Year 11

Swimming Carnival

The whole school attended the annual Swimming Carnival at the Aquatic Centre at Homebush this week, where many students participated in a number of events.

Congratulations go to the following Yr 11 students:

Erik Scott 17yr old Boys Champion and Senior Boys Champion
Evie Farrell 17yr old Girls Champion
Aaron Drake 17yr old Boys Runner-up
Kirill Shatilov 18yr old Boys Runner-up

AAS Testing 23 February

Next Tuesday, all Yr 11 students are asked to bring their scientific calculators and a black or blue pen as they sit a half-day of testing provided by Academic Assessment Services during Periods 1-4. As independent consultants, AAS specialise in the assessment and analysis of educational performance and progress. Their team of professionals includes measurement and curriculum experts, education experts and teachers who will provide guidance in the development of strategic action plans for each student.

Clothing Drive

A huge thank you to all students and families who have donated to the Yr 9 Service Initiative, Salvation Army Clothing Drive. Students have just reached their goal to fill four bins of clothing and the reward of a Mufti Day next week will go ahead!  

Students may wear mufti as outlined in the Student Planner in exchange for contributing an article of clothing or a gold coin donation to the Salvation Army at the front or back gate upon entry to school on Wednesday 24 February.  

Yr 9 students will be collecting donations upon entry that morning and thanking everyone for their efforts in making this clothing drive a success. 

Pastoral Care Program

Students have continued exploring the issues of unconscious bias and stereotyping. Unconscious biases are the learned stereotypes about certain groups of people that are formed outside of conscious awareness. They are automatic, unintentional, deeply engrained in our beliefs and have the ability to affect our behaviour. Unconscious bias can manifest as “prejudice in favour of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another usually in a way that’s considered to be unfair.” During this exploration, students will be watching the Indigenous episode of You Can’t Ask That. In addition, students have begun understanding how to manage stress in the next two years.

Student Achievement

Congratulations to Evie Farrell who won the Female U17 Champion Lifesaver Event at the Sydney Northern Beaches Surf Life Saving Branch Championships recently. The competition comprised of three elements which together encompassed all aspects of surf lifesaving: a physical element (surf swim race, board race, tube race and beach sprint), a practical element (resuscitation skills) and a theoretical element (an exam paper covering all aspects of the surf lifesaving manual). This is an amazing achievement for Evie!

Ms Rebecca Mountain
Yr 11 Advisor
rmountain@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6462