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Festival on the Fahl

Year 12, led by Service Captains Antonia Morgan and William Algar, hosted another wonderful Festival on the Fahl experience today in aid of breast cancer, supporting the McGrath Foundation. Their financial goal was an ambitious one, reflective of enduring support for students and families impacted by breast cancer. The Secondary School was a sea of pink for the occasion with students and staff doing what they do best – engaging with community for community.

Year 10 Discernment of Stage 6 Pathways

Last night it was an absolute pleasure to welcome our Year 10 students and their parents to the School for the Stage 6 Pathway Information Evening. Deans of HSC and IB, Ms Benjamin and Mr Taylor, provided an overview of the Higher School Certificate and International Baccalaureate Diploma programs. Afterwards, our dedicated teaching staff spoke individually to students and families about the various possibilities and opportunities that await them.

This morning a panel of Year 12 students spoke to Year 10 about their experiences, sharing their learnings and advice. A variety of subjects was covered from subject specifics to managing ADHD, studying for four hours a day, navigating overwhelming emotions, leaning into positive relationships with teachers, getting your head around TOK and benefiting from Extension subjects. Year 10 posed some thoughtful questions to Year 12, with Jacob concluding the session with a pithy recommendation to ‘study hard and have fun’.

Thursday 30 May Redlands Hall

ISA XC Carnival

We had some fantastic results at this week’s ISA XC Carnival at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre.

Highlights from the carnival include:

• Liv Law (Year 8) winning the U14s girls 3k
• Immi Howard (Year 10) winning the U16s girls 4k
• Isaac Brooks (School Captain) winning the Senior Boys 6k
• The Intermediate Girls winning the overall shield

Below is a list of students who qualified for the CIS XC Carnival which will be held again at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre next Thursday.

• Ed Callaghan – 12 Years Boys 3k – 8^th Place
• Stella Brock – 12 Years Girls 3k – 6^th place
• Sophie Wong – 12 Years Girls 3k – 7^th place
• Fiona Russell – 12 Years Girls 3k – 12^th place
• James Doree – 13 Years Boys 3k – 11^th place
• Niamh McDonald – 13 Years Girls 3k – 8^th place
• Finn Gurney – 14 years 4k – 10^th place
• Alex Taylor – 14 Years 4k – 12^th place
• Liv Law – 14 years girls 4k – 1^st place
• Natalie Bain – 14 years girls 4k – 9^th place
• Tom Brown – 15 years boys 4k – 8^th place
• Ethan Lee – 15 years boys 4k – 11^th place
• Isobell Campbell – 15 years girls 4k – 11^th place
• Otto Ross Sampson – 16 years boys 6k – 5^th place
• Liam Riddell – 16 years boys 6k – 11^th place
• Immi Howard – 16 year girls 4k – 1^st place
• Amber Kusano – 16 year girls 4k – 6^th place
• Genevieve Holt – 16 years girls 4k – 8th place
• Heidi de Saxe – 16 years girls 4k – 11^th place
• Max Perry – 17 years boys 6k – 11^th place
• Annabelle Hwang – 17 years girls 4k – 10^th place
• Isaac Brooks – 18 years boys 6k – 1^st place
• Alex Symons – 18 years girls 6k – 10^th place.

Da Vinci Decathlon – Full Results 2024

The Top 16 placings in each subject of the Da Vinci Decathlon have now been published. Congratulations to the Redlands Da Vinci teams in Year 7-11 for placing in the following categories.

Well done again to the Year 11 team for their strong all-round achievement. The Year 8s placing 10^th overall is also a fantastic result for a highly cohesive team. 

Tournament of Minds

Congratulations to the fourteen students in Year 7 to 9 who have been invited to participate in Tournament of Minds (TOM), a cocurricular competition well recognised for stretching and challenging gifted and high potential students. Redlands will be represented by two vertically structured teams:

TOM creates opportunities for like-minded students to engage in open-ended, team-based problem solving, and the vertical year group structure allows for peer mentoring that builds connection and collaboration across different age groups. Both Redlands teams will present their solutions to one of four challenges in The Arts, Language Literature, Social Science, or STEM at the Sydney North Regional Final in early September. If they win their challenge, they will qualify for the NSW Branch Final at UNSW on 22 September.

From the Chaplain

All welcome to attend the Redlands Parent Prayer Meeting on Tuesday 18 June at 5.30-6.30pm in the Junior Campus-Arnold Library. 

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