Year 10

Welcome Back 

I hope everyone had a relaxing and refreshing break and is ready for a busy Term 4. I would like to formally welcome new Tutor Ms Katie Ebzery who is joining the Yr 10 Pastoral Team in replacement of Ms Alyssha Clarke. Ms Clarke has been given the exciting opportunity to be the Assistant Year Advisor for Yr 9 for the remainder of the term, and then will take on the exciting role as the Assistant Year Advisor for Yr 7 in 2022. Ms Clarke has been such an asset to the Yr 10 Pastoral Team and I know her 10 Dumolo Red Tutor Group will miss her dearly as she takes on her exciting new role. Ms Ezbery joined Redlands late in Term 3 and is a valued member of the PDHPE department. As Ms Clarke’s Yr 9 duties start almost immediately, Ms Ebzery has joined the Tutor Group as of this week.

I would like to also formally welcome new student Jordan De Guzman to the Yr 10 cohort. Jordan is joining the Yr 10 Year Group from Manilla in the Philippines where he attended the British School. Jordan has joined the 10 DR Tutor Group who has made him feel so welcome this week. 

Key Dates

Week 1 (October 5 -8) Yr 10 engaged in Remote Learning

Week 2 (October 11-15) Yr 10 engaged in Remote Learning 

Week 3 (October 18-22) Yr 10 Assessment Block (No Remote Learning Lessons)

Week 4 (October 25-29) Yr 10 Engage in Careers Week 

 

Congratulations Yr 10 – Mullets for Mental Health. 

A HUGE congratulations to Yr 10 who raised close to $4,500.00 towards Mullets for Mental Health. As Year 10 raised well beyond their $2000.00 target, on the last day of Term 3, Ms El Martin went all out and made her hair crazy – venturing out into the public with her hair, and Ms Van de Peer was given the honor of cutting my hair live on the Zoom Year Assembly. Ms Van de Peer started with a number 3 razor, however, with the loud support of Yr 10, she changed the razor to a number 0 to shave either side of my head. The result was a terribly stunning mullet! A big thank you to all of Yr 10’s contributions towards this worthy cause with all proceeds going towards Mental Health research which has been particularly poignant during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Assessment Blocks

Parents of students in Yr 7-10 would have received a recent communication regarding the modified Assessment Block for Term 4. We believe the modification will provide students with a meaningful assessment experience, and one that supports them to:

  • Prepare for an assessment task ahead of time, utilising organisation and revision skills
  • Undergo a range of tasks – students will be asked to complete quizzes, tests and assignments
  • Experience a managed sense of pressure, utilising emotional self-management skills
  • Receive feedback on their achievement and growth
  • Set goals for future learning

During the Assessment Block, students only log in to sit their assessments. They do not attend formal lessons during the Block, and they do not follow the Remote Learning Timetable. Instead, they follow the Online Assessment Timetable, emailed to parents earlier this week. Students have a maximum of two assessments per day; one in the morning and the other in the afternoon.

When students are not sitting an assessment task, they should be:
– Having a break, relaxing and being active
– Revising for another assessment task
– Reflecting on how they managed a task and identifying positive strategies to take into the next task

The Week 3 Yr 10 Assessment Schedule can be accessed here.

Mr Nicholas Walker
Acting Yr 10 Advisor
nwalker@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9909 3133