Year 10
Athletics Carnival
The Redlands Athletics Carnival is scheduled to be held on Friday 14 August at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, the Carnival is limited to a maximum of 400 students. Therefore, this year the Carnival will be optional for Yr 10. Students who are interested in participating in the Carnival need to pre-register for the events prior to the day link here. Preference will be given to those students who have attended training and/or competed as part of the ISA team in 2019. The Carnival will run from 9.30am – 2.30pm with students departing school at 8.30am and returning to school by 3.20pm. There will be no spectators allowed at the event. Registrations will close at 4.00pm Wednesday 12 August.
NSW School Vaccination Program 2020
The Northern Sydney Public Health Unit will be holding a NSW Schools Vaccination clinic on Tuesday 1 September to administer the Meningococcal ACWY single dose vaccine to Yr 10 students. Parent Information Kits that include an information sheet, consent form and privacy statement will be sent home to parents/guardians next week. Consent forms are due on 21 August and are to be handed in to the Secondary School Office. Please include a copy of the vaccination record for any vaccines that your child has received in the last 12 months. This could be a report from your GP, or a letter from you including the name of the vaccine and the date given.
Redlands and the Northern Sydney Public Health Unit have added additional infection control measures within the program to help minimise viral transmission between students, nurses, and school staff.
In preparation of the clinic:
- Students who are not feeling well must be kept at home. Students who are sick, especially with any acute respiratory symptoms, will not be vaccinated. The nurse will perform a pre-vaccination assessment and determine the student’s suitability to be vaccinated. Catch-up vaccinations for these students can occur at the next clinic.
- Students will be asked to use hand sanitiser upon entry to the clinic and before returning to their classroom.
- Students will arrive in smaller groups to prevent close-proximity queuing and physical spacing will be applied.
- Please ensure your child has had a good breakfast on the morning of the vaccination.
A Record of Vaccination card will be provided to each student vaccinated at each clinic. Details about vaccinations given at school will also be uploaded to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) to support complete vaccination histories. Further information about the Meningococcal AWCY vaccine is available here.
Study Tips
Pru Salter has provided some study tips for students this week:
Making the Most of Your Learning
Learning is not just what you do in the classroom. Study is not just what you do the night before a test. Both of these are ongoing activities that are enhanced by the correct pre and post activities. See which of these 5 Ps you do.
Prepare: This is the stage where you ensure you have all of the materials you need for learning and have completed any pre-tasks such as reading sections of your textbook in advance or any other activities your teacher asks you to complete prior to the class.
Participate: Engaging in your learning is the best way to start to embed it in your memory and ensure you understand. Having the opportunity to discuss and interact and complete different styles of learning activities really helps your brain to process what you are learning.
Plan: Take the time to look at the assessments for the course and plan when you will start, work on and complete tasks. Anytime you are asked to complete work for class, plan when you will do it and even better write your plan into your diary or online planner.
Practise: One of the best ways to learn is to do practice questions. When you apply what you have learnt to actual questions, you will engage retrieval and cognitive pathways in the brain and reinforce your learning and uncover areas that need extra study.
Pinpoint: After a test or assessment is returned to you, celebrate your successes but also use it to pinpoint areas of weakness. This allows you to then spend time building your strengths in these areas without the pressure of an exam looming.
Sporting Achievements
Congratulations to Cristian Hill and Hugh Sellar who received their first caps in the 1st XV Rugby last weekend, with Cristian running on at Halfback and Hugh Sellar in at Flanker in the forwards. Both boys played above their weight in what, according to their coach, was one of the most physical games he has seen at Redlands. Both played so well that they have been selected to play in the Firsts this coming Saturday against Central Coast Grammar School, with Cristian receiving his first start at Halfback and Hugh coming off the bench.
Pastoral Care and Social Awareness Programs
This week the remainder of the Tutor Groups had a visit by Ms Salier, our Careers Advisor, in which she provided information and resources as to how to write a resume for a job application.
The students have continued learning about the different types of anxiety that some people may experience. They have been working in groups looking at one of the common types of anxiety disorders and producing a presentation to show back to the rest of the group.
In their exploration of the concerns surrounding aged homelessness, the groups have been discovering the lack of affordable housing, including a shortage of public housing.
Ms Rebecca Mountain
Yr 10 Advisor
rmountain@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6462