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Dear Parents and Caregivers, As reported in last week’s newsletter, two Reddam House Primary choirs competed in

the John Lamble Australasian Choral Championships, which took place on Sunday. This was as a result of their excellent performances in the initial sections of the competition. The Year 3-4 Sculthorpe Choir performed first, with a programme of three pieces. They sang with beauty and spirit, with their gentle, youthful voices most affecting in Dan Walk-er’s ‘The Hour That I Like Best’. The Year 5-6 Singers continued their successful performance streak by securing the most enthusiastic applause of the morning with a touching rendition of ‘What A Wonderful

World,’ which was preceded by a very official, intricate and impressive presentation of

‘Travelling Companion’ by Luke Byrne. Everyone was justifiably excited when the Year 5-6 Singers secured 2nd place overall. The Reddam House community is thrilled with the performances of all our choirs throughout the 2017 Eisteddfod season; we are very proud of our dedicated choristers, whose growth and skill is now renowned in the wider community. Many thanks to Ellie and Marcus Bortolotti and Oliver Standton as well as Michael McGregor, Tanya Bethune, Christine Su and Courtaney Wood. Last Thursday, Hannah Feneley took part in the Sydney Eisteddfod, competing in the ‘Shakespeare Recital Years 12-15’ division. She did excellently, achieving a 4th place and Highly Commended certificate. Her accolades are all the more impressive considering the fact that she was the youngest in the competition, not even having turned 12 yet! The judge was particularly impressed with her excellent voice. Congratulations, Hannah! Tulli Atherton had a fantastic weekend as she entered her first Eisteddfod, with Deca-dance, where she competed in the classical ballet solo. She competed against nine other students and did incredibly well to be placed 1st! Clearly, her experiences during the Christmas holidays paid off hugely, as Tulli was privileged to attend a workshop with Bolshoi Ballet on their visit to Australia. There were approximately 30 students who attended this workshop. Then, Tulli was one of five students who was offered an opportunity to dance for the Bol-shoi Ballet summer intensive programme in Florence, Italy. This is a very exciting opportunity for Tulli as she will be going to Florence in July for two weeks to dance with the Bolshoi Ballet. We are enormously proud of your achievements, Tulli, and wish you a wonderful trip to Italy!

The Reddam House Primary School Newsletter Volume 17 Issue 17 Friday 9 June 2017

IN THIS ISSUE:

Waverley Council Youth Art Prize

News from the classrooms

Sports Results & Fixtures

Another exceptional dancer is Zoe Tolnay, who has been accepted to the Scala Ballet

Academy Summer School in Milan, from June 19-23. She has also applied to attend a week

at the Hungarian Opera Ballet Summer School. Both of these experiences sound quite

exceptional and we wish her every bit of joy as she extends her dancing repertoire at these

renowned schools.

It has been a busy and varied week in the Primary, with the older students diligently applying

themselves to their examinations and the younger Year groups thoroughly enjoying

their Creative Arts Week. Throughout the week I received reports from teachers of how

impressed they were with the focus and attitude of those who were writing the examinations.

The students are to be commended on their hard work before and during the week, and I

thank the teachers too, for their efforts to ensure that the assessments could be written with

the least amount of stress.

The younger students seem to have enjoyed the Creative Arts Week, with all sorts of interest-

ing objects having been created. A highlight of the week was the very special Aboriginal

incursion by Koomurri and the performance by 100% Hope. Students were given the

opportunity to learn more about the unique Aboriginal dot painting techniques, while also

understanding the deeper significance of their artwork.

My thanks to all those who contributed in any way, to ensure that the students were able to

go home each day having been immersed in such a variety of activities but in particular,

thank you to Mark Bailey, Amanda William and James Shirlaw. Next week is the turn of the

senior students as they enjoy their very own Creative Arts Week, and I know that it will be just

as enjoyable.

Our artists have also been hard at work creating inspired and interesting takes on the theme

of ‘Heroines and Heroes: the extraordinary and the everyday’ for submission to the Waverley

Council Youth Art Prize competition. We wish all of these students well and are sure that all

those viewing the artworks will enjoy their colourful explosions of heroic deeds.

In addition to the Creative Arts Week, a few other activities take place next week, with the

Years 4 and 6 Allwell testing taking place on Tuesday. We wish our students well as they sit for

these. Then, on Wednesday, our Year 5 and 6 Extension students write the Mathematics

Olympiad. With impressive results over the years in this challenging Olympiad, we have full

confidence that our students will enjoy showing just how much they enjoy Mathematics. It is

an opportunity to think ‘out of the box’ and to stretch one’s mathematical muscles and I trust

that they will do just that.

After a busy term, and in particular with the senior students having completed examinations, I

am sure that everyone will enjoy the chance to take it easy over a long weekend. With only

two weeks to go until the holidays, may it be a relaxing foretaste of the longer break to

come.

Dee Pitcairn

Principal


SPORTING FIXTURES 3RD JUNE

Basketball - Easts Comp Sundays Girls 10R (Hayley) V Bourkie Bandits 14 - 9 12E (Lee) V Bondi Falcons 9 - 16 13R (James) V Bye Boys 14E (James) V Emmanuel Swans 16 - 22 16E (James) V Bellevue Hill Beavers 0 - 20 Basketball - Comets Comp Fridays and

Saturdays

Girls 12 R Div 2 (Lee) V Inner City Stars 6 - 20 16 R Div 2 (James/Hayley) V Inferno 7 - 20 18 R Div 2 (James/Hayley) V Inner City 39 – 16 Boys 10R Div 1 (Lee) V All Blacks 4 - 24 12R Div 2 (Lee) V Newtown Warriors 19 - 31 12E Div 3 (Henry) V CYS 42 - 20 14R Div 1 (James) V Inner City Titans 44 - 31 16R Div 2 (Henry) V Newtown Hawkes 0 - 20 18R Div 2 (Luke) V The Bucks 41 - 63 18E Div 3 (Luke) V Reddam D 20 - 40 18D Div 3 (Lee) Year 11 Boys V Reddam E 40 -

20 Rugby

Reddam 15s V Kings 29 - 5 Reddam 13s V Knox 25 - 5


SPORT FIXTURES

Soccer

Open Boys V Barker College 2- 2 Year 9 and 10 Boys V St Patricks College 7 -

1 Year 8 and 9 Boys V Sydney Boys High

School 1 - 0 Year 7 R Boys V Sydney Grammar 7 - 1 Year 7 E Boys V Kings 2 - 1 12s V Easts 2 - 0 11Rs V Pagewood 10 - 1 11Es V Waverley Old Boys 1 - 10 10s V Maroubra 2 - 2 9s V South East 4 - 0 Netball

Reddam 1 V Reddam 2 38 - 36 Reddam 2 V Reddam 1 36 - 38 Reddam 3 V Randwick Rugby 40 - 20 Reddam 4 V Bondi United 2 - 56 Reddam 5 V Coogee White 29 - 13 Reddam 6 V Randwick Rugby 9 - 18 Reddam 7 V Mascot 25 - 11 Reddam 8 V Kincopal 13 - 7 Reddam 9 V Kincopal 4 - 10 Reddam 10 V Randwick Rugby 2 - 12 Reddam 11 V Double Bay Diamonds 3 - 2 Touch Football

Reddam 1 Girls V Touch Heads 18 - 2 Reddam 2 Girls V Arrows 2 - 3

What a fun, exciting and creative week we have had in Kindergarten this week. As part of

our Creative Arts Week we participated in two different artistic workshops on Monday involv-

ing Cartooning and Ceramics. We drew funny animal cartoons and different characters

using step-by-step guidance. Then we discovered some fossils using clay and recreated

different sculptures of dinosaurs from the prehistoric age. As creative Kindergartens this week

we really focused on adding detail and texture to our artwork using different modelling tools.

Later in the week we had our special Aboriginal incursion and were given the opportunity to

make some beautiful Aboriginal artwork by recreating some of their unique designs using

dots. We had a very informative talk about the Indigenous culture and listened to some

wonderful animal sounds made from the didgeridoo. This term we are learning about

Aboriginals in History and thoroughly enjoyed listening to their Dreamtime stories about kan-

garoos and snakes.


KINDERGARTEN

Reddam House

would like to wish a very happy birthday to

Arki Prasad, Jonah Zeiderman, Lachlan Tillett, Jiasheng Tian,

Thomas Mawer

who celebrated their special day this week and over the weekend

This week in Year One we learned how to count the area of shapes by counting squares. We

also made links to multiplication by realising that some of the shapes looked like arrays. In Science, as part of our Weather topic, the children designed and created their own rain-

catchers. The students then explained the function of their rain-catcher and took them home

for testing! Also in Year One this week the children have participated in Creative Arts Week. From learn-

ing about cartooning and sculptural ceramics, to engaging in an Aboriginal incursion, the

students have been immersed in skilful and stimulating experiences. Year 1: City Writing City Our city has a beautiful harbour. There are lots of places to visit. The Opera House has Vivid

lights. We have got different beaches like; Coogee, Bronte and Bondi. People work in the tall

offices. By Joshua Kusnadi City Our city has a beautiful harbour. On some nights we can see Vivid. The Opera House is fun to

go inside and see the actors act. There are lots of places to go. By Nathaniel Weiss City Our city has a beautiful harbour. There are lots of places to visit. There are extremely lovely

parks. Bondi Beach is a sandy beach. The Opera House is a building that has stages. By Ruby Levitt City Our city has a beautiful harbour. We have a beautiful library and it is calm. We are lucky to

have such nice things. We have nice beaches like Bondi Beach. By Kadyn Lowe


YEAR 1

This week in Mathematics, Year 2 consolidated their knowledge of timetable facts. We

listened to exciting songs on YouTube, using concrete materials and the number line to

practice repeated addition. In English, we continued to reinforce onomatopoeia. The students enjoyed creating word

slogans to show their understanding of this language feature. Science was exciting because we continued to investigate water. The students particularly

enjoyed creating their own storm cloud and writing up this experiment. Geography gave everyone the opportunity to continue looking into traditional Aboriginal life

by investigating and making connections with our local area. The students were fascinated

to learn the meaning of the names of local places, e.g. Coogee, meaning 'Smelly Place' and

Woollahra, meaning 'Camp or sitting down place'. All students were completely engaged with their Creative Arts Week activities and enjoyed

the experiences presented to them.


YEAR 2

YEAR 3

Week 7 has proven to be an extremely busy week for the Year 3s who sat their first ever Mid-

Year Examinations. Congratulations must go to every student as they showed maturity, and

even eagerness to complete their papers. They used their time wisely, read the instructions

thoroughly and answered the questions with thought and care, remembering to carefully go

back and check for accuracy. The Year 3 teachers are so proud of their students’ hard-

working and conscientious attitudes. Fantastic effort Year 3s!

The Year 4 teachers were very impressed with the attitude and commitment demonstrated

by the Year 4 students this week. Exam Week has provided students opportunities to consolidate their knowledge, as well as to

communicate what they have learnt. Students have also extended their understanding by

applying their knowledge and skills in more abstract tasks. The children have acted

responsibly and with determination, to do their best during exams. They have used excellent

time management skills and thinking skills to help them achieve good results. The students

have enjoyed the freedom to either go home early after exams, or to have a lovely long

lunch in the park with their friends. Afternoon study sessions have seen focused revision,

relaxing or quiet reading. Well done, Year 4, on an excellent week. You have worked hard and earned a lovely three

day long weekend! The teachers wish you luck next week when you receive your exam re-

sults. Remember to be proud of your achievements and use the experience as a valuable

learning tool.

YEAR 4


Our aspiring journalists have continued to write a range of feature articles. To date, they

have reported on a series of disasters as they learn to include direct and reported speech, a

range of adjectives and emotive language. Noam Olovitz wrote the article below. The Tragic Mudslide of Venezuela Yesterday, Vargas (the central coast state of Venezuela) suffered an unforgettable mudslide. Yesterday, December 16th, the central coast state of Venezuela, Vargas, was devastated by

avalanches of mud and rock. Many residents were left without a homes, food and water

and over 30 000 people have died, been buried forever or swept out to sea. The cause of this dreadful natural disaster was the 10 solid days of rain hitting hard on the

poor citizens. As rivers overflowed, horrific floods washed away the town, sadly, this destruction was not over. It kept on raining until the mountains couldn't stand

any longer. On the 15th and 16th of December, the hill gave way, causing a horrific mudslide

of mud and rock to hit the town, demolishing buildings, homes, nature and unfortunately,

people. The damage bill is estimated to be over $80 million as many roads, bridges, buildings,

electrical services and telephone lines were washed away with the mud. The entire town will

not be able to communicate with each other for about 2 weeks due to the telephone lines

and electrical services having to be repaired or rebuilt. As many as 30 000 people are dead, and much more are missing. Some people are either

buried forever or have been swept out to sea. 13 000 soldiers were sent to help all the poor

citizens of Vargas. Some of the soldiers have said that this was the worst natural disaster to

date. "My family home for over 18 years has been destroyed." Says local ma Loui Fender. Today, residents have come back to help put the pre-disaster back together. The Red Cross

also took part and stated that they had donated food and water to 60% of the population so

far. The unfortunate citizens are still mourning over friends and families’ deaths. The most pop-

ular place for tourist attraction, the beaches, have been replaced by a new strip of land.

YEAR 5 ENGLISH


Year 5 students have been creating their own Earth-like planets in Science. Rebecca called

her planet Diana after the Roman goddess of the Hunt. This was because humans have been

searching or hunting for similar Earth-like planets. The diameter of her planet and the distance

from its sun were very similar to our planet Earth.

NASA are busy looking for planets which have just the right conditions to support life. These

planets would ideally fall within the 'habitable zone' of their star systems with just the right

amount of warmth, atmosphere and liquid water to potentially support life. It just shows us

again how amazing our planet Earth is!

YEAR 5 & 6 SCIENCE

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Leading up to exams, the students of Year 6 were busy analysing a range of visual stimulus.

They focused on their persuasive skills and use of strong, commanding language. Below is an

example of Yasha Ivanets’ essay. Ring, ring! The teenager picks up his phone to read the message, but before he starts to read BANG!

The car flips over, and he loses his life. This was an example of what might happen when you

text and drive. We cannot afford to lose so many young lives, and I know that you want to

stop it from happening, so this is exactly why I want you to use my advertisement for the

'Don't Text and Drive' campaign. My advertisement shows a lot of powerful techniques, and

my three best are imperative language that commands the reader to take action; secondly

it will be using a point of view shot which shows us exactly what the driver is seeing; lastly, I will

use logos by including a shocking fact in my advertisement. If you are really serious about

saving lives of our teens, then you must use my advertisement for your 'Don't Text and Drive'

campaign. The most effective feature in my advertisement is the use of imperative language. This is seen

in the words 'don't text and drive'. This command is effective because it compels the reader

not to text while driving. When the reader reads these words, he/she will feel guilty if he/she

ever texts again while driving. An example of this is if a teenager has seen this advertisement

and he/she hears a text message while he is driving he will be too scared to pick his phone

up because he has just been reminded not to break the law. This shows just how effective my

advertisement will be in preventing crashes due to texting and driving. In addition to the imperative language, my advertisement uses a clever point of view shot to

engage the reader. The point of view shot makes us feel as if we are the driver, so it

reinforces how wrong it is to text and drive because it is clear he cannot see the dangers on

the road in front of him. The next time they will pick up their phone they will remember this im-

age and put their phone down for good. When a driver can remember a picture as clearly

as this one they will never pick their phone up again. This is another reason why you must use

my advertisement for your campaign. Lastly, I have used logos as my main technique because it states an effective fact that will

shock the reader. The fact in my advertisement is: ‘car crashes are the number-one killer of

teens.' This fact has been used in my advertisement because it appeals to reason and will

stop the reader from texting and driving. An example of this is that if a teenager has read my

advertisement he will be shocked and if he ever hears a message while driving he will never

pick up his phone again. When people understand the reasons behind rules they will be

more likely to follow the rules. Therefore, you would be a fool not to choose my

advertisement to promote road safety. To conclude, I remind you to select an effective advertisement, and my advertisement is

effective and powerful. What makes it so effective and powerful is the imperative language

that commands 'don't text and drive', the point of view shot that makes readers feel, that

they are in the car, and the confronting fact that appeals to logos. I know you want to save

lives then this is the best opportunity for you.


YEAR 6 ENGLISH

The House Music competition began with the spectacular House Choir performances in Term

1. In Term 2, Lilian Ogrin, Ben Landa and Ricky Chen represented their Houses in the solo music

competition. They are to be commended for their outstanding preparation, leadership, confi-

dence and musicianship. The results are in, and the House Music winners for 2017 are Coogee!!! Well done to everyone for displaying House Spirit!

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HOUSE MUSIC

SYDNEY EISTEDDFOD

Major Success at the Sydney Eisteddfod

On Sunday, June 4, two Reddam House primary choirs completed in the John Lamble

Australiasian Choral Championships. This was a result of their excellent performances in their in-

itial sections.

The Year 3-4 Sculthorpe Choir performed first, with a programme of three pieces. They sang

Beauty and Spirit, with their gentle, youthful voices most affecting in Dan Walker’s ‘The Hour

That I Like Best’

The Year 5-6 Singers continued their successful performance streak by securing the most enthu-

siastic applause of the morning with their touching rendition of ‘What a Wonderful World’

which was preceded by a very official, intricate and impressive presentation of ‘Travelling

Companion’ by Luke Byme.

Year 5-6 singers secured 2nd place overall, the highest result ever by Reddam House primary

students.

The Reddam House community is thrilled with the performances of all our choirs throughout the

2017 Eisteddfod season; we are very proud of our dedicated choristers, whose growth and skill

is now renowned in the wider community

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, silly, it is Reddam House students making their way to the Waver-

ley Council Youth Art Prize! Some heroes wear capes while others are present in our day-to-

day lives. Some of our talented artists have explored the idea of heroism through a medium

of their choice that incorporates the theme, ‘Heroines and Heroes – the extraordinary and

the everyday’. Here is a sneak peak of some artworks that were sent through for the competition. We wish

the following children the best of luck! Lina Silen Adi Alroy Yana Dalglish Yiota Cross Claire Mitchell Oliver Trus Paige Kemeny Daphne Gotsis Gemma Sapir Chloe Williamson

Lukas Shakespeare

Coco Batu-Sampson

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