Year 12
Principal Commissioning
Well done to the following students who represented Yr 12 at Mr Sean Corcoran’s Principal Commissioning. The entire Yr 12 cohort were excellent role models to the rest of the school during the commission with how they were dressed along with their superb behaviour.
Prayer: School Captains – Josie Simpson & Dan Close
School Song and Advance Australia Fair: Phoebe Barnett and Maya Little
Performance Shenandoah – Jamison Houchell
Student Achievement
Congratulations to Emilie Bessell who has been selected as a player to represent the NSW Metro at the U18 National Championships this year!
Yr 12 Celebrate their last ever Senior School Swimming Carnival
Well done to all of Yr 12 for their participation at their final ever Swimming Carnival. Yr 12 really enjoyed their novelty lap of the pool with many students floating on rafts, tires and giant swans down each lane of the 50m pool at the Sydney Aquatic Centre.
It was also pleasing to see our House Captains in action and flying the flag for their perspective houses. Congratulations to the McDouall House Captains, Lachlan Binnekamp and Bella Havryk who led their house to victory, winning the Swimming Carnival House Shield for the first time since 2015!
Special mention to the Yr 12 students and Tutors who competed in the Staff Vs Student relays! It was a very close battle with Yr 12 coming out as champions!
Congratulations to the following students for their achievements at the Swimming Carnival:
18 Years Girls Champion – Bella Havryk
18 Years Runners Up Age Champion – Ora Bella Cornelius
18 Years Boys Champion – Loch Wilding
18 Years Boys Runners Up Age Champion – Simone Francesci
18 Years 50m Breastroke record – Loch Wilding
Champion of Champions Race: Loch Wilding 2nd Place, Bella Havryk 3rd place
HSC Core Session 1
The wonderful and knowledgeable Ms Lucy Benjamin led the first HSC Core Session with Yr 12 this week. In her session with Yr 12 she covered the following:
What’s important in Term 1? Visiting the Career Advisers, the importance of having a study schedule, the importance of Academic Honesty, and activating NESA accounts to access HSC Exam timetables.
Better Together – Students will have control over their individual marks and success, but everyone will score more, if everyone scores more.
Stop, Collaborate and Listen – The importance of shared drives so everyone can see everyone’s study and revision notes, having a tutor buddy, advantages of studying in pairs of groups and writing responses and completing papers together.
The importance of Grit – Grit is more important to success than intelligence and talent. Grit is the ability to get up and when we fall to overcome defeat.
Growth Mindset – Grit and Growth – Two key ingredients for success.
Time Management – Write a timetable that works for you, don’t cram, avoid studying one subject for a long period of time, create a distraction-free setting and organising study spaces such as removing clutter which adds to stress and anxiety.
Focused Study – Take notes, process the notes, make connections, summarise and apply new learning.
Secondary School Individual Portraits and Sibling Photos – Friday 10 February
Secondary School Sibling Photos will take place on 10 February from 7.15 – 8.20am in Redlands Hall. To order Sibling Photos, please click here, enter the password ‘ALLISTER’ and select Siblings Order Form before 8 February. Parents/Carers who have children at both the Junior and Senior Campus and may attend the sibling photo and should accompany their Junior Campus children to school afterwards.
On 10 February Yr 7 to 12 students will present to the Redlands Hall in classes to have their portrait photo taken between 8.20am – 12.55pm. If your child is unable to have their portrait taken or if they have an external appointment scheduled during the school day, please inform the Year Advisor.
A catch-up date for missed sibling photos and portraits will be offered on 3 March at 10.10-11.05am in the Learning Hub Level 2, or by appointment with Melba Studios, located in Artarmon.
All students are required to be wearing their full school uniform, including blazers. Boys must be clean shaven with hair that has been cut so that it is away from eyes, ears and collar. Boys and girls with a hair length touching the collar is to be styled and tied-up neatly so that it is away from eyes, ears and collar. Hair is to be tied back with navy and hair coloured accessories. No hair dye, mullet style haircuts, make-up or nail polish is permitted. No jewellery is to be worn other than one pair of plain gold or silver studs in ear lobes.
Our Standard Portrait and Year Group Package will be automatically billed to your school account and posted directly to your primary contact address following the Year Group photos taken on 7 June. If you do not wish to receive a standard package, please click here to opt out before 10 February.
The Standard Package will cost $40 and consist of:
- Year Group Photograph 20 x 30cm
- Portrait packages containing 7 portraits:
1 – 15 x 20cm
2 – 10 x 15cm
1 – 10 x 7cm
1 – 7.5 x 5cm
2 – 5 x 3.5cm
- Online access to a high-resolution digital portrait download
If you have any questions, alterations or additional orders, please contact Melba Studios directly on (02) 9438 4566 or email sales@melbastudios.com.au.
Mr Nicholas Walker
Yr 12 Year Advisor
nwalker@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9909 3133