Year 10
Assessment Booklets
Students have been given a hardcopy of the Yr 10 2020 Assessment Handbook. It has details of all the assessment dates for each subject for the whole academic year. This document is also on Redlands Pulse and on the Yr 10 Pastoral Care iLearn page. It is suggested that you go through the Handbook with your child and ensure that they are aware of the assessment policies, such as rules surrounding late submission of work and provisions for illness and misadventure. Particularly important to note is the requirement for a parent email in the event of illness or misadventure when a task is due.
Leadership Opportunities
This week students were told about a leadership opportunity for our Year Group regarding the ISA Swimming Carnival on Wednesday 11 March. Redlands has the privilege of hosting this Carnival and needs to provide student assistants on the day. This is an excellent opportunity to represent and serve the School, and students have been asked to email the Year Advisors if they are interested in being part of this day.
Study Timetable
The aim of the before and after school Study Centre in the Library is to provide students with the opportunity to receive additional support or assistance from teachers in specific subjects. These sessions are not to be seen as formalised one-on-one tutoring sessions, but are opportunities for students to get answers to questions or feedback on specific areas of learning. The timetable for these sessions can be seen in the Yr 10 Pastoral Care iLearn page, so please ask your child to show you this information and discuss this with them as a possible resource to use.
Winter School
Yr 10 parents and students are invited to attend a Winter School information evening in Redlands Hall on Tuesday 25 February at 6.00pm. Winter School for Yr 10 will provide a unique leadership opportunity with a program aimed at encouraging the students to take an active role and develop their leadership skills during the term. For further details please contact David Gregory.
School Photographs
Sibling photographs will be taken by Advanced Life on Wednesday 11 March in Redlands Hall from 7.15am. Any Junior School siblings are welcome to have their photo taken on 11 March if they are unable to attend the Junior Campus Sibling Photo day on 21 February. Year 7 Portrait photographs will be taken by Advanced Life on Wednesday 11 March during school. Students are required to wear blazers.
Order envelopes are available from the Secondary School Office and orders for photography packages can also be placed securely online at www.advancedlife.com.au using our School Order Code: NWL 4NR ETY. Portrait and group package orders are due by photography day. Should you have any queries concerning school photographs or online ordering, please direct them to enquiries@advancedlife.com.au.
Arnhem Land Cultural Immersion Trip
We are excited to announce that an additional five spots have become available for the Yr 10 Arnhem Land Cultural Immersion Trip. Students, accompanied by Redlands staff, will travel to East Arnhem Land from 17-25 April to engage in an indigenous cultural immersion program facilitated by Culture College. Culture College, now an Aboriginal Corporation, has partnered with the traditional owners of East Arnhem Land, the Yolgnu people, to create a unique program that will allow Yr 10 students to experience and immerse themselves in one of the most culturally intact and pristine regions left on earth.
This experience provides an opportunity for our students to gain a new perspective on fellow inhabitants of this country, through open dialogue, shared activities, and two-way learning with the Yolngu people. If interested, please email Ms Rachael Riley.
Pastoral Care Program
This week students have begun to learn about fixed and growth mindsets, understanding what a mindset is, what determines our mindsets, how we can develop a growth mindset and why it is important to think about how we think. Please see interesting article for more detail.
Interesting Article of the Week
In the Pastoral Care Program, students read this article about mindsets. Mindsets are the ideas and attitudes that have shaped the way we think about ourselves and the world, and can impact our lives in many ways. Developing a growth mindset, as opposed to a fixed mindset, helps us accept challenges and be open to trying new things – skills that are important for not only 15 year olds, but for all of us as we approach and deal with the challenges that life throws us.
Ms Rebecca Mountain
Yr 10 Advisor
rmountain@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6462