Year 11

Science Week

Well done to all the Yr 11 IB students who showcased their Physics and Chemistry Science experiments to students across the school as part of the Science Week, Science Fair. The photos below, highlight how engaged students were, while Yr 11 demonstrated their experiments. The experiments were immersive, unpredictable, reactive, creative, and enjoyable! 

Well done to all IB Science students!

 

Chapel Music Ensemble 

Well done to all Yr 11 students listed below,  who have volunteered their time to be a part of the Chapel Music Ensemble. These students have willingly given up their time to perform. It has been an absolute pleasure watching them all sing and play their instruments. 

 

Model UN Update

Model UN has been a great success in the Yr 11 cohort. Over 60 students have signed up for the club, and we have countries from the USA to Malta being represented on Tuesday lunchtimes. I encourage all students who are interested in diplomacy, global affairs, public speaking or just want to have a fun experience to sign up by emailing me. The club involves choosing a country to represent in the United Nations (either individual or in teams of 2-3), and pursuing their interests through a variety of means including introducing Resolutions (the UN version of ‘laws’), engaging in debates and voting on different ideas. A Delegate has no obligation to speak if they don’t want to, however, participation is highly encouraged!

There have been three meetings thus far, with the agenda for each meeting varying across economic, social and political topic areas. Round 1 was devoted to the Assembly getting into its rhythm with a proposal from the Netherlands to sanction Russia and its allies on the grounds of war crimes and other abuses. Russia, however, successfully fought off the sanctions and defeated the Resolution by a vote of 22-15 in their favour. They argued that economic sanctions should be put into place by individual nations, and not through the UN, which was created to be an instrument for peace.

Round 2 was marked by the United States’ proposal to condemn China’s human rights abuses against the minority Uyghur population in its Northwest region. The US successfully convinced a majority of the Assembly to vote for their resolution and won over even some of China’s strongest allies. China put up a valiant defence, but failed to overcome the moral arguments the US was pushing. Most recently in Round 3, the Assembly zeroed in on another corner of the world, with several Islam-majority nations pushing a resolution to condemn several anti-Islam policies in Western nations, more specifically France. This succeeded thanks to the majority support for the cause.

So far, Model UN has been extremely enjoyable and rewarding. I hope to see everyone in LH3.9 on Tuesday lunchtimes!

Dan Close 

Student Achievement

Congratulations to the Girls 1sts Football Team who won the ISA Grandfinal on the weekend! They went into the Grand final as the underdogs but fortunately came away with the win! The Year 11 Football players who were a part of the winning team included:

  • Elke Mueller
  • Maddie Barwise
  • Maddie Boris
  • Briar Carter

Yr 11 Yearly Examinations

Best of luck to Yr 11 who will be undertaking their HSC and IB Yearly Examinations next week. Students are to arrive 15 minutes before the start time of their exam. Yr 11 must still attend their sports training sessions across the 7 days of exams unless an exam coincides with the training session. If a Yr 11 student has no exams on a particular day throughout the exam period, they must still attend their sports training session. Yr 11 are reminded to wear their full school uniform for the exams. 

Key Dates

Week 9- Thursday 15th September, House Spirit Fair

Week 10- Thursday 22nd September Last day Term 3

Mr Nicholas Walker
Yr 11 Year Advisor
nwalker@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9909 3133