and expanded decimals. Concrete apparatus and a huge decimal

place value table was used to explain the concepts and promote a deeper understanding. It

was wonderful to see students forming the link between common fractions and decimal

fractions and converting between the two.

This week, Year 5 and 6 students worked hard to complete investigations and make sense of

our results. In Year 6, conductors and insulators were a focus, as well as a few “tricky” items

that were tested in our circuits (“Why doesn’t a row of staples conduct electricity?”). We also

discussed electrical safety, clarified our interpretation of symbols and signage used to indi-

cate safety to the public and around our homes, and designed our own safety posters.

In Year 5, we wrapped up our investigation by graphing our results, which was a challenge

for some, but I’m proud to say we stuck with it and saw it through to the end! We took a look

at and labelled what we now know is happening with our fennec foxes and their over-sized

ears, and began learning about the adaptations of nocturnal animals: bats and owls.

YEAR 5 & 6 SCIENCE


Year 6 English have been working on essay writing skills. In preparation for Year 7, students

have been writing PETAL paragraphs which stands for ‘point, evidence, technique, analyse

and link’. In order to get a higher grade, students will aim to analyse 3 or 4 techniques in their

paragraph by repeating the technique and analysing the steps. The students analysed the

cinematic techniques used in the film ‘Red Dog’. Here, Gigi Obiri-Asare demonstrates a

PETAL paragraph, analysing the theme of belonging in the film:

The director uses a variety of cinematic techniques to portray the

importance of belonging. In this scene, John and Red Dog are

sitting in a bus together and John is leaning over the seat in a

relaxed manner. The setting of this scene has been manipulated to

create a sense of belonging: Red is sitting on the seat of a bus which

is meant for a human. This suggests to the viewer that Red is

considered an equal and one of the community of Dampier. Their

gaze also demonstrates belonging: John and Red are looking at

each other suggesting they are care for each other and give each

other mutual respect. In addition, John’s costume also plays an im-

portant part in creating a sense of belonging. His dull, green col-

oured shirt symbolises the simple life they are living in which to-

getherness is important and all you need to have is a companion.

Therefore, it is now clear as to how the director has utilised cinematic

techniques to demonstrate the significance of belonging.

YEAR 6 ENGLISH

JUNGLE BOOK REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

5 The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter Volume 17 Issue 32 Friday 27 October 2017

Monday 30 October 3:30-5:30

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Narrators

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Wednesday 1 November 3:30-5:30

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Adelaide Hall

Friday 3 November 2:15pm—4:30pm

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