Year 10

Arnhem Land Trip

Last year’s Midawarr incursion for Yr 9 was a wonderful opportunity for our students to make connections with and learn from the Yolngu community in East Arnhem Land. Although we couldn’t travel to meet the Yolngu elders in person, the experience provided a unique insight into Yolngu culture and ways of knowing. To build on this experience we are delighted to offer a tour to Arnhem Land in the June holidays to allow interested students to further deepen and extend their knowledge and understanding of Yolngu culture. 

We launched the program for Yr 10 at a Year Assembly today. This is followed by a Parent Information Session on Thursday 25 March, 6.00pm on the Senior Campus. If you and your child are interested in this unique insight into our indigenous culture, please come along to learn more. 

To indicate your attendance at the session or to register for further information, please see the letter sent out by Jon Gray last week via Engage. Booking forms, including Terms and Conditions, will be available on the night and via Redlands Pulse afterwards. The cost of the tour will be $4,635. 

International Day

Redlands International Day will be held in Week 10 on Tuesday 30 March and students will be allowed to wear casual (mufti) clothing that is in-line with House colours.

McDouall- France (red, white and blue)
Roseby- Japan (red and white)
Cowper- Spain and Ancient Rome (red and yellow)
Dumolo- China (red)

Students are asked to support UNICEF by bringing a gold coin donation. 

A photo competition will also be run and students across Yrs 7-12 are invited to submit a photo taken by themselves of something or someone that illustrates multiculturalism in Australia by Wednesday of Week 9. A shortlist of five photos for each Year Group will be drawn up with the winners being announced in Week 10.

The Canteen will be selling culturally themed food on the day and students will engage in International Day activities during their Tutor Time.

Secondary School Individual Portraits Catch Up Date

Friday 26 March

Any Secondary School student who was absent for their individual portrait photo on 5 March can attend a catch-up opportunity on Friday 26 March at 10.10am and 1.00pm in the Learning Hub classroom LH 2.2.

All students are required to be wearing their full school uniform, including blazers. Boys must be clean-shaven with hair that has been cut so that it is away from eyes, ears and collar. Girls with hair touching the collar should tie it back with navy accessories (elastics, ribbon, scrunchies). No hair dye, make-up or nail polish is permitted. No jewellery is to be worn other than one pair of plain gold or silver studs in ear lobes.

Student Achievements

Well done to all of our Yr 10 students who competed at the ISA Swimming Carnival last Wednesday. Below are some of the commendable results from the Carnival:

  • Loch Wilding – 1st place in the Div 1 50m Butterfly
    2nd place in the Div 1 16 Years Boys 50m Freestyle
    2nd place in the Div 1 16 Years Boys 50m Breaststroke
  • Sienna Wessels – 1st place in the 16 years 100 LC Division 2 A Freestyle
    1st place in the 16 Years Div 2 A 50m Butterfly
  • Max Symons – 4th place in the 16 Years 50m Div 1 B Breastroke
  • Isabella Havryk – 10th overall in the 16 Years Girls 50m Breastroke
  • Finn Woodward stepped up to compete in the 18 Years events. Finn finished in 6th place in the Div 1 100m Freestyle which is a great result! 
  • Isabella Havryk and Sienna Wessels – 1st place in the Div 2 16 Years Girls 4 x 50m Freestyle
  • Isabella Havryk and Sienna Wessels – 1st place in the Div 2 16 Years 4 x 50m Medley Relay. 

Congratulations to Emilie Bessell who was part of the 1sts Girls Basketball team who won the Division 1 Girls ISA Championship.

The following girls were in the Inter A team who came second overall in the Inter A division: Madeleine Boris, Livia Feller and Nicole Steffan.   

Well done to all Yr 10 students who participated in yesterday’s Cross Country Carnival. A full update will be in next week’s Note Day.

Sebastian Tang has been offered a role in an ongoing Australian series in conjunction with the ABC and the NITV in the Northern Territory. This is an exciting opportunity for Sebastian to further his career in film and television. Sebastian was also the 2020 Runner Up for the Carmen Duncan Scholarship provided by AAFTA in Los Angeles. Best of luck to Sebastian! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGNITE – Week 9 Pastoral Activities

Over the last fortnight, the Term 1 IGNITE team have gathered to discuss ideas for their first activity which is based on ‘Resilience – Reframing Negativity and Stress Management.’

Below is a reflection by Sabrina Blasco and Finn Woodward, regarding what the Term 1 IGNITE team are focusing on for next week’s Tutor Time activity:

“Over the past week the Yr 10 IGNITE team has been looking at how to mitigate the impacts of stress. We have discussed that stress comes in many forms for many different people. Whether it is a school project or it is a family problem at home, stress can always seem like an unbearable and unmovable burden for students to carry upon their shoulders. And this is why the IGNITE team has recognised the importance of accepting and attempting to let go of that stress that can often weigh one down. Through meaningful discussions, as a team, we decided that we wanted to simplify stress down into smaller, more manageable, and tangible things so that we as students could more easily visualise what we are feeling.

In order to achieve this, we have decided to run an activity during Tutor Time. One of our ideas for an activity involves writing down all the things that have been causing stress on small pieces of paper and then rolling them up. Once the pieces of paper have been rolled up, the student will place them into a balloon and then start to inflate the balloon. Once the balloon is properly inflated the students will (dramatically) pop the balloon, letting all their stress go. We believe that this therapeutic activity will allow students to attempt to actively let go of stresses in their own lives.

Lastly, we would like to thank Mr Walker and Ms Martin for their immense support and help over the past week in allowing us to take initiative in our learning and relate and bond as a Year Group further.”

Mr Nicholas Walker
Acting Yr 10 Advisor
nwalker@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9909 3133