Year 12

International Women’s Day

On Tuesday we celebrated International Women’s Day with a whole school webinar led by our School Captains, Sophia Maxwell and Jack Murray. Guest speaker, Captain Casey Scully-O’Shea CSC, RAN, provided students with a wonderful insight into her past, current and future aspirations as a female leader within the Defence Force. Captain Scully-O’Shea joined the Royal Australian Navy through the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1995 and her career highlights include supporting Border Protection Operations as an Officer of the Watch and later Navigating Officer of HMAS Cessnock, and an exchange posting to the Royal Canadian Navy Sail Training Ship HMCS Oriole. She was awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross in 2020 for her outstanding achievement in the field of recruiting and in February 2022, she was appointed as Director of Navy Culture. Captain Scully-O’Shea spoke to students about the importance of finding your own success, that is unique to you, and how equality is about providing a culture of support to enable voices to be heard from diverse groups of people.

Portrait and Sibling Photo Catch Up Opportunity Friday 18 March

Students who were unable to attend portrait and sibling photos last week can attend a catchup opportunity on Friday 18 March from recess through to Tutor time at Level 2 in the Redlands Learning Hub. 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. Girls with hair touching the collar should tie it back with navy accessories (elastics, ribbon, scrunchies). No hair dye, 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.

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Shrek the Musical

Thursday 24 – Saturday 26 March

The Concourse Chatswood

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Twilight in the Garden

Friday 1 April, 6-8pm

Fahl Garden, Senior Campus

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Balmoral Swim Schools Relay Challenge

Redlands will be participating in the 2022 Balmoral Swim Schools Relay Challenge on Sunday 3 April. The Schools Relay Challenge is a community-based initiative where schools help raise funds for the Children’s Cancer Institute, increase awareness of this important cause and importantly have fun participating in an open water swim relay.

How it works:

Each team has 4 swimmers.
Each swimmer swims a leg of the relay 200m.
Participants can swim in their school year category, or an older category
Entry cost are $15 for each swimmer

If you are interested in taking part in the 2022 Balmoral Schools Swim Relay Challenge on Sunday 3rd April, please follow these registration instructions:

Create an account at this link. If you competed last year, you will already have an account.
Complete the registration form. A section of the form must be completed by your parents/carers.
Send me an email confirming your registration. Please include:

– Your name

– The full name of your teammates (3 other students)

– Your House (there will be points awarded to the house with the highest participation)

If you would like to donate to the Redlands fundraising page, please follow the instructions at this link.