Head of Secondary School

Head of Secondary School

Week 6 has Welcomed Many Visitors to the Senior Campus.

Paul Dillon delivered presentations to students across Years 10, 11 and 12 on a wide range of alcohol and drug issues on Monday and our Year 12 boys spent most of yesterday with The Man Cave team, who are a preventative mental health and emotional intelligence charity that empowers boys to become great men.

Year 12 student Dylan Keay expressed that “Everyone seemed to lean into the activities well, and even those who didn’t speak as much, seemed to be very engaged and found it greatly beneficial”.

Year 12 student Jack Stevens also spoke positively, “I thought that Man Cave was very useful and had a positive impact on the male cohort who participated. I felt it was good because it created a feeling of unity among us, as it made us feel that we are not alone and that our peers are going through similar experiences. I think it will leave a lasting impact on all of the boys, as many of us were able to be open with each other, and learn new things about people we are not necessarily close with.”

Redlands/ISA Success at the CIS Cross Country Championships!

24 Redlands students competed in the CIS Cross Country Championships held at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre and despite the muddy and tough conditions, it was fantastic to see a great effort by all students today.

Highlights from today include: 

  • Isaac Brooks finished 6th in the 18 Years 8k, qualifying for the NSW All Schools. 
  • Imogen Howard finished 9th in the 15 Years 4k, also qualifying for the NSW All Schools. 
  • The Redlands 16 Year Girls team placed 2nd overall. The team included Imogen Howard, Amber Kusano, Genevieve Holt and Alanah Winder. 
  • The Redlands 16 Year boys placed 3rd overall. The team included Otto Ross-Sampson, Charles Hargrave, Liam Riddell and Toby Healey.  
  • Stella Brock (Yr 7) showed remarkable sportswomanship by sacrificing her own race to assist a Queenwood girl who had a bad fall. She walked her to the emergency tent, an act of kindness that impressed both the ISA and CIS Convenors. 

Greenlands Week has been Another Significant Focus this Week

A variety of opportunities for students to engage in sustainability initiatives and endeavours have been provided to students across Year 7 to 12. Students created their own environmental pledge in Tutor Groups, reduced the School’s overall energy consumption via a dedicated ‘Lights off Wednesday’ and participated in a wide range of lunch time activities, such as a waste audit, clothes swap and Garden Club. To conclude the week, Friday will see a beeswax candle making session with one of our beekeepers. The ‘hard-to-recycle collections’ will be continued into next week, and students are encouraged to continue bringing in any of the following for the collection tubs outside ground floor of the Learning Hub:

  • Make up containers
  • Pens/markers
  • Bottle tops
  • Toothpaste/toothbrushes
  • Mobile phones

Ahead of World Ocean Day on Saturday 8 June, a group of Year 7 students attended the Youth Ocean Carnival on Wednesday this week. Students were inspired by a variety of keynote speakers who discussed how small actions can make a big impact and offered examples of how young people had used innovation to create solutions to combat the problems faced by the earth. The Youth Ocean Carnival celebrations continue into the weekend, with more opportunities for students to participate in Night at the Zoo on Saturday at Taronga Zoo. Please see the poster below for more information:

To continue the spirit of Greenlands Week, a beach cleanup will occur on Sunday 23mJune, with a group of schools from the North Sydney and Mosman council areas. Please feel free to sign up via this link.

We invite our parents and carers to also adopt a positive approach to Greenlands Week. Environment Captains, Tara and Conor, encourage Redlands families to reduce their carbon emissions. This Net Zero Guide from Zero Emissions Sydney North, outlines a variety of ways to support families to minimise their own impact on the environment. 

Kids Giving Back

Feargal (Yr 7) and Ruairi Lambert (Yr 9) were part of a crew of 930 young legends who helped provide over 6,500 meals, snack packs, and care packages and wrote heartfelt messages to support 15 charities across Sydney in recent weeks.

The Kids Giving Back team reported that they showed incredible leadership, compassion in their  drive to give back to the community.

Interestingly, one of the key findings from Growing Up In Australia – The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children is that “if by age 13 a young person was involved in volunteering, the odds of having ‘clinical levels’ of emotional symptoms two years later were reduced by approximately 28%, underscoring the profound impact that volunteering can have on young people’s emotional well-being.

The Kids Giving Back Organisation offers many valuable service programs for young people.

140 Year History Quiz Winners

We are delighted to announce and sincerely congratulate the following winners and runners up in the 140 Year History Quiz. The winners (the first participants in each category to score 100%) will receive a $50 gift voucher and the runners up will receive a $25 gift voucher.

Secondary School Students 

Kira Delaney (Yr 10) – Winner
Lucy Goodsall (Yr 9)- Runner up

Junior Campus Students

Sophie Williams (Yr 6) – Winner
Pax (Yr 6), Ziggy (Yr 5), Hendrix (Yr 3) and Bowie (Yr 1) Staley-Lobo (a group effort from all four boys) – Runners up

Staff

Susan McDonald, Redlands House PreKindergarten – Winner
Vyvian Kang, Secondary School – Runner up

Parents

Ulrika Dijkstra – Winner
Nevhan Ramadan – Runner up

Alumni

Madison Lawrence, Redlander 2016 – Winner
David Kirsch, Redlander 1983 – Runner up

Ms Gemma Van de Peer
Head of Secondary School
gvandepeer@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9811