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Coming Events

    

  • NOVEMBER  
  • Year 10 Preliminary Year Orientation Week: Monday 16 - Friday 20
  • Year 6 Canberra Trip: Wednesday 18 - Friday 20
  • Year 7 - 9 Yearly Examinations: Wednesday 18 - Wednesday 25
  • Year 10 Work Experience: Monday 23 - Friday 27
  • Year 4 Father & Son Camp: Friday 27 - Sunday 29
  • Year 6 graduation mass & Dinner: Friday 27
  • Year 10 Work Camp/Work Experience: Monday 30 - Friday 4 December
  • DECEMBER
  • First Friday Exposition: Friday 4
  • Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Tuesday 8
  • Last Day Term 4: Tuesday 8
  • Presentation Night 2009: Tuesday 8
  • Staff Day: Wednesday 9
  • Evening of Recollection for Fathers 1: Wednesday 9
  • Evening of Recollection for Fathers 2: Thursday 10
  • Release of 2009 HSC Results: Wednesday 16 

 

 


Sports Information

 

  • NOVEMBER 
  • ISA Basketball Round 4: Saturday 21
  • ISA Basketball Round 5: Saturday 28
  • DECEMBER
  • ISA Basketball Round 6: Saturday 5

 


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  • Phone: 02 9651 4066
  • Fax: 02 9651 3789
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  • Patrick EWTN March'09 USA
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
From the Headmaster
Our Years 7-9 students settle into examinations this week. One of our Year 8s has just told me he clocked up 10 hours on the weekend working through his study guides. What a terrific effort, definitely taking to heart Lao-Tzu’s maxim: “A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar”.

 

 From the Desk of the Director of Studies


Learning at Redfield College reflects the diverse nature of the teachers and students and complements the values that we share with parents. To the Board of Studies NSW curriculum is added Religious Education across all years as well as focussed subjects such as Philosophy and Study of Western Culture. For an overview of curriculum refer to the pages that follow, particularly Curriculum Flowchart and Redfield College Curriculum.

Our aim is to challenge each student to reach his full academic potential through effective classroom teaching and the development of internalised motivation and sound habits of responsibility, scholarship and respect for truth. We encourage the boys to contribute to society through the extensive community service program on offer.  

We are proud of the tradition in the College of professionalism in the teaching staff and strong support from families on matters concerning learning. The boys know that they can find help when studies seem difficult or problems seem unsurmountable. A student's tutor is on hand to assist and guide.

Students of the College have achieved much in a relatively short number of years. The results speak for themselves and have been outstanding. HSC results may be reviewed in a section below. Also Annual Reports, a sub-section in About Redfield, contain further information on recent academic performance including an interesting graph demonstrating value added performance of our successive HSC cohorts against their own School Certificate marks in English and Mathematics two years prior. This graph demonstrates not only high performance at the top end, but also the superb best personal efforts of boys across the classes.

 



George Cavanna
Deputy Headmaster & Director of Studies