Year 8

School Fashion 

With a mixture of new and old uniforms bouncing about the School, and a change from Summer into Winter uniform, it can sometimes be a challenge for students to stay on top of what is required in their school uniform. Luckily, we have students as committed as Charlie Lee and Mackenzie Willis who confidently took to the stage in Redlands Hall on Monday to perform a fashion show for the cohort in our Year Assembly. With style and flair, Charlie and Mackenzie demonstrated what to wear and how to wear it well for our Redlands uniform. They moved gracefully along the stage, while yours truly, read out the fashion show script, giving Yr 8 clear pointers on how to wear their uniform well.

Alas, no photos were taken of our wonderful fashion show, but you can read the script below.

Welcome to the 2024 Fall catalogue show, featuring charming Charlie and magnificent Mackenzie modelling the Redlands uniform!

Introducing our first model ‘Charlie’! Let’s hear it for her.

Sporting a very ‘in’ look, Charlie is wearing the new Redlands dress. It is colourful, comfortable and note how the hemline comes down, so that it sits neatly on the top of her knee. How perfectly practical and so very fashionable. Charlie is wearing appropriate socks and black, leather school shoes. Comfortable and sophisticated. Would we expect anything else? And now let’s look at those amazing accessories. Charlie is in style with the totally natural look – she has no make-up and no nail polish – oh yeah, that’s so fresh! And she has only one stud or sleeper in each ear. Minimalism is the new maximalism. Go Charlie!

Thank you, Charlie. Keep looking super good!

And now our second model, Mackenzie. Give it up for Mack – on the attack!

Rocking out in the boys uniform, Mack is looking slick and ready to tackle any classes. From his glossy black leather shoes to his neatly tied tie, he is the definition of suave and sophisticated with all the key accessories. None! On top of that, he has a nicely ironed shirt, and, as he’s wearing the fashionable Redlands trousers, of course his shirt is tucked all the way in. Legs out, shirts out; legs in, shirts in. And topping off an unbeatable look, is a leather belt on tight and looking alright!!

Thank you, Mackenzie. Keep that style fresh!

Let’s hear it again for our two top models!

Full uniform details are available on Pulse.

Da Vinci Decathlon

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was one of the world’s greatest thinkers and scholars. Da Vinci demonstrated an ability to perceive the interconnected nature of knowledge and embraced learning with a lifelong passion and determination to uncover the unknown. In his honour, The Da Vinci Decathlon exists, a competition that places a particular emphasis on higher order thinking skills, problem solving and creativity.

Earlier this week, a collection of our Yr 8 students attended Knox College to compete in the Decathlon. They not only had a great day competing but achieved some exceptional results, achieving 2nd place in two subject areas: English, and Art and Poetry. Given the high level of competition with entries from many schools, including selective high schools, it is a fantastic achievement to attain such high placings, particularly in the junior years, as our students are still relatively new to the challenging nature of the questions.

Huge congratulations to the entire Yr 8 team – Natalie Bain, Lachlan Carter, Ina Guan, Aimee Kang, Olivia Law, Charlie Lee, Aaron Oh, and Clementine Roumanoff. They all worked incredibly well as a team and we look forward to hearing of their full results, which will be released later in the term.

Redlands Student Wellbeing Seminar

Thank you to everyone who attended the recent ‘Managing your Teen’s stress, Anxiety and Other Big Emotions’ seminar, run by our excellent counselling team. If you were unable to attend the session or would like follow-up access to the resources from this session, you can the informative PowerPoint slides through our Secondary School Student Wellbeing page on Pulse.  

Term 2 Key Dates and Upcoming Events

  • Moonbah Connection Pilot: Week 4: Monday 20 May to Friday 24 May
  • Festival in the Fahl – Week 5: Thursday 30 May
  • Redlands Heritage Week – Week 6: Monday 3 June
  • Year 8 Moonbah Parent & Student Information Session – Week 6: Tuesday 4 June
  • Year Group Photo – Week 6: Wednesday 5 June
  • SS Athletics Carnival – Week 9: Tuesday 25 June
  • Police Liaison Officer task (cyber safety and social media) – Week 9: Thursday 27 June
  • End of Term 2 – Week 9: Friday 28 June

Mr Jimmy Tod-Hill
Year 8 Advisor
jtodhill@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6462