Year 8

Yr 8 Luna Park Excursion – Cancelled

This is a friendly reminder that due to COVID restrictions, the Yr 8 Luna Park Day organised through the Maths Department has been cancelled this year. 

Camp

Last week was a very memorable camp for students and staff. While the camp had been delayed due to COVID and followed a difficult and, for many students, stressful, time of the year, the students quickly left school behind and dove into the outdoor classroom, the physical activities, the chance to enjoy time spent with one another, the opportunity to reflect on the year nearing a close and the ability to engage with some different teachers, many were able to meet and get to know in this one week away. 

While Yr 8 students may not always fully share the many details of their camp experience with parents and adults, including just how much fun they truly had, their smiling faces, genuine care for one another and their full participation in the activities told the story itself. The OEG and Redlands staff were extremely impressed with their positive mindset, team attitude and full engagement throughout the week. Well done to all 12 camp groups for fully embracing this experience and hopefully finding a few takeaways to apply back at school. 

STEAM

What Can We Do To Protect Our Coral Reefs?

Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 November

As Redlands continues to offer experiences to students that explore modern approaches to thinking and learning, next week Year 8 will be participating in a two day STEAM project to collaborate in team multi-disciplinary learning environments.

This specific theme, stemming from the 2018 International Year of the Reef, will concentrate on exploring aspects of climate change and global warming that cause coral bleaching, along with the human footprint, another factor that also significantly affects coral reefs.

With Yr 8 Tutors and Specialist teachers involved, students will journey through a project-based learning experience that is focusing on the declining coral reefs of the world and developing solutions to one of three challenges: Over-Fishing, Climate Change or Human Impact.

Students will be able to wear their Redlands Sports uniform and, as the learning experiences will be integrating technology, students will be required to ensure that they have their laptops (fully charged), mobile phones (technology activities), headphones and pencil cases as their essential learning resources.

Exam Block

Congratulations to all Yr 8 students on a fantastic Exam Block. Students came prepared each morning with all of their materials. They took the experience seriously and understood the expectations of the week. 

As examinations are returned to students these next two weeks, we strongly encourage students to use their feedback for further improvement. Students are encouraged to:

  1. Check marks carefully
  2. Celebrate correctly answered questions
  3. Learn the content from incorrectly answered questions
  4. Ask the teacher for further clarification with things that are not understood

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Science Symposiums

Today, students in Yrs 8 presented their final projects as part of their Science Symposiums. Over the past few weeks, they have been researching scientific areas of their choosing and today was a culmination of their efforts. The Yr 8 winners were:

Best communication /presentation – ‘Bacteria be Gone!’ by Charlotte Waterland, Olivia Salmond and Emilie Leroux
Most impressive scientific methodology – ‘A Perfect Shot’ by Tom Jackson, Andrew Kinghorn, Johnny Wang and Jack Petering
Most original idea – ‘Naked Eggs’ by Jocyln Wang, Ahnu Guan and Mia Travers
Overall Winner – ‘Material Mask’ by Sholto Mirlees-Black and Sierra Allen

Anglicare Toys ‘n’ Tucker

All Year Groups are participating in sharing the joy for the holidays with Toys ‘n’ Tucker collection hampers. Students are encouraged to bring in as many items from the suggested shopping list, including Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, tinned ham or salmon, tea or coffee, Milo, dried pasta, pasta sauce, long-life milk or custard, tinned fruit or vegetables, jam or biscuits. Gift cards, sporting equipment and toiletry items may also be donated for teenagers. 

Students are asked to bring these items into their Tutor teachers these last two weeks of school. For more information, please see this video. 

Ms Alissa Ynson
Yr 8 Advisor
9968 9863
aynson@redlands.nsw.edu.au