Year 12

Key Dates

  • 20 & 21 June Senior Music Festival 
  • 25 June SS Athletics Carnival
  • 28 June Yr 12 Formal
  • 28 June Last Day of Term 2
  • 23 July First Day of Term 3
  • 26 July Gala Arts
  • 5-16 August YR 12 HSC & IB Trials
  • 26-30 August Yr 12 Final Orals & Yr 3-12 HSC Visual Arts Exhibition
  • 16-20 September IB Visual Arts Exhibition
  • 25 September Valedictory
  • 26 September Last Day of Term 3
  • 14 October First Day of Term 4
  • 16 October – 8 November Yr 12 HSC Exams
  • 21 October – 11 November Yr 12 IB Exams 

Year 12 Legacy Gift: Our Gift, Our Legacy

It has been an exciting journey with the Year 12 Legacy Gift team working through ideas, concepts and fundraising initiatives. This year’s student led initiative is focusing on the importance of ‘Giving Back’ to the School. It is wonderful to see students working collaboratively and with a passion to continue this tradition which was started by the Class of 2016.

This year, funds raised will be contributed to the sixth Redlands Means Tested Scholarship named after Coralie Amos OAM Redlander Class of 1964. For all her efforts and commitment to Service, Coralie was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia for Community Service in 2021.

Please Join Year 12 in their Efforts

Yr 12 are inviting the entire Redlands community to support them in their fundraising efforts. They appreciate your support as they come to the end of their Redlands journey by purchasing one, or more, of our special commemorative 2024 drink bottles, Redlands Rhino key chains and greeting cards, or contribute directly to the Scholarship Fund.

If you make a purchase, products will be available next Term (July/August) either delivered to your child’s class/tutor or by post for an extra charge.

Legacy Gift 2024 – Drink Bottles & Key Chains (redlands.nsw.edu.au)

Alternatively you can make a tax deductible donation to the Coralie Amos OAM Scholarship.

Webinar: New Information About Teen Screen Use and Mental Health

Our school is participating in the Black Dog Institute’s Future Proofing Study, the largest and most comprehensive investigation of adolescent mental health in Australia. When our current Year 12students were in Year 8, families and students could choose to opt into the study or not.  

Researchers from the Black Dog Institute now visit our school every year to facilitate these enrolled students completing an anonymous online survey about all aspects of their mental health and wellbeing. This information is then analysed with the data from the other thousands of participants, and the analysis is provided to key decision makers to shape policy and service provision. 

In 2023, the researchers asked participants about their screen use and linked this input with participants’ mental health input. The research team then prepared a webinar for parents documenting their findings about teens, screens and mental health. This webinar also includes options for how parents can support their children navigate the digital world positively and safely.

Topics included in the webinar:

(1)    Background to the Future Proofing Study (at 3:13 mins)

(2)    How teens are using screens (at 4:10 mins)

(3)    The association between teen screen use and mental health (at 6:28 mins)

(4)    What families can do to support children to navigate the digital world (at 18:00 mins)

Please click here to watch this accessible and informative webinar on YouTube.  

The researchers have also created a PDF of the webinar slides and content you can view here.

Further information is available here or you can email futureproofing@blackdog.org.au 

As always, we are committed to working with you to find the best ways to nurture the mental fitness of our young people.  

Athletics Training Announcement from Athletics Captain Jaiden Confessore

In Week 8, there is an opportunity for all students in Years 7-12 to practice their event/events for the SS Athletics Carnival which is coming up in Week 9. If students are interested, please encourage them to complete the form HERE. Training will resume in Week 2, Term 3, every Monday morning from 6:30 – 7:30am at Balmoral Oval.

First Training Session Details

  • Date: Week 8, Monday morning
  • Time: 6:30-7:30am
  • Location: Balmoral Oval

Key Information

  • Transportation: Students must make their own way to Balmoral Oval to arrive by 6:30am. A bus will transport students back to the Secondary School at 7:30am, giving them time to change before Period 1.
  • Training Focus: Events available at the training session include sprints, middle distance, throws and long jump. High jump training will begin in Term 3 on Friday mornings in the gym from 7:00-7:45am.
  • Schedule: Training will commence in Week 8. There will be no training in Week 9, but it will resume every Monday throughout Term 3.

ALL STUDENTS are welcome, including those who wish to use athletics training as fitness for other sports.

 *Coaching staff will include Rich Frost (Sprints, Long Jump and High Jump), Jasmin Frost (Throws), Mr Nick Walker (Middle Distance), Ms Jessie Stafford (Sprints and Middle Distance)

Photos of Year 12

Photos included here are from Festival in the Fahl and Yr 12 teaching classes.

Ms Alissa Ynson
Yr 12 Advisor
aynson@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9865