Year 8

News and Achievements

• Congratulations to our Yr 8 da Vinci Decathlon team who placed 2nd in the Engineering category: Fergus Edmonds-Wilson, Aurora Golowenko, Joseph Irvine, Isabella Havryk, Lucy Horton, Sarah Kumpulainen, Kokoro Sawa and Marina Viese Vivadi.
• At last week’s ISA Cross Country Carnival, Maddie Barwise came 3rd in the U14 Girls 4km which was a fantastic achievement. Pictured from L to R is Louise Colin (Yr 9), Bronte Backhouse, Maddie Barwise, Lucy Horton and Claudia Larsen (Yr 8). Maddie is also pictured on the podium. Redlands had some fantastic results with many students placing in the top 10 for their Age Group including Catrina Croll who placed 5th and Bronte Backhouse who placed 7th. The Redlands Junior Girls came 1st in their division and the Redlands Girls team were the overall winners (a first for Redlands). Redlands Junior Boys placed 4th, with our Boys team placing 3rd overall. The School placed 1st in the Coeducation division – well done to all involved! 

  

  

   

• Gala Arts was a fantastic evening. Well done to all of our Yr 8 performers (Sabrina Blasco, Helena Dracakis, Ellyce Evans-Beard, Jacob Reiser and Avalon Thomas) and photographers (Cleophe Eliatamby, Sebastien Griffith and Ophelia Jackson). Congratulations to Sebastien Griffith who won the
  Intermediate Photography division with his picture taken atop Cradle Mountain in Tasmania.
  

Parent Cyber Safety Reading

eSafety Parents and Carers (eSafety Commissioner) provides tips and advice on helping your child have safe and enjoyable experiences online. Parents and Cybersafety (Education Vic) provides some sound advice on family media agreements.

Redlands Behaviour Awareness Survey

Completed annually, the Redlands Behaviour Awareness Survey (BAS) allows students to express their opinions about the school environment, endorse positive contributions from students and identify any undesirable behaviours that are not aligned with the values of Redlands. Results will be shared with the Senior Campus Counsellor and Year Advisors but students who report information will remain anonymous. The BAS for Yr 8 2019 will be completed in Week 8 during Pastoral Care time.

Upcoming Webinar

The relationship between social media, alcohol use and parental monitoring in adolescence webinar will be held on Wednesday 19 June from 12pm AEST and presented by Ms Anna Smout. This webinar is for parents, school staff, and anyone else seeking information about the relationship between social media use and drinking, and how parents can protect against alcohol use in adolescence. Australian teenagers spend more than 3 hours per day on social networking sites. Greater time spent using these sites has been linked to problem drinking in adolescence. This webinar will present information on the
relationship between using social networking sites and problem drinking, and will focus on how parents can intervene to protect their child from alcohol-related harms.

STEAM USA Trip 2020

A fabulous new opportunity has been developed for students interested in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) subjects or career options: STEAM USA trip 2020. It is an educational tour of America’s flourishing technology epicentres, innovative art exhibitions, geological landscapes and man-made structures with strong curriculum and cross curricular links. The tour will be visiting Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Phoenix. The trip is targeted to Yrs 9, 10 and 11 students in 2020 (current Yrs 8, 9 and 10). An information evening is on Monday 3 June at 6.00pm and to register interest in attending, please complete the quick survey via the students Redland google account (access is only using a student Redlands account). 

Key Dates

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