Year 7

This Week in Tutor
  • Yr 7 were extremely brave last Friday in completing their first round of Vaccinations. We are now done until November! 
  • Students have completed their Term 1 Effort Grades. Students and teachers assign a 1-5 grade for diligence, engagement and behaviour in each class. This information is invaluable to supportive conversations for success between teachers, students and parents.
  • Thank you and congratulations to all students who have been participating in the Musical. Their efforts are recognised and appreciated and we are all looking forward to seeing their hard work at a performance this week. Fantastic job to all these students!
  • Students have revisited conversations around expanding their friendship groups and making new friends, how to navigate iLearn and submit assignments and other key information. Students are encouraged to seek support from their Tutor teachers for additional support with any of these items. 
  • The Credit Point Challenge continues for Getting Caught Being Good. There will be a student and Tutor Group winner as well as contributing to House points.
  • Next week students will participate in International Day on Tuesday and the Cross Country Carnival on Thursday. Please ensure permission has been granted for students to attend the Cross Country Carnival. 
Announcements and Upcoming Events
  • Four assessments down and two to go! Music and Science assessments will be submitted over the next two weeks. Please be reminded that students have access to Assessment Notifications via iLearn two weeks prior to each assessment. Teachers also go through assessment details in class and in Tutor.  Parents have access to Assessment Notifications via the parent portal. Students should ensure they know the details of each assessment and ask their teachers and Tutor for support prior to the due date.     
  • Prue Salter’s Yr 7 Study Skills Workshop is being held on Tuesday 2 April at 6.00-7.30pm. A message was sent home last week with further information. She is a fantastic presenter and presents specifically to Yr 7 and Yr 11 students. Students have been introduced to Prue Salter’s Study Skills website and discussed their study environment at home to support learning. Students should have this website saved as a favourite for future use: www.studyskillshandbook.com.au. Username: Redlands, Password: 68results
  • Yr 7 will be participating in a Burn Bright Incursion: Recipe for Success on Monday 8 April. This will be an all day event with activities and discussions around motivation, friendships and more. Burn Bright is an amazing program and we are very fortunate they will be working with our students this term. 
  • Learning Management Alerts on Fridays: These emails are sent to parents and students to identify any outstanding work that may be completed over the weekend to help students stay on top of their learning. These alerts are issued after a discussion and reminder from the classroom teacher has already been attempted. These are initiated by the classroom teachers yet sent through the Year Advisor. Please contact the issuing teacher for any subjects specific clarification. 
  • This term, there are some exciting writing competitions for students to submit their work for public recognition, publication and cash prizes. The Write4Fun 2019 School Writing Competition is open and accepting submissions of original poetry or short stories from Kindergarten to Yr 12. Entry is free and there are fantastic prizes including $1000 cash ($500 to the applicant and $500 to the school) and a choice of either a $500 Rebel Sports voucher, an Xbox One X or PlayStation 4. Entries for this competition close 5pm Sunday 31 March. We are also pleased to announce that the Stanton Library’s Nan Manefield Young Writer’s Award is accepting poetry or short story submissions from entrants aged 11-18 years. Prizes total over $2000 and all placed entrants receive an invitation to a writing masterclass; submissions close 5pm Friday 12 April. Finally, the Mosman Youth Awards in Literature are also accepting short story and poetry submissions from Yrs K-12, with cash prizes totalling more than $2000 to be won; entries close Friday May 31. These are fantastic opportunities for our students to be recognised and celebrated for their creative writing. For any questions about how to enter, please contact the English Department.
  • The Yr 7 parent get together will be on Thursday 4 April from 7.00-10.30pm in the upstairs Piano Bar at Minskys in Cremorne. Book here.

  • Easter Donations – Wesley Edward Eagar Lodge: In support of the Junior School Easter program, we are asking Yr 7 students to make an Easter Egg donation for the community that make use of the Edward Edgar Lodge. This was the first residential facility in Sydney to offer accommodation for both homeless men and women.

    Wesley Mission’s motto is to “do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can”. So, we can think of no better way to show the spirit of Easter from our Redlands community this year by sharing in the joy of giving to those struggling with homelessness.

    Yr 7 students are encouraged to bring in a Easter Egg donation to the Easter Box in their Tutor sessions.

    Students in all other years are also encouraged to bring in donation to the Secondary School Office.

  • Other upcoming vaccinations and photo dates
    • 1 April – Summer Sport photos
    • 6 June – Winter Sport photos
    • 12 June – Yr 10 vaccinations, catch ups for Yr 7
    • 12 Sept – Athletics and Waterpolo photos
    • 12 Nov – Yr 7 vaccinations

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