Year 8

Spotlight on Tutor Time

This week in Tutor, Yr 8 have enjoyed the House Debate Finals, a Year Meeting focused on community building, and Pastoral Care sessions following on from some of the themes introduced by Dr Tessa Opie in her workshop.

 

 

ISA Athletics Carnival

A huge congratulations to the following students who represented the school with pride and competed with fervour at the ISA Athletics Carnival on Wednesday this week:

  • Lexi Rowe
  • Annalyse Rowe
  • Amber Kusano
  • Heidi de Saxe
  • Elizabeth Whelan
  • Imogen Kroon
  • Ashley Corn
  • Finnegan O’Sullivan
  • Landon Mansell
  • Joel Daily
  • Max Taylor
  • Henry Dobson

The following students are to be further congratulated on their outstanding place results in the competition, with some qualifying to move through to the next level of competition; CIS. 

13 Years Girls

Imogen Kroon: 2nd – Javelin

Elizabeth Whelan: 2nd – Shot Put

                                  1st – Discuss

14 Years Girls

Annalyse Rowe: 3rd – 200m A

                             3rd – 100m A

Amber Kusano: 1st – 800m

                             3rd – 400m

                             1st – 12-14 Yrs 1500m

Lexi Rowe: 3rd – 100m B

13 Years Boys

Joel Daily: 3rd – 100m A

                  1st – Long Jump

                   2nd – Discuss

14 Years Boys

Max Taylor: 3rd – 400m

Following ISA, two Yr 8 students were acknowledged for their excellent contribution and progress in Redlands Athletics this year:  

Most Improved: Max Taylor

Athlete of the Year: Junior – Amber Kusano

Well done on a wonderful week for our Athletic competitors!

Parent Information – What is BeReal and how does it work?

  • BeReal is a social media app that is fast becoming the latest obsession for Gen Z and has started to make an appearance on the Senior Campus.
  • BeReal was invented in 2020, but according to trending news website Social Media Today, downloads of the app have risen by 315% since the beginning of the year, now ranking fourth in the list of most downloaded social media apps, behind Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest.  
  • BeReal users receive a notification at a random time once a day saying, ‘Time to BeReal’. This opens a two-minute window for the user to post a picture of what they are currently doing. The purpose of this is to capture an authentic, unfiltered snapshot of a user’s life – the opposite of the curated Instagram or SnapChat photos. The app takes a picture using both the front and back camera, so other people can see what the user looks like and where they are. 
  • The user can only see other peoples’ posts after they have posted their own. Followers are notified and can see when somebody has posted ‘late’ or has retaken the photo. Captions can be added with the post and other people can comment on the post. 
  • It’s possible to retake the BeReal photo many times during the two-minute countdown, but followers can see how many times the photo has been recaptured.
    While there is not a ‘like’ option available on the app, users can react to other posts by using their RealMoji.
  • Because of the time restraint, photos aren’t as polished or aesthetic as there is less pressure to create the perfect scene and gain approval from followers. BeReal is seen as a refreshing way to use social media however, the fear of missing out or the pressure to get the photo within the 2-minute time frame may be stressful for users (and outweigh the positives).

Why should I be concerned about BeReal?

  • BeReal has the possibility to disrupt lessons and distract students as the prompt can appear at any time during the day.
  • Students may cave to peer pressure to install the app in fear of missing out (FOMO).
  • The app has a map feature that allows the user to see where their contacts are throughout the world which may cause an issue for privacy.
  • BeReal causes issues with privacy as the post may capture other students in the frame who have not consented to be included in the post.

Yr 9 Service Learning Project – Vinnies Drive 

As part of this Service-Learning Project, we are asking students across the school to bring in items to create personal hygiene bags for those in need.

Donation items include:

  • Shampoo 
  • Conditioner 
  • Band aids 
  • Hand sanitiser 
  • Deodorant
  • Soap or body wash
  • Toothpaste
  • Toothbrushes
  • Small tissue packs
  • Hairbrush/hair ties
  • Sanitary items – pads, tampons and panty liners.

A collection box will be located in the Secondary School Office every day during Week 9-10 this term, where you are able to drop off your supplies.

Thank you for your support.

Mrs Lucienne Willis
Yr 8 Advisor
lwillis@redlands.nsw.edu.au