The Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation Winter School is an immersive two day on-campus experience that will give you an insight into studying the Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation and the diverse career opportunities in the Liberal Arts. Open to high school students in Years 11 and 12, the program will include intellectually stimulating workshops led by academic experts as well as fun social activities. You will experience university life while staying in a UOW-managed residence.
By attending the UOW Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation Winter School you will:
The Winter School will run from 28-29 June 2021 – all costs associated with the program will be covered by UOW.
If you are interested in being involved, please contact Ms Boyce or click here to read more about the Liberal Arts Winter School
Click here to read more about the UOW-managed student residence.
Ms Stephanie Boyce
Academic Enrichment Coordinator
E: sboyce@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation has generously donated thirty scholarship opportunities of $30, 000 per annum for up to five years. This scholarship is open to students currently in Year 12 who would be able to commence studies in 2022. This covers a full range of study options including; a three-year single degree; a three-year degree plus an honours year; or a full five-year double-degree program. Scholarship recipients will enjoy access to a dedicated study lounge, small class sizes, academic mentoring and an international return airfare for an approved overseas experience as part of your studies.
You are strongly encouraged to apply for this scholarship if you are a high-achieving student applying to study the Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation.
Applications are open 20 July 2021 – 19 August 2021.
Students can also apply for the UOW Ramsay Scholarship by contacting Ms Boyce.
Ms Stephanie Boyce
Academic Enrichment Coordinator
E: sboyce@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Year 12 Cadet parents are reminded that responses to the Dining In Night invitation are due this Sunday 30 May.
Please click on this Trybooking link to respond if you have not yet replied to the Trybooking link on your invitation.
MAJ(AAC) Julie-Ann de Kantzow
Commanding Officer – WCCU
E: jdekantzow@waverley.nsw.edu.au
A most appreciative audience of staff, parents and family members were treated to an afternoon of well-prepared and ably performed piano pieces at the Inaugural Waverley College Piano Competition on Wednesday, 19 May, 2021. In a heartening display of proficiency, students submitted themselves before adjudicator, Mr Evan Streater, who skilfully juggled critical listening, report writing, and then determination of places, as well as offering valuable and detailed remarks at the conclusion when prizes were awarded.
The standard of playing and general behaviour of the students throughout was exceedingly commendable, and ultimately made judging take a little longer due to the overall proximity of points distribution among entrants. We congratulate all contestants for a fine presentation of their work and feel encouraged by the standard of performance, with the success of this event likely establishing it as an annual fixture in the Music Department’s calendar.
Sincere thanks must be offered to Mr Evan Streater for his expertise in adjudicating; Head of Department Mr Chris Balkizas for approving and strategising the concept; PAC Coordinator Ms Keiran Kossenberg for her unwearied administrative assistance; faculty member Ms Jaz Dolso for her interest and work behind the camera; and for their attendance and obvious keen support, Mr Chris Blenkinsopp, Ms Michelle Rollins and Mr Thomas Mitton. Year 8 student Thomas Jackson-Whitlock is also to be recognised for his effort in very competently compèring proceedings.
BRAVO to all performers, and long may you admire the wonders of the piano and its repertoire!
Mr Chris Balkizas
Head of Music
E: cbalkizas@waverley.nsw.edu.au
After hosting last week’s Theatresports heats at the PAC, Waverley’s senior team made it into the semi-finals at St Andrew’s Cathedral School next Tuesday 1 June! The team consists of Dexter Craddock, Finn Nebauer, Aidan Rogers and Michael Richmond. They will be up against six other determined and talented teams on the night.
It would be great to see as many supporters turn up for the senior semi-finals at St Andrew’s Cathedral School as we can muster! Parents and friends who want to see the show can buy tickets at the door from 6.45pm on the night ($10 for adults, $5 for students). For the semi-finals, teams need to arrive between 5:30-6pm.
The Intermediate Team acquitted themselves very well in the heats last week at St Ignatius, but were edged out at the last minute. The Intermediate team consists of Evander Hudson, Cjuba Lord, Jay Palm, and Zachary Straker. Orlando Smithers-Haines, Perri Quirk and Achilles Zanapalis round out the squad as reserves.
Waverley is proud of all these dedicated and talented young performers. They should all be given a round of applause for their excellent efforts.
The Intermediate Team: L-R Cjuba Lord, Jay Palm, Zachary Straker, Evander Hudson
Mr Peter Lamb
Theatresports Convenor
E: plamb@waverley.nsw.edu.au
On Monday 10 May, Year 8 students were given a theatrical treat as the internationally renowned company, Zeal Theatre, returned to our Performing Arts Centre with their new show, ‘Meltdown.’ The play is the company’s fiftieth original production and is aimed specifically at the issues affecting secondary school students and their families. ‘Meltdown’ deals with fear, depression, anxiety, stress and anger. With Zeal’s dynamic multi-character acting and blend of music, drama and comedy, the show is a powerful story for all high school students.
After the performance, students participated in workshops with the company. These highlighted the profound value of Drama for students. Students practised invaluable collaborative and creative skills – negotiation, listening, proposing ideas, compromising, evaluating and understanding how dramatic meaning is created on stage. The Drama incursion is one of several initiatives at Waverley College aimed at encouraging more students to choose Drama as an elective in their Year 9 studies. Thanks very much once again to Zeal for another great day at the theatre.
Mr Peter Lamb
Acting Head of Drama
E: plamb@waverley.nsw.edu.au
An enriching time was had by all as we came together to participate in National Simultaneous Storytime read from the International Space Station.
It was great to have the participation of the Junior School, Year 7 science, the Science faculty, the College Enrichment coordinator, the College Literacy coordinator and Director of Curriculum all join us and the library team for an inspirational morning.
Click here to view our participation certificate!
Year 7 Science at National Simultaneous Storytime in the Senior Library
Junior School at National Simultaneous Storytime in the Senior Library
Mr Bill Roberts
Head of Library
E: wroberts@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Last Friday, Year 12 PDHPE students traveled to the Sydney Academy of Sport at Narrabeen. The focus of the day was to refine students’ understanding of content undertaken in the PDHPE syllabus for Core 2 ‘Factors Affecting Performance’ and the Option ‘Sports Medicine’. The students gained valuable insights into many facets of exercise science, physiology, training principles as well as experiencing the life of an elite professional athlete.
Students volunteered to undertake VO2max testing and lactate analysis. Surrounded by a team of exercise physiologists, the students undertook a 30-minute incremental test on a treadmill, pausing briefly every two minutes for lactate analysis via a blood sample taken from the ear and an RPE (rating of perceived exertion) score. Both students ran to exhaustion and provided the rest of the group with some excellent data for discussion later in the afternoon.
Over lunch, students were also able to observe a resistance training session undertaken by the Manly Sea Eagles NRL team. Students were put through a number of different forms of ‘Recovery Strategies’ including hydrotherapy, cryotherapy, ice baths and pool rehabilitation.
Special thanks to the exercise scientists at the Sydney Academy of Sport who gave up their time and expertise to provide lectures and conduct a range of tests on Waverley students, as well as Ms Gair for assisting in the organisation of the excursion.
Mr Patrick Darvill
Head of PDHPE
E: pdarvill@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Congratulations to our Junior and Senior school entrants in the 2021 Waverley Youth Art Prize.
The Waverley Youth Art Prize encourages creativity in young artists from across Sydney. It is open to anyone aged between 9 – 18 years old who is living, studying or playing in Sydney’s East. All artworks are hung so that future artists get to experience the joy of exhibiting and see an audience appreciate their work. Young artists also go in the running to receive encouragement awards including art packs and vouchers to attend classes at local institutions such as the National Art School.
The Waverley Youth Art Prize responds to a different theme each year. In 2021 the theme is, ‘We are Family – Ancestors, Bloodlines and Belonging.’ Our students created diverse artworks that took on ‘We are Family’ in a deep and meaningful way. Congratulations and good luck in the competition.
Entry by Renato Rovacchi Year 8
Ms Jenna Turnbull
Visual Arts Teacher
E: jturnbull@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The Kool Kidzz Winter Holiday Program will operate this school holidays.
Where: 131 Birrell Street, Waverley College
Hours: 8.30am – 5pm
Week 1: Monday 28 June – Friday 2 July
Week 2: Monday 5 July – Friday 9 July
Please click here for booking information
This coming Saturday Waverley is hosting the first full round of CAS winter activities at the College and Queens Park. It is essential that all members of the College community are following the CAS Codes of Conduct as players, spectators and parents at all times.
It is also essential that people are:
Some of the other expectations we will be strongly enforcing this weekend include:
I also want to congratulate some recent individuals who have continued to represent the College and perform at a very high level.
Max Yuen recently won a bronze medal at the NSW Brazilian Ju Jitsu competition and has now qualified for the next stage.
We also have a number of students representing CAS in Football and congratulations to the following students: Andrew Di Blasio, Emilio Vinci, Duke Bushby, Ben Leet, James Bulkeley and Kai Puntigam.
These students have demonstrated great levels of commitment and have shown that it is certainly possible to effectively balance their school football commitments with club commitments, enabling them to be selected in school representative football pathways to a NSW Schools and potentially national level.
I also want to congratulate Vasili Vertsonis who was selected this week for the U15 NSW All Schools AFL team.
Next week we will be having our winter 1sts Football teams representing the College in our Indigenous Jerseys as part of Reconciliation Week. We will have special guests Michael O’Loughlin and jersey designer Billy Reynolds as part of the assembly and at Queens Park as part of the ceremonies.
Well done to the 1st XI who defeated Christian College Newcastle this week on penalties to qualify for the CIS Independent Cup semi-finals – this is a wonderful achievement and Waverley has not progressed this far in this prestigious tournament for many years.
Good luck to all teams and activities this weekend.
Waverley College students interested in gaining scholarships to study and play sports in America after secondary school (NCAA and NAIA Division I, II, III) may be interested in attending the ‘United States Future College Athlete Summit.’ This event is hosted by Tessa Berger (Director of Crimson Athletics) and will be held at the University of Sydney (Camperdown campus) in the Cullen Room, Holme Building on Wednesday 2 June at 6pm.
The good news is that Waverley students can access this exciting opportunity with a FREE ticket! Limited tickets are available so get in quick!
Please click here to register and access the free ticket.
Please click here to view the official NCAA College Bound Student Athlete Guide.
Mr Steve O’Donnell
Director of Co-curricular
E: sodonnell@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Last weekend, Waverley College enjoyed a highly competitive fixture against Oakhill College. Oakhill fielded many talented teams who really challenged our representatives. This was an ideal match moving in to the CAS Competition. We thank Oakhill for hosting the fixture at Castle Hill and we wish them all the best in the ISA Competition.
Thank you to Jordan Du Toit (13Fs) for his match report this week. Any interested students are welcome to email their reports through to Mr McCoy at E: jmccoy@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The Waverley College 13Fs played the Newington 13Ds. It was a tough game and you would’ve enjoyed watching it. To start off Jude Shepherd (Captain) kicked off and a massive forward came running down the sideline, but Jordan du Toit and Conor Brough stopped him. Newington scored the first try, and the score was 5-0 Newington’s way. In the 10th minute we lost Jude Shepherd (back injury) for the rest of the first half.
As soon as we lost Jude, this fast kid ran past Fin Kelly and Hooper Negus and scored. We had the break when they were kicking for conversion and the coach had named Brooklyn Lagos captain because Jude was injured. Newington missed the conversion so it was 10-0. After Jordan kicked off, Newington got a penalty down at our end and managed to score again!!
At half time the score was 15-0 and Jude came back on. Our coach said to our team that the big guy kept on making breaks and he said the way to stop him is to tackle his legs. We had a much better game in the second half and Jude scored to make it 15-5, but unfortunately missed the conversion. After Newington kicked off, Louis Oxenham made a break and nearly scored, but lost the ball in the ruck.
Brooklyn Lagos was playing some special footy when he nearly scored, but the ref said “knock on” when he planted the ball down nicely. Our men Fin Mccarthy and Billy Lagos made up for it and made some good hits. The full-time whistle blew and we lost, but we knew we played well. At the end we shook hands with Newington and the coach announced the man of the match. It was Fin Mccarthy!!!! Up Waves!!!!!
This weekend the eagerly anticipated CAS Competition commences. Reflecting on the preseason matches, the CAS schools have certainly displayed form against the GPS and ISA schools. The 2021 competition looks like it will be a thriller!
To commence the season, Waverley College play against Knox Grammar School. Our 14s and 15s travel to Wahroonga to play at the Knox Grammar School playing fields. Our 13s, 16s and Opens finally get another game back at Queens Park. I know that all players will be excited about coming home!
We welcome all families and visitors to Queens Park for what should be a great day of rugby.
We do ask that players, parents and spectators do take note of the CAS Code of Conduct listed below:
In the event of a player, or athlete being sent-off during a CAS fixture, it is the responsibility of that boy’s Headmaster at his discretion to determine the penalty. It is generally understood among Headmasters, however, that the boy will serve at least one week’s suspension from participating in the CAS competition.
The Rugby Supporters Club welcome any support on the BBQ and Canteen duties this weekend. The BBQ and Canteen will be open from 7am and will conclude at around 2pm. Any assistance during these times would be appreciated. If you can help, even for an hour, please feel free to register on our online roster: https://signup.com/go/cRPQVPx
I would like to wish all teams the best for this weekend as we kick off the CAS Competition!
Waverley to Win!
Mr John McCoy
Convenor of Rugby
E: jmccoy@waverley.nsw.edu.au
We would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation who are the traditional Custodians of the land on which Waverley College is located. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We are committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual connections to the land, waters, seas and sky and their rich contribution to society.
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