Year 11
Student Achievement
Hockey Achievements:
- Congratulations to Ellie Trueman who was selected for the CIS Open Girls Hockey Team. Ellie has also been selected into the Hockey NSW U18 State Squad (AAP) for 2022-23. Well done!
- Congratulations to Sebastien Griffith who recently competed at the U18 NSW Hockey Championships. Well done!
ISA XC Representatives
Well done to all the Yr 11 runners who competed in the ISA XC Carnival which was held at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre. The conditions were tough due to the muddy and slippery course. It was pleasing to see many Year 11 students step up to compete in their age group team and push through their comfort zones to finish their race. The following students are to be commended for their participation:
- Emilie Bessell
- Taylor Riddell
- Bronte Backhouse
- Maddie D’Almeida
- Tess Miller Maliepaard
- Katarina Croll
- Lucy Horton
- Finn Woodward
- Ethan McFarlane
- Harley Van der Pluijm
- Orabella Cornelius
- Alex Tully
- Josh Hicks
- Angus McLachlan
- Sam Chubb
- Hugo McKay
- Keian Murphy
Full results will be in next weeks Note Day.
Yr 11 Tessa Opie – Healthy Relationships and Sexuality Presentation
On Wednesday afternoon, Tessa Opie spoke to Yr 11 about respect and consent when it comes to ‘relationships’.
Dr Tessa Opie is the founder and director of inyourskin® and is an advocate for healthy and consenting relationships. She has extensive experience in education delivery and training facilitation. Tessa has worked as an educator across the government, not-for-profit, and private sectors, and has ongoing experience as a guest lecturer at various universities.
Dr Tessa’s approach is sex-positive, evidence-based, and harm reduction-focused. It requires participants to actively consider their relationship values, attitudes, and expectations, in a social climate that feeds us often misleading messages about sex and relationships.
In her presentation to Yr 11, she highlighted that it’s important to:
- Celebrate choosing not to have sex
- Celebrate diversity
- Understand that we all come here with different personal experiences.
- Keep ourselves safe.
- Know where to go to get help if you are worried about sexual health i.e. Family Planning NSW Talkline (Bodytalk, Sydney Sexual Health Centre) NSW Pregnancy Choice
The following statistics were mentioned by Dr Tessa regarding young adults and sexual activity:
- 74% of young adults have experienced some form of sexual activity
- 47% of teenagers have experienced sexual intercourse
- Up to 40% of young adults have sent a sexually explicit nude/video of self
- Up to 51% have received a sexually explicit nude/video
- 35% reported sexual attraction
- 28% of sexually active high school students reported at least one experience of unwanted sex.
Dr Tessa explained that the reasons for the lack of sexual consent are because:
- Young people have more in common across genders than we have differences.
- Younger people have greater access to online pornography which has led to: body image issues, increased sexual behaviors, normalisation of non-normative sex acts and earlier sexual intercourse.
Dr Tessa’s advice for Yr 11 when practicing consent is to:
- Determine your own boundaries around preferred sexual activity
- Think about how you can actively negotiate sexual activity
- Think about how you might check-in and practice consent
- Every time you do anything sexual, you must always have the other persons consent from beginning to end.
Sexual Consent needs to be:
- Mutual
- Continuous
- Required for everything
- Definite
- Voluntary
- Informed
- Reversible
If you are interested in the work of Dr Tessa Opie, please visit inyourskin.
Careers Expo
Next Thursday 2 June, Yr 11 will be visiting the Careers Expo at the Horden Pavillion, Moore Park.
The Expo is a valuable opportunity for both the HSC and IB cohorts to access information and resources on the following topics:
- Tertiary study, university, TAFE and training courses
- Study advice
- Career, apprenticeship and traineeship advice
- Employment advice and opportunities
- Information on international exchange and gap year programs
Excursion requirements
- Medical kits: students with anaphylaxis kits should make sure they have their kit with them, in line with our No Epi-Pen No Excursion policy, students with asthma should have their Ventolin with them
- Students are to bring masks to wear on the buses and within the event venue
- Students are to wear full school uniform including blazer.
- Students should bring their recess and a drink bottle.
- Students may wish to bring a pen and notebook to make notes.
- School bags should be left in lockers. They are strongly discouraged due to limited space at the venue. Students may wish to bring a tote bag to carry essentials. Carry bags and tote bags will also be available at the venue.
Secondary School Photos – Monday 6 June and Wednesday 8 June
Photos for the following cocurricular groups will be held in the Fahl Garden on Monday 6 June: Music ensembles; Drama, Visual Art and Ballet and Dance Academy (The wet weather venue on 6 June is the Edwards Auditorium). On Wednesday 8 June photos for the following cocurricular groups will be held in the Fahl Garden: Music Ensembles and Debating. (The wet weather venue on 8 June is Redlands Hall). Schedules for the photos will be available from the relevant departments and activity coordinators.
Yrs 7 to 12 Year Group Photos will be taken on Wednesday 8 June in the Fahl Garden. Period 1 – Yr 7; Period 2 – Yr 8; Recess – Yr 12; Period 3 – Yr 10; Period 5 – Yr 9 and Period 6 – Yr 11.
Catch-up Student Portraits will be taken on Monday 6 June. Students who missed a portrait photo during a previous photo day can attend from 10.30-11.05am at the level 2 presentation space in the Redlands Learning Hub.
All students are required to be well-presented in full school uniform, including blazers. Students are reminded to bring their Redlands student ID cards to each photo for efficient scanning and identification.
Mr Nicholas Walker
Yr 11 Year Advisor
nwalker@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9909 3133