Dear Parents and Caregivers, What a magnificent production ... · What a magnificent production of Cats which the Reddam community has been privileged to be part of: either performing

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

What a magnificent production of Cats which the Reddam community has been privileged

to be part of: either performing on stage, backstage, sound or lighting, in the orchestra or as

an audience member. The magnificence left all who attended spellbound. Congratulations

and thanks to Jo Karney, Michael Mc Gregor, Liz Collier, Ellie and Marcus Bortolotti for pro-

ducing a world class show which all those involved in will never forget.

@REDDAM—The Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 16, Issue 9, Friday 24 March 2016 Page 1

@Reddam IN THIS ISSUE:

Touch Football

Debating

Design & Technology

Plus much more...

Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 9

Friday 24th March 2016

Contd….


Impressive student achievements include:

Last weekend, Yonatan Freund participated in the NSW Karate State Championships, winning

Gold in his age group, thus becoming the NSW State Champion for the 2nd year in a row. His

next competition is the Australian Open being held from 15-17 April.

The NSW Karate Federation also recognised his recent achievements by awarding him the

Kumite Sports Player of the Year for 2015, an incredible achievement. Well done Yonatan.

Congratulations to Daniel Milgrom and his team mates from UNSW Wests Water Polo Team

who finished up Runners Up in the Under 14 Water Polo Championships.

Roderick Gadaev's film “Shapeless” won the best short film award for JMC Academy Martini

Awards.

In the High School category JMC shortlisted about 20 high school student projects with the

top four being nominated for the award and crews invited for the red carpet event in the

Hoyts cinemas Broadway.

Three Reddam House students were involved in the making of “Shapeless”: Roderick

Gadaev (idea, screenplay, producer, director, editor), Rhavin Bandaranayake (past Year 12

student – lead actor) and Raphael Masters (camera).

Have a great long weekend,

Dave Pitcairn


BASKETBALL

Girls

10R (Div1) (Jaimee) V Bye

12R Div 2 ( Jaimee) V Jets 18 - 10

14 E Div 2 (Lee) V Magic 28 - 28

18 R Div 2 (Jaimee) V Avengers 66 - 13

16E Div 3 (Jaimee) V Demons 60 - 8

Boys

10 R Div 1 ( Marcel) V Hurricanes 20 - 10

12 R Div 1 (Marcel) V Pirates 21- 66

12E Div 2 (Marcel) V Devils 19 - 18

12 D Div 3 (Marcel) V Blaze 4 - 24

14R Div 2 High School (Henry) V Newtown 22 - 28

14 E Div 2 Primary (Henry) V Eagles 20 - 27

14D Div 3 High School (Henry) V Reddam M 23 - 4

14M Div 3 Primary ( Henry) V Reddam D 4 - 23

16 R Div 2 ( Lee) V Supersonics 35 - 64

16E Div 3 ( Lee) V Maccabi 38 - 9

18R Div 1 ( Lee) V Bye

18E Div 3 Year 10 Boys V Western Warriors 19 - 13

WATER POLO

Semi Final

Reddam 1 Senior Girls V Queenwood 5 - 4

Reddam 2 Sub Junior Girls V Sydney Girls High

School 9 - 3

Reddam Senior Boys R V Reddam E 9 - 7

Reddam Junior Boys D V SACS 10- 2

Reddam Junior Boys M V SACS 7 - 3

TOUCH FOOTBALL

Girls—Grand Final

Reddam 1 Senior A V Monte 5 - 2

Reddam 5 Junior E V Monte 1 - 2

TENNIS

Final

Reddam 1 V Matchpoint 2 - 1

Reddam 3 V Matchpoint 3 - 0

Reddam 4 V Redlands 3- 0

SPORTING RESULTS 19th MARCH


RECORD OF ALL RECORDS!!

Last Saturday our First Grade Girls Touch Football Team won the School Girls Senior A Competition.

We played Monte in the Final and won comfortably, 5 - 2. This ends an amazing era for our current

Year 12 Girls. We entered them in this competition when they were in Year 6. That season they won

the Year 7 Competition and have kept on winning ever since. Over 12 seasons they have re-

mained undefeated and won 12 Grand Finals. They have played 84 matches and never been

beaten. The Year 12 Girls who are now finished are: Emma Styles, Sasha Wrublewski, Jasmine

Fountas, Toni Sharp and Bella Kable. Other members of the team who will hopefully keep the tradi-

tion of winning in hand are Tia Hinds, Kristy Wachman, Caitlin Robinson, Kiarna Dymock, Gabby

Glazer, Athina Vougdis and Ruby Glazer. Valentina Ivanov unfortunately missed the Final as she is

in Europe competing in the Federation Cup for tennis.

Special thanks goes to our wonderful coach, Janine Hinds, without Janine this would not have

happened!!

JUNIOR TOUCH FOOTBALL GRAND FINAL

Last Saturday our Junior Touch Football team played in their Grand Final at Centennial Park. In a

very close match they went down to Monte 1 - 2. Our team must be commended for a great

game and a wonderful season. This team is one to watch for the future as the girls are very talent-

ed, work hard and enjoy playing with one another. Congratulations to Lauren Cronin for winning

the best and fairest award for this competition.

TOUCH FOOTBALL


After a wonderful day of racing at Drummoyne, Darling House reigned supreme on the score

board and took out the 2016 Reddam House Swimming Championships. Piper placed 2nd while

Bennelong held off Macquarie for third place.

A great day was had by all with the following students being crowned Age Champions and Run-

ners Up:

Open Boys Runner Up: Jamie Reisin

Open Boys Champion: Dylan Chilchik

Under 17 Boys Runner Up: Jesse Walker

Under 17 Boys Champion: Joshua Geller

Under 16 Boys Runner Up: Joshua Kwok

Under 16 Boys Champion: JJ Collins

Under 15 Boys Runner Up: Joshua Devine

Under 15 Boys Champion: Cameron Patterson

Under 14 Boys Runner Up: Joshua Stotski

Under 14 Boys Champion: Rex Paver

Under 13 Boys Runner Up: James Kouper

Under 13 Boys Champion: Tyler Davis

Under 12 Boys Runner Up: Brendan Vuong

Under 12 Boys Champion: Tim Senior Skinner

Open Girls Runner Up: Hayley Collins

Open Girls Champion: Blaze Lopes

Under 17 Girls Runner Up: Rachel Bowen-James

Under 17 Girls Champion: Hannah Rubinstein

Under 16 Girls Runner Up: Kiarna Dymock

Under 16 Girls Champion: Summer Walker

Under 15 Girls Runner Up: Lara Von Oertzen

Under 15 Girls Champion: Saphira Moran

Under 14 Girls Runner Up: Tigerlily Walker

Under 14 Girls Champion: Jamie Gavin

Under 13 Girls Champion: Gracie Berry

Under 13 Girls Champion: Nellie Joseph

Under 12 Girls Runner Up: Jade Millin

Under 12 Girls Champion: Nicole Geller

Congratulations to the following students on their selection in the ISD Swim Team to compete at

the AICES Championships: Summer Walker, Tigerlily Walker, Tim Senior Skinner, Jamie Gavin, Gracie

Berry, Rex Paver, Tyler Davis, Nicole Geller, Joshua Geller, Blaze Lopes, JJ Collins, Joshua Kwok,

Matthew Sharp, Nellie Joseph, Bayley Norris, Bo Dymnock.

SWIMMING


This past week we had two very special Entrepreneurs speak to the class!

Year 12 Reddam student Joshua Broyda gave an inspiring presentation to the class about his en-

trepreneurship journey. He is on his 4th company at the ripe young age of 17! Products from his cur-

rent company have been featured on ABC News, and MP Solutions is now a rousing success. He

manages 3 full time employees and massive warehouse operations, while doing his best for the

HSC. The students have an example in Josh as someone who not long ago was sitting in their seats

and is now sitting at the head of his own company!

Solange Cunin, a 24 year old passionate entrepreneur, started Quberider at 22 years old while in

her second year at the UNSW Aerospace Engineering program. With Quberider she plans to make

access to space easier and more affordable while boosting the Australian Space industry in the

process. She has created a STEM program for high schools in order to teach coding on real satellite

technology to test their theories in space on Quberider satellites. Needless to say you could hear

jaws drop in the classroom!

ENTREPRENEURSHIP - YEAR 8


YEAR 8 SEMINAR DAY

Last Thursday Year 8 Visual Arts students visited the Powerhouse Museum to see the DC Comics

Lego Exhibition, Newington Armoury to view Art Express and lastly completed a series of underwa-

ter photography activities at Homebush Aquatic Centre.

The activities provided valuable insight to the students unit of work on Pop Art and photography

through investigating the world of popular culture and how this impacts on the Visual Arts. The day

also built on each students repertoire of skills and their understanding of how artworks are made in

many mediums including social media by completing a series of Instagram challenges.

Here are some of our Budding artists shots over the day.

Harry Baker Gisele Weishan

Mehwish Adnan Mehwish Adnan

Isabel Kratz

Vaani Ahluwalia


The election process for Year 9's student executive is fast approaching. By nominating yourself to

be part of the exciting student leadership team of Year 9 executives, you are committing yourself

to the successful running of all major school events including: assemblies, charities, dances, carni-

vals, Open Days etc. We are looking for enthusiastic, hardworking students who are ready and will-

ing to work as a team to make our school an even better environment for everyone. These posi-

tions are highly regarded and require attendance at weekly meetings with Ms Pelosi to organise all

of these events!

All students in Year 9 will listen to short speeches on Tuesday April 5th in the Science lab room 3.1.

Only students within each portfolio will vote on their portfolio leaders. All students will vote on the

Judiciary, and students within Houses will vote on the House Captains within their house meetings

on Tuesday April 5th.

Your nomination speech will need to be 30s-1min long and should include:

- reasons you would like to be on the executive

- ideas for the year ahead

- any initiatives you have been involved in thus far

- be creative!!!

Grab your application forms from Ms. Pelosi

JUNIOR STUDENT EXECUTIVE 2016

Last Friday, 19th March, Scots College hosted Reddam. The topic was gender. In a wonderful twist,

the year 7 topic was “that single sex schools should be banned” with Scots being negative and

Reddam affirmative. Congratulations to our year 8, 9 and 12 teams for their victories, and for all

teams putting on some excellent debates. A special congratulations to our Year 9 team who have

won 4/4 debates. Our next debate will be against Cranbrook on 29th April.

DEBATING

Joanna, Jesse Hancock - coach, Kai, Gili and Zoe


DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

This term Year 8 have been making a variety of products to practise skills needed for the upcom-

ing major project.

Here we have Desk Organisers, Bird Houses, Book Racks and Headphone stands.

More next week.

Thanks for looking,

Jez Johnson. Stage 4 D&T Coordinator.

Sara Erlich

Rose Chachko Jack Li

Michelle Qing


NON-FUNCTIONAL TEDDY BEAR

Year 11 have continued their investigation with the idea of the ‘ready-made’ object and found

objects coming together in a new context to create new meanings. The students have changed

the traditional, stereotypical bear to a contemporary, Post Modern bear that challenges the ideas

about what a teddy is and what it is used for.

YEAR 11 VISUAL ARTS


General Maths or 2 Unit?

There has been a lot of discussion over the last 18 months about the merits of students undertaking the calcu-

lus based 2 unit Mathematics course for the HSC or the General Mathematics course. The article below ap-

peared in The Sydney Morning Herald on Thursday 17th March and the letters responding were published the

following day. They succinctly convey the arguments of both sides of the story.

MATHS NEWS


I would like to add the following comments. At Reddam House we encourage the students to undertake a

level of Mathematics that satisfies their interests, provides them with the opportunity to maximise their ATAR

and most importantly, allows them to do so whilst still maintaining a high standard in their other subjects. Ideal-

ly this would all be achieved without placing unnecessary stress on students that can come from sitting at an

inappropriate level. The student’s best interests are at the heart of this process. This process is not about suc-

cess ratios nor participation rates.

As an example of the approach that we take at Reddam House our dux of 2015, Jordon Maxton, undertook

the accelerated Mathematics course that we offer to our outstanding mathematicians in order to give them

options in Year 12. He achieved a mark of 98 in the 2014 HSC in 2 Unit Mathematics. Jordon then elected not

to do any Mathematics in Year 12, instead concentrating on the sciences and English as he had set himself

the goal of studying medicine at university and thought that these subjects would serve him well in this en-

deavour. Jordan achieved his goal. He would have made an outstanding Extension 2 Mathematics candi-

date but he deemed further study in Mathematics superfluous to his needs. Well done Jordon. Good decision.

But there is a problem in mathematics across the country. The number of students undertaking the harder

courses is falling and needs to be addressed. The students are voting with their feet.

The General Mathematics course was originally designed for students who wanted to continue with Mathe-

matics in senior school but knew they were not going to need it at university. Thus the syllabus reflects a very

practical course. It has served its purpose well but needs a little fine tuning. Statistics is only studied by those

students who undertake the General course but is required by many students in their first year of university.

We are overdue for a new calculus based course, and nearly had one before the national curriculum inter-

vened. And whilst we are devising a new calculus based course we should change the current set up in the

final examination where the Extension 1 candidates sit for the 2 unit paper and take the bulk of the top band

results. It is an unfair advantage and has to stop.

I propose that we should have three courses in senior mathematics, namely Extension Mathematics for our

best and brightest, Advanced Mathematics and General Mathematics. I would include some basic calculus

in the General course and include Statistics in both of the other courses. I would also like to see a return to the

inclusion of common questions for the papers. For example, in the final examination a common question in

the General and Advanced papers, and another for the Extension and Advanced. This would provide statisti-

cians at the Board of Studies with the necessary data for comparison between the courses and scale the

marks accordingly. And hopefully we would finally have an answer to the question at the top of this article.

B. Palmer

Head Teacher


YEAR 12 INTERESTED IN STUDYING IN MELBOURNE - The University of Melbourne is holding Inter-

state Student & Family Information Days on either Monday 11 April or Tuesday 12 April 2016

from 9am to 3pm at their Parkville Campus. If interested in attending register at

unimelb.edu.au/isfid2016

Year 12 – Experience Macquarie Day will be held on Thursday 21 April from 8.30am to 3pm.

See Ms Jones for registration.

YEAR 12 - Macleay College is an alternative to formal university for post HSC study. They offer

a variety of courses in advertising, business and journalism to name a few. For more infor-

mation see Ms Jones

Calling all creative arts students - ISCD is running holiday workshops in a variety of design are-

as including colour design and fashion design. Contact Ms Jones for more details.

YEAR 12 - Notre Dame University is running a Pathways to University info day Tuesday 19 April

regarding their Foundation Year course and Tertiary Enabling Program. Register at

www.notredame.edu.au

Notre Dame is running a Business-Law-Arts Symposium Tuesday 21 June 2016 on HSC Business

Studies, Legal Studies, History and English. Register at www.notredame.edu.au

YEAR 12 - MEET THE BUSINESS LEADER

Know no limits. You’ve got big dreams. Making them happen requires some big decisions.

Meet The Business Leader (MTBL) is your opportunity to explore some of the exciting possibili-

ties a career in business offers, from the people living it. It’s also the perfect opportunity for

Year 12 students to secure a cadetship while undertaking university studies. Hosted by Char-

tered Accountants ANZ, MTBL is on Wednesday 11 May, 5-7.30pm at Luna Park. Register to-

day for this free event. For more information, please refer to the website or speak to your Ca-

reers Advisor.

Date: Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Time: 4:30pm arrival; 5-7.30pm event

Location: Crystal Ball Room, Luna Park, 1 Olympic Drive, Milsons Point

Cost: Free to attend, however students will need to register

What is a cadetship?

A cadetship is paid employment that complements undergraduate studies within a related

field, offering the cadet an opportunity to gain practical, real-world experience while at uni-

versity. This enhances students’ employment prospects and provides a springboard to their

professional career. In some instances, a cadetship may lead to a graduate job offer.

About Meet The Business Leader:

The format of the event will include a series of employers who have representatives available

to speak to students and provide them with information on their cadet programs. There will

also be a Leadership Lounge Q&A Panel Session, where industry leaders will provide insight

into their backgrounds, advice for students and an understanding on how to excel in the re-

cruitment process.

CAREERS NEWS

http://www.notredame.edu.au

http://www.notredame.edu.au

http://mtblnsw.eventbrite.com/?aff=TeachersLink

http://mtblnsw.eventbrite.com/?aff=TeachersLink


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

mailto:[email protected]






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Dear Parents and Caregivers, What a magnificent production ... · What a magnificent production of Cats which the Reddam community has been privileged to be part of: either performing