Year 11

Student Wellbeing – Managing Stress

Stress is a normal and necessary part of life. Stress can help to motivate us and get us moving and help us to focus. If the stress levels rise too high in our body, this then becomes distress and we start to feel negative effects from these high stress levels – both physical and non-physical symptoms.

Strong mental health helps us to become more resilient. If we are resilient we are able to cope with the challenges that life throws at us so that when something tries to knock us off the path we want to be on, we simply pick ourselves up, brush the dust off and look around for another way to make things happen or to cope with what is happening.

Tips and strategies for students

  1. Exercise can help get rid of stress so make time to do active things like playing sport or going for a walk.
  2. Give yourself permission to relax and take the time to do things you enjoy and that relax you. Schedule time on a regular basis for these activities.
  3. Develop a daily schedule of activities that is realistic and achievable. Make a daily to-do list. Identify your priorities and what is most important to you and stick to your list.
  4. Imagine a ruler marked 1 to 100 and think of all the things that are not good in the world. Where at the moment is the thing that is making you feel bad on this scale compared to the worst things that could ever happen? This reminds us that reality is not as bad as it seems.
  5. Feel good about yourself and your achievements! Reward yourself for the things you do and look for your positive qualities and strengths – give yourself encouragement. Take pride in yourself and your skills and abilities. Accept yourself for who you are and what you are and set realistic expectations for yourself.
Debating

Lunch and Learn – free public speaking workshops in school

Masters Academy is running two free lunch time sessions on Public Speaking (with nibbles provided) for students in L.1.4 on Thursday 7 March and Thursday 14 March. Anyone is welcome though classroom space is limited. Please ask your son or daughter to drop in.

Sibling and Cocurricular Photographs

Sibling photos will be held on the Senior Campus on 13 March 7.30 – 8.30am in Redlands Hall. Sibling photographs must be ordered online prior to the day of photography by visiting www.advancedlife.com.au and using the online order code: NWL 4NR ETY.

Cocurricular photos for Music, Dance, Drama and Theatre and Debating will be held on 13 and 20 March at the Top Garden. Please check with the Cocurricular Activity Coordinator for the photography schedule. Students are reminded school blazers are required for photos.

Key Dates

Yr 11 HSC Geography Excursion – Friday 1 March 8.30am
Yr 11 ‘Day of Hope’ – Student incursion – Monday 25 March- Full Day
Yr 11 Parent Teacher Night – Wednesday 3 April (Week 10)

Mr Edward Atkins
Yr 11 Advisor 
eatkins@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9909 3133