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Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This week is one of exciting new beginnings and sad, sincere farewells.

The Year 7 Orientation Day on Thursday for all the Year 6 students joining Reddam House High

School next year was an exciting affair, with the students given a taste of what life might be

like next year as they start the next chapter of their lives. Mrs. Karney, a team of teachers and

the Year 9 Junior Executive certainly ensured that the day was memorable.

At the other end of the spectrum, this week has had the Year 12 students in a turmoil of emo-

tions as they have experienced a number of “lasts” in their time at Reddam. Last week of

school, last formal lesson in each of their subjects, last assembly. They bade farewell to the

school at their final assembly at Event Cinemas on Friday. On Monday evening the School

wishes them on their way at their Valedictory. Such an emotional time as the realisation starts

sinking in that it is actually all over, bar the little matter of the HSC examinations, which start in

October.

@REDDAM—The Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 16, Issue 28, Friday 16 September 2016

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MARKET DAY

HSC DRAMA

HOLIDAY PROGRAMS

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Reddam House High School Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 28

Friday 16th September 2016


Student achievements this week include:

Good news from the Mathematics Department is that they have received the results from the

ICAS Maths Competition. Eight of our students achieved High Distinctions (top 2%) and 32 stu-

dents were placed in the top 5% and awarded Distinction Certificates. Congratulations to

Zoe Moore, Aiden Katz and Adrian Zhao in Year 7, Jack Li, Geraldine Yang, Anthony Yap and

Daniel Pan in Year 8 and James Zheng in Year 9 who achieved High Distinctions.

Zoe Moore Aiden Katz

Geraldine Yang Anthony Yap

Adrian Zhao

James Zheng

Jack Li

Daniel Pan


Jordan Giannopoulos who has been racing go-carts for many years finished second after a

tough fought event held at the Manning Valley circuit over the weekend. Last weekend he

competed in the NSW State Titles round of the Karting Australia 100cc Junior Heavy Category.

Jordan drove his kart to take Pole Position on Friday and finished 1st and 2nd in the heats on

Saturday. On Sunday, he finished second in the 30 lap Final by just 2/10ths of a second after

swapping the lead 5 times in a nose-to-tail battle. He earnt the admiration of competitors,

officials and team managers as he had never competed at the circuit previously.

Taj Leung performed solidly in the National Skiing Championships and came a respectable

15th at the Nationals on the Weekend.


While trials and HSC exams are in full force, Rod Gadaev’s short film Penalties keeps collecting

international film festivals’ laurels. Penalties, written, directed and produced by Roderick with

25 cast and crew members, has made it to the Official Selection of Scout Film Festival (Stowe,

Vermont, USA). In the last couple of days Rod has made it into Official Selection of the

15th Urban Mediamakers (Atlanta and Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA) and also the prestigious

Tallgrass International Film Festival (Wichita, Kansas, USA).

Enjoy the last week of Term 3. School closes at 1pm on Friday next week.

Dave Pitcairn

SPORTING FIXTURES 17TH SEPTEMBER


BASKETBALL

Girls

12R (Div1) (Jaimee) V Reddam E 12.30pm Alex-

andria Basketball Stadium Saturday.

12E Div 2 ( Jaimee) V Reddam R 12.30pm Alex-


14 E Div 2 (Luke) V CYS 1.30pm Marrickville Bas-

ketball Stadium Saturday.

18 R Div 2 (Jaimee) V Bullets 5.05pm Alexandria

Basketball Stadium Friday. The bus will leave the

sports office at Woollahra at 3.00pm

16E Div 2 (Jaimee) V Frost 4.20pm Alexandria Bas-

ketball Stadium Friday. The bus will leave the

sports office at Woollahra at 3.00pm

Boys

10 R Div 1 ( Marcel) V Rookies 9.30am Alexandria

Basketball Stadium Saturday.

12 R Div 2 (Marcel) V Bye

12E Div 2 (Marcel) V Saints 8.45am Alexandria


12 D Div 3 (Marcel) V Paddo Colts 2.45pm Alex-


14 R Div 2 Primary (Henry) V Bye

14E Div 3 High School (Henry) V Titans 7.15pm Al-

exandria Basketball Stadium Saturday.

14D Div 3 High School (Henry) V Pythons 4.15pm

Alexandria Basketball Stadium Saturday.

16 R Div 2 ( Luke) V Magic 3.45pm Marrickville


16E Div 3 ( Luke) V Warriors 4.30pm Marrickville


18E Div 3 Year 10 Boys (Luke) V Ballerz 6.00pm

Marrickville Basketball Stadium Saturday.

Please check sydneybasketball.com.au to ensure

there have not been any late changes to the

draw.

SPORTING RESULTS 10TH SEPTEMBER

BASKETBALL

Girls

12R (Div1) (Jaimee) V Marrickville 9 - 18

12E Div 2 ( Jaimee) V Coogee 20 - 0

14 E Div 2 (Luke) V Newtown 12 - 60

18 R Div 2 (Jaimee) V Maccabi 33 - 27

16E Div 2 (Jaimee) V Maccabi 22 - 16

Boys

10 R Div 1 ( Marcel) V All Blacks 17 - 14

12 R Div 2 (Marcel) V All Blacks 41 - 13

12E Div 2 (Marcel) V Bye

12 D Div 3 (Marcel) V Kings 8 - 17

14 R Div 2 Primary (Henry) V Charlies Boys 0 - 20

14E Div 3 High School (Henry) V Maccabi 13 - 7

14D Div 3 High School (Henry) V Allstars 20 - 32

16 R Div 2 ( Luke) V Maccabi 53 - 36

16E Div 3 ( Luke) V Trailblazers 21 - 21

18R Div 3 Year 10 Boys (Luke) V Rose Bay 33 - 29


Each year in May the students in Years 11 and 12 Business Studies and Economics compete in the

UNSW Economics and Business Studies competition. This is a very analytical and difficult test, based

on syllabus content and contemporary knowledge. This year Reddam House have done extremely

well. The following students were awarded cash prizes and presented certificates at the UNSW on

Tuesday night. Congratulations to these students who were in the top 2.5% in all of Australia!

Business Studies - Daniel Rotenstein - $50

Jared Silbermann - $50

Cynthia Lai - $75

Economics - Kim Choi - $75

Bryana Bailey - $75 (Junior Division)

Congratulations to the following students who were also awarded high distinctions and distinction

certificates.

Stacey Muscat

Economics and Business Studies Co-ordinator.

UNSW BUSINESS STUDIES & ECONOMICS COMPETITION 2016

Economics Distinction (Senior) Distinction (Junior)

Manxin Gao

Dylan Chilchik

Owen Blackman

Conglu Zhao

Amber Chen

Jing Shuang Xie

Maximillian Bereny

Ellis Silove

Business Studies High Distinction (Senior) Distinction (Junior)

Noah Abulafia

Nicola Ovens

Joshua Broyda

Alex Markezinis

Charlotte Crowe

Samuel Goodman

Ariel Gomez

Hugh Speck

Olivia Zheng

Abby Clark


What a great success! Thank you to all students and staff who attended to support the Year 8 En-

trepreneurship classes and Year 9 Commerce elective groups.

This was the first year that the Year 8 Entrepreneurship course has run. The students together with

their teacher Ruchika Sahai came up with some creative activities including Melon Ball, Pie throw-

ing, Sock Wrestling to name a few. Throughout the year students have been learning about the key

skills in running a business and promoting and selling including a focus on branding and advertising.

The money raised by these students will be reinvested to assist with their own small businesses.

The Year 9 Commerce students performed exceptionally well raising more than double the amount

in previous years with a total reaching just under $2000. The funds raised will contribute to the Inter-

national Community Service Project for 2017. A very big thank you to the families and businesses

who supported these students through monetary and product donations. There are always so

many stories to tell from the experiences of the students. One in particular was Ava Turnbull from ‘Lil

Sizzle’. She sourced an unwanted BBQ and cleaned it up to use it on the day. Afterwards she col-

lected the uncooked sausages from her stall and with the BBQ went to Kings Cross and cooked for

Street Buffet. After this Ava donated the BBQ to the organization so they could continue to cook

food for those in need.

It is extremely overwhelming to see the generosity and humility that so many of our students pos-

sess. There are so many skills and life lessons that these students learn as a result of the day includ-

ing the ability to cook and work in teams to achieve a common goal. I am extremely grateful to be

working with young people who are our future leaders and change makers.

MARKET DAY

Year 8 - Entrepreneurship Year 8 - Entrepreneurship


Please enjoy reading the comments and impact the experience has had on our students.

“It was exciting to feel the pressure of how real businesses function and enjoyable to serve delicious

food to our fellow peers and teachers”. Ilana Soroko

“Market day was an experience of lifetime. It really taught us how to effectively set up and run a

business. Personally I had no idea that it would take so much work to organise everything you need

to set up a business, also I didn't know how tiring the actual day would be. As most of our group

had never actually had a full time job where you have to work for around 6 hours in a day it was

definitely a shock to most of us”. Marcus Buckley

“Market day is a considerably stressful day however the benefits that one reaps from the day is be-

yond valuable. It was a challenge that we had never encountered before and the thought of run-

ning our own business for the first time was quite foreboding. However we were able to overcome

these obstacles through teamwork and hard work, allowing us to learn important skills such as finan-

cial management, project organisation and collaboration, whilst raising funds for charity, aiding

those in need. Overall the hard work and participation was worth it as we accomplished and

learned things that will be significant for our futures within commerce”. Rachael Rozengurt

“The marketing strategies our group used were particularly creative and effective. We put a lot of

effort into organising a chilli challenge. This hard work payed off as lots of customers came to our

stall because of the chilli challenge. Ours was remarkable because we came in not knowing how

to even make a simple drink. Overall our group learnt how to work under pressure our motto was

‘There is always a solution to every problem,’ and therefore we achieved what we wanted”. La

Bamba

MARKET DAY CONTINUED

Big Belly Burrito UC Food



Lil Sizzle Cooked Chooks

Barkey Souvlaki Poke Pizza

Poke Pizza 4 Amigo’s


Year 9 Commerce – Market Day Print Advertisements



A big congratulations to the following students for their OnStage nominations.

Daniel Butler

Tara Buckley

Issa O’ Sullivan

Jamie Reisin

Sasha Wrubleweski

They created an original, moving and contemporary play “100, 93, 86…” which explores

the affects of insomnia and takes some influence from the play “4.48 Psychosis” by the

late Sarah Kane. It is a testament to their dedication and hard work and the result of

many years commitment to drama at Reddam House. I, with the rest of their teachers, am

very proud.

Penny Lindley

HSC DRAMA


YEAR 10 - A reminder that Work Experience forms are due to Ms Jones by Friday 23 September

2016 the last day of Term 3.

YEAR 11- From the beginning of Term 4 you are invited to make an appointment with Ms

Jones to discuss career and university options.

YEAR 12 - DON’T FORGET TO USE THE UAC WEBSITE TO DO YOUR ONTIME UNIVERSITY APPLICA-

TIONS. Also remember to apply for scholarships with each individual university. On time appli-

cations close 30 September 2016

YEAR 12 - Interested in a Bachelor of Design?- The Whitehouse Institute of Design offers a 2

year degree in fashion design or creative direction and styling.

Email: [email protected] for more information.

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YEAR 11 - Are you a high achieving student interested in studying at the University of Sydney

post the HSC? This university is hosting Life At Sydney days on Tuesday 27 & Wednesday 28

September 2016. If interested see Ms Jones ASAP.

YEAR 12 & 11 - Macquarie University is opening its doors to you on Tuesday 27 September

2016. Get a taste of Science, Medical Science or Human Sciences. For more information see

Ms Jones.

ATTENTION STUDENTS IN YEARS 10 TO 12 - ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ROBOTICS? UTS is holding the

final of the 2016 NI Autonomous Robotics Competition Monday 26 September 2016 at UTS

Great Hall 9am -5pm.

YEAR 12 - A reminder that UNSW Scholarship and Co Op applications close 30 September

2016.

YEARS 10 - 12 INTERESTED IN THE UNITED NATIONS? - UNSW is holding a Mini Model Un Wednes-

day 26 October 2016. Register at whatson.unsw.edu.au

YEAR 12 - ACU is holding Information Sessions after the HSC results release. North Sydney Cam-

pus Wednesday 4 January 2017 Strathfield Campus Thursday 5 January 2017.

YEAR 12 - NEW UTS COURSES-Bachelor of Technology and Innovation, Bachelor of Computing

Science.

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