Year 7

Yr 7 Incursion

Burn Bright It’s in our DNA – Exploring Friendships, Passions and Integrity

10 November, 8.20am-3.20pm, Redlands Hall

The early high school years are formative for friendships and are when students begin to explore their identity. This is an enormous period of change and it’s important that young people build a sense of connectedness with their peers and school community. It’s In Our DNA is our friendships and passions program that seeks to explore peer-to-peer relationships and the importance of finding and following what you are passionate about with those around you. It looks at the joys that quality and meaningful friendship brings, and provides strategies and ideas to navigate friendships during the school years. Burn Bright empowers students with the skills to enjoy friendships constructively and how to traverse them when they become tricky. We explore what passions are with students and how these can be a meaningful catalyst to find purpose, enjoyment, belonging and identity in their life.

Session 1 – Who Are You? What Makes You?

The first section explores our identity, who we are and what we believe in or stand for. We explore the importance of friendships, having a support crew, and thinking about others before we think about ourselves.

  • A series of team building challenges and activities with the aim of increasing connectedness and students getting to know themselves better.
  • Building positive, healthy and constructive relationships.
  • ‘Think WE Not ME’ – The power and importance of putting others first in our life.
  • The importance of having a support crew and developing a healthy support network.
  • Recognising my strengths and positive qualities and those of the people around you.

Session 2 – A Life Worth Getting Out of Bed For

The second section explores what it looks like to have a life worth getting out of bed for. We discover the power of passions, strengths and serving those around us.

  • Unlocking our passions and finding purpose and enjoyment.
  • Constructively resolving conflict in friendships and relationships.
  • Conquering apathy.
  • Serving others and caring for those around us.
  • Positive problem solving.
  • Developing a set of values for my life.
  • Communicating effectively and responsibly – online and offline.
  • Self-identity, value and worth.
  • Unpacking the choices we make and consequences of these on our lives.

Session 3 – Success! It’s In Our DNA

The final section explores some key qualities for a successful time at school and the rest of our lives. We unpack resilience, motivation, attitude and personal reflection.

Australian Mathematics Competition Results (AMC)

Congratulations to all participants in this international competition involving hundreds of thousands of students from around 30 countries throughout the Pacific and South East Asia. Held over a week beginning in late July, the Competition tests everything from basic numeracy skills through to advanced problem solving.

This year we would like to particularly acknowledge the following wonderful Yr 7 student achievements:

High Distinction: Jessica Lee, Daniel Borness
Distinction: Iona Gait, Michael Havryk, Remy Pascoe, Liam Petersen and Sophie Yu 

Visual Arts News

Students were encouraged to find an imaginative setting and try to make three or more figures interact in a creative way. There were some exceptional works of art and students are to be commended on their submissions.

Ms Lisa Vale
Yr 7 Advisor
9968 9837
lvale@redlands.nsw.edu.au