| Redlands | |
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| Location | |
| Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Co-educational, Day school |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Established | 1884 |
| Chairman | Michael E. Jones |
| Principal | Dr. Peter Lennox |
| Enrolment | ~1,500 (P-12)[1] |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Red & Gold |
| Website | www.redlands.nsw.edu.au |
Redlands, is an independent, co-educational, day school, located in Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.
The school is non-selective and currently caters for approximately 1700 students from pre-school to year 12.
Redlands is a member of the Independent Schools Association and the Council of International Schools.
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Established in 1884 as a school for girls, Redlands later established an association with the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and became the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School, Redlands in 1945 — hence "SCEGGS" and, later "SCECGS." Redlands severed legal ties with the Anglican diocese in 1976, and was re-constituted as a wholly independent school. The current name is Redlands, Sydney Church of England Co-Educational Grammar School, though it is more commonly referred to simply as Redlands. Redlands recently turned 125.
The formal link with the Sydney Anglican diocese was severed in 1976; SCEGGS, Redlands (as it then was), SCEGGS Darlinghurst, SCEGGS, Wollongong and SCEGGS, Loquat Valley survived by re-constituting themselves as wholly independent entities, severing their legal ties with the Anglican diocese while retaining the "Church of England" title in their corporate names. SCEGGS, Moss Vale, was unable to recover, and closed. Loquat Valley became a member of the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation
Peter Cornish, the Headmaster of Redlands in the period 1980 to 2001, cultivated an association with several neighbouring Anglican parishes. Redlands celebrated 125 years of education during 2009.
The Latin school motto of Redlands, Luceat lux vestra, is taken from Matthew 5:16, translates "Let your light shine." It is appears in the school song which was shared with the other SCEGGS schools:
After the collapse of the SCEGGS school network and Redlands' admission of boys in 1978, the first line of the SCEGGS song was altered at Redlands to "Students of Redlands School, those old and new...."
Since the Sydney Anglican schools collapse Redlands has been independently owned and operated by SCECGS Redlands Limited — a public company limited by guarantee. The role of the Board is to oversee the management and business of the company, and in particular to:
Peter J. Cornish, formerly deputy headmaster of The Armidale School, and previously an English master at SCEGS (Shore), both Anglican boys' schools, was appointed Headmaster in 1980, and is credited with returning the school to financial security and academic respectability. Cornish emphasised academic achievement, as well as developing numerous sport and co-curricular opportunities. For his achievements and progressions in the school, the Governor Phillip Building was re-named the Peter Cornish Building in his honour on Foundation Day, 2007. The Boys 1st IV Rowing boat was also named in his honour at a boat naming ceremony on the 16/3/08.
Redlands continues to expand and it now occupies two campuses in Sydney, including the former Cremorne Girls' High School site which it purchased from the New South Wales government in 1989,which used to house the junior and middle school students but the middle school students moved to the senior campus in 2011 in hope to increase space on junior campus for preschool students. The school also operates an experiential outdoor education site, the High Country Campus, in Jindabyne NSW. The school has gradually accumulated further academic reputation, with several students entering Oxford, Cambridge and Yale over recent years.
At one time, during the headmastership of Peter Cornish, SCECGS cultivated a relationship with the immediately adjacent mainstream Anglican parish of St Peter's, Cremorne, and indeed used its parish church as the school chapel.
Redlands offers the International Baccalaureate as well as the State qualification, the New South Wales Higher School Certificate. Redlands (as with other New South Wales schools) offers the State-mandated Higher School Certificate. The 2006 academic year provided some of the most impressive results in recent years: 147 of its 182 members received a UAI over 85. One of its students managed to score a UAI of 99.95.
Christopher Daunt Watney, former Headmaster of Redlands, concluded 10 years at the School at the end of 2006. Mr. Neil Tucker temporarily filled the role until the end of 2007. In July 2007 the Board announced the appointment of Dr Peter G Lennox as the new Principal of Redlands effective as of early 2008 while Mr. Neil Tucker filled the role until the end of 2007.
The school recently celebrated the completion of refurbishment of the senior Science laboratories and re-named the building "Roseby" - in recognition of the school's longest serving Headmistress (1911–1945) - Miss G A Roseby.
The board also announced the naming of "The Adams Centre" (former Cremorne Post Office) building on the southern side of Military Road.
A Fibre backbone has been installed in the Senior Campus, replacing the old Copper (Cat-5) backbone, in effort to make learning and utility over network and internetwork resources to be faster, reliable and efficient.
In early 2010 the school undertook work on the Redlands Fitness Centre. After raising much money in the previous financial year, work began quickly and without interruption. It was completed in late 2010 and is now used regularly by a majority of Redlands students to improve their fitness.
A twelve million dollar radical development was undertaken on the Murdoch St Campus as part of the Federal government BER program and school borrowings. The sixties building has been knocked down to make way for a new prep school and an all purpose hall. The development now features a state of the art playground, larger 2400 square metre oval and new caged court for students to play on. As a fair amount of work has also bean completed on the senior campus, the school will now be divided into a preschool and K-6 Murdoch St Campus; and a years 7-12 Military Rd Campus. In theory, this improved efficiency by removing the number of times students move from campus to campus. The work was completed in time for term two of 2011. Due to this the Murdoch St Campus was renamed "Junior Campus" and Military Rd Campus renamed "Senior Campus".
Redlands has four houses. Each student wears a house badge on their blazer as well as having a sports top with the appropriate house emblem on it. Each house is named after a notable family or person linked with the school's history. House pride is most prominent at the school's yearly Swimming Carnival, Athletics Carnival and performing arts night - Gala Arts.
Cowper (Colour: Gold) Named after the Cowper family who have been active for generations in support of the Sydney Anglican Church.Cowper was for many years the Honorary Treasurer of the S.C.E.G.G.S. Group of Schools.
Dumolo (Colour: Red) Miss Dumolo was the first Headmistress of S.C.E.G.G.S., North Sydney Branch from 1911 to 1923.
McDouall (Colour: Green) Dr. McDouall supported and helped the school and was a school councillor in earlier years.
Roseby (Colour: White) Miss Roseby was the Headmistress of Redlands School from 1911 until 1945.
Redlands is a member of the Independent Schools Association (ISA), also competing against the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) in some sports. The school offers both representative and non-representative sports, with students been required to compete in one representative sport a year (either Summer or Winter).
In the Senior School, many students participate in Basketball and Netball, with the boys and girls 1st's basketball teams recently winning their isa competition in 2009. And in 2010 the boys 1st XV rugby team and girl Ist Netball team winning their grand finals.
The school's rowing program has encountered several challenges in recent years, with the arson attack [1] on the shed at Tambourine Bay forcing the programme to move to North Shore Rowing Club for the 06-07 season, also situated on Sydney's Lane Cove River. On water training is now situated at Mosman Rowing Club, Pearl Bay since the 07-08 season.
Summer Sports: (Terms 1 and 4)
Winter Sports: (Terms 2 and 3)
50th Redlands International Cadet Australian Championship
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