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Dear Parents and Caregivers,

I am pleased to welcome you all back to school for Term 2. From my interaction with the

students this week, it seems that a great many holidays were enjoyed and the students

certainly are ready for a great term.

I would like to welcome four new students to our school: Leila Lewis, Bassam

Yasin, Szonja Csakvari and Natasha Pegios. I know that the buddies are committed to

making these students feel welcome and secure. We are pleased to have you in our

Reddam family.

During the holidays, we received the wonderful news that our PE teacher, Ms Nadina

Teskera, welcomed her new baby, Taylor, into the world. Born on 30 March, Taylor

arrived weighing 3.2kg and both she and Nadina are doing well. Congratulations! We

wish you all the happiness in the world.

We have received news of an outstanding achievement of our past student, Kai

Mashimo. Kai was named the winner of the Middle Division in Scenario Writing for the

Australian affiliate for 2014, under the guidance and mentorship of Ms Nicolette Gash.

Subsequently, his narrative was then submitted internationally and he has placed in the

top five of the Middle Division at an international level. Furthermore, Kai's narrative will be

published in a well-known FPS resource for 2015. We are so very proud of Kai and com-

mend him for this achievement. Thank you to Ms Gash who spent many hours with Kai

over the course of many months ensuring that he was able to produce work of this

standard.

Today, we commemorated the ANZACs through two significant and moving assemblies.

The Year 6 students joined the middle school assembly which was a very solemn and se-

rious affair with the Year 9 judiciary leading the assembly. The Year K – 5 students were

part of their own assembly, led by the Year 6 Senators who impressed upon the students

the importance of ANZAC Day and paid great respect to the fallen soldiers from WWI

who lost their lives. Miss Marie Manche went above and beyond to make today signifi-

cant by hand making every child in the school a red paper poppy to wear. It was mov-

ing to see every student adorned with red, paying their respect to the incredibly men

and women, the ANZACs, who sacrificed a tremendous amount for this wonderful coun-

try. Thank you to Mr Warren Garratt for producing this outstanding ANZAC assembly.

Next week, the Music Department will host the String Competition on Monday night in

Adelaide Hall. Students who have been selected to take part will perform in front of an

external adjudicator and an audience. We are looking forward to this event and seeing

the depth of the talent at Reddam House.

The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 10 Friday 2 April 2015 Page 1

IN THIS ISSUE:

Anzac Day

Cinderella

Sport Fixtures

On Thursday, the Year 6 parents are invited to the Parent/Teacher interviews. This is an op-

portune time for parents to discuss any concerns they may have and for teachers to com-

municate relevant information about the students’ progress. The online booking form will

close on Monday 27 April at 12pm.

Our sports teams are already immersed in training sessions and games and I am looking for-

ward to hearing the results and match reports next week.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend, with sunny, dry weather, as we celebrate ANZAC Day at

various Dawn Services around Sydney.

Dee Pitcairn

Principal

Reddam House

would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to

Kaia Lamont, Angus Bartholomew, Sarah Burton, Moustapha Deeb, Dasher Stewart,

Felix Hatherall, Gia Maraggianos, Audrey Bartholomew, Edan Angus, Alexander

Skoufis, Maia Sundararman, Freya Paxton, Alexandra Paxton, Tom Burton, Adam

Ratner, Ricky Chen and Scarlett Huxham

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


SPORTING FIXTURES 25TH APRIL 2015

BASKETBALL

Girls

12R Div 2 ( Jaimee) V No Game Anzac Day

12E Div 3 ( Jaimee) V No Game Anzac Day

14 R Div 2 (Jaimee) V No Game Anzac Day

14E Div 2 ( Jaimee) V No Game Anzac Day

16 R Div 1 (Jaimee) V Falcons 5.05pm Alex-

andria Basketball Stadium Friday. The bus

will leave the sports office at Woollahra at

3.30pm

16E Div 3 (Jaimee) V Storm 4.20pm Alexan-

dria Basketball Stadium Friday. The bus will

leave the sports office at Woollahra at

3.00pm

Boys

10 R Div 1 ( Matt) V No Game Anzac Day

12 R Div 2 (Marcel) V No Game Anzac Day.

12 E Div 3 (Marcel) V No Game Anzac Day

14R Div 1 (Henry) V No Game Anzac Day

14D Div 3 ( Henry) V No Game Anzac Day

14M Div 3 ( Marcel) V No Game Anzac Day

16 R Div 1 ( Lee) V No Game Anzac Day

16E Div 3 ( Lee) V No Game Anzac Day

16D Div 3 (Lee) V No Game Anzac Day

18R Div 2 ( Lee) V No Game Anzac Day

18D Div 3 (Jeff) V No Game Anzac Day

Please check sydneybasketball.com.au to

ensure there have not been any late chang-

es to the draw.

Soccer

Boys 9s No Game Anzac Day



Girls 14s V Easts 1.30pm Queens Park No.7

Sunday

Girls 16s V Pagewood, Jellicoe 11.00am Sun-

day

SPORT FIXTURES 21ST

MARCH 2015


The children settled back into their school routine quickly and easily, refreshed and rearing to

go! They were excited to catch up with their friends and share many adventurous stories

about their holiday trips and outings. Each child did their very own recount writing about the

holidays. They concentrated very hard on their letter formation and sounding out the words

that they didn’t know how to spell.

Here are some of the things that they wrote:

Zara Erder: I went to Abigail’s house and we played weddings.

Noah Bonnell: I went to Sealife with Poppa.

Rafael Rodov: I went to Skyzone and I jumped all day.

Saskia Rubinsztein: I went to South Africa to see the penguins at the beach.

Maxwell Giddings: In the holidays I went to the Easter Show. I had a drink and went on rides.

Isaac Ching: In the holidays I went to the beach with my Mum. I had a swim.

During Mathematics we continued to talk about the ‘partners of ten.’ The children love the

story of the boy who had his tenth birthday party and I am sure that if you ask them they will

be willing to share it with you too.

We would like to welcome Leila Lewis into the Kindergarten class. She has settled in so well

and has lots of lovely friends to look after her.


KINDERGARTEN

Welcome back to a wet start to Term 2 in Year 1. This term we are learning about "Weather"

and "Transport" in our Science and HSIE units of work. Students have been enjoying writing

about their holiday adventures, and revising their number skills using the iPads.


YEAR 1

Students have returned refreshed and excited about the upcoming events in Year 2. In HSIE

we will be looking at festivals and celebrations from different countries. This week we have

focussed on the historical significance of ANZAC Day. The students have enjoyed research-

ing various symbols of ANZAC Day. They have listened to stories and engaged in a range of

YEAR 2

The Year 3 students have had an exciting first week back at school. Term 2 began with an

informative, hands-on introduction to the fascinating world of ‘ Simple Machines’ in Science.

Students have discussed and started to recognise typical ‘ simple machines’ that we use in

our everyday lives and how they assist us to complete daily activities. In HSIE, the Year 3

students have commenced their studies of the unit, ‘Sydney, Then and Now”. Students have

shown a keen interest in learning about the impressive and colourful history of Sydney, the

city in which they live. The history of the ANZACs and ANZAC Day has also provided a signifi-

cant focus in HSIE this week. The Year 3 students have demonstrated a remarkable level of

respect for those who have been involved in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations

around the world, particularly those who fought at Gallipoli during World War 1, incredibly

100 years ago. Thank you Year 3 for an enthusiastic and insightful beginning to the term, well

done!


YEAR 3

YEAR 4

Could we survive without plants? Students viewed

an interesting film and discussed this question, con-

cluding that plants are incredibly important to us.

They were surprised to learn that we couldn’t pro-

duce plastic without plants. This week, students

have commenced a study of flowers, bees and

pollination. Flowers were dissected and studied

with a magnifying glass. Students identified male

and female parts of the flower and used scientific

terminology when discussing what they could see.

Cross-sectional models were also created. This re-

quired students to demonstrate their understanding

of flower structure. Well-done Year 4 on an excel-

lent start to Term 2.

On returning from their holiday break, Year 6 have immediately immersed themselves back

into work in the English classroom. Over the course of Term 2, Year 6 will be studying the pow-

er of advertising and the way in which advertisements position people to believe certain ide-

as. It is fair to say that Year 6 will be bombarded with a range of famous advertisements and

as the weeks progress, they will be able to confidently explain the visual techniques that

have been specifically employed by advertisers to advertise a certain idea or product.

Here are some advertisements that they will study and by all accounts, this is usually a popu-

lar area of study as students are provided with the opportunity to directly engage with such

a


ADVANCED ENGLISH

HEWBREW

On Thursday this week was Israel's 67th Independence Day!

Students celebrated the day by singing Hebrew songs, making their own Israeli flags, learning

the Hebrew words for blue, white and flag and discussing what Israeli children do to cele-

brate the day.





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