Year 9
Camp United Nations for Girls Sydney
On Saturday 1 September, Carmen Brisson and I were lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to the Girls in Politics full day event. At the event, hosted by the United Nations, we had the chance to extend our knowledge about the United Nations and how they operated. Furthermore, we were given the opportunity to enhance our public speaking skills while presenting speeches when running for Secretary General or President of the General Assembly. We strongly recommend that other girls, if given the opportunity, participate in events such as this one. We found the day to be profoundly beneficial, informative and it gave us the rare chance to experience a day in politics. Yola Reinecke
Pastoral
Last Friday 31 August, Tutor Group 9 Dumolo Blue led the Yr 9 Assembly. One of the activities in the Assembly was an obstacle course where two students from each House were selected to negotiate a series of activities. One student had to complete the course without the use of their arms, whilst the other student had to encourage their team member by offering them strategies and words of wisdom. This was to demonstrate that regardless of a physical setback, you can have the strength and power to do anything you can put your mind to. As well, it recognised the importance of friends for support when overcoming obstacles in life. This activity was linked to our work on being proactive and the TEDx Talk that our students viewed on Turia Pitt. The team who won was Sofia Gaastra and June Zhang from Roseby. The girls demonstrated both agility and excellent communication skills. Congratulations girls and many thanks to all students in 9DB and their Tutor teacher Ms Rachel Beggs for their organisation of a wonderful assembly.
Athletics
Congratulations to Olivia Donoghue, Emma Mahon and Liberty Jacob who competed at last week’s Athletics NSW Nitro School Series. Schools from across NSW competed in teams across nine unique running and field events. Our Intermediate Girls team finished in 8th place with 1,610 points which was a tremendous effort because many of the larger independent schools had multiple teams entered in the competition which made for a very competitive evening.
Congratulations to Beau Davies who ran a personal best in the 100m at the Invitational Carnival over the weekend. Beau ran 12.08 which was almost a second quicker than his previous personal best. Congratulations also to Samuel Harrap who threw a personal best in the Javelin, throwing 25.74m which was also almost a metre further than his previous personal best. A final congratulations to James Barwise who completed his first 3000m on the track in preparation for the ISA Athletics Carnival next Tuesday.
Redlands Spring Fair: Saturday 15 September, Junior Campus
All families are warmly invited to come and join in the carnival fun at the Redlands Spring Fair. There will be fantastic food, rides, games, markets, prizes and entertainment for the whole Redlands community.
Your help on the Year 9 stall – Aussie BBQ – would also be appreciated, please click here.
Ms Sarah Matthews
Yr 9 Advisor
smatthews@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6494