Year 10
Students Achievements
Congratulations to Sebastian Dobson, Stuart Crick and Lachlan Forsyth-Smith for their achievements in the Northern Suburbs Tennis Association (NSTA) Summer Competition. Sebastian was the Division 1 winner, Stuart and Lachlan were the Division 5 runners up.
In Rowing, Alex Holtheuer and Alex Verschoor participated in the Australian Rowing Championships in the A Final, U17 Double and came 5th place. This was an outstanding achievement in very strong field of competition, and the boys rowed a PB time of 7:10.
Redlands Musical Strictly Ballroom
Congratulations to all the students involved in our Redlands Musical Strictly Ballroom. Students are to be commended for their considerable commitment as they worked diligently over a long period to put together this very professional series of performances. We acknowledge our Yr 10 students who played vital roles as actors, production specialists, make-up artists and musicians. Amazing work, very well done. Students were: Felix Abrahams, Piper Allen, Madison Bennett, Carmen Brisson, Olivia Donoghue, Yelena Ganter, Maddison Hunt, Sophia Justice, Theo Mirrlees-Black, Kira Prado, Bethany Richardson, Annabelle Swan and Andrew Verschoor.
International Day
Our Yr 10 students enjoyed the buzz around Campus on Tuesday when Redlands celebrated International Day. Students were engaged in various cultural activities including Chinese Landscape Painting with Mr Yuncken and Ms Wang, Japanese Cooking with Ms Abe and Ms Major, Ancient Roman Cultural Activity with Ms Borthwick and Mr Ockenden as well as French Craft with Ms Barbeau, Mr Scott and Ms Lihou. The highlight of the day was our whole school International Day Assembly where guest speaker Maartje Drok addressed the school. Ms Drok is a Redlander (Class 2008) and Dutch national, who is now working in the IT field in Sydney. She was a compelling speaker and certainly lived the adage of ‘seizing all of life’s opportunities’. Her global experience included a University Exchange at Istanbul University and time spent living in Poland, The Netherlands and Australia.
Pastoral Care
We have spent much time this term encouraging students to put their best foot forward. This began with a focus on goal setting at the beginning of term and has continued with Careers Investigations and encouraging students to develop their global awareness and sense of community through our Tutor programming. It must be acknowledged, that while our Yr 10 students are growing up and seeking to assert their independence, we do still need to remind students of their responsibilities. This has included speaking with our Yr 10 students at our Year Assembly about the importance of always interacting politely and respectfully with teachers and each other. Students are expected to be well presented for class, with all their materials and to be ready to engage at full capacity with their learning. Students are at the point in their learning journey where their relationships with their teachers are very important. As students move into their senior years at school, classes become smaller and the academic demands increase. It must be said too, that we are fortunate to have Tutor teachers in the Yr 10 team who regularly go above and beyond for our students and who remain steadfastly committed to supporting our students’ wellbeing and academic development. Please continue to encourage your child to maintain an open dialogue with their Tutor teachers as these teachers will be pivotal in helping them to navigate the challenges when they arise.
Ms Sarah Matthews
Yr 10 Advisor
smatthews@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6494