Year 7

Congratulations

We’ve had a number of achievements in Yr 7 this past week. Notable mention goes to:

  • Alex Scotting who achieved his blue belt in Martial Arts
  • Aurora Golowenko, Jaida Gwilliam, Isabella Mclachlan, Avalon Thomas, Alyssa Tinetti and Ruby Turnbull who performed with explosive energy at Gala Arts 2018 

 

 

  • the 21 Yr 7 students who represented Redlands at the ISA Cross Country Carnival in Week 5
  • the Yr 7 debaters who have been instrumental in assisting with Debating in the past few weeks.
Chookas

Chookas is an Australian word, used in the theatre to wish people luck, much like ‘break a leg’. Chookas to:

  • Maia Healey who is competing at the National Skipping Competition this weekend in Canberra
  • Angus McLachlan who is participating in the Bolshoi Ballet Summer Intensive in Russia in the coming weeks
Goodbye

Farewell to Lukas Person who departs Redlands at the end of this week. We wish Lukas and his family safe travels on their journey back to Europe. We will miss you!

Approaches to Leaning

Students will be completing their Term 2 Approaches to Learning from Tuesday Week 7. Your assistance with ensuring these are completed for Term 2 Reporting is appreciated.

Conflict Vs Bullying

Everyone experiences conflict from time to time. It is a normal part of life. Learning to deal with it in a healthy way helps kids master the social skills they need. Conflict is far from enjoyable and will often result in heightened emotions and hurt feelings. Sometimes conflicts resolve themselves, sometimes students need assistance, and sometimes conflicts result in change in friendship dynamics. There are a number of ways to identify conflict. First, when a conflict occurs, both people involved have equal power in the relationship. But unlike conflict, bullying is not a normal part of life. The best way to identify bullying is to recognise that it is a deliberate act. The goal is to hurt, insult or threaten another person. There is also an imbalance of power in the situation. Information on the Redlands bullying policy can be found in the Student Planner.

Communication

For all general enquiries, a reminder that your child’s Tutor is always your first contact point. Contact details for Tutors can be found on Redlands Pulse. Subject specific questions, including information on dates of tests/assessments, Learning Management Alerts, home learning etc. are to be directed to your child’s teacher or Head of Department. Contact Details for HODs can be found here.

Redlands Study Centre

The aim of the Study Centre is to provide students from Yrs 7-12 with the opportunity to receive shoulder-to-shoulder support or assistance in specific disciplines from Secondary School teachers. These sessions are not to be seen as formalised one-on-one tutoring sessions but instead should be seen as opportunities for students to get answers to specific questions of feedback on specific areas of learning. Students who are interested in utilising this support should report and sign in to the Roseby Library as usual and find time to speak to individual subject teachers. More information can be found here.

Maths Support

Students can get help from a Maths teacher or ask an Aluminate student on Wednesday lunchtimes in L1.2 or in the Library every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons until 5.30pm and Monday mornings from 7.30am.

Key Dates

Queen’s Birthday Holiday – Monday 11 June
Athletics Carnival – Thursday 26 June
Term 2 Concludes – Friday 29 June

Ms Marita Jansons 
Yr 7 Advisor
mjansons@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9819