Year 7

Parent Presentation

Technology Addiction and Sleep – Wednesday 14 August 6.00-7.30pm

Good sleep is crucial to health and wellbeing. The use of digital devices, especially before bedtime, can have a major impact on sleep quality. Child psychiatrist Dr Philip Tam and sleep expert Lisa Maltman will discuss how to help your child create good sleep habits and avoid the pitfalls of too much technology. Dr Philip Tam is an award-winning child psychiatrist, researcher and pioneer in internet-related psychological disorders and video-game addictions. He will examine how to address these often-challenging problems in young people. Lisa Maltman is the founder of The Sleep Connection, established to meet the growing need to educate students, teachers and parents in schools on the importance of sleep health, and works closely with the Woolcock Medical Institute in Sydney, a body world-renowned in the area of sleep research. We are pleased to have Dr Philip Tam and Lisa Maltman present on these important topics on Wednesday 14 August from 6.00-7.30pm in Redlands Hall. All Secondary School parents are invited to attend. No RSVP is necessary.

Yr 7 Movie: Friday 16 August – Legacy Gift of Class of 2019

Dr Lennox addressed our students at the whole school assembly with his vision and role of the means-tested Scholarships as an integral part of learning and benefiting from diverse and inclusive communities. Our next fundraising event towards this initiative is Movie Night for Yr 7 on Friday 16 August in Redlands Hall. Book here ASAP to confirm your child’s place . Entry is $15 per student, includes movie screening Home Alone, pizza, popcorn and a drink. Schedule for the afternoon is:

3.20pm – Yr 7 students change into mufti, enjoy games on court with Yr 12 students
4.30pm – Movie screening Home Alone in Redlands Hall
6.30pm – Students to be collected from Liggins Quad

Other Announcements and Upcoming Events

Please see the email sent home from Ms Boase and Ms Ynson this week regarding social media in Yr 7. Social media is a wonderful tool when used positively and productively. We do want to inform and educate students about how to use it appropriately and to support them in making good decisions.

Athletics and Waterpolo photos: 12 September

This Week

Photos this week have been provided by Yr 7 Science teachers, Sarah Harrison and Elizabeth Scott, capturing NETFIT activities at Sport and creating a toilet paper model to explore the scale of the solar system.

Term 3 Pastoral Care: Overcoming Setbacks and Working through Challenges

This term, our Pastoral Program focuses on self-reflection for behaviour management utilising the flowchart What happened? What did you think about it? How did you feel about it? How did you behave?.

We will continue to touch on digital citizenship, summarising notes and study skills with help from Dr Prue Salter’s Study Skills website and we will begin to focus specifically on the first three habits from 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey.

The Importance of Quality Sleep for Students – Dr Prue Salter

Sleep is crucial not just for physical and mental wellbeing but for the consolidation of learning, and to ensure you perform in all your endeavours in peak condition. The absolute last resort should be to sacrifice sleep time in order to get things done.

How much sleep is right for you? This is tricky as everyone is different. Some lucky people need only six hours a night, most people need about eight hours and some people need ten hours!

Two ways to tell if you are getting enough sleep:

How quickly do you fall asleep at night? If you fall asleep instantly that can be a sign you are not getting enough sleep, it should take 10-15 minutes to fall asleep.

How do you feel when you wake up in the morning? If you feel tired and sluggish then that can also be a sign that you need to get to bed earlier.

Improving the Quality of Your Sleep:

Organise as much as you can at night to minimise what you have to do in the morning (eg. organise your clothes for the next day, pack your bag).
Try and have half hour to an hour before you go to bed without computers, TV, phone or any electronic devices or homework or chatting to friends. If you can’t do that, at least put the devices on night mode or turn the brightness down.
Set up a relaxing wind-down routine for before you go to bed. Do this same routine every night (eg. warm shower, reading, listening to quiet music) so your brain associates these activities with bed time and sleep.
A drop in body temperature near bed time triggers the sense that is time to go to sleep. So after a warm bath or hot shower, cool yourself down. It is also better at night to be cool rather than overheated.
When you lie in bed, start at your feet and mentally imagine relaxing each muscle as you slowly work your way up the body. Most people do not make it up to their head before they fall asleep!

Learn more at www.studyskillshandbook.com.au. Our school’s subscription details are – Username: redlands; Password: 68results

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