Year 9

Secondary School Individual Portraits and Sibling Photos – Friday 4 March

On Friday 4 March, Yr 7 to 12 students will be accompanied by their Year Advisors to Redlands Hall for portrait photos after 8.20am. If your child is unable to have their portrait taken on 4 March Please inform your Year Advisor.  A catch-up date for missed portraits will be offered on 18 March at school,  or by appointment with Melba Studios, located in Artarmon.

Secondary School Sibling Photos will take place on 4 March from 7.15am-8.20am in Redlands Hall. To order Sibling Photos, please click here, enter the password ‘ALLISTER’ and select Siblings Order Form before 26 February. 

Parents/Carers who have children in the Junior and Senior Campuses and are attending the sibling photo on 4 March are requested to wait for their children outside the Gerard Street gate until after the photo should they want to accompany their Junior Campus children to school afterwards.  

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.

If you have any questions, alterations or additional orders, please contact Melba Studios directly on (02) 9438 4566 or email sales@melbastudios.com.au.

Balmoral Swim Schools Relay Challenge

Redlands will be participating in the 2022 Balmoral Swim Schools Relay Challenge on Sunday 3 April. 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:

  • Each team has 4 swimmers.
  • Each swimmer swims a leg of the relay 200m.
  • Participants can swim in their school year category, or an older category
  • Entry cost are $15 for each swimmer

If you are interested in taking part in the 2022 Balmoral Schools Swim Relay Challenge on Sunday 3rd April, please follow these registration instructions:

  1. Create an account at this link. If you competed last year, you will already have an account.
  2. Complete the registration form. A section of the form must be completed by your parents/carers.
  3. Send Ms Riley (rriley@redlands.nsw.edu.au) an email confirming your registration. Please include:
  • Your name
  • The full name of your teammates (3 other students)
  • Your House (there will be points awarded to the house with the highest participation)
  1. If you would like to donate to the Redlands fundraising page, please follow the instructions at this link.

Clean Up Australia Day

We are excited to announce that as per tradition, Redlands will be participating in Clean up Australia Day, which will be held on Sunday 6 March (Week 6). 

We have registered a site at Balmoral Beach from 12.00-2.00 pm, and we will be meeting at the Rotunda at 11.50. We will provide the necessary equipment, so just bring yourself! 

Come along if you would like to help this great cause, clean up one of our local beaches, clock up some CAS hours or just want to have a good time! 

Excitingly, this year, there will also be house points up for grabs for all participants – the House with the most participants will be earning valuable points that go towards the House Shield at the end of the year.

Join our effort here.

If you would like some more information or have any questions, you can contact Ms Riley at: rriley@redlands.nsw.edu.au

Assessment Preparation

Study Centre

The aim of the Study Centre is to provide students from Years 7-12 with the opportunity to receive shoulder-to-shoulder support or assistance in specific disciplines from Secondary School teachers.

Teachers from a variety of subjects are available before and after school Mon-Wed each week in the breakout spaces of the New Learning Hub.

The full timetable is available on the Secondary School Redlands Pulse page and is shared with students via Year Group Pastoral pages.

Students are also welcome to use the Learning Hub before and after school, during Study Centre hours, in order to engage in independent study.

Key Documents

Study Centre timetable is available here  

Cocurricular timetable is available here 

Waste Free Wednesdays

In Term 4 last year the very first Waste Free Wednesday was held on the Senior Campus, and we are pleased to announce that Waste Free Wednesdays will be continued in 2022. From Week 4 onwards, all staff and students are encouraged to consciously minimise their waste on Wednesdays. Hopefully, as a community, we can identify the significant amount of waste we create in just one day, and gain a deeper understanding of what methods and swaps we can make to reduce this amount. Our Yr 12 Captains are seeking parent support and encourage parents and carers to also be mindful on this day.

Redlands Mask Recycling

Using money raised through the purchase of masks at $3 each in the Secondary School, a dedicated bin for the recycling of face-masks has been purchased – initiated by our Environment Captains Iris and Jacob. Students and staff who are discarding their mask at the end of the day are encouraged to use the mark recycling bin, which has its permanent home in the Secondary School Office. A mask-recycling drop-off point at the Gerard Street Gate will also be available each afternoon. Our Redlands Mask Recycling bin is one of the first of its kind in Australia, so having one on the Senior Campus is a great initiative, and we are excited to see the continuation of sustainable thinking and action despite the many challenges posed by the pandemic.

Key Dates

Term 1 – Monday 31 January – Friday 8 April
Term 2 – Wednesday 27 April – Friday 24 June
Term 3 – Tuesday 19 July – Thursday 22 September
Term 4 – Monday 10 October – Wednesday 7 December

Ms Lisa Vale
Yr 9 Advisor
9968 9837
lvale@redlands.nsw.edu.au