Year 7

This Week

We wish Sierra Allen, Josie Bannon, Sam Ford, Julius Keller, Daniel Lev, Winter Penney and Daisy Thomas the best of luck this week for the NSW Interschools Snowsports Championships!

This week marks the first ever Yr 7 Inter-House Debating. Dumolo and Roseby started a debate today arguing the affirmative and the negative around whether teachers should wear uniforms.  We wish Cowper and McDouall luck tomorrow as the Debating continues. We appreciate all of the energy and time put into preparing arguments from the Yr 7 students and the guidance of the Yr 12 Debating team lead by Ela Kos. A special thank you to our supporting teachers as well, led by Mrs Simone Bryant. 

Photos today are courtesy of Science teacher Elizabeth Scott whose students were exploring craters on the moon and enjoying the Planetarium visit last week during Science Week!

The Yr 7 Pizza Night fundraiser for the Yr 12 Legacy Gift was a success! Thank you to everyone who made it a huge success and we look forward to more events like this in the future. 

Other Announcements and Upcoming Events
  • We appreciate your support in reminding students to always lock their personal belongings in their locker with a working lock. Many students are leaving belongings in Liggins Quad and, inadvertently, items are being picked up by other students. It is important we manage and take responsibility for our own items. Thank you for your support. 
  • Next Friday, Yr 7 begins their first week of organising Service committees.  Students have expressed interest in building awareness for several different organisations and will be fundraising for Toys for Tucker and Guide Dogs Australia over the next few months. We focus on our immediate community in Yr 7 and begin to develop an understanding of and appreciation for giving back and contributing to something bigger than ourselves. Thank you in advance for any additional discussions taking place at home to help support these initiatives. 
  • This is a reminder that all Assessment notifications are released to parents and students at least two weeks prior to the due date. Students are alerted of these notifications through iLearn and parents are able to access them in the Student Details section of Redlands Pulse.   
  • Athletics and Waterpolo photos 12 September
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Pastoral Care

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.

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