Year 10

Important Upcoming Dates

• Friday 18 March National Day of Action Against Bullying
• Thursday – Saturday 24, 25 & 26 March Shrek the Musical
• Friday 1 April Twilight in the Garden
• Tuesday 5 April International Day
• Friday 8 April End of Term 1
• Wednesday 27 April Start of Term 2
• Thursday 26 May Meningococcal ACWY Vaccinations
• Thursday 3 November Vaccination Catch-Ups

ySafe CyberSafety Workshop Presented by Dave Smith

This week, Yr 10 were very fortunate to engage in the ySafe CyberSafety Workshop presented by Dave Smith focusing in Cyberbullying, Nudes and the Law and Respectful Relationships as well as a short summary on gaming. While students are familiar with these topics, Dave presented facts, scenarios and advice that caught the attention of all students as they listened attentively throughout the workshop. 

As we are currently focused on Healthy Relationships in Tutor, these topics have been woven into many discussions from PDHPE last year, Tutor this year and each day in the playground.

A few takeaways from the workshop include:

• Use the #probs acronym for assessing potential cyberbullying – Perception, Reach, Outcome and Better Solution
• Practice diffusing situations to avoid the “joke to drama”
• Common etiquette practiced in the classroom, in the playground and in friendship groups also applies online
• Sexting or sending nudes is considered a federal crime under the age of 18
• Sending non-censual images or forwarding images sent to you can result in fines and possible jail time
• 27% of young adults send nudes and 12% forward them without consent
• What to do if someone is cyberbullying you or coercing you to send a nude or inappropriate images?
  • Get receipts – take screenshots
  • Report to the platform first.  Then report to the esafetycommissioner, https://www.esafety.gov.au/.
  • Speak to a trusted adult at home, at school or contact an external support like Headspace, https://headspace.org.au/. 

Please see the Redlands Online Safety Hub for more information and resources. Parents have access to this informative website.  Thank you for your support in speaking with students at home about these important topics. 

Redlands XC Training 

Next Friday afternoon, XC training will begin at Primrose Oval from 3:45 – 5:00 pm. The training is open to all of Year 11 in the lead up to the Senior School XC Carnival in Week 10. Students can sign up via the following form. 

Student Acknowledgements

Congratulations to Xander Halfen for earning 2nd in the Boys U15 Backstroke at the ISA Swimming Carnival last week. Well done, Xander!

Best of Luck to Thomas Reeves and Daniel Lev at the ISA Touch Football Trials at Oakhill College this Friday.  Well done and good luck, Thomas and Daniel!

We are thinking of Daisy Thomas and sending her all the best as she continues to compete and experience a high level of competition while learning remotely in Europe this term with Snow Australia.  She is currently preparing to represent Australia in the Junior World Championships in Laax, Switzerland. Good luck, Daisy!

Ms Alissa Ynson
Yr 10 Advisor
aynson@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9865