Year 9

Climate Fresk Challenge

The School’s commitment to sustainability continues to go from strength to strength. This week Redlands joined over 1.5 million other participants worldwide in welcoming Climate Fresk to the campus to work with some Year 9 students. 

Climate Fresk is an innovative game that takes the best, most objective climate science in the world and makes it accessible to everyday people. By engaging with IPCC climate science, our students are not only expanding their understanding of the climate crisis but also becoming pity of a global community committed to change.  

The game harnesses systems thinking to set the groundwork for informed decision-making and meaningful action. From understanding complex climate systems, they sit with how it makes them feel – from the ‘head’ to the ‘heart’ as it were. Finally, the session concludes with the ‘hands’ through provocations around how young people can make change and influence those around them to do so as well.  

“I found the workshop extremely engaging as the forum in which we learnt about the topic was hands on and allowed a variety of perspectives. I particularly enjoyed the debate we had around activities and carbon emissions and when we created a flow chart that detailed the effects of our human activities.

I was very interested to know that 20,000 years ago when the average temperature of the earth was just five degrees cooler, much of our oceans were ice and could have been walked across.

Overall this workshop was a great opportunity and broadened by perspective on the underlying problem of climate change.” – Maya Turton

“The Climate Fresk workshop was very enjoyable, and opened my eyes to a lot of the climate-based problems that I didn’t know of or didn’t know the gravity of. I particularly enjoyed the debates, as it allowed all of us to express our opinions and highlight all different areas of the statements addressed. Overall the entire experience was enlightening and inspiring.” – Felix Elwin

It’s not just for students, there are monthly workshops in Sydney including one in the GreenHouse Tech Hub on 15 May as part of Climate Action Week. 

Computational and Algorithmic Thinking Exam

Please email any questions to wduckworth@redlands.nsw.edu.au 

Rise to the Challenge: Join the 2024 Balmoral Burn Schools Relay

Get ready to unleash your potential and join the 2024 Balmoral Burn Schools Relay! Students from Year 7 – 12 are invited to conquer one of Sydney’s steepest streets in Mosman for a noble cause. Join Redlands for the Humpy Dumpty Balmoral Burn Schools Relay on 26 May, 7:30 to 9:30 am. This event isn’t just about the challenge; it supports sick children nationwide. Founded by Phil Kearns AM to thank the Royal North Shore Hospital, the Balmoral Burn aids hospitals through the Humpty Dumpty Foundation. Students can form teams of four, aiming to raise $250 per team for the cause. Separate races will be held for boys and girls. Email Mr. Walker your team by Wednesday next week, to participate. Let’s unite as a Redlands community and make a difference. 

Mr Tobias Horan
Yr 9 Advisor
9968 9872
thoran@redlands.nsw.edu.au