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Dear Parents and Caregivers,

In last week’s newsletter, I mentioned how our sports

program has been a full one this term – and how it has

had so many positive knock-on effects into other aspects

of the students’ lives. Of course, this is equally true for the

extensive cultural program which we have all enjoyed

over the past few months, which culminated in the

incredibly impressive dramatic production of Aladdin a

few weeks ago.

One British researcher recently commented on the

reduction in what she refers to as the “youth public

sphere” – “space and time that is allowed for dialogue,

self-expression, playfulness, exploration, development of

personal initiative, and just plain chatting, between young

people and caring adults.” With the increasing pressures

and expectations placed on students, whether

academically or in the challenges they face with the ever

-shifting sands of relationships, childhood can be a difficult

time.

This particular researcher reminds us of how powerful a

forum the arts can be, as they allow students the

opportunity to engage with their own creativity, and to

interact with others in an environment which is not

focused only on academic achievement. Reddam House

has, since its inception, provided an extensive array of

opportunities for participation in artistic activities, such as

dance, drama, and visual art, and it has been a

revelation to see students flourish in this environment.

As we view the global uncertainty which seems so

prevalent at the moment, and as we consider how best

to prepare our children for an uncertain future, perhaps

the best place to focus is on the arts. There is no doubt

that creativity and out-of-the-box thinking will be some of

the skills most required in coming years. What place better

to gain such skills than in the range of creative activities

on offer here. And, of course, we should never forget the

sheer enjoyment which comes from creating a piece of

art, or of singing, or of landing the perfect pirouette.

One person commented, “The arts, it has been said,

cannot change the world, but they may change human

beings who might change the world.” What a wonderful

future we are able to anticipate, as this next artistic,

creative generation steps forward.

The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter Volume 18 Issue 28 Friday, 14 September, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE:

• K-2 Portfolio Day

• News from the classrooms

• Sports Results & Fixtures

Students in years 3-6 were invited to participate in the annual Public Speaking Competition last night

after being selected as finalists last week in the preliminaries. The event certainly dazzled both staff

and parents as students exceeded themselves in both their presentational skills and the sophistication

of their chosen topic. From the importance of recycling to the severity of gun laws, the topics were

not only relevant to Australia but the wider world.

Congratulations to Allegra Jonson, Dakota Fielding, Hussein Ibrahim and Maritsa Apostolopoulos in

Year 3, Tyler Katz, Abdullah Khurram, Luca Del Monaco, Mariana Machkevitch and Imogen

Baldassarre in Year 4, Jamie Levitt, Skye Russell, Elise Katholos, Harrison Walker, Sahara Ibrahim and

Matthew Ching in Year 5, Noam Olovitz, Victoria Zeritis, Luke Thurgood, Katerina Lyshenko, Izzy Lowe,

and Zoe Littler in Year 6. My sincerest thanks to Belinda Tomarchio, Jane Elshaw, Jeremy Covant and

Angela Marynowsky for organising this event and for encouraging our students.



As I mentioned a few weeks ago, it is always gratifying to receive news from our students who have

given of themselves for the benefit of others. So to receive this email earlier in the week is heartening

indeed. It comes from Kirsty at Kids Giving Back, an organisation whose goal is to “develop long-term,

ongoing relationships with community groups and organisations in which they place school-age kids,

and to ensure that each organisation truly benefits from the young, enthusiastic volunteers.”

Kirsty had this to say: “I am writing to let you know you that Alfie Diskin, Leo Chatonsky and Hugo

Knight are a credit to your school. Alfie, Leo and Hugo were part of a team of 54 Kids Giving Back

volunteers who cooked, packaged and delivered over 400 warm, nutritious meals to local shelters

and individuals in need yesterday. They all took part in our Community Cook4Good Programme with

their families and should be commended for giving up their time to help others. Well done to Alfie,

Leo and Hugo on their selfless service. It really put into action our school motto of ‘We Shall Give

Back’, which dovetails perfectly with the name of the organisation at which they volunteered - Kids

Giving Back.

Justin Zhao’s performances on

the tennis court continue to

impress, and he has just been

selected by Tennis NSW to

represent the Sydney

Metropolitan Region at

the 2018 NSW 10/U State Teams

Championships. He will play for

the John Whittaker Cup in

October, and we wish him

every success at this prestigious

tournament.

Then, just last weekend, Justin

had another impressive

showing, this time ending up as

the Yellow Ball 3 Ladder Board

winner at Maccabi Tennis

after playing in the Junior Super

Series of Term 3 2018.

Outstanding results, Justin – keep up the hard work on the court.


A couple of weeks ago we reported on the

football successes of Rafael Rodov, who had

been invited to join the APIA Leichhardt Elite

Development Programme. Then, last weekend,

Rafael participated in the “4 Star Futbol” Concord

tournament. He played in the U8s division, where

his team, Rizzo Blues, went both days undefeated,

to end up as Tournament Champions. In addition

to that, Rafael was judged to be the player of the

tournament in the U8s. As a result of his

performances on the football field, Rafael was

selected as one of only sixteen boys to join the

APIA Leichhardt Tigers U9s SAP for 2019. The SAP

(Skill Acquisition Programme) is an elite football

programme run by Football NSW, a selective

programme for which only 704 boys across NSW

are chosen. This truly is exceptional, Rafael!

Despite his young age, Thomas Jackaman is

already making his presence felt on the rugby

field. Last weekend he attended his end of

season rugby presentation, where he won the

major award for his age group, the Under 6s.

Thomas received a trophy in recognition of his

performances this season and his name is now

proudly engraved on the club shield. The Easts

Bays Rugby Union Football Club president handed

over the trophy – who knows, perhaps one day

we will see Thomas playing for the Wallabies!

Another two Reddam House students who have made their presence felt on the tennis court this past

term have been Samson Spicer and James Young. These two players, both in Year 4, came third

overall in their doubles competition at Maccabi this term. Well done, boys.


Last week I mentioned in the newsletter how thrilled we were to have three of our netball teams

making it all the way to their respective semi-finals. The Under 9s continued on their winning ways by

overcoming the opposition and ending up victorious in their semi-final match. The width of their smiles

in the photos are indicative of their excitement and also of the great fun they had during their match.

Well done to all of these girls, especially considering the fact that this is their first season of playing

competitive netball: Maggie Barnes, Frankie Barry, Hollie Corcoran, Alexandra Fasol, Maia Haggiag,

Darcey Keen, Madison Macintyre, Sofia Ohlsson Aranguiz and Nicola Shapiro.

Then we also wish our U10 netball players all the best as they tackle their Grand Final this weekend – it

certainly would cap a marvellous season if they were to win this big match!


Congratulations to the following athletes

who competed in the CIS Athletics championships on

Thursday: Nicholas Alexiou, Coco Batu-

Sampson, Savannah Charles, Hollie Corcoron, Sam

Dubossarsky, Dakota Fielding, Hussein Ibrahim, Tyler

Katz, Zara Kleindyk, Izzy Lowe, Katerina

Lyaschenko, Tommy Malki, Paloma Nicholas, Kayla

Parks, Tomi Reynaldo, Oliver Sacks, Daniel

Shields, Jacana Symonds and Jerry Tian.

It is tremendous to see so many of our students

excelling on the athletics track.

This past week was one of joy for our Jewish

families and we hope that they enjoyed some happy

times together as they celebrated Rosh Hashanah.

The Maths Games and Maths Olympiad continued on

Wednesday – our students are by all accounts

thoroughly enjoying the challenge of stretching

themselves mathematically.

Thursday was a busy day for many of our students.

The Year K-2 students loved showing off their hard

work to the family members and friends who came

along to enjoy their Portfolio Day. The portfolios really

were outstanding and provided a wonderful insight

into the creativity with which the students have

approached all they have done this year. Well done

to all the K-2 students!

They have an enjoyable Music Incursion to look

forward to next Monday, which will be the perfect

way to round off what has been an excellent term for

them.

Also on Thursday, the Year 5 and 6 students had an

interesting time learning about how they can build

character, especially when facing the challenges of

life. This was all part of their ‘Character Building’

Excursion.

Enjoy this final weekend of the term – and the

shortened week – before heading off on a well-

earned holiday.

Dee Pitcairn

Principal


SPORT FIXTURES

Day Sport Team Versing Time Venue

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Basketball

Comets Boys

12R JQ Warriors (GF) 2:00pm Alexandria Basketball Stadium

14R JQ Thunder (GF) 2:45pm

Netball

Reddam 2 Rose Bay 1:48pm

Heffron Netball

Courts

Court 32

Reddam 5 Kambala 10:54am Court 9

Reddam 7 Kincopal 12:21pm Court 34

Reddam 13 Randwick Rugby 8:00am Court 18

Su

nd

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Basketball

Girls

10R Bryanna Racoons 1:20pm Waverly College

12R Bryanna Bulls 11:05am Waverly Pavilion

13R Yr7 Mehdi Falcons 2:10pm Waverly College Gym

16R Yr8 Lee Raptors 10:20am UNSW Gym

Boys

10R JQ Bulls 10:50am Waverly College

10E JQ Bubbs 10:50am

12E Luke Lions 2:45pm UNSW Gym

12D Lee Sharks 1:55pm

Easts 14E JQ Storm 10:35am

Sydney Boys HS Gym 14D Luke Reddam M 9:50am

14M Kenny Reddam D 9:50am

16R JQ Triple Threat 12:05pm

Rose Bay HS Gym 16E JQ Reddam D 9:30am

16D Guy Reddam E 9:30am

18R Lee Reddam E 9:05am Sydney Boys HS Gym

18E Lee Reddam R 9:05am

SPORT RESULTS

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Easts Competition—Girls Sunday

10R W Wildcats 24 - 15

12R W Bourkey Bandits 46 - 11

13R Yr 7 W Coogee 14 - 13

16R Yr 8 L Bondi 27 - 45

Ne

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Girls—Saturday

Reddam 1 L Randwick Rugby 27 - 29

Reddam 2 W Rose Bay 35 - 15

Reddam 7 W Kincopal 33 - 31

Reddam 9 L Mascot 6 - 19

Reddam 11 L Kincopal 10 - 19

Reddam 13 W Double Bay 9 - 3

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Comets Competition—Girls Friday

18R Guy W CYS 53 - 35

Easts Competition—Boys Sunday

10E JQ L Bronte 6 - 18

12E Luke W Bronte 37 - 10

12D Lee W Maccabi 37 - 10

14E JQ D Moriah 30 - 30

14D Luke L Bronte 30 - 35

14M Kenny W Hoops 35 - 18

16R JQ D Emanuel 44 - 44

16E JQ W Moriah 42 - 24

16D Guy L Emanuel 15 - 37

18R Lee W Emanuel 40 - 39

18E Lee L Glebe 19 - 45


Reddam House

would like to wish a very happy birthday to

who celebrate their special day this week and over the holidays

We hope you had a fabulous day!

KINDERGARTEN MUSIC

Kindergarten Music has been learning a

traditional chant titled, 'Engine Engine'.

Engine, Engine number 9

Travelling down the Sydney line

If the train should leave this track

Will I get my money back?

Choo choo, choo choo choo (sound effects)

The chant utilises the rhythms 'ta' and 'ti-ti'.

Kindergarten can now identify the two

different rhythms, keep a steady beat while

singing, write the rhythms using traditional

notation and they can work collaboratively

in small groups to write the rhythms. This week

we used bright flashcards and icy-pole sticks

to write our music.

Eva Herson

Nicola Shapiro

Madison Ganas

Rhys Ganas

Aaron Grusd

Billy Leung

Mariana

Machkevitch

Yasmin Rubinsztein

Noah Elski

Alexis Tverdomed

Andie Marks

Tomi Reynaldo

Kevin Wang

Matteo Canturi

Conner Kondilios

Ethan Song

Abdullah Khurram

Amelie Goodwin

Hugo Grace

Gisele Green

Lola Joy

Rocco Taylor

Kai Flekser

Catherine Fu

Tadhg Kalowski

Oliver Lan

Jessica Feltrin

Julian Feltrin

Oscar Qu

Sonny Smart

Charlie Cogin

Gisellle Fuzi

Clara Stewart

Luis Anderson

Mia Cohen

Darcey Keen

Lucas Meldrum

Jonathon

Blackman

Ruby Sher

Elise Katholos

Clodagh Lang

Nicholas Green

Hugo Karpes

Amelia Kertesz

Aaron Leas

Mae Angus

Gilberto Lodi

Anthony Ayar

Josh Hiller

Noah Hunter

Winston Wang

Shoshana Gellert

Alice Le Renard

Geoffrey Li

Clive Nardi

Luke Thurgood

Max McLellan

Nathan Myers


KINDERGARTEN

Kindergarten has been counting down the days

until Portfolio Day and was so excited when the

day finally arrived. The students were so proud

to share their work and progress with different

family members and enjoyed showing how they

participate in different specialist lessons. It was a

lovely day shared by all.

Our Kindergarten rooms are swimming with

colourful fish this week. Students completed

their beautifully designed fish and they are now

being displayed in our classrooms. Kindergarten

has learnt a lot about the ocean this term,

including how to take care of its environment.

Students created a ‘Save Our Sea’ poster and

wrote to explain what their poster shows.

This week in Mathematics, Kindergarten have

continued to learn how to tell the time on

analogue and digital clocks. They have learnt

the difference between the hour and minutes

hand, made their own analogue clocks to

display time on the hour and are learning how

to write the time.

In Mathematics this week, we revisited the concept of telling the time to the hour, half hour

and quarter hour. The children used an analogue and a digital clock to tell the time. This was

extended further by the students recognising everyday scenarios in which we need to be

able to tell the time. They solved questions based on given time information such as, what

time is the next flight? How long does the flight take? What time does the boat trip start? How

many hours will the journey take?

In History, the children researched Aboriginal shelters. They were fascinated by how

Aboriginals used only natural materials to build their shelter (or gunyah) and it was located

near a water source as they would hunt for food around that area.

In English, our author study continued with the work of Mem Fox. The students have depicted

many of the stories so far this term and can represent their understandings of the texts in

many forms. The children discussed the characters and shared their personal responses,

making connections with their own experiences. Fantastic literature work!

To end yet another successful and productive term, it was the K-2 Portfolio Day. The Year 1

children took great pleasure in proudly presenting their achievements to both family and

friends. This was a special day for the students, having the opportunity to showcase their

wonderful work and share their Term 3 journey. It was a delight for all!


YEAR 1

YEAR 2


In Mathematics this week, investigations have continued with

tessellating and symmetrical patterns. The children have also

applied their mathematical knowledge when solving

problems with money and time.

There have been several opportunities over the past week for

the children to work in teams and develop their sharing and

co-operation skills. These have been reinforced in our PDHPE

lessons.

The children have been enthusiastic and diligently learning

scripts for the upcoming production of 'Aristocats.' They have

reflected on the qualities needed for oral presentations when

presenting their News items. The importance of projecting

their voice with clarity will be reinforced over the coming

weeks. We look forward to what is sure to be a fantastic

production.

On Thursday the children were delighted when showcasing their work samples on Portfolio

Day. The children reflected confidently on the work that they had enthusiastically

completed. They particularly enjoyed completing their self-evaluation which reflected on

their individual learning habits.


In Year 3 this week the children have been

using various literary devices such as

alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphors, and

similes to write character descriptions.

The children used a 'senses' planning sheet

to help write about their character in detail.

Here are some examples of the children's

work:

YEAR 3

Aston Lake

Stink has short,

blonde hair that

sticks up like a

porcupine. He

enjoys reading his

'bog head book of

facts'. His breath

smells of garlic, he

must think brushing

his teeth is his

enemy.

Zara Erder

Judy Moody is a nine-

year-old girl who has

messy, curly, orange

hair like a bird's nest.

She is the queen of

lists!

Joshua Gellert

Grandma Lou is a

wonderful, old lady.

She smells like a

florist of freshly

picked flowers. She is

very quiet, like an

ant and loves to eat

cake, beef and

lasagne.

YEAR 4

Year 4 have been busy in their final full week of Term 3 at

Reddam. In History, the students recalled what they knew

about ANZAC day and wrote a diary entry in the role of

a soldier returning home from war. The diary entries were

both emotive and thought-provoking.

This week also saw an end to our topic on 3D shapes in

Math. Children identified 3D shapes, then built incredible

models of the shapes using straws. During the task

children showed how they could collaborate and listen

to each other to produce some fantastic pieces of work.

In our Science lessons, children showcased their knowledge about planets and wrote an

amazing fact file about their chosen planet for a scientific journal. The children built upon

their skills of investigation and inquiry to learn these facts and should be proud of what they

produced.

This term has been incredibly fun and full of hard work and the students should be proud of

all they have accomplished. We hope the students rest well during the holidays as we get

ready to begin all the learning again! Well done Year 4.


YEAR 5 SCIENCE

This week in Science, Year 5 had the

opportunity to apply what they know about

the eye by dissecting a real one! After

comparing the eyes of different animals last

week, we look a much closer look at cow

eyes.

Students were able to see the:

• Lens embedded within the vitreous

humour (the jelly-like substance that fills

the eye)

• Cornea

• Iris

• Pupil

and to see how much tissue actually

surrounds an eye!

Many students’ favourite part to see was the

layer that works with the retina to reflect as

much light as possible to our photoreceptor

cells. This layer is a beautiful iridescent blue-

green.

YEAR 5 & 6 MATHEMATICS

This week in Year 5/6 Mathematics we have moved onto our new topic of Data. To start we

looked at different types of data. There are two main types of data:

Numerical data is when the data collected involves number. This type of data can be put in

ascending order and can be used to find an average.

Categorical data does not involve numbers, but different categories. We cannot calculate

and average and they cannot be placed in any definite order.

We have looked into representing and interpreting data with different types of graphs,

comparing the advantages and disadvantages of each.

The year 6 students have looked in depth

into constructing pie graphs. Pie graphs use

sectors to represent the quantity of each

category or number. In order to find the

angle of the sector we must use the

following equation:

Angle of Sector = fraction/whole x 360

This gives us the angle size that the sector will

be in in the pie graph. The larger in the

angle, the bigger the slice of pie!


YEAR 5 GEOGRAPHY

In Geography this week, we

have been creating online

quizzes to revise the concepts

we have learnt throughout

this term. We have explored

how the natural environment

influence why we live in

specific places. For example,

in Australia we live in the

temperate climate zone

areas because of the warm

summers and cool winters.

Additionally, we examined

the ways people influence

the characteristics of places.

For instance, designating

different zoning areas for

different purposes and uses.

Here are some of our

reflections about our topic:

Scarlett Dilley

“I learnt about the location

of all the continents and the

names of the main lines of

latitude.”

Zara Ajaka

“I learnt the location and

names of all the world’s

oceans and the 16 cardinal

directions of the compass

rose.”

Lily Klugman

“I discovered the

differences and similarities

between the four main

zones which include

residential, commercial,

industrial and agricultural.”

Ruby Sher

“While researching about

the horrific Black Saturday

bushfires I found out that 173

died and 414 people were

injured.”

Jessica Feltrin

“Did you know that the fish

traps the Indigenous people

built so many years ago exist

today?”


This week, students of Year 5 English have completed book

reviews on their novel: ‘The Magician’s Elephant’ by Kate

DiCamillo. Below is an example written by Ben Shaflender.

The Magician’s Elephant, by Kate DiCamillo is an amazing

jaw-dropping novel published in 2009. It is an action-

packed fantasy novel about a young orphan called Peter

Augustus Duchene.

Peter was told to keep a promise which was eventually long

lost in memory. This promise was to take care of his (said to

be dead) sister Adele. Peter is kept in a rundown

orphanage where he is trained to be a soldier by his coach,

Vilna Lutz who also trained Peter’s father.

One day, Peter was given a coin and he wrongly spent it

on a fortune teller in the market square of the small, lonely

city of Baltese. He asked the fortune teller: if his sister was still

alive and where could he find her? The fortune teller

replied: The Elephant…The elephant will lead you there…

Believing in the mysterious fortune teller, Peter sets off on a journey to find his long-lost sister

Adele…

The Magician’s Elephant is a very interesting thrill-seeking novel because of its delightful

hidden surprises throughout the novel. Kate DiCamillo has the readers engaged by

appealing to their emotions and giving them a different mix of feelings every second. The

strength of The Magician’s Elephant is that it gets the reader highly engaged so they do not

want to put the book down. The Magician’s Elephant could improve on making a bit more

sense as some sentences tend to be hard to understand.

Magic is impossible. It begins with Impossible and ends with impossible and has impossible in between. Magic is impossible-Kate DiCamillo

YEAR 5 ENGLISH

This term, students of Year 6 have learnt the art of analytical

writing based on their novel: ‘The Boy in the Striped

Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. Below is an example written

by Samuel Super.

Firstly, Boyne uses literary techniques to create suspense. This

is demonstrated through the quote: ‘And everyone was told

to leave their houses.’ Foreshadowing is used to provide

clues to the reader, so they are able to predict what may

occur later in the story. This is demonstrated through the

word ‘leave’ which shows that the Jewish people were

being taken to an unknown place. The effect this had on

the reader is that they understand that the Jewish people

may feel uncertain about where they are going an anxious

about what will happen to them. Moreover, this makes the

reader feel distressed because they know the Jewish

people are going to a concentration camp. As a result,

foreshadowing is used to create suspense.

YEAR 6 ENGLISH


MANDARIN

Mid-Autumn festival, or Zhong Qiu Jie in

Chinese is known as a time of reflection,

reunion and rest in most Chinese speaking

parts of the world. The moon was seen to be

a significant celestial body to the ancient

Chinese and often symbolised purity and

abundance. Mandarin students were given

the opportunity to try Yue Bing (Moon cakes),

a sweet pastry engraved with auspicious

writings to wish everyone a happy and safe

festival. From the Reddam Mandarin team:

Zhong Qiu Kuai Le! Happy Mid-Autumn

festival.


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