Year 7

Announcements and Upcoming Events
  • Parent Events
    • Friday 18 October – Yr 7 Parents Coffee Morning at 8.30am 
    • Thursday 31 October – Yr 7 Parents and Friends End of Year Celebration and A Touch of Halloween at 7pm at Archie Bear Cafe, Mosman Rowers, 3 Centenary Drive, Mosman. This event is $45 and includes canapés and a welcome drink.  Book here.
  • 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 travelling 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 and missing items: 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. Please have names written on your children’s items and encourage them to check they have the correct items at home.  
  • 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 Redlands Pulse.
  • Examinations Week 3: The Yr 7 Examination Schedule will be discussed with students at the start of Term 4. Students are encouraged to start organising themselves as soon as possible for yearly revision and make a plan to revise small chunks of content leading up to the examination week.      
  • Vaccinations: 12 November will be Dose 2 of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine.
  • An exciting exchange opportunity has been announced to our Yr 7 cohort for New Zealand next year. Please check your email from Mr Simon Colyer with further information.
This Week
  • Congratulations to our fantastic Yr 7 Debating team! They have had a strong season and debated very well last Friday at the Grand Finals. They are to be congratulated for getting so far and for their enthusiasm for Debating throughout the season.
  • On Monday evening the Redlands Vocal Competition was held in the Edwards Auditorium, featuring Yrs 7-12 finalists who presented a diverse range of vocal repertoire in creating an outstanding evening of musical performances. Congratulations to the Yr 7 Vocal Finalists: Tara Gold, Halcyon Hunt and Scarlet Ilic. A special congratulations to Halcyon Hunt for being the Runner Up for the Vocal Competition. 
Athletics

The Redlands Track and Field team had a successful meet at the competitive CIS Athletics Carnival at SOPAC. A special congratulations to Henry Charles who placed 3rd in the 13 years Javelin, throwing 34.23m. Well done to all of our athletes who competed: Angela Monty 12th in the 12 years girls 100m, Grace Durrant 14th in the 13 years girls 200m, Sophia Rolon 11th in the 12 years girls 400m, Lara Farrell 6th in the 12 years girls 1500m, Eva Crewes 7th in the 15 years girls 1500m (PB – 5:51), Girls Under 14 Relay (Lauren Smith, Marli Prado, Eva Osborn, Grace Durrant) 6th, Mikaela Larsson Sanger 13th in the 12 years girls Discus, Liam McFarlane 5th in the 12 years boys 400m PB – 1:06.79 and 7th in the 12 years boys 800 m PB – 2:36, Isaac Brooks 6th in the 13 years boys 800m PB – 2:20 and 6th in the 13 years boys 1500m PB – 4:59, Henry Charles 6th in the 13 years boys Discus and 3rd in the 13 years boys Javelin (34.23m).

We also wish Mitchell Travers-Wolf and Isaac Brooks the best of luck as they continue to compete, representing Redlands at the NSW All Schools this week at SOPAC. 

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

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