Year 7

This Week in Tutor
  • Congratulations to our Yr 7 Student Council Representatives: Cadence Austin (Cowper), Luke Barwise (Dumolo), Sholto Mirrlees-Black (McDouall) and Grace Durrant (Roseby). Students participated in training Tuesday afternoon and will be ready to support our Year Group moving forward. 
  • Congratulations to all of our students participating in the ISA Swimming Carnival this week! We look forward to celebrating their accomplishments as a Year Group on Thursday.
  • Students are spending time reflecting on our International Women’s Day speaker from last week in identifying a strong female figure in their lives and finding their own Super Power.
  • Students have been introduced to the school’s Credit Point System. Students earn a Credit Point for Getting Caught Being Good. These points go toward House points, Tutor Class points and Individual points in Yr 7.     
  • Students have been introduced to the Prue Salter Study Skills website and discussed their study environment at home to support learning. Prue Salter will be hosting a Parent/Student Study Skills session at Redlands for Yr 7 on Tuesday 2 April at 6.00-7.30pm. Students should have this website saved as a favourite for future use: studyskillshandbook.com.au. Username: Redlands | Password: 68results
  • Learning Management Alerts are sent home on Fridays to alert students and parents of any outstanding work that may be completed over the weekend to help students stay on top of their learning. These are sent home from the Year Advisor so please contact the issuing teacher for any subject specific clarification. 
Announcements

The Yr 7 parent get together has been moved to Thursday 4 April at  6.30-8.30pm. Venue TBA.

Student photos are being distributed this week. If students did not order photos and would still like to order them, students will be bringing home an information card including directions on  how to order photos now.  

NSW School Vaccination Program

Each year NSW Health works in partnership with schools to offer the vaccines recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for adolescents as part of the school vaccination program.

In 2019 the following vaccines will be offered:

 YEARS

VACCINE

NUMBER OF DOSES & DATES

Yr 7

 

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine

2 doses.
22 March and 12 Nov

 

Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine

Single dose
22 March 

Parent Information Kits will be sent home in Week 5 and we ask that you read all the information provided, complete the consent form and return the completed consent form to your child’s Tutor in Week 6.  A Record of Vaccination card will be provided to each student vaccinated at each clinic. Parents and caregivers should ensure that this record is kept for future reference and should not assume that their child has been vaccinated if they do not receive this Record of Vaccination. 

Other Upcoming Photo and Vaccination Dates

Please note the following dates for Secondary School photo days and vaccinations. Schedules and details for these dates will be released leading up to the event.

  • 20 March – Cocurricular Photos day 2
  • 22 March – Yr 7 Vaccinations and catch up vaccinations for Yr 8 students needing to complete vaccinations started in 2018
  • 1 April – Summer Sport Photos
  • 6 June – Winter Sport Photos
  • 12 June – Yr 10 Vaccinations, catch ups for Yr 7
  • 12 Sept – Athletics and Water polo photos
  • 12 Nov – Yr 7 Vaccinations
Student Acknowledgements

Please send through photos and/or announcements for any special commendations or achievements of your Yr 7 children. We’d love to spotlight your child during our weekly Year Meetings!

Student Absences

When absent, students are expected to check iLearn for any missed work and are encouraged to write their teachers an email asking for any further information to support their learning when they are absent for multiple days. 

Yr 7 Home Learning

Students are starting to get into the routine of checking their email and iLearn daily.  Students should have approximately 20 minutes per class of Home Learning each class night. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate with the teacher regarding Home Learning completion or make up. Further information is in the Student Planner for student’s reference.   

Ms Alissa Ynson
Yr 7 Advisor (Acting)
9968 9863
aynson@redlands.nsw.edu.au