Year 8

Key Date

Yr 8 Camp – Term 2, Week 3 – more information to follow in the coming weeks

Secondary School Individual Portraits Catch Up Date

Friday 26 March

Any Secondary School student who was absent for their individual portrait photo on 5 March can attend a catch up opportunity on Friday 26 March at 10.10am and 1.00pm in the Learning Hub classroom LH 2.2.

All students are required to be wearing their full school uniform, including blazers. Boys must be clean shaven with hair that has been cut so that it is away from eyes, ears and collar. Girls with hair touching the collar should tie it back with navy accessories (elastics, ribbon, scrunchies). No hair dye, make-up or nail polish is permitted. No jewellery is to be worn other than one pair of plain gold or silver studs in ear lobes.

International Women’s 2021 Campaign: #ChooseToChallenge

A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world. From challenge comes change, so let’s all choose to challenge. In celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) our Student Leaders, Anna-Louise Feller and Julia Parker, collated a video showcasing the voices of Redlands on the topic of women. Students and staff explore topics including feminism, female role models and the 2021 IWD theme #ChooseToChallenge.

Redlands Cross Country Carnival

The Cross Country Carnival will be held on Wednesday 17 March (Term 1, Week 8) from 10.30am-3.20pm. Students will attend their Period 1 and 2 classes as normal.

Cross Country training also continues this week at Primrose Park from 6.30-7.30am – students should be dropped at Primrose Park and will then walk back to school.

Balmoral Swim

Redlands will be competing in the Balmoral Swim for Cancer Schools Relay Challenge taking place on Sunday 21 March at Balmoral Beach. The Schools Relay Challenge is a community-based initiative where schools help raise funds for the Children’s Cancer Institute, increase awareness of this important cause and importantly have fun participating in an open water swim relay.

How it works: 

  • Students form teams of four – Senior (Yrs 11-12) | Intermediate (Yrs 9-10) | Junior (Yrs 6-8)
  • Each swimmer swims a leg of the relay 200m
  • Participants can swim in their school year category, or an older category
  • Entry cost is $15 for each swimmer

Register here

If students are unable to take part, but would still like to contribute, you can:  donate here

Ms Lisa Vale
Yr 8 Advisor
9968 9837
lvale@redlands.nsw.edu.au.