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Dear Parents and Caregivers, It was a productive and busy week in the Primary School this past week, as the older students put their collective noses to the grindstone in preparation for the end of year exams. It was really good to hear from the teachers that the students made the most of the week, asking plenty of questions and contributing effectively in class. As mentioned before, the preparation for any assessment is just as important as the actual writing of it. While individual students may have their own ways of learning, the one thing which all students share is the desire to feel prepared and ready to show what they have learned. However, this goes beyond mere rote learning and being able to recall information. It is far more about the students feeling affirmed and confident as they step into the exam venues each morning. For this I am grateful to the teachers, who spent many hours this week going over the work to be covered, but even more so they helped to put in place strategies for studying and writing the exams. Having a well-ordered desk certainly helps, as do all the other simple steps which can make the writing of exams far less stressful. Knowing that they have the support of their teachers and family members helps the students immeasurably and I trust that they all felt this way as they sat down for their first exams today. The Year 1s enjoyed a virtual incursion this week, which was a refreshing return to some sort of normality for them. The excursions and incursions are an important (and much loved) part of the school year, and they have been sorely missed. Although the Year 1s had to enjoy their visit to Vaucluse House virtually, and were not able to visit the beautiful museum in person, they had a thoroughly good time and learned much about life back in the 19th Century.
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Learning from our past should be an important part of all our lives, and museums such as Vaucluse House give us a valuable look into a time long past. They also challenge today’s children to evaluate what their lives are like compared to those who lived long ago – and perhaps to appreciate the many advantages which they now take for granted. Education has certainly gone through many transformations over the years, one of which has been in assessment. The concept of continual assessment has eased the stress on students considerably, as they are now assessed throughout the year, instead of relying only on the final exam, which always placed an enormous burden on them. The students have already put an enormous amount of effort into their work this year, despite the challenging circumstances, and we have no doubt that they will continue in the same vein over the coming days. Congratulations to the following students on their recent external music examination results. Sophia Zhang: AMEB Piano Grade 1, A Grade Andre Pal: ANZCA Guitar Preliminary, Honours
Evan Zhu: ANZCA Guitar Grade 1, Credit Zachary Marucci: ANZCA Guitar Grade 1, Honours
Anthony Wang, Year 6: First Class Honours for Grade 1 Modern Guitar (ANZCA exam) Please also follow this link to view this week’s Online Assembly. Please also follow this link to access our online Uniform Shop.
Have a great weekend!
Dee Pitcairn Principal
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SPORT FIXTURES 12th and 13th NOVEMBER
I 12 Reddam Eels v BYE
Basketball Comets Competition - Friday 16R Girls v Coogee Crystals 4.45pm Ct 2 Comets Stadium
12 Reddam Rabbits v Inner City Bandaars 12.05pm Ct 2 Comets Stadium 14Boys Reddam Dolphins v Inner City Panthers 4.20pm Ct 2 Comets Stadium
1st V Girls v Inner City Ravens 4.45pm Ct 1 Comets Stadium
14Boys Reddam Mambas v CYS 1.50pm Comets Stadium
18R Girls - BYE Perry Park Courts & Comets Stadium Saturday Fixtures
(Perry Park Courts are located behind the Comets stadium)
14Boys Reddam R – Newtown Gullivers 4.20pm Ct 2 Perry Park Courts 14Boys Reddam E Boys v Newtown Sharks 1.00pm Ct 2 Comets Stadium
Marrickville Saturday Fixtures
Girls
Boys
10 Reddam Reindeers v Inner city Spurs 8.50am Ct 1 Perry Park Courts 12 Reddam Robins – All Blacks 1.00pm Ct 1 Perry Park Courts
16R Boys – Inner City Magpies 5.10pm Ct 1 MPCYC 16E Boys v Newtown Vipers 6.00pm Ct 3 MPCYC 16M Boys v Inner City Titans 3.00pm Ct 3 MPCYC
14 Reddam R Girls v KHY Astronauts 1.00pm Ct 2 Perry Park Courts
Boys 1st V v MVP Knights 3.00pm Ct 1 MPCYC
14 Reddam Elks Girls v Newtown Storm 1.45pm Ct 2 Perry Park Courts
18R Boys v Inner City Reds 5.10pm Ct 3 MPCYC
Boys
18E Boys v Big Dream 4.30pm Ct 3 MPCYC
10 Reddam Eagles v Inner city Redbacks 8.50am Ct 2 Perry Park Courts
Easts Comp - Sunday Year 11R Boys v Tripple Threat 18s 8.45am Sydney Boys High School
10 Reddam Ravens v Sydney Hoopstars West 10.20am Ct 2 Perry Park Courts 12 Reddam Deers v Inner City Rebels 12.05pm Ct 1 Comets Stadium
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Year 11R Girls v Clovelly Clopals 10.25 Sydney Uni Sports and Aquatic Centre
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SPORT FIXTURES 12th and 13th NOVEMBER
I Water Polo UNSW Friday evening Years 3 –7. 6.00pm until 7.15pm Years 8 – 12. 7.00pm – 8.15pm Cricket - Saturday
Under 10 Boys Reddam Roos V Easts Kookaburras 12.30pm Lower Cooper Park West Under 11 Boys: Easts Thunder V Reddam Rhinos 12.30pm Rowland Park Oval 1 Under 13 Girls: RJCC Blasters V Reddam Redbacks 3.00pm Rowland Park Oval 2 Cricket - Sunday Under 12 Boys Sydney Coastal Sharks V Reddam Roosters 8.30am Booralee Park Oval 4
Touch Football - Reservoir Field Centennial Park Saturday Primary 1.00pm – 2.30pm High School Boys 1.00pm– 2.30pm High School Girls 2.30pm – 4.00pm Tennis White City Saturday Primary – 11.30am – 1.00pm High School Social Comp – 1.00pm – 3.00pm High School Badge Comp – 3.00pm – 5.00pm
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SPORT RESULTS 5th, 6th & 7th November
I 18R Boys v Pagewood Meerkats 16 - 31 18E Boys v Newtown Slammers 28 - 16
Comets Competition - Friday 16R Girls v Newtown Phoenix 22 - 9 1st V Girls v Inner City Falcons 23 - 21
Easts Comp - Sunday
18R Girls v Newtown Newts 32 - 10
Year 11R Boys v LCS 36 - 39
Perry Park Courts & Comets Stadium Saturday Fixtures
Year 11R Girls v Triple Threat 26 - 34
(Perry Park Courts are located behind the Comets stadium)
Cricket
Girls
Under 10 Boys: UNSW Stars 3/155 defeated Reddam Roos 13/104
10 Reddam Reindeers v Sydney Hoopstars Jaguars 2 - 25
Under 11 Boys: Reddam Rhinos 5/158 defeated Easts Sharks 89
12 Reddam Robins - Bye
Under 13 Girls: Reddam Redbacks 0/93 defeated Leichhardt Wanderers Black 3/91
14 Reddam R Girls v Reddam Elks 20 - 0
Under 12 Boys: Easts Jets 0/62 defeated Reddam Roosters 8/60
14 Reddam Elks Girls v Reddam R 0 - 20 Boys 10 Reddam Eagles v KHY Astronauts 5 - 26 10 Reddam Ravens v Newtown panthers 3 - 30 12 Reddam Deers v Newtown Rangers 18 - 12 12 Reddam Eels v Newtown Wombats 5 - 35
12 Reddam Rabbits v Accelerate Warriors 37 - 8 14Boys Reddam Dolphins v KHY Astronauts – 7 - 64 14Boys Reddam Mambas v Inner city Mustangs 0 - 72
14Boys Reddam R - BYE 14Boys Reddam E Boys v Inner city Panthers 39 - 12 Marrickville Saturday Fixtures Boys 16R Boys - BYE 16E Boys v Accelerate Warriors Navy 15 - 19 16M Boys v Newtown Gryphons – 15 - 33 Boys 1st V v Accelerate Warriors Orange – 20 -0
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Reddam House Would like to wish a very happy birthday to Willem Stewart, Harriette Ho, Arietta May Spender-Capps, Sophia Glass, Amelie Rollason, Daniel Strange Sierra, Lucy Wager, Sancia Etherington, Matthew Pashkov, Elizabeth Rybak, Hugo Sofair Who celebrated their special day this week and over the weekend
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Principal Awards Reddam House Would like to congratulate the following students on their Principal and Principal Honour Awards. Principal Awards recipients: Maria Nuche Eznarriaga, Annabella Salib, Capri Reynolds, Romy Hutensky, Hamish Hillier, Lucy Aharonson, Emma Feng
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Principal Honour Awards Reddam House Would like to congratulate the following students on their Principal and Principal Honour Awards. Principal Honour Award recipients: Phoenix Palermo, Zoe Ching, Mia Cohen, Krishna Inder,Hugo Rydge, Marcello Russo, Tico Malki, Luke Vos
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ART GALLERY
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KINDERGARTEN This week, our budding scientists shared their knowledge and understanding about flowers. We labelled the different parts of a plant and enjoyed discussing our favourite native Australian flora. The students also commemorated Remembrance Day, 11 November, by creating a red poppy to signify this special day. In English this week, the Kindergarten students composed and wrote their own interesting information reports on the Giant Panda. We were all so fascinated by the interesting facts we collected and brainstormed together. Our students also worked hard to recognise our violet sight words and write some of our sight words we have learnt in descriptive sentences. Swimming pool safety was our topic for this week in PHD. This theme was a perfect talking point as the sports students attend swimming lessons on a Monday. There were many rules and reminders the students shared in small groups and then recorded collaboratively. The Kindergarten teachers enjoyed the mature approach the students took in sharing their ideas with each other, so respectfully and patiently.
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YEAR 1 We started this week by composing a detailed recount in English. Our focus was to use the correct time connectives and punctuation within the piece. In Speaking and Listening, the students shared their research on a vegetable of their choice. Ryan and Ella both told us some wonderful information about broccoli, Ivy shared fun facts about the beetroot, and Abi chose to talk about one of the oldest foods known to humans – the artichoke! The students took pride in having their moment in the spotlight and sharing their well-researched presentations in a confident manner. In Maths, we practised our problem-solving skills, using knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. We looked for key mathematical vocabulary in each word problem to help us to decide the strategy we were going to use to solve it. For example, if it said, ‘the sum of’ or the’ total of’, we knew that it would involve addition and multiplication and if it said ‘less than’ or ‘share’ it would involve subtraction or division. We also learnt about the concept of CHANCE and the likelihood of something happening. For example, when asked “what is the chance of it getting dark tonight?”, the students responded, “will happen” or “definitely”. In Science we had fun learning about the difference between mixing and combining materials. We made some fabulous, colourful slime using water, food colouring and corn flour. The students enjoyed exploring the texture and movement of the final product when handled in certain ways. We all got extremely messy, but the process was worth it!
The highlight for Year1 this week was most definitely our Virtual Excursion to the historical ‘Vaucluse House’. The students were transported back in time as they learnt so much about food storage, preparation and cooking from over 150 years ago. We were given a tour of the vegetable garden, the kitchen and the dairy room which displayed an array of artefacts for us to observe and discuss. The students were invited to ask questions to further their knowledge of life in those times. It really was a fascinating and informative tour!
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YEAR 1
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YEAR 2 This week in Year 2 we really started to show how mature we are as we get closer and closer to Year 3! Our students are being helpful and kind to others, trying our best and learning from our mistakes.
Some of our lunch breaks were spent indoors due to wet weather. This allowed us the opportunity to be creative and play with our friends in new and different ways. The classroom resources became our toys and we invented scenarios. We had the ‘Happy Cafe’ which had lots of yummy food that people might enjoy, such as rainbow toast, rainbow smoothies, rainbow candy, rainbow pizza and rainbow salads! To accompany this, we also created menus and served these delightful meals to our friends and teachers. Alastair and Edward used their knowledge of science to make a Lego bridge and test how much it could hold using 500g and 1kg weights. We also observed Remembrance Day on Thursday. We read information telling us what happened on the 11th of November 1918 at 11 am and also reflected on those who are remembered every November 11. The students are reading with excellent clarity and are able to decode even the unfamiliar words. To gain a further understanding of the text, we answered some inferential questions together. Furthermore, this week marked the start of our Poetry Recitals as part of our daily news. We have had some interesting, spooky, funny and bizarre poems so far, each told with clear voices and great intonation and rhythm. We look forward to hearing the remainder of the poems in Week 6.
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YEAR 2
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YEAR 3 After working hard on our diary writing skills, we dove back into our comprehension skills. We looked at a wonderful story written by Roald Dahl, The Twits. The Twits is a humorous children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was written in 1979, and first published in 1980. What a wonderful story, with a glass eye, an itchy tummy and to top it off, a Giant Skillywiggler. We started by looking at the heading, the subheadings and the pictures and attempted to predict what the story was about. We looked at the different types of questions and worked together in pairs and small groups to find answers to these questions. The Twits was adapted for the stage in November 2007, so it was fitting to break off into groups again and come up with mini skits of any one of the wonderful scenarios written about in the section of writing we were reading about. Sharing and brainstorming ideas of what we understood in the story so as to create a skit is a wonderful way to practice our comprehension skills. In addition, it is also a lot of fun to then guess what part of the story is being presented in the skit. The final step of working on our comprehension skills was to go through the answers with a fine-tooth comb and check what we understood and where we could still gain greater insight.
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YEAR 4 The Year 4 students have been moving at such a formidable pace this term! Their momentum is incredible! We find ourselves at the end of Revision Week and two examinations down – sensational!
Students refined their skills in persuasive writing during Revision Week, through composing texts which argued their opinions regarding the ownership of pets. Some students were so excited by the writing task that they wrote more than one piece of prose, also debating the notion that animals should or should not be kept in a zoo. Prolific masterpieces persuaded the Year 4 teachers that these lively learners had prepared well for their first English Writing Examination. In other areas of the curriculum, students also excelled as they moved out from behind their revision folders and into the spotlight at the front of the classroom. The final Public Speaking project for Year 4 was to ‘fracture’ a fairy tale and present their original piece as a group presentation. The dynamic denouements of each of these performances had teachers, and peers alike, in stiches! Each group successfully worked together to recreate a fractured fairy tale and meet the brief – well done Year 4! On to Examination Week! Fantastic preparation Year 4, your teachers are so very proud! Here is an example of persuasive writing from this week by Eva Herson:
Has your child been stopping by the candy store before coming home? If your child had a pet, they would come straight home. Children put responsibility first when it comes to owning a pet, they will be walking the dog at exactly four o’clock. This shows children’s responsibility levels increase majorly if you get a pet. From this we can conclude that all families should own a pet.
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YEAR 4
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YEAR 5 & 6 SCIENCE This week in Science, Year 5 and 6 students prepared for their upcoming exams by reviewing their revision booklets in detail. Year 5 students explored Newton's laws, physics calculations, forces, planets and many more topics in detail, pinpointing areas of misconception and resolving them. Year 6 students covered energy sources, energy transfer, efficiency, circuits, the Earth and beyond, earthquakes and many other topics in depth. Year 6 students are now demonstrating a greater level of understanding for physics, and Earth and space modules taught this term.
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YEAR 5 & 6 ENGLISH This week, Year 5 English students continued with their novel study on ‘Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes’. They continued to work on their writing tasks. Here is a diary entry from Sadako’s perspective. It is written by Lauren Lim.
09/03/1955 Dear diary, I am feeling lonely and depressed. My sleepless nights really aren’t helping. I never realised that I should’ve been grateful for what I had before it vanished into thin air. The dizziness started at the running event, (which by the way, I won) but at the end, I felt confused and only slightly shaken up although the dizziness went on until the world uncontrollably started spinning around in my head. Ending up in the hospital within the blink of an eye caused different thoughts to race through my head. I was afraid but certain I couldn’t have leukaemia. Now I’m lay in bed, tired, but my parents were at work, and my siblings were at school, so this diary is the only person… the only thing I can truly talk to. For the first time, I am nervous to talk to anyone else. By anyone else I man the nurses and the doctors, I’m afraid they will judge me. A while ago, in the afternoon, I lay down in the hospital bed, trying to shut my eyes, feeling like hours had gone by ….. Then, Chizuko walked in, with her watery eyes. I could tell that she was just as I was. When she managed to put a smile on her face, it filled my body with hope, leaving me with a feeling I hadn’t had in a long, long time. When we were talking, she told me about the paper cranes, and said that if I made one thousand, the gods would take away this annoying disease. Thankfully, she managed to distract me from the hospital smells, noises, and people when we talked about the legend. I felt lucky to have such an amazing friend in my life. Talking to Chizuko helped take away the pain from the needle shots I was given from the nurse. When I sat in the hospital bed, with Chizuko by my side, I felt excited to fold paper cranes. Little did I know, it was much harder than I expected it to be. If you made one mistake, it would mess up the design and you would have to start all over again. I got frustrated with myself and was very quick to assume that Chizuko would be just as bad as I was but she sped through what looked like ten paper cranes in one minute. She was professional. I had to admit that I was impressed that she managed to get every single fold right, every single time. I was happy that Chizuko managed to give me something to do… other than homework. She made me feel warm inside and made me believe that this illness really would go away if I finished making one thousand paper cranes. Every time I made a crane, I also made a wish. Hoping every time, that it would work. Right after Chizuko had to go to school, I felt lonely again until Masahiro came. I was so excited, my face lit up with joy. When he saw the few paper cranes that Chizuko and I made, he offered to help. I was ecstatic! I taught him the basics of how to fold paper cranes and he did well. Seeing that I was going to be in this bed for the next few weeks, Masahiro had the idea of decorating the hospital room to make it feel more like home. It was comforting having my brother help me decorate the room so we could take away the sounds of the hospital equipment.It made me more excited to sleep that night knowing that I had the ability to rest in a bed with paper cranes floating on strings above my head. Knowing that I was fifteen paper cranes closer to this disease going away, was going to help me get to sleep.
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YEAR 5 & 6 ENGLISH I realise that I need to be grateful for what I had. I was very grateful that I made it into the running team. I was even luckier to have a best friend who made me smile under any circumstance. But the greatest thing of all was the fact that I had a family who cares.
The nurse is here to give me another shot…. Hopefully it doesn’t hurt as much as it did yesterday I’ll write in you tomorrow Sadako
This week, the Year 6 students continued to work on their analytical essay writing skills. They built upon the analytical writing concepts introduced to them last term.
Here is an analytical paragraph written by Arki Prasad. In the film ‘Red Dog’ it is my belief that the director uses various cinematic techniques to portray Red Dog’s loyalty to John. In this scene we evidently see John and Red Dog on the bus, looking directly into each other’s eyes. This use of gaze gives the viewer a clear sense of the strong connection between the two. We can obviously see an amused reaction from John at Red Dog and the fact that he keeps coming back to the bus, ultimately shows a sense of loyalty. Additionally, the director has used John’s body language to show loyalty in this scene. The way that John is sitting with his arms up and leaning on the chair shows that he is relaxed, open and intrigued by Red Dog’s actions. Therefore, using the information above, we can evidently see that the director uses a variety of techniques to represent Red Dog’s loyalty to John.
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YEAR 5 & 6 MATHEMATICS As part of our Revision Week, Year 5 performed experiments to consolidate their understanding of volume and metric relationships. Students were challenged to find the volume of a variety of solids such marbles, rocks, toy cars, buttons, and bottle tops. In groups, mathematicians filled measuring cylinders with water and noted the volume or capacity of the water. They then lowered objects into the water, causing the water level to rise. The amount that the water increased equated to the volume of the object. Students recorded volumes and capacities using decimal notation to three decimal places and enjoyed comparing the different volumes of their objects. Ivaani Narayan was quick to point out that, ‘Displacement is the amount of fluid pushed away when an object is placed in fluid.’ She reasoned that displacement could help to find both volume and capacity. Charlotte Lowe, Santiago Smart, and George Negas, all enjoyed experimenting and finding the volume of objects. In Year 6, mathematicians proved that 1 000 000 cubic centimetres is equivalent to 1 cubic metre. They practised conversions and validated that 1 cubic metre has a capacity of 1 kilolitre and a mass of 1 tonne. Students solved problems dealing with the gross and net mass as well as the tare and aggregate mass of vehicles and in so doing operated with decimals. They used rounding to check the reasonableness of their answers. A variety of word problems involving the multiplication and division of decimals, including those involving money were solved.
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MUSIC In Music classrooms this week, Year 3 and Year 4 students worked on their percussion arrangements in class. They learnt the rhythms of 'Marap', a piece composed by 'Wyniss', the Torres Strait Island ensemble. They layered the rhythms on top of one another, building up a class performance on the djembe, the claves and other percussion instruments. Students practised their ensemble skills by learning to hold their rhythm clearly, and fitting in time with the pulse. They also explored the importance of costume in music and dance within the Torres Strait Island. Year 5 and 6 students also learnt an arrangement by 'Wyniss', called 'Wami', focusing on the melody part on xylophones. After a long time away from the music classroom xylophones, students were pleasantly surprised at how much of their xylophone technique they remembered. Students practised their careful mallet holding technique and also bouncing off the keys to make a nice ring. Years K - 2 also brushed up their xylophone skills with their assessment performances of their Orff pieces. Year 2 in particular had great fun putting arrangements together, with a bass line and also djembe percussion parts. All in all, a lovely week of performance and ensemble playing was had by all students in the Music classroom. of performance and ensemble playing was had by all students in the music classroom.
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE It has been a pleasure each week to be able to share beautiful Studio Recital performance snippets in our weekly virtual assemblies. We also continue to feature exemplary ensemble videos filmed before lockdown. Students are now preparing for their end of year performances and assessments, and we will soon be sharing news about our ensemble programme resuming in a limited way. It is joyful to hear music being made again, and we all hope to make the most of our remaining weeks in Term 4. Year 5-6 Keyboard Extensions The Year 5-6 Keyboard Extensions students have been working on the hauntingly beautiful song ‘Burn’ from Hamilton. 'Burn' is a perfect piece for our class. There are a few tricky parts, and some very playable sections; all experience levels can participate meaningfully in this song. Interestingly, the version of Burn that has been popularised is in fact Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first draft of the song, a rarity in music!
Year 5-6 Drumline The Year 5-6 Drumline has continued in its online format throughout this latest Covid season. We’ve had our regulars, the C team: Carla, Clive and Coby. In our online sessions and with improvised instrument arrangements at home, we have continued with the wonders of rhythm theory and sight reading. Applied to our new works, these essential skills will stand them in good stead as we move forward and into regular ensemble sessions again.
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SPORT Cricket is back! It was a huge round for our Reddam teams on the weekend as they competed in the first round of their respective competitions. Please see below for the past weekend’s results:
Under 10 Boys: UNSW Stars 3/155 defeated Reddam Roos 13/104 I was lucky enough to see the Under 10 Boys compete in their first ever match for Reddam House. A mixture of Year 2 and 3 boys, this team is probably the youngest in the competition. They played with great spirit and enthusiasm in their first outing! Angus Corbett, Sacha GarbenThew, Theo Zagora and Edward Dileo were all handy with the bat, scoring runs in their first outing. Luca Scardili, Ethan Murphy and Diyan Menon bowled nicely, troubling the UNSW batters. Sam Pinskis' fielding was outstanding this week and he was well supported by Alexander Hockley, who worked hard in his first game. Well done boys on a great start Under 11 Boys: Reddam Rhinos 5/158 defeated Easts Sharks 89 The Reddam Rhinos are now playing in their 3rd season as the Rhinos, and they proved that this year, this team is going to be a real threat to the competition. With the ball, the Rhinos were efficient, taking 8 wickets compared to the Sharks 5. Wicket takers included Jono Tancred (3/5), Dylan Mcghee (2/5) and debutant Max Walker (2/6). With the bat, the boys were far too sharp, with plenty of runs being scored in a totally dominant performance. Dylan Mcghee has found some early form, with a career best 36, hitting the ball to all areas of the field. He was well supported by Jono Tancred (15) and Max Walker (19) with a very handy innings.
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SPORT Under 13 Girls: Reddam Redbacks 0/93 defeated Leichhardt Wanderers Black 3/91 On Saturday afternoon at Rowland Park, the Reddam Redbacks had their first experience of Stage 2 Cricket. This form of cricket is a step up from what they are used to in Stage 1, and it is clear that the girls have made a smooth transition to the next level. Bowling first, Pia Martin was sublime with the new ball, bowling with great efficiency. She was well supported by Nisha Katdare, who also made life hard for the Wanderers. An exceptional all round bowling performance from the girls resulted in the Wanders scoring a challenging score of 3/91. Wicket takers included Sofia Fleming, snaring two wickets in her debut match! She was also well supported by the ever-reliable Charlotte Flekser, who chimed in with one wicket. In the batting innings, Maya Hatzvi continues to shine as one of the competition's most damaging batters, with a great knock of 24. She was well supported by Pia Martin(8), Gemma Leas (7) and Charlotte Flekser (4). The girls batted through the innings without the loss of a wicket, winning the game in 14 overs. A stellar start to a season that holds plenty of promise! Well done girls on your first win! Under 12 Boys: Easts Jets 0/62 defeated Reddam Roosters 8/60 In damp conditions at Booralee Park in Botany, the Reddam Roosters also had their first taste of Stage 2 Cricket. This format of cricket is much different to what the boys are used to, as now when you are out... you are out! The fields are bigger, pitches longer and the ball is now made from leather, so it is much harder, and also much trickier to bowl with (especially in damp conditions). Batting first, it looked like it was going to be a short morning, as many of the top order failed to get into the game, as the wickets continued to fall. Tico Malki (17) showed some steely determination to build a partnership with Nathan Ross (19) in the middle overs, but unfortunately there was just not enough value on each of the boys' wickets and they finished with the score of 8-60. With such a small target to defend, the boys had their work cut out for them. They showed great energy in the field during the early overs to make life hard for the Easts boys, but as the morning wore on, the opening batters settled into the pace of the game and managed to get the runs easily, without the loss of a wicket. A tough opening game for the Roosters, but this team is stacked with talent and I am sure they will bounce back and respond in a big way. This type of Cricket is challenging and these boys love a challenge. Good luck this weekend boys and remember, this is 30 over cricket, so enjoy your time out in the middle and value your wicket! The runs will always come if you are patient. Good luck to all of our teams this weekend! Mr Cooper
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LIBRARY Book Recommendations K-2: LLAMAS IN PYJAMAS by Matt Cosgrove
Dharma the Llama doesn’t run with the herd. She likes to do things her own way. The other Llamas didn’t understand why she loved books so much, until one day Llama’s books saved the day. Now, book-loving Dharma has a new job. She has become the best babysitter in town. But when she has to look after two unruly little llamas, will bedtime be a battle or a fairytale ending? If you are a fan of Macca the Alpaca and Dharma the Llama by Matt Cosgrove, you most certainly will love Llamas in Pyjamas. Recommended for ages 4+. 3-4: THE 143-STOREY TREEHOUSE by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton Andy and Terry have just added 13 amazing new stories to their treehouse and Andy is tired. He wants a holiday. So, Terry suggests a nice quiet camping trip, just the two of them. Unfortunately for Andy, it’s not just the two of them. Edward Scooperhands, Mary Lollipoppins, Trunkinator and a pile of pinguins all tag along. There are also ghosts, and ghosts of ghosts, and even magazine reporters!! To make things worse, Terry forgot to pack the tent or any food. This book is so funny and so brilliantly put together, that it’s true to hit the mark with anyone who loves adventure, a laugh, and a crazy good time. Recommended for ages 6+. 5-6: DAUGHTER OF THE DEEP by Rick Riordan Ana Dakkar just started school at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors and underwater explores in the world. Ana’s first year ends with the class’s weekend trial at sea, the details of which have been kept secret. She hopes that she has what it takes to succeed. All her worries are blown out of the water when, on the bus ride to the trip, Ana and her schoolmates witness a terrible tragedy that will change the trajectory of their lives. Rick Riordan’s trademark humour, fast-paced action, and wide cast of characters and on fulldisplay in this wonderful undersea adventure. Recommended for ages 10+.
The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter
Volume 26 Issue 31 Friday 12th November 2021
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The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter
Volume 26 Issue 31 Friday 12th November 2021
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