Year 10

Yr 10 Science Symposium

On Thursday in Week 7, Yr 10 presented their Science Research Projects in the Science Symposium. Students’ works were judged by a panel consisting of Ms Gemma Van de Peer, Mr David Randall, Ms Anna Rolon, Mr Nick Walker and Ms El Martin. Congratulations to the following students who received awards for their outstanding Science Research Project. 

Roseby House Assembly

The Roseby House Assembly took place last during Tutor Time last Thursday. The students in the list below, worked together to create a pre-recorded Assembly which required a significant amount of coordination and effort to get the Assembly up and running. A big thank you to the following students and to the Roseby House Tutors Ms Vyvian Kang and Ms Ellie Dalton for their coordination of selecting students to add individual pieces to the Assembly. 

Roseby White

• Elena Parker
• Jacob Rieser
• Lily Swift
• Alyssa Tinetti
• Eloise Trueman
• Phoebe Vandekreeke

Roseby Red

• Jamie Gold 
• Maia Healey
• Oliver Noakes 
• Torren Jackman
• Poppy Justice
• Alex Tully

Student reflection: BurnBright Altitude Day 2021 – Jamison Houchell 

Last Friday, Yr 10 participated in the BurnBright Altitude Day. A key takeaway for me from Yr 10’s BurnBright session was the strength and connection that our Year Group has. BurnBright helped me to understand that as a cohort we may have differing opinions, but we still can have a shared goal and support each other in reaching it. This was really highlighted to me in an activity where a statement was given and in groups we held up cards stating whether we strongly agreed, agreed, disagreed or strongly disagreed. In my small group I found that even though we disagreed on some opinions, we still found a way to see eye to eye after explaining our thoughts. I think that with the help of BurnBright we all feel closer as a Year Group than ever and that the next two years will not be a challenge as individuals but rather a goal that we will all reach together.

Peer Support Leadership Day reflection – Phoebe Vandekreeke 

On Monday, Yr 10 took part in leadership activities in year groups as an opportunity to experience running a peer support session as part of the 2021 Yr 10 Peer Support Leadership Day.
The sessions were composed of a number of activities, from individual pen-on-paper brainstorming to group-led games. Although these activities seemed simple enough, they encouraged us to engage our critical thinking skills, work as a team, negotiate with each other, prioritise and act as leaders, keeping groups organised and efficient. We were encouraged to look at leadership in broad terms and from a personal perspective, examining the skills and values necessary to act as effective leaders and work with Yr 7 in 2022 to refine specific skills needed for their high school transition. The games we took part in were a great introduction into what we’ll be doing next year as Peer Support leaders, and we look forward to developing fun and engaging activities for the incoming  Yr 7s as they make their transition to the Redlands Secondary School. 

Upcoming Work Exploration Day and Wellbeing Day

The Yr 10 Work Exploration Day and the Wellbeing Day are taking place next Monday and Tuesday in the final week of the term. The Work Exploration day will run on Monday, 29 November and students will be required to wear professional work attire. The Careers and University Advisors will be working with Year 10 as they participate in career based activities including an alumni panel, resume writing, interview techniques and mock interview practice with a key member of staff and executive.

The Wellbeing Day will run on Tuesday November 30 and students will be required to wear their sports uniform for the duration of the day. Yr 10 will have the opportunity to participate in a range of wellbeing activities in the morning (Mindful Meditation, Youthful Yoga, Feel Good Fitness, Wellbeing Walk, and Organic Origami), followed by group connection activities. In the final session, students will have the honour of listening to a presentation by Human Connection Scientist, Dr Ali Walker who will be visiting Redlands to talk with Yr 10 in person. Ali is the founder of Ality, a company that designs personal assessment tools to optimise individual and team performance. Ali has worked as a specialist advisor to organisations such as Google Australia, Suncorp, Australia Post, and NSW Ambulance among others. Ali designs and delivers executive leadership programs that have effectively displayed measurable improvements in performance- based outcomes. Ali is the author of the bestselling book Get Conscious: How to stop overthinking and come alive. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts/Law (UNSW), Master’s degree in International Law & International Relations (UNSW) & a Doctorate in collective behaviour (ANU). 

Secondary School Speech Day

The Secondary School Speech Day will take place on 1 December at 2.00pm at Dunnet Hall, Redlands Junior Campus. Due to the current venue capacity restrictions, only those Secondary School students receiving a Prize or Scholastic Button, as well as some student musicians and speakers, will be in attendance in Dunnet Hall. All other students are expected to attend School and engage with the live-streamed event in their Tutor classroom. We anticipate the event to run for approximately 1.5 hours.

 With the scheduled changes to restrictions governing schools from 1 December, we are pleased to be able to welcome one (fully-vaccinated) parent or carer of each student receiving a prize or scholastic button to these events. For all other parents and carers, the live-stream links will be communicated shortly.

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