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Student Achievements 

Congratulations to Julia Murphy, Daniel Close, Hadley Wintle, Marli Prado and Momo Elsworth who represented Redlands at the NSW Japanese Speech Contest via Zoom last weekend.

The aims of the contest were to encourage learners who are studying Japanese to showcase their language skills in a challenging context, and to advocate Japanese language learning in general.

Momo finished in 1st place and Marli finished in 2nd place! 

Freya Gait (Yr 11) has been advocating for change and increased coverage of women’s sport in Australia

She has set up a petition to gather support and raise awareness in her pursuit to increase the coverage of women’s sport in Australia.

It’s something she’s been working on for a while and has already made some progress as she has at least one Hockeyroo signed so far and has now been invited to meet the SMH next week to discuss ideas with them. 

Science and Engineering Challenge

A group of students from Yr 9 and 10 attended the Science and Engineering Challenge last Wednesday.

Redlands came 4^th in the competition with a couple of wins in the challenges.

ElectriCITY – Angus McInnes, Hugo Baird and Jesse Forrest

Helter Skelter Shelter – Megan Kirkpatrick, Andrew Macourt, Keira Attard

Fine work was also demonstrated by the following students:

Krishna Gupta, Liam Petersen, Hiro Phillips, Jessica Lee, Lachlan Green, Kosta Mangos, Ethan Beggs, Christopher Szeto, Johann Cheah, Yumi Konetzny, Melinda Wright, Jocelyn Wang, Celine Patel, Alisha Tang, Harry Fenton, Jasmine Black and Eva Osborn

Student Leadership Voting

Student leadership voting for 2022/2023 has now closed and we move into the next stage of the process with short-listing and interviews. Congratulations to the many Yr 11 students who nominated themselves and to the entire Redlands community for voting.

Trial Examinations

It was wonderful to see Yr 12 emerge from their study chrysalis on Monday for the Trial Examinations. There were certainly some nerves, lots of talking and some nervous laughter as they waited to move into the examination rooms in the Learning Hub. By all accounts the exams were ‘okay’ and ‘not as bad as I thought’ but we also heard ‘I forgot my quotes’ and ‘I ran out of time for the conclusion’ which is all to be expected at this stage in the IB and HSC year. Our Yr 12 students are on track for personal and collective success and we are very proud of their commitments. Dean of HSC Ms Lucy Benjamin, Dean of IB Mr Darren Taylor and Dean of Studies (7-10) Mrs Anna-Marie Rolon, were all available to counsel, provide last minute reassurance and advice, before the students ‘embraced’ the first day. Since then, the week of Trial Examinations has run smoothly and a range of staff have stepped in and out of the Learning Hub to galvanise the students as they move through one of the final stages of their school journey.

Jeans for Genes

Thank you all for your support once again this year! Redlands community had amazing contribution to Jeans for Genes Day this year. In total, Redlands has raised: $11k, surpassing their target and making us, once again, the number 1 School!

A special thank you goes to:

• Y7 MB tutor group for Junior school bake sale with Yr 6Y class
• Sausage sizzle success was a collaboration of Y7 MB, Service Captains Alex and Charlotte and Yr 12 Captains
• Alex and Charlotte did an amazing job as Service Captains to promote this entire event
• Rachael Riley and Sam O’Leary helped with cooking sausage sizzle – bbq’ers extraordinaire!
• Sensei Abe for her stellar leadership of this initiative

Student Voice and Wellbeing

Over the past week, our Secondary School students have been using their voices in a variety of ways. They have been speaking in video content for the new Redlands Website, sharing their experiences in Middle Leader Meetings with staff, speaking at assemblies and advocating for change in their communities.

The staff, who always have the students’ wellbeing as their key priority, have been utilising the students’ experiences to discuss, review and plan for the future. On Monday afternoons, the Redlands Secondary School staff have meetings and this week we held a Pastoral Meeting with teams across Yr 7 to 12. As a starter exercise, all of our Pastoral Year Teams commenced by viewing the following video, collated by Dean of Students, Ms Jansons, and featuring a range of students from across the pastoral setting.

We’d love for you to hear what we hear every day!

You can watch the Student Voice Video here:

Our Yr 9 Pastoral Program is a wonderful example of how our Wellbeing leaders and Tutors support students in this space.

Science Week is Happening in Week 5

A range of amazing scientific events are taking place next week in the Secondary School. Subject Coordinator for Science, Ms Sarah Harrison, spoke to students at this week’s assembly to share the details and encourage their attendance.

All students from across the School are welcome to join our guest speakers and Astronomy Night.

Spring Fair

If you haven’t already heard, Redlands’ Spring Fair is back on Saturday 3 September with tons of food, fun and entertainment, showcasing the community’s diversity and depth of students’ art-related activities. Tickets are now on sale! Pre-purchase wristbands and coupons here to receive a special discount. Orders before 26 Aug can be delivered directly to your child’s classroom.

PURCHASE TICKETS

Ms Gemma Van de Peer
Head of Secondary School
gvandepeer@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9811