Year 9

Commerce Pitch Day

On Tuesday this week, the Yr 9 cohort participated in the culminating event of their Term 3 Commerce project. Students have been working hard all term to develop a solution to a problem posed by their chosen social enterprise. A big thank you to the businesses involved, including: 

  • Rooftop Bees 
  • Studio A 
  • Raise 
  • Welcome to Country 
  • Architectus 
  • CandleXchange 

Earlier in the term, students had the opportunity to visit and hear from the businesses and deepen their understanding of the challenges these businesses experience. This week, the businesses visited Redlands and students pitched their ideas to a real-life audience. The clients were genuinely impressed by the calibre of the students’ ideas, as well as the significant thought that had gone into planning how this idea would be executed.  

It was great to see many groups take the opportunity to network with clients in the Fahl Garden at lunch, with a number of groups receiving offers to engage in further conversation with the clients about implementing their ideas. 

House Debating Finals

Last Thursday saw the finals of our House Debating for Year 9. The topic was incredibly relevant, examining the question of if the federal government should adopt South Australia’s proposed legislation banning kids under 14 from social media.

Congratulations to Roseby who argued for the negative and was victorious in convincing our Year 12 adjudicator of the merits of their arguments.

Holiday Events

Japan Trip 

During the holidays, 26 Yrs 9 and 10 students will be heading off to Japan for a cultural immersion experience. We wish these students (and their teachers) safe travels and look forward to hearing all about it when they return.

Touch Football Gala 

In Week 1 of the holidays, four Yr 9 girls will be heading up to the Gold Coast to compete in the All-Schools Touch Football competition. The competition is an annual event with over 530 teams representing various schools both nationally and internationally. 

Congratulations and good luck to the following students: 

  • Elodie Melvin 
  • Maya Turton 
  • Amelie Dewar 
  • Belle Monty 

Subject Focus – English

As part of their current unit, Year 9 have been writing protest poetry. Given that camp is fast approaching I really enjoyed the following poem protesting camp food by Lizzie Grinham, Charlotte Algar and Sophia Liu.

Food Feud 

Diary Entry 1: Ewww camp food 

They make us eat powdered egg,

Yellow dust, no flavour begged.

A scoop of mash like glue,

Sticking to spoons in tasteless bits.

Baked beans slosh in tin cans, cold as regret,

I gag them down, but my hunger’s unmet.

Outdoors we dine, but it’s far from serene

Flies in our face, plates unclean.

Dirt in the broth, mould in the bread,

Is it too much to ask for some real food instead?

So hear us now, as we gather to shout,

We deserve better, and we’ll call you out!

For health, for strength, for a proper meal,

No more powdered egg, 

We demand for real food!

This is food feud!

Diary Entry 2: Someone eat me

They call me disgusting,

bland and grotesque,

One look at me,

And I’m left alone on the desk.

Filtered through a drying chamber,

Stripped of my former glory,

I’m no longer a brunch celebrity,

But a depressing fallen story.

The people should be sued,

This a food feud!

Diary Entry 3: The Red Cross parcel 

We hold each bite with humbled grace,

A feast of hope in a foreign place. 

The broth is warm, the bread is kind,

A taste of belonging we’ve longed to find.

For every grain, every crumb we receive,

We offer thanks, and we greatly believe.

For the hours that we queued,

This is such a food feud!

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