Head of Secondary School
Learning and Community
We’re in a dedicated learning and community phase on the Senior Campus with lots of assessments, field trips, cohort and cocurricular events and fund-raising initiatives. Opportunities for our students to lean into self-management and organisational experiences which assessment blocks provide for them means they are seldom comfortable, often feeling stretched and needing to be resilient – this is where the learning (about self) happens. Students can access support for study via their Tutor, at the Roseby Library after school, and in their subject classes where teachers explicitly teach students how to prepare, prioritise and navigate competing demands. Our Year 10 students have managed their examination block maturely and with perspective – it’s been nice to see them step into a more senior space which they have occupied responsibly and diligently this week. Our Year 12s, who have successfully navigated another assessment block took some time out of their day today to celebrate with ice-cream, welcoming back the Geographers from their recent field trip, and readying themselves for a week of community building on the Senior Campus with Greenlands Week, Reconciliation Week and Festival on the Fahl.
Next week Year 9 engage in leadership development through our partner Burn Bright, Year 10 engage in Career Interviews, Year 7 & 8 have a Stage Assembly to celebrate Reconciliation Week, Year 11 & 12 engage in Healthy Relationships Workshops, Year 10 students and parents attend the Stage 6 Pathway Information Evening, the Festival on the Fahl takes place on Thursday afternoon and we welcome Year 6 parents to the Senior Campus for a transition information session. It’s all happening!
Shakespeare Carnival
Congratulations to the following students, Betti Butcher, Remie Gibbs, Millie Winton and Freya Kittle who won first place in the Physical Theatre Category at the Regional Finals of The Shakespeare Carnival on Tuesday 21 May. Thank you to Mr Lincoln Gidney for his hard work preparing the students and for accompanying them on the night. They now have the opportunity to represent Redlands at the State Final held at the Seymour Centre on the 1st and 2nd of June.
World Bee Day
On Monday, Redlands celebrated World Bee Day by conducting our first honey harvest from our very own beehives. Students from the Junior and Senior Campus were in attendance to learn more about bees and their impact on the environment. The students actively participated in the harvest by assisted to scrape the beeswax off the honey frames and spinning the frames within the honey extractor. All students in attendance also had the opportunity to pour their very own jar of Redlands honey.
Year 9 Moonbah Program
Our current Year 8 student and parents are invited to the Year 9 Moonbah Information Evening held in week 6 on Tuesday 4th June. A Moonbah Program Information Evening is also being held for Year 7 students and parents in Term 3. Year 7 parents are asked to save the date for Monday 5 August.
Ms Gemma Van de Peer
Head of Secondary School
gvandepeer@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9811