Year 7

Announcements and Upcoming Events

Uniforms: Yr 7 looked very sharp this past Monday arriving for Chapel in full school uniform, including blazers.  Students have been reminded this week that they are expected to be in full school uniform to and from school as well as to change back into their school uniform after PE at the earliest possible opportunity: recess, lunch or after school. 

Lockers: 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.

Assessment Notifications: 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 parent portal.   

Vaccinations: 12 November will be Dose 2 of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

This Week

Four of our Yr 7 students, Conor Petersen, Isaac Brooks, William Andrew and Thomas Jackson competed in the annual Aurecon Bridge Building Competition this week and were awarded the Strength Award. Their 110 gram bridge,  made from balsa wood and string, supported a 50.2 kg a load. What an amazing achievement! Aurecon believes that engineering, science and technology industries must work together to make these fields more relatable and appealing for young people and their competition provides a real world experience for our young engineers. 

Last week, our Yr 7 cohort had the pleasure of meeting and listening to Mr Christopher Allen, Coordinator of History. Mr Allen was invited to speak to our cohort to share advice in overcoming setbacks and working through challenges, our theme this term in the The Yr 7 Marathon.  Mr Allen is an engaging and passionate speaker and the students were captivated throughout his presentation. Some advice shared by Mr Allen included being a good friend and having a few friends you can count on and truly speak with about what is going on and how you are feeling, putting yourself outside of your comfort zone to try new experiences and purposefully challenge yourself with things you do not think you are good at and get involved as much as possible. We thank Mr Allen for his time, advice and personal experiences shared with our cohort. 

Our last 2019 Prefect Assembly with Yr 12 students was held this week. The strong Yr 12 cohort took it upon themselves to organise several events with our Yr 7 students to share advice, connect with students and share their own experiences being in Yr 7. Jasmine Black and Alfie Leach represented the Yr 7 cohort in a Thank You to Yr 12 at the Prefect Assembly, recognising their efforts in holding the Yr 7 Pizza and Movie Night, organising two Q&A sessions during Tutor, volunteering their time to support the newly developed Yr 7 Service Committees and generally being strong role models for our younger students.  We thank the Yr 12 students and wish them all the best in the HSC and IB examinations!

Recommended Mini-Unit from Dr Prue Salter

As it is a very busy time of year with assessments and end of year examinations around the corner, it is a fantastic opportunity for students to sit down on their own or with their parents after receiving results from assessments to go through their marks and assess how they use feedback from teachers. To support this process, login to the Study Skills website and choose the unit After Tests and Exams. This unit guides students on how to learn from feedback to perform better in the future. 

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

Athletics

Last week, Redlands competed at the ISA Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park. Redlands won Division 1 Junior Girls, Division 1 Intermediate Girls for the first time and came 3rd in Senior Girls to win the Overall Girls Shield which we hadn’t won since 1997! This was an outstanding achievement. Redlands was the 1st place coeducational school in the ISA Competition too. Special recognition to the following Yr 7 students who placed first:

Charles Henry – U13 Boys Div 1 Discus (28.40m) and Javelin. His Javelin throw of 37.20m was well ahead of his rivals!
Liam McFarlane – U12 800m in 2:37s holding his lead for the entire way
Mikaela Sanger Larsson – U12 Girls Discus with a strong throw of 12.19m
Sofia Thorne – U13 Girls Shotput with a big throw of 6.04m. She also came 3rd  in the U12 Girls Javelin.
Angela Monty – U12 Girls 100m in 15:44s

Congratulations to the following who finished top three in their event: 

Sofia Rolon – 2nd in the U12 Girls 800m and 2nd in the U12 Girls 400m, 200m and 100m, 3rd in the U12 Girls High Jump and Long Jump.
Eva Osborn – 2nd in the U13 Girls 800m, 3rd in the U13 Discus
Angela Monty – 1st in the U12 Girls B 100m
Grace Durrant – 2nd in the U13 Girls A 100m and 200m
Jessica Coleman- 2nd in the U13 Girls B 100 and B 200m
Junior Girls relay – 2nd place: Marli Prado (Yr 9), Lindsay Hallam (Yr 7), Eva Osborn (Yr 7), Grace Durrant  Yr 7)
Isaac Brooks – 2nd in the U13 Boys 800m and 400m
Liam McFarlane – 2nd in the U12 Boys 400m
Xander Halfen – 2nd in the U12 Boys B 200m and 3rd in the U12 Boys Discus.

Eight athletes were awarded Junior, Intermediate and Senior Athlete of the Year after the carnival based upon their attendance at trainings, invitational meets and overall performances. Congratulations to Charles Henry who won the Junior Boy Athlete of the Year.

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