Year 11
Key Dates
1 March 6-7pm Yr 11 HSC and IB Information Session
27 March 5.30pm-6.30pm Year 11/12 UAC Evening
5 April, 25 May, 24 Nov Yr 10 Meningococcal ACWY Catch-Ups
6 April End of Term 1
RPFA Twilight Drinks
Last Friday, the Twilight Drinks in Fahl Garden was a beautiful evening to touch base, say “hello” and enjoy the gorgeous weather with parents and staff. Thank you to all the parents who contributed to making Friday evening such a success and thank you to those parents who joined in the festivities. These opportunities to connect are invaluable and appreciated. Please do keep posted for other events throughout the ye
Redlands Cup – Round 1 Win.
Congratulations to the Redlands Boys 1sts Football Team who won their first match (5 – 1) on Wednesday morning at Cammeray Oval against Penrith Anglican College. The following Yr 11 students participated in the game:
- Liam McFarlane and Anderson Boris
Make a Splash for a Great Cause!
The Balmoral Swim Schools Relay Challenge is back! On Sunday 2 April from 8am-9am, local schools will come together to raise funds for the Children’s Cancer Institute, increase awareness for this important cause, and most importantly, have fun participating in an open water swim relay.
Here’s how it works: each team consists of four swimmers, and each swimmer will swim a 200m leg of the relay. Participants can choose to swim in their year category or an older category, and the entry cost is just $20 per swimmer.
Don’t want to swim? No problem – you can still support the cause by donating to the Redlands fundraising page to help raise funds for the Children’s Cancer Institute.
This is a fantastic opportunity to come together, have some fun, and raise funds for a great cause. So, gather your teammates, come along to Balmoral Beach, and make a difference in the fight against childhood cancer.
We can’t wait to see everyone there! Register your team now and join in the fun!
Contact Ms Riley rriley@redlands.nsw.edu.au for more information
Secondary School Individual Portraits and Sibling Photos Catch -up Opportunity – Friday 3 March.
A catch-up date for missed Year 7-12 Portrait photos and sibling photos will be offered on 3 March at 10.10-11.05am in the Learning Hub Level 2 Atrium. Students who were absent from school on 10 February, or who are required to have a photo re-taken will be informed by their Year Advisor this week.
All students are required to be wearing their full school uniform, including blazers. Boys must be clean shaven with hair that has been cut so that it is away from eyes, ears and collar. Boys and girls with a hair length touching the collar is to be styled and tied-up neatly so that it is away from eyes, ears and collar. Hair is to be tied back with navy and hair coloured accessories. No hair dye, mullet style haircuts, make-up or nail polish is permitted. No jewellery is to be worn other than one pair of plain gold or silver studs in ear lobes.
If you have any questions, alterations or additional orders, please contact Melba Studios directly on (02) 9438 4566 or email sales@melbastudios.com.au
Settling into Being a Senior Student – Building Resilience
Our young people need our support. They have started a rigorous workload, they have brought energy into this new level of expectation and challenge while at the same time seeming to feel quite overwhelmed. This cohort is extremely capable, extremely enthusiastic and motivated. They have the potential to leave an incredible legacy for themselves and others at Redlands and it is inspirational to see them already moving in this direction.
However, with the excitement of a new course load, new classes, new teachers and new opportunities also comes stress. In Coaching Conversations this week, students have recognised the need to utilise some study techniques and strategies they might not have tried before this year. Students have also recognised their own feelings of anxiousness and their quick responses to difficult tasks. The need for stick-to-it-iveness is essential and our young people are seeking reassurance and encouragement to pause, breathe, make a plan and recognise the need to stick to it and take it moment by moment and day by day. They are being encouraged to own their part in making a class, a task or a situation successful and to try new things they may not have previously considered.
As we continue to work together to support our young people at school and at home, this Special Report from SchoolTV provides several encouraging, conversation-prompting and supportive questions you may consider asking your child to help build their resilience and ability to stick with a challenge.
Take the Sting Out Character LAB: Teens don’t mean to be unkind
Today, I’ve asked Lisa Damour to share her Tip of the Week.
“Pack your bags! We’re going on a guilt trip!” one of my teenage daughters said to the other.
I’d just made a passive-aggressive comment about the dirty dishes they’d left in the sink, so maybe I deserved that remark. But it still stung. And if my kids have such an easy time giving pointed feedback at home, might they also be unkind when they’re out and about?
All parents probably worry about raising kids who allow themselves to be jerks to others. But here’s something I know about development: Adolescence is a time of heightened friction at home, in part because teenagers become acutely perceptive of their parents’ shortcomings and are often quick to point them out. They do this because they are coming to terms with the fact that we, the only parents they have, are far from perfect. They hope for us to improve, especially before they move out, so they tend to save their toughest feedback for us.
So how should you react when your teen hits you with zingers? Your teen knows you well—often better that you know yourself—and their observations are usually spot on. But they also know when they’ve crossed a line, and they expect to be called on it. It’s important to remind kids that all people—parents included—are more likely to make good use of their input when it’s delivered with compassion.
Don’t be defensive when teens criticize you. That either closes down communication or escalates friction, sometimes into a full-blown conflict—two outcomes that serve no one well.
Do push back if their feedback is more hostile than helpful. Consider saying, “I’m sure you have a point, but we don’t speak to each other that way around here. I’m interested in what’s on your mind, but you need to let me know in a kinder way.” I’m in constant awe of how quickly my daughters are growing and changing. And thanks to their keen commentary on my not-so-endearing quirks, I’m growing and changing too.
With warmth and gratitude,
Lisa
Lisa Damour is a clinical psychologist and the author of three books for parents, including The Emotional Lives of Teenagers. She also co-hosts the “Ask Lisa” podcast.
Yr 11 HSC and IB Information Evening – Wednesday 1 March 6-7pm Redlands Hall
Next week, we will be hosting an opportunity for students and parents to receive key information for starting the journey into senior courses. Specific details around the HSC and IB will be shared and support for the appropriate mindset for success in Stage 6. Please ensure you sign up today to take advantage of this opportunity for you and your student.
Ms Alissa Ynson
Yr 11 Advisor
aynson@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9865