Year 11

Motivation

“Many students use ‘I don’t have any motivation’ as an excuse for not doing work. You have to accept that these are just excuses they are using to justify doing what they want to do, ie. doing no work. It is a cop-out and it is really due to fear, even though they don’t realise it. It is that they may be secretly afraid of doing badly at school. The fear of failure or not meeting expectations has led some children to look for excuses to not do any work, so that if they do badly then it is not because they tried and failed, it is because they didn’t do the work. It is a safety mechanism their brain is putting in place. To make change students must take responsibility for their performance and realise that they are the only person who can change the situation. There are no quick or easy fixes for developing motivation. Students need to take baby steps and keep trying different techniques over a period of time”. – Dr Prue Salter, ELES

Japan Exchange

Caroline Bates, Lachlan Edwards, James Reid and Anna Saunders are currently representing Redlands on exchange in Japan. Last Monday was the first day at Jutoku High School (Redlands sister school), and a special whole school assembly was held for them. They competently and confidently delivered their individual speeches in Japanese to the school community (in front of more than 1000 students and teachers). We wish them a safe journey home on the weekend.

Debating

Good luck to Aleisha Lawrence and Sirena Scotting who will be debating against Roseville College this Friday night.

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