We are very pleased to welcome Mr Stephen Davis.

Originally from Lancashire, England, Stephen has many years of experience teaching at The Cedars School in London where he was the Assistant Headmaster, and he joins us at Redfield as our new Director of Formation.

As well as taking on this crucial role at Redfield, Stephen, who has just this week arrived in Australia with his family from the UK, will be teaching Science, Geography and Religion to our Middle School students.

Redfield welcomes Mr Colin Lai, who joins our PDHPE Department in Secondary this year.

Colin has nearly 20 years of experience as a PDHPE teacher in schools in the UK and around Sydney, and, in addition to taking on the role of Master in Charge of Basketball, Cricket, Football and Rugby, he will be teaching PE, Health, Physical Activity & Sports Studies (PASS) and Sport, Lifestyle & Recreation (SLR) to our students.

We are delighted to have Ms Lauren Kwon join the Music Department.

Lauren, who has a background in violin, has close to a decade of teaching experience in the Music classroom in schools in Sydney and Hong Kong.

This year, Lauren will be teaching Music to all Primary classes and working with the Year 5 Band program. 

Redfield and Wollemi Old Boy Mr Jeremy Blades (Class of 2015) joins us at Redfield this year in a student mentoring role.

Jeremy, who has worked as a lawyer and in the media, currently works as Head Mentor and Business Manager at a tutoring company and is completing his Master of Teaching with a view to becoming a full-time teacher.

The season of Lent is often described as a time of sacrifice and self-denial. While these elements are present, such a description is incomplete. This week in Chapel periods with the Secondary boys, we have been speaking about the meaning of Lenten sacrifice. It helps to go back to the book of Exodus, in which the Israelites spent 40 years passing from the slavery of Egypt into the freedom of the promised land. At Easter, we celebrate the freedom won for us by Christ, but the whole of Lent is - in some way - an exercise in freedom. It is about addressing those elements in our lives which prevent us from being free: attachments to food, drink, entertainment and so on, but also the bonds of pride, resentment, negativity and egotism.

NSW School Vaccination Program 2023

Vaccinations for Year 7 students will take place at school on Thursday, 2 March.

From this year, you can provide consent online for your child’s routine school vaccinations.

The following vaccines are offered free to Year 7 students at school:

• diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (dTpa)
• human papillomavirus (HPV)*

Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.

To provide consent for vaccination online, go to https://nswhealth.service-now.com/school,

You will need:

• your ServiceNSW log-in details (or create an account with ServiceNSWif you don’t already have one);
• Medicare details for parents/carers and your child.

Benefits of online consent for parents/carers:

• SMS notifications when vaccinations are given;
• easy updating of your child’s details;
• faster upload of your child’s vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from our school.

To help answer questions you may have regarding providing vaccination and online consent, please visit the NSW Health website at www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination.

The Redfield Primary Swimming Carnival was held on Wednesday, 15 February in gloriously sunny conditions once again at the Hawkesbury Oasis Leisure Centre. There was a wonderful atmosphere throughout the whole day and we witnessed some sensational individual performances in the 50-metre pool, whilst the other swimmers participated in some super-fun 25-metre novelty races and spent time in the lagoon pool and on the slide.

Redfield carnivals promote the aspects of having fun as well as rewarding participation and achievement. The terms “having a go” and “giving your best” are about actions rather than words. There were many terrific examples of boys pushing themselves outside their comfort zones, digging deep and giving their all. Well done, boys!

Congratulations go to our age champions who are listed below:

The parental support was also terrific, and I would like to make special mention of the entire Primary staff and the attending Year 11 students who were fantastic in their roles as officials, ensuring that we completed yet another fun-filled and hugely successful swimming carnival.

The final point scores for the 2023 swimming carnival were as follows:

Congratulations to both SIRIUSand HYDRUSfor taking out this year’s winning honours at the swimming carnival.

Alexander Siau (Year 6) has been swimming to raise money for sick kids. Despite not having a social media presence through which to raise his profile, he has nevertheless already reached his goal. As he has another two weeks to go in this quest, he has decided to se a new target in the hope that he can raise more money for the sick kids. 

Click on this link for more information and to donate towards this worthy cause: https://superswim.org.au/alexander-siau

Over the summer holidays, I watched an all-time classic and, in my opinion, one of the greatest movies of all time, It’s a Wonderful Life(1946). This Christmas classic tells the story of George Bailey, a man who is shown what life would have been like if he had never been born. Throughout the film, we see how George’s life has touched the lives of those around him, and how his acts of kindness and generosity have made a meaningful difference in the world. I would highly encourage you to see it if you’re interested.

Well done to all students who participated in the Secondary Swimming Carnival on Tuesday! It was a fantastic event with great participation from students in attendance. My personal highlight was being a judge for the inaugural Redfield Belly Flop Competition, the first but definitely not the last.

Culture of Excellence Interviews
Interviews will begin from Monday of Week 5 for Year 12 students. Year 11 interviews will be held at the conclusion of Year 12 meetings.

As a reminder, these interviews are run by senior members of staff, providing an opportunity for students to reflect on their previous efforts and achievement, while setting goals and implementing specific changes to grow and develop in their academic outcomes.

Information from these meetings will be sent to parents and mentors at the conclusion of each interview.

Essay Writing Workshop
Mr Foxe, the Head of English, will be running an Essay Writing Workshop beneficial for all students in Years 10-12.

This will be held as part of the Senior Study Club on Monday afternoons, with the specific workshop occurring between 3:30 - 4:30pm. Check the timetable below for dates.

Congratulations go to the students listed below who were presented with Lion Awards at last week's Middle School Assembly:

We are very pleased to announce our Middle School leaders for 2023.

I would like to thank all students who showed interest and initiative in applying for the roles, and I would like to congratulation our successful applicants! We are confident that you will do a wonderful job of contributing to College life and aiming to achieve your personal best in all fields of endeavour, and, in doing so, set a fine example for your peers to emulate. You have the full support of the whole Redfield community.

 Stefan Drevikovsky, Head of Middle School

On Monday, 20 February, Year 7 enjoyed a "Welcome to Secondary" barbecue prepared and hosted by Class Parents Anthony and Celina Daniel (parents of Enea), ably assisted by Stephen Leung (father of Leonardo).

Our newest additions to Secondary had a wonderful time eating, chatting and enjoying each other's company at the first of what will (hopefully!) be many such social events over the years to come.

Our thanks go to Mrs and Mrs Daniel and Mr Leung for their generosity and initiative in organising this event.

Stefan Drevikovsky - Head of Middle School

On Thursday, 23 February, Year 7 students were very excited to receive their school-issued devices as a part of Redfield's 1:1 Technology Program.

The boys were expertly stepped through the many features of their brand-new Dell Chromebooks by members of the Pared IT team and, after the onboarding session, were able to use them in the classroom straight away.

These powerful learning tools have now been entrusted to the Class of 2028 to use in a productive and responsible manner.

Andreas Engesser, Deputy Headmaster (Curriculum)

Registrations are now open via our Football Team App portal: Redfield Football Team App 

1. Download the app from Google Play or the Apple App Store (if you have not already done so). If using a computer go to 

https://redfieldlionsfootballisa.teamapp.com/

2. Sign up to Team App. You will be sent an email to confirm your registration. 

3. Log into the app and search for “Redfield Football”. Choose your applicable access group. 

4. Go to ‘Rego/Store’ and choose the appropriate age group(s) for your son. Enter Active Kids Voucher Rebate voucher number. Click ‘Checkout’ and submit relevant payment.

Click on the image below for more details.

This is a reminder to all families who have registered for the highly acclaimed Sexuality for Love Workshops that the face-to-face workshops will take place at Tangara School for Girls, with two options available: Thursday, 23 February from 4:00pm to 6:00pm and Saturday, 25 February from 9:00am to 11:00am.

Pared has officially launched its first Merch Store, starting with the Redfield collection! Show up to your next club game, camping trip or family day rocking some merch! It's not a uniform, so style it like any other piece in your closet!

This is not a regular merch store. Our items are professionally designed in various colours to suit everyone! They are made with high-quality materials and are sold at cost price to make them as affordable as possible, and any profits will be directed to the school's Chapel funds.

Represent your school and purchase an item here.