Year 10
Assessment Booklets
Students were handed a hard copy of the Yr 10 2020 Assessment Handbook this week. It has details of all the assessment dates for each subject for the whole academic year. This document is also on Redlands Pulse and on the Yr 10 Pastoral Care iLearn page. It is suggested that you go through the booklet with your child and ensure that they are aware of the assessment policies, such as rules surrounding late submission of work and provisions for illness and misadventure. Particularly important to note is the requirement for a parent email in the event of illness or misadventure when a task is due.
I spoke to the students this week about the importance of taking responsibility for their own learning and also ensuring they communicate with their parents at home to answer any questions. The students are expected to contact their teachers directly if they have any issues regarding assessment tasks or require additional time to complete tasks due to illness or misadventure. While an email from a parent is also required for an extension, the students are encouraged to be active in their own communication with their teacher when initially enquiring about any situations that may arise for them. The Yr 10 Pastoral Care team really appreciate your support in encouraging your children to be more proactive in dealing with staff directly.
Swimming Carnival
Next Thursday 20 February is the annual Swimming Carnival. Please ensure you confirm permission for your child to attend this event as soon as possible. This event is compulsory for all students so we ask that you ensure your child attends. We would also appreciate it if you can actively encourage your child to participate in the races that take place during the day. It is a great day, with much House team building spirit, and we would love to see an increase in our Year Group’s participation from last year.
Uniform Regulations
There have been a number of girls who have had highlights or colour put into their hair during the holidays. Redlands school uniform regulations state that boys and girls must have no hair dye (p19 of the Student Planner 2020). We appreciate your support in this matter and ask that when the colour grows out, the hair returns to its natural colour. In addition, a number of girls have had piercings done over the holidays, including cartilage ones in their ears. The regulations only allow for one pair of plain gold or silver studs in ear lobes, so we would appreciate your support in ensuring this is the only jewellery worn to school by your daughters.
Study Timetable
The aim of the before and after school Study Centre in the Library is to provide students with the opportunity to receive additional support or assistance from teachers in specific subjects. These sessions are not to be seen as formalised one-on-one tutoring sessions, but are opportunities for students to get answers to questions or feedback on specific areas of learning. The timetable for these sessions can be seen in the Yr10 Pastoral Care iLearn page and on Redlands Pulse, so please ask your child to show you this information and discuss this with them as a possible resource to use.
School Photographs
Sibling photographs will be taken by Advanced Life on Wednesday 11 March in Redlands Hall from 7.15am. Any Junior School siblings are welcome to have their photo taken on 11 March if they are unable to attend the Junior Campus Sibling Photo day on 21 February. Students are required to wear blazers.
Order envelopes are available from the Secondary School Office and orders for photography packages can also be placed securely online at www.advancedlife.com.au using our School Order Code: NWL 4NR ETY. Portrait and group package orders are due by photography day. Should you have any queries concerning school photographs or online ordering, please direct them to enquiries@advancedlife.com.au.
Arnhem Land Cultural Immersion Trip
We are excited to announce that an additional five spots have become available for the Yr 10 Arnhem Land Cultural Immersion trip. Students, accompanied by Redlands staff, will travel to East Arnhem Land from 17-25 April to engage in an indigenous cultural immersion program facilitated by Culture College. Culture College, now an Aboriginal Corporation, has partnered with the traditional owners of East Arnhem Land, the Yolgnu people, to create a unique program that will allow Yr 10 Redlands students to experience and immerse themselves in one of the most culturally intact and pristine regions left on earth.
This experience provides an opportunity for our students to gain a new perspective on fellow inhabitants of this country, through open dialogue, shared activities, and two way learning with the Yolngu people. If interested, please email Ms Rachael Riley .
Winter School
Yr 10 parents and students are invited to attend a Winter School information evening in Redlands Hall on Tuesday 25 February at 6.00pm. Winter School for Yr 10 will provide a unique leadership opportunity with a program aimed at encouraging the students to take an active role and develop their leadership skills during the term. For further details please contact David Gregory.
Pastoral Care Program
This week students have begun learning about resilience and how to develop it in their daily lives. Please see below for more information in the interesting article of the week.
Social Awareness Program
This week students have been watching a documentary about the youth homelessness organisation called The Oasis, following the lives of young people facing homelessness and the challenges they have encountered and what led them to become homeless and get in touch with The Oasis.
Interesting Article of the Week
Resilience is an important skill that is required for us to be successful in all facets of life, whether that be at school, with our friends and families, our personal lives and at work. This week I have attached the Ted Talk by Raphael Rose, a researcher for NASA, at a TEDx event, that Yr 10 have been watching in their Pastoral Care program. Raphael says that facing stress in our lives is an integral component of being more resilient. His research has shown that welcoming stress helps us become more resilient, leading to a more meaningful, joyful, and socially connected life. Our aim in Yr 10 is to help our students become more resilient by accepting that there will be stress at school and developing strategies to manage it while being kind to themselves. I hope you enjoy the video.
Ms Rebecca Mountain
Yr 10 Advisor
rmountain@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6462