Year 7

Science Week 

Science Week at Redlands School is a vibrant, themed event that brings STEM to life for students. Classrooms become hands-on labs where students might build solar-powered models or explore the physics of rockets. The school theme for National Science Week in 2024 is Species Survival – More than just sustainability. The theme aims to highlight the importance of science and innovation in ensuring the survival of different species in an ever-changing world. 

Redlands also hosts a school-wide Breakfast with a Scientist, where students listen to science in action and learn about real world projects. Additionally, students participate in competitions, like coding challenges or engineering design contests, fostering creativity and teamwork. 

Science Week at Redlands School is designed to ignite curiosity and deepen students’ understanding of the STEM fields. 

Student Reflections

The Breakfast with a Scientist event was interesting. I enjoyed the presentations from different scientists and found them informative about their work and career journeys. Plus, the breakfast was good too! I learned a lot from the presentations, such as the role of a patent lawyer and how AI works. My favourite presentation was the one about AI because it was fascinating to see how ChatGPT uses guess numbers and trial and error. Even though I missed two periods of class, it was worth it!  Ines Tan – Yr 7. 

I enjoyed Breakfast with a Scientist, because I got to hear about streams of science that we don’t cover in school, like patents and medical science. I found it really interesting, especially computer science and patents, which I learnt a lot about.

It was nice to catch up with some friends outside of my year level as well, and to talk about what we learnt over some super yummy snacks! Alexia Tsacalos – Yr 7.

Chapel 

CHAPEL @ Redlands is a fortnightly experience for Yr 7 and provides an important opportunity to connect with our key school values and foundational Christian faith. Through interactive games, bible stories, reflection and music led by our Chaplain Ms Kirsten Philips, Yr 7 are learning about faith, hope and peace and how this can impact their life at school and beyond. Each chapel, our students are encouraged to develop and deepen their experience of these ideas. 

Community- Hear- Appreciate- Prayer- Encouragement- Love 

Film Club  

Come and join fellow Yr 7 Student and film making guru Jake Ikin in film club and learn what the movie world is all about. The club runs every Wednesday afternoon from 3:20pm-5:00pm in L26. We currently have 3 members and are keen on building this up so we can create our own short films to play in our assembly.  

Students are encouraged to sign up at drama@redlands.nsw.edu.au and you can join anytime. In the club we learn about advanced editing, audio recording, using cameras, and will carry out some scriptwriting and acting. We can’t wait to see you there. 

Shout Outs

Aashray So received a Step Beyond Award in our Stage Assembly for his authenticity and kindness in his everyday interactions with others.

Ines Tan received a Step Beyond award for her amazing efforts in the Junior School Music Festival. We received this beautiful email to commend Ines on her efforts.

‘I wanted to make known the incredible effort Ines put into Junior Music Festival as part of stage crew. It was her first event after joining Production at the beginning of this year, and she just thrived. She was placed on the opposite side of stage to the rest of us but handled herself beautifully. Many teachers commented on how her being there made their nights less stressful and she definitely had that effect on my night. She was amazingly competent around children barely younger than her, demonstrating her maturity. None of us could believe it was her first show, she was just that good.’ 

Well done to Kody Benoliel who shared his experiences as Student Representative Council Representative in our Stage Assembly on Tuesday. 

Redlands Sport – 2024/25 Summer Sport Registrations

The Summer Sport Registrations for the 2024/25 Summer Season will open on Friday 9 August at 4:30pm. 

Students and parents/carers will be able to access the link below:

Redlands Sport – Summer Sport 2024/25 Registrations Links to an external site.

• All students must complete 1 representative sport per year (including in your final year of school).
• Students who are currently enrolled in a 2024 Winter Representative Sport may choose either:

o    2024/25 Summer Representative Sport

o    2024/25 Summer Non-Representative Sport

• Students who are currently enrolled in a Winter Non-Representative Sport must choose a 2024/25 Summer Representative Sport
• All Non-Representative Sports have an additional cost involved (available via Redlands Pulse – Secondary School Sport)
• The following Summer Representative Sports have an additional cost involved:

o    Rowing

o    Sailing

As we move into the 2024/25 Summer Sport Season ALL students are required to complete this registration so we can ensure all Secondary School students have been allocated to a sport for for Summer Season which commences in Week 6 this term.

If you select your preference as a Summer Representative Sport you are committing to the Redlands Sport Program, as such you will need to meet the mandatory requirements for those sports, which include:

• 2 compulsory sessions per week 
• Saturday fixtures
• Adhering to the Redlands School & Sport Guidelines.

Failure to meet these requirements will result in school disciplinary actions and may result in completion of another representative sport the following season.

Please note: If you are trialing for 1st teams, there is a mandatory Gym Session for ALL 1st teams.

Students in Year 7, 2024

(1) Choose a Representative Sport where you have 2 training and Saturday Sport commitment.
(2) Choose a Non-Representative sport

To see a breakdown of what sports are on offer, timings cost where applicable please see Redlands Pulse – Secondary School Sport (then each individual sport for the Summer Season)

Summer Representative Sport has a Saturday morning commitment to it with most matches taking place on Saturday mornings (the majority of games are an hour commitment anywhere between 8:00am and finishing by 2:00pm – not including travel time). Please keep this in mind as you complete this form.

For more information relating to each sport, the costs, involvements and commitment please refer to the Secondary School Sports section on Redlands Pulse.

This process of Summer Sport selection is the only method of registration. Emails to the Sports Department will not be accepted.

Wellbeing Conference Webinar 

We would like to invite all parents and carers to our upcoming webinar – Strength in Connections: Fostering Resilience, Self-Confidence and Healthy Relationships in Adolescents. This is a wonderful opportunity delivered by our School Counsellors to learn more about how we can support children to develop these skills both inside and outside of the school environment.   

Tuesday 20th August: 6-7pm 

Zoom Link HERE. 

Key Dates

Giving Day

Support the Expansion of High Country Campus on Wednesday 21 August!

https://www.charidy.com/redlands

We are excited to be holding our inaugural Giving Day on Wednesday 21 August to raise much-needed funds to expand our High Country Campus. We have 24 hours only to reach our goal of $400,000 on Giving Day!

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On this day, every dollar you donate to the Redlands Foundation will be TRIPLED by generous supporters who have already pledged to match your contributions. So if you give $100, the School will receive $300. No matter the amount, your support on 21 August will help us bring transformative opportunities to life for every Redlands student.

Learn More here: https://www.charidy.com/redlands

Ms Abby Walker
Yr 7 Advisor
9968 9818
awalker@redlands.nsw.edu.au