Year 10

Upcoming Yr 10 Events

Wednesday 21 September Last Day of Term 3

Monday 10 October First Day of Term 4

Tuesday 18 October Assertive Behaviours Workshop by Mr. Brent Sanders

Thursday 20 October Yr 10 Camp Briefing for students

24-28 October Yr 10 Yearly Examination Block

Monday 31 October Peer Support Training

Wednesday 2 November Tomorrow Woman

Thursday 3 November Vaccination Catch-Ups

Friday 4 November Yr 10 Harbour Cruise

7-11 November Yr 10 Camps

Wednesday 7 December Last Day of Term 4

Parties are the New Sleepovers

Our young adults are partying. It’s a fact. While it is an important part of adulthood for adolescence to develop independence, prioritise friendships and to learn how to analyse positive and negative risk-taking behaviour, our young adults need our time and attention to make healthy and safe decisions. 

While we may understand the need for “the talk” about sex and healthy sexual relationships, “the talk” about partying, alcohol and drugs is equally as important. On Redlands SchoolTV, parents are encouraged to start the conversation and keep the conversation going with their children about partying. It is recommended for all parents to:

  • Get the facts
  • Be clear in your own beliefs
  • Look for opportunities to start the conversation
  • Ask questions
  • Make sure your teenagers understand the harms
  • Set rules and consequences

The following link includes a brochure for further details on what information to include in “the talk”.

This second link includes a brochure with information around how to host a responsible party for teenagers under 18 and how parents can keep their children and their friends stay safe when partying.

This third link includes recommended advice from Mr Paul Dillon on how to best introduce your teenagers to alcohol. First and foremost, delay your child’s first drink of alcohol for as long as possible, be honest about your own alcohol use and be a good role model, create rules and boundaries around alcohol, create meaningful consequences and make sure your child knows that rules are negotiable as they get older.

Inter-House Debating Final Competition 16 September

Over these last three weeks, students from all four houses, many students with no prior experience in debating, have put their hands up to join their house debating teams for an impressive Inter-House Debating competition. Thank you to Mrs Rachel Beggs for organising this event, Yr 11 students for coaching and Yr 12 students for adjudicating.

The final debate will take place this Friday during Tutor.  The entire Yr 10 cohort will be viewing the debate. The topic is: That the public performance of Drill Rap should be prohibited in Australia, including on social media. Cowper is AFFIRMATIVE and McDouall is NEGATIVE. Good Luck Yr 10 – we are looking forward to it!

Cowper Team: Charli Waterland, Jocelyn Wang, Bianca Goggins, Emilie Leroux and Will Howard

McDouall Team: Marcus Cooper-Hor, Chris Szeto, Damian Roesink, Winter Penney and Sholto Mirrlees-Black.

Assertive Behaviour Workshop by Mr. Brent Sanders 18 October

Yr 10 will participate in an Assertive Behaviours Workshop run by ex-policeman and spokesperson of Winning Edge Strategies, Mr Brent Sanders, on Tuesday 18 October. The workshop is based on the premise of empowering students through knowledge, and is an integral part of the Year 10 PDHPE and Pastoral Care program. Brent Saunders is an experienced and respected presenter who specialises in this area, and his workshops are popular with a large number of Sydney’s leading independent schools.

Specifically, this opportunity develops the capacities of adolescents by supporting them to take responsibility for themselves and their actions, developing awareness that life is based on choices, as well as championing the importance of respect and self-discipline. Students will be briefed and provided with positive self-protection strategies built upon self-motivation, assertiveness and basic conflict psychology.

Redlands has been running this workshop for over eight years and the feedback from students has been extremely positive. We hope that your son/daughter will find it equally as beneficial and take away some practical strategies to support their safety.

Parent Information – What is BeReal and how does it work?

  • BeReal is a social media app that is fast becoming the latest obsession for Gen Z and has started to make an appearance on the Senior Campus.
  • BeReal was invented in 2020, but according to trending news website Social Media Today, downloads of the app have risen by 315% since the beginning of the year, now ranking fourth in the list of most downloaded social media apps, behind Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest.  
  • BeReal users receive a notification at a random time once a day saying, ‘Time to BeReal’. This opens a two-minute window for the user to post a picture of what they are currently doing. The purpose of this is to capture an authentic, unfiltered snapshot of a user’s life – the opposite of the curated Instagram or SnapChat photos. The app takes a picture using both the front and back camera, so other people can see what the user looks like and where they are. 
  • The user can only see other people’s posts after they have posted their own. Followers are notified and can see when somebody has posted ‘late’ or has retaken the photo. Captions can be added with the post and other people can comment on the post. 
  • It’s possible to retake the BeReal photo many times during the two-minute countdown, but followers can see how many times the photo has been recaptured.
    While there is not a ‘like’ option available on the app, users can react to other posts by using their RealMoji.
  • Because of the time restraint, photos aren’t as polished or aesthetic as there is less pressure to create the perfect scene and gain approval from followers. BeReal is seen as a refreshing way to use social media however, the fear of missing out or the pressure to get the photo within the 2-minute time frame may be stressful for users (and outweigh the positives).

Why should I be concerned about BeReal?

  • BeReal has the possibility to disrupt lessons and distract students as the prompt can appear at any time during the day.
  • Students may cave to peer pressure to install the app in fear of missing out (FOMO).
  • The app has a map feature that allows the user to see where their contacts are throughout the world which may cause an issue for privacy.
  • BeReal causes issues with privacy as the post may capture other students in the frame who have not consented to be included in the post.

Yr 9 Service Learning Project – Vinnies Drive 

As part of this Service Learning Project, we are asking students across the school to bring in items to create personal hygiene bags for those in need.

Donation items include:

  • Shampoo 
  • Conditioner 
  • Band aids 
  • Hand sanitiser 
  • Deodorant
  • Soap or body wash
  • Toothpaste
  • Toothbrushes
  • Small tissue packs
  • Hairbrush/hair ties
  • Sanitary items – pads, tampons and panty liners.

A collection box will be located in the Secondary School Office every day during Week 9-10 this term, where you are able to drop off your supplies.

Thank you for your support.

ISA Athletics Results 

On Tuesday, it was a long and challenging day for students competing in the 2022 ISA Athletics Carnival which was held at Sydney Olympic Park. Athletes in participation: Charlie Parker Grace Durrant, Jaiden Confessore, Liam McFarlane, Isaac Brooks, Alex Tanner, Eva Osborn and Henry Charles. Along with our incredible Yr 10 athletes, a special thank you goes to Ava Taylor and Sophia Rolon for supporting and helping our staff and athletes throughout the day. 

Congratulations to Isaac Brooks 1st place for 16 Years 800m, 3rd place for 15-16 Years 1500m and 2nd place for 16 Years Discuss

Henry Charles 1st place or 16 Years Javelin and 3rd place for 16 Years Shot Put

Athlete of the Year in the Intermediate division, Isaac Brooks and Eva Osborn.

Redlands also placed 2nd in the Division 1 Junior and Senior Girls and then 3rd Overall for the Girls. Well done to all competitors!

Photo from Dr Tessa Opie Healthy Sexual Relationship Workshop

Students sharing their take-aways from the day and being asked to reflect on their experience.  

Photos from Winter School 

We look forward to welcoming our Yr 10 Winter School students back to Sydney next week!

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