Year 9

Commerce Masterclass

As Year 9 prepares to pitch their ideas to their partner organisations in Commerce in the coming weeks, we’ve supported their readiness through a pairing of masterclasses. One on how to structure a pitch and the other on visual design with Canva.   

Michelle Bowden is an authority on the art of persuasion in business. Having coached her persuasive presentation skills Masterclass over 1000 times she’s helped countless teams achieve pitching success. In just two short hours Michelle ran through structuring the pitch, icebreakers and some important lessons on dialling up your personal presence.  

Michelle has prepared some additional resources for our students to dip into over the coming weeks. These are worthwhile skills to continue to develop over their academic and professional careers. She has also gifted the Roseby Library copies of her books.  

Megan Townes is the Canva for Education Regional Lead for Asia-Pacific-Japan who guides educational institutions to adopt and utilise Canva to empower their staff and students to create. As an Australian ‘unicorn’ Canva is well known and beloved by our students. It was a real treat to get access to first-hand information about brand identity and the interplay between new product development in a way that remains true to your mission and strategic pillars.  Students also had time to work in their teams on playing with some of the new tools in Canva that they may wish to utilise in their Commerce task. 

Tournament of the Minds

Congratulations to Charlotte Boris, Georgia Cavric, Amelie Dewar, Melissa Franco, Roman Jackson, Sophia Liu and Abby Stante for their excellent effort in Tournament of Minds (TOM), which was held at UNSW on Sunday 8 September. A total of 67 schools competed at this event. For six weeks, our Year 9 team worked together to develop a dramatic performance about the changes to the world caused by the movement of tectonic plates. They had to choose two of the following aspects of the world which changed because of tectonic shifts: the economy, society, politics, the law, the physical environment and ecosystems. Well done students, for your energy and dedication to this geographical and social science challenge. I also thank Dr Poon and the following staff for facilitating their training sessions, Ms Bailey, Ms Cleghorn, Mr Holden, Ms Joo and Ms Kang.   

ISA Invitational Athletics Carnival Results

Over the past two weeks, our Year 9 students have demonstrated outstanding commitment and determination while competing in the ISA Invitational Athletics Carnival held at ES Marks and Sydney Olympic Park. Well done to the students below. 

  • Eva Simpson: Competed in Javelin and Discus (19.93), and Shotput (8.83m – 8.91m). 
  • Robbie Smith: Competed in the 200m (25.15), 100m (12.35), and Long Jump (4.48m). 
  • Isla Anderson: Competed in the 400m (1:15.27) and Discus (15.86). 
  • Grace Ford: Participated in the 800m (2:39.52) and 1500m (5:26). 
  • Amelie Dewar: Participated in the 100m (14.48), 200m (31.71), and Long Jump. 
  • Ava Ford: Competed in the 800m (2:38.24) and 1500m (5:21). 
  • Ava Atkinson: Competed in the 100m and 200m (29.29), and High Jump. 
  • Hugo Burton: Participated in Shotputt 
  • Sam Turton: Competed in the 200m (25.05 – 25.44) and 100m (12.12 – 12.23). 
  • Thayu Runo: Participated in Discus (27.44) and Javelin (19.99). 

These students have shown great dedication to their sports and represented our school with pride. Their performances reflect not only their hard work but also their commitment to improving and pushing their limits, in addition to their rep sports. 
 
Best of luck to all students competing at the ISA Athletics Carnival on Tuesday next week at Sydney Olympic Park. 

Mr Tobias Horan
Yr 9 Advisor
9968 9872
thoran@redlands.nsw.edu.au