Year 8

News

• Congratulations to all swimmers who competed at the Swimming Carnival on Tuesday. Age Champions have been announced in the Sports section of Note Day. Well done to the winning House, Roseby.
• Best wishes to Aurora Golowenko, James Ireland, Marina Viese Vivaldi and James Whelan who left for a three week exchange to New Zealand on Saturday. We look forward to hearing about their experiences. Yr 8 will welcome four students from New Zealand in early Term 2.
• Well done to Isabella and Angus McLachlan who have been accepted into the annual Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive Program held in New York.
• During Pastoral Care this week, students have continued work on organisation. Students have each completed an A3 Wall Planner which they will be bringing home to stick up on the wall in their study area.

Student Planners

Some students are naturally organised; for others, organisation is a learned skill. Each cycle, Tutors are viewing Student Planners to ensure they are being used correctly as a tool to aid time management. We ask that parents also assist students in the use of this important resource by viewing and signing Student Planners each week. Students should be recording 1) the date home learning is assigned; and 2) the date home learning is due.

Assessment Booklets

The 2019 Yr 8 Assessment Handbook is now available on Redlands Pulse and iLearn.

Parent Pastoral Care Presentation with Dr Judith Lock

On Monday 25 February, we are very pleased to be hosting clinical psychologist and author of The Bonsai Child, Dr Judith Locke. This is part of our ongoing focus on wellbeing, as well as providing another of the many parent education and engagement opportunities here at Redlands. The event is being held in Redlands Hall and begins at 6pm.

In an ever-changing world, parents are constantly wondering how they can best support their child. As part of our on-going efforts to support parents we are excited to announce that Clinical Psychologist and author Dr Judith Locke will be coming to Redlands to present to parents around how to support their child to become confident and capable. The workshop is designed to provide specific strategies to assist the young people we care for to achieve their personal best, both within the classrooms as well as in other areas of life. Judith will provide advice as to how to support your child in a friendly and relatable way as well as providing specific strategies around how to help your child become independent and make the most of their opportunities whilst at school.

Dr Judith Locke is a registered clinical psychologist, and former teacher and workplace trainer. She is now Director of the training company, Confident and Capable, which delivers psychological solutions for parents, students and organisations. Judith works with families and individuals in her private practice in Toowong, Qld. She also undertakes research at QUT, investigating modern parenting, student and parent wellbeing, and their interaction with the academic environment. Judith is a Member of The Australian Psychological Society (APS) and a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists. She is the author of the popular parenting book The Bonsai Child: Why modern parenting limits children’s potential and practical strategies to turn it around.

Sibling and Cocurricular Photographs

Sibling photos will be held on the Senior Campus on 13 March 7.30 – 8.30am in Redlands Hall, and on the Junior Campus on 22 February, 7.30 – 9.30am in Parkes Hall. Sibling photographs must be ordered online prior to the day of photography by visiting www.advancedlife.com.au and using the online order code: NWL 4NR ETY. Cocurricular photos for Music, Dance, Drama and Theatre and Debating will be held on 13 and 20 March. Please check with the Cocurricular Activity Coordinator for the photography schedule.

Key Dates

Ms Marita Jansons 
Yr 8 Advisor
mjansons@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9819