energy produced could save the school thousands in electricity costs!

Mr Larkin 

Head of Science

Over the past five weeks, the Redfield Primary students have been collecting items for our annual food drive. These items will be distributed to local families and individuals who are experiencing hardship this winter. Given that we donated an impressive 776 items in 2017, we aimed to reach 1000 items this year. Not only was this goal achieved but we almost doubled our collection from last year, reaching a total of 1473 items. Congratulations, Redfield Primary, for your fantastic effort! Your generosity and compassion will be greatly appreciated.

As the countdown to Trials and the HSC continues, the need to gather resources and prepare for exams becomes ever more pressing. With this in mind, this past Friday, the Year 12 Economics class attended a seminar day in the city. It was an early start for many of the boys as they joined the great commuter migration into the city - perhaps a portent of years to come for those destined for a professional life in the CBD 

Primary extension students review their excursion to the Abbotsleigh Literary Festival

 I was biting my nails as Tristan Bancks built up the tension in his personal story about a cut, scar and scab. Everyone’s eyes were gazing and our bodies were like a statues as we listened to either some part of Tristan’s real-life story or something that he made up. Either way, it was so funny and crazy at the same time. I did not know what an appendix was but, if what Tristan said was a true story, I think we can survive without it. Tristan also talked about his new book, Two Wolves, which is about two children, whose parents committed a crime, running off to be safe. I really enjoyed myself and learnt a lot. 

Joseph Assaf, Year 5 

Being at the Abbotsleigh Literary Festival was great! We talked to an author named Tristan Bancks who was very enthusiastic about his books and writing stories. His books are a lot about his own experience at a young age. He also asked us about our own ideas and thoughts and what we think would happen next. I think Tristan is one of the best authors because he only read a chapter of his book and I already liked it. He also helped me with writing stories better by giving ideas and sharing experiences. I felt he has triggered me to write a lot more than I already have done. 

Issac Chee, Year 5 

The Abbotsleigh Festival was so much fun. Tristan Bancks asked us questions which were difficult to answer but he was very enthusiastic and made us enjoy the time. He even read us a part of one of his books. After listening to Tristan, we walked to the music room where a man named Michael with crazy blue hair came to meet us. While waiting for everyone, Michael chose a few people to have instruments for the lesson. I was one of the lucky few. I got a big drum to play on. Michael sometimes told us to make sound effects with the instruments and chose a few to stand up to act out the story. Overall, we learned a lot from both Tristan and Michael and they gave us a lot to think about. 

Tobin Kroeger, Year 5

Damian Doowage (Year 8), Mikael Woo (Year 9) and Benedict Rosengren (Year 11) competed on Thursday, 7 June in the NSW Philosothon at St Andrew's Cathedral School at Town Hall. Philosothons are organised to allow school students to explore big philosophical questions together with their peers from other schools in a Community of Inquiry format.