Redfield College (New South Wales)

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Redfield College
Redfield College Shield
Location
Dural, Hills District, Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°41′21″S 151°01′57″E / 33.6891956°S 151.0324323°E / -33.6891956; 151.0324323Coordinates: 33°41′21″S 151°01′57″E / 33.6891956°S 151.0324323°E / -33.6891956; 151.0324323
Information
TypeIndependent all-boys early learning, primary, and secondary day school
MottoLatin: Veritas liberabit vos
(The truth will set you free)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established1986; 35 years ago (1986)
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
OversightPARED Foundation
HeadmasterMatthew Aldous
GradesEarly learning; K-12
GenderBoys
Campus typeOuter-urban
Colour(s)Red, white and navy blue    
Websitewww.redfield.nsw.edu.au

Redfield College is a fee-paying independent Roman Catholic all-boys early learning, primary, and secondary day school, located in Dural, a suburb in the Hills District of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The college was founded in 1986 by the Parents for Education Foundation and provides an education for students from early learning, through Year K to Year 12.[1]

Mentoring[]

Each student is allotted a personal mentor, commonly known as a "tutor" within the school, who meets the student regularly (ideally fortnightly) to check on the student's advancement academically, socially, spiritually etc. The tutor tends to keep "tutees" over a period of years, and meets with the parents of the student each term.[2][3] This system is the same across all Parents for Education Schools.

Chaplaincy[]

Redfield College is an independent school. The Chaplains at the College are priests of Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. The school has many links with Opus Dei, a highly conservative and controversial private Catholic prelature founded in the 1920s.[4]

Programmes available[]

Community service[]

Throughout their schooling lives, Redfield students complete many Community Service Projects, both locally and abroad. In Year 9, boys do a small project that they complete weekly over a year. These include visiting disabled students, nursing homes, and community gardening. At the end of Year 10, students attend a five-day camp, known as "Work Camp", wherein they travel to the Riverina town of Darlington Point to work on farms and in the homes of elderly couples. In Years 10–12, many Redfield students attend the annual "Vietnam Workcamp", wherein they travel to K'Long Village, near Dalat, Vietnam, to built homes for impoverished families.[5]

Exchange Programs[]

Redfield has frequently hosted visits from, and sent students to, Mikawadai College in Nagasaki, Japan, and three schools in Spain: Colegio Viaro in Barcelona, Colegio Gaztelueta in Bilbao and Colegio Los Robles in Oviedo. In recent years boys from Monte VI in Montevideo, Uruguay and Colegio Penalba in Valladolid have also visited each year as well as a class of students from Tak Sun College in Hong Kong. Boys are billeted with families.[6]

Sport[]

Redfield's principal sports include Basketball, Cricket, Rugby Union and Football. Redfield's sporting division is affiliated with the IPSHA (Independent Primary School Heads of Australia), ISA (Independent Sporting Association), and CIS (Combined Independent Schools).[7] Redfield's senior Rugby team (the 1st VX) has won the ISA second division championship six times since joining the ISA in 2006, more than any other school in the Independent Schools Association..[8]

The Redfield First XI won the Second Division Football Championship in its inaugural year in 2012, and won the 2014 and 2015 seasons comprehensively. More recently they won the 2016 and 2017 season.[9]

Co-curricular[]

Redfield offers the following co-curricular activities:[10]

  • Junior Voices
  • Primary Choir
  • Vocal Ensemble
  • Schola (Gregorian choir)
  • Concert Band
  • Wind Symphony
  • Debating
  • Public speaking
  • Mock trials
  • Athletics
  • Swimming
  • Cross Country
  • Chess Club
  • ISA Cricket
  • ISA Basketball
  • ISA Football
  • ISA Rugby
  • Intramural Chess
  • Intramural Basketball
  • Intramural Football
  • Intramural Cricket
  • Intramural Touch Football
  • Fight club

Headmasters[]

The following individuals have served as Headmaster of Redfield College.[11]

Ordinal Headmaster Term start Term end Time in office Notes
1 Frank Monagle 1986 1995 8–9 years
2 Andrew Mullins 1996 2010 13–14 years
3 James Burfitt 2011 2016 4–5 years
4 George Cavanna 2017 2019 3–4 years
4 Expo Mejia 2019 2021 1–2 years
5 Matthew Aldous 2021 incumbent 3–4 years

Notable alumni[]

The Redfield Old Boys' Association (ROBA) is a network/community of alumni.[12] It has strong rugby union football[13] and basketball teams.

Notable alumni include:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Enrolment Policy" (PDF). Redfield College. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Tutorial System". Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Education pioneer to be special guest at Warrane". Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. ^ "What is the PARED Catholic school where the Premier was educated? - Sydney Morning Herald". https://www.smh.com.au/. Retrieved 3 November 2021. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ^ "Vietnam Workcamp 2017". Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Co-Curricular - www.redfield.nsw.edu.au". www.redfield.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Sporting Affiliations". Redfield College. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Rugby ISA". 27 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Independent sports association results winter season 2012". Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Co-curricular activities". Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Staff 2017". Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Redfield Old Boys\' Association - NSW AUSTRALIA". Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Redfield Old Boys". Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Julian Maroun".
  15. ^ "Lenny Hayes – Former Australian Rules Football Player". Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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