Year 7

Greenlands Week – 5/6 September

As part of our celebration of Greenlands Week in Week 7, there are a number of environmental themed activities led by the Environment Prefects and Prefect body.

Thursday 5 September: Redlands will be hosting a school community screening of 2040 at the Orpheum Cinema at 6.00pm. All proceeds from this event go towards environmental initiatives at Redlands. Bookings can be made through TryBooking.

Friday 6 September: The Secondary School will be holding a mufti day with a gold coin donation (funds raised going to GCF). Students may wear green or animal themed attire on the day. All proceeds will go to the Giraffe Conservation Program at Taronga Zoo.

This Week

A huge thank you goes out to the Coordinator of Debating, Mrs Simone Bryant, the Debating Captain, Ela Kos and the Debating coaches, James Watson and Aleisha Lawrence. Teacher Adjudicators, Ms Anna Marie Rolon and Mr Conrad Del Villar and the amazing Heads of House were also present and cheering on the Yr 7 debaters. Congratulations to Annie Zhang, Sophia Rolon and Anneka Steele for their victory in the final debate last Friday on the topic ‘Principals should be elected by students’.

Congratulations to all students on the completion of Winter Sport. It has been a very eventful season. Please note that all sport statistics are listed in Redlands Rhino each week on the Sports page in Redlands Pulse. A few highlights from this past weekend include:

  • Jasmine Black playing with the Football Girls 1st team this year and their win at the ISA Final
  • Fantastic results in Girls Hockey with the 2nds and 3rds winning in the ISA Final with Jess van Extel and Annie Zhang receiving special recognitions.
  • Our strong Netball team playing in the NSNA Semi Finals

The ISA/CAS/GPS Invitational Carnival was held at SOPAC in Homebush last weekend and several students were able to compete for their own personal best. Participants included: Isaac Brooks, Jessica Coleman, Lara Farrell, Liam McFarlene, Fletcher Mennie, Eva Osborne and Charlie Parker. Special congratulations to Isaac Brooks and Charlie Parker for PBs in the 800m, Isaac Brooks for PB in 400m and Charlie Parker for PB in 1500m. 

Getting in the Habit

This week, students are beginning to read the first chapter of 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey. Students have access to an online flipbook and will be starting an online journal to reflect on various readings throughout the book. In your next conversation with your child, ask them about Paradigms and Principles  and the baby steps they will take this week in preparation for Habit 1. 

Other Announcements and Upcoming Events
  • We appreciate your support in reminding students to always lock their personal belongings in their locker with a working lock. Many students are leaving belongings in Liggins Quad and, inadvertently, items are being picked up by other students. It is important we manage and take responsibility for our own items. Thank you for your support. 
  • Next Friday, Yr 7 begins their first week organising Service committees.  Students have expressed interest in building awareness for several different organisations and will be fundraising for Toys for Tucker and Guide Dogs Australia over the next few months. We focus on our immediate community in Yr 7 and begin to develop an understanding of and appreciation for giving back and contributing to something bigger than ourselves. Thank you in advance for any additional discussions taking place at home to help support these initiatives. 
  • This is a reminder that all Assessment notifications are released to parents and students at least two weeks prior to the due date. Students are alerted of these notifications through iLearn and parents are able to access them in the Parent Portal.   
  • Athletics and Waterpolo photos 12 September
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Pastoral Care

This term, our Pastoral Program focuses on self-reflection for behaviour management utilising the flowchart What happened? What did you think about it? How did you feel about it? How did you behave?

We will continue to touch on digital citizenship, summarising notes and study skills with help from Dr Prue Salter’s Study Skills website and we will begin to focus specifically on the first three habits from 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey.

Ms Alissa Ynson
Yr 7 Advisor (Acting)
9968 9863
aynson@redlands.nsw.edu.au