The full 2021 HSC written exam, languages oral exam and practical and performance exam timetables are available on the NESA website. Please click on the links below:
Click Students Online for students to access their personalised 2021 student HSC written exam timetable.
Click here for the 2021 HSC written exam timetable.
Click here for important dates for the 2021 practical and performance exams.
Click here for the 2021 languages and oral exam timetable.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Following a review of our Year 12 graduation events carried out in 2019 by our Wellbeing Team and College Captains, it was decided to introduce another event for Year 12 and their families when they graduate from the College in 2021. Following a Graduation Mass to be held in the afternoon at St Mary’s Cathedral, Year 12 and their parents/guardians will join the College staff for a Valedictory Dinner at Darling Harbour on the evening of Wednesday 15 September. More information about these events will be released later in Term Two.
Students and their partners are invited to the Year 12 Formal which will now be held on the evening of Thursday 17 June at Jones Bay Wharf. Students have been briefed today about the event. Official information, the invite and booking details will be published in next week’s Nurrunga.
Mr Patrick Brennan, Deputy Principal – Student & Staff Wellbeing and Ms Suzi Sucur, Student Wellbeing Administrator
E: pbrennan@waverley.nsw.edu.au
E: ssucur@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Students in Years 5, 7 9 will be participating in the annual NAPLAN tests in reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy online this year between Tuesday 11 May and Thursday 13 May. Students must bring their fully charged laptops and headphones to this session.
Click here for NAPLAN Parent Information Pack
Click here for NAPLAN Timetable 2021
Students are encouraged to click on this link to practise for the tests
They should try out the online tools including calculator, protractor and ruler, as well as text magnification and flags.
Should you have any questions regarding this practice test please contact either:
Ms Lynsey Porter, Director of Curriculum and Mr David Parnell, Head of Learning Support
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
E: dparnell@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The process for Stage 6 subject selection commences this term. The significance of appropriate subject selection for study in Stage 6 is of great importance as it directly leads to the awarding of the Higher School Certificate.
To that end, we aim to provide a clear, thorough and supportive process in the lead up to these selections so that students may make informed decisions about their courses of study for their senior years. We advise the students to select subjects in which there is the greatest aptitude, interest and ability in order to achieve the best possible result and the most satisfaction.
Information will be delivered via the Wellbeing periods that are scheduled every Wednesday, Week A, Period 1. Last Wednesday, 5 May all Year 10 students completed their Allwell Testing in Periods 1-4 and have viewed presentations from Heads of Department in Periods 5-6. Heads of Department presentations will continue in Weeks 5 and 7 to assist students’ decision making. This term, Year 10 students also complete their Term 2 assessment tasks. This is an important period for feedback. Semester 1 results will be closely reviewed in conjunction with Career Profiling and Allwell testing results. Their achievement level in these will influence which courses they will be eligible to select.
Click here for the Subject Information Booklet Stage 6 2022-23 – comprehensive guide to policies, course prerequisites and course content
Click here for the Subject Requirements Booklet Stage 6 Year 11 2022 – criteria for course eligibility and enrolment
These should be read in conjunction with all of the opportunities for discussion and advice available to each and every student such as the Subject Selection Videos which will be available via a website link in Week 5 and the Subject Selection Evening at the end of this term.
Students will not be asked to submit their initial selections until early Term 3 after the Parent/Teacher Interviews. The College uses an online system for the students to nominate their subject selections for Stage 6.
Students will receive an email with a link and a password to access the system in mid-June. Students should complete their subject selections online, print the confirmation and submit this in hard copy form via the box outside Ms Lamonica’s office on Level 1.
Timeline – Term 2
Timeline – Term 3
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Please click here for this week’s Careers News
Ms Kath Knowles
Senior Studies & Careers Coordinator
E: kknowles@waverley.nsw.edu.au
We thank Music Captain and Aungier House Prefect Harrison Palmer (Year 12), who volunteered to play ‘The Last Post’ on his trumpet at the ANZAC Day ceremony at North Bondi RSL on 25 April 2021.
Harrison proudly represented Waverley College and his great great grandfather, who was an ANZAC, and whose medals he is wearing. Everyone at the RSL was very appreciative of Harrison’s dignified playing.
Harrison Palmer with his trumpet on ANZAC Day 2021 at North Bondi RSL
Waverley will be hosting Theatresports on the 17 May at the PAC! The College is fielding an Intermediate team and a Senior team in the 2021 Theatresports Interschool Challenge. Both teams have been training hard twice a week as part of their Waverley co-curricular commitments, with the goal of reaching the grand finals held at the Enmore Theatre.
The squad consists of students from Years 9-12: Dexter Craddock, Evander Hudson, Cjuba Lord, Finn Nebauer, Jay Palm, Michael Richmond, Aidan Rogers, Orlando Smithers-Haines, Zachary Straker and Achilles Zanapalis.
They will be up against teams from seven other schools in the area, including Scots College, St Catherine’s and Ascham.
Each heat starts with a fantastic Theatresports workshop at 4pm, with the competition itself starting at 7pm! The nights are wonderful entertainment, as each team pitches their skills against each other over three rounds of improvisational theatre games. The night should be wrapped up by around 9pm.
Waverley is proud of these dedicated and talented young performers. It would be great to see as many supporters turn up for the heat at Waverley as we can muster!
Parents and friends who want to see the show at Waverley College can buy tickets at the PAC door from 6.45pm on the night ($10 for adults, $5 for students).
Mr Peter Lamb
Theatresports Convenor
E: plamb@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Theatresports in 2017
We are extremely pleased to advise that we now have the ability to have volunteers back in the Waverley College Senior Canteen.
The canteen will continue to be open every school day of the year. Therefore, we are looking for as many volunteer workers as possible to assist us in our daily operations from 9.30am till 1.45pm.
Lunch is provided for all volunteers. Please know, we highly value the assistance and support of our volunteer workers as it allows us to be more efficient in our services for the students. We welcome all members of the Waverley College Community (mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, carers etc). We are also happy to take on any availability, it all helps.
Please click here for the Senior School volunteer roster.
Ms Nina Kormanyos
Canteen Manager
As you know, the Junior school is lucky enough to have a canteen that is open five days a week for breakfast/recess and lunch. We urgently need a full roster of volunteers each term to ensure that the canteen can continue to operate successfully.
The shift time is: Monday to Friday
Breakfast: 8am to 8.45am
During the day: 9.30am to 1pm
We would be delighted to have you volunteer and would really appreciate the support. As a huge thank you for your continued support. Lunch is on us!
Please click here for the Junior School volunteer roster.
Ms Gabrielle Bransby
Director of Junior School
E: gbransby@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Students in Years 5, 7 9 will be participating in the annual NAPLAN tests in reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy online this year between Tuesday 11 May and Thursday 13 May.
Click here for NAPLAN Parent Information Pack
Students must bring their fully charged laptops and headphones to this session.
Students are encouraged to practise for the tests by clicking on this website. They should try out the online tools including calculator, protractor and ruler, as well as text magnification and flags.
If you have any questions regarding this practice test please contact either Ms Lynsey Porter, Director of Curriculum, or Mr David Parnell, Head of Learning Support.
Click here for the NAPLAN Timetable
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr David Parnell
Head of Learning Support
E: dparnell
We have really hit the ground running here in the Junior School. We have had a very busy and lively start to the term. Last Wednesday I attended the IPSHA Cross Country and was so proud to see our students representing Waverley with great sportsmanship and support of one another. We welcomed Mr Brendan Cook who is the Creative Director at Picture Drift for our lunchtime talk. The students were so intrigued and inspired by his amazing work and skills in animation.
We started this week with a beautiful ANZAC Day Commemoration Service as a whole school. We were very lucky because Junior School student Levi Dunbavin (5 Gold) brought in his father’s precious medals. His father Paul has been serving in the Australian Army for over 34 years. He has just left Australia to serve in Iraq for the next six months. We pray for his safety and thank God for his dedicated service. We are thinking of Nicolle, Levi, and Ky during this time.
Look at Paul Dunbavin’s many impressive medals, acknowledging his bravery and service:
Levi proudly displaying his father’s medals
Last Friday, we said goodbye to our Learning Support teacher Ms Katrina King. She has accepted a wonderful opportunity at Grammar Edgecliff. Katrina has given 15 dedicated years of service to Waverley College as a Learning Support teacher. She has provided quality learning opportunities through her skills, talents and enthusiasm for our students in Mathematics, Spelling Mastery, Decoding and Enrichment Classes. We thank Katrina for her devoted service and wish her the best for this new and exciting chapter of her life.
We welcome Ms Deanne Seamons who has been a Learning Support Teacher in the Senior School since 2004. She is highly experienced and we are delighted to have her join our team in the Junior School.
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding open classrooms for parents to come and see what your son has been learning this year. This will be held in Week 5 from Tuesday 18 May to Friday 21 May. The session will be from 2:30 – 3pm on one of these days. In next week’s Nurrunga, I will have a timetable outlining your son’s exact time. We look forward to seeing you on campus.
If your son has any medical conditions, you will need to update his medical information in the Parent Portal. Please click this link for detailed instructions on how to update his information.
If your son needs to take medication while he is on camp, we require one snack-size ziplock bag for each dose, according to your son’s requirements. For example, if he takes 1 tablet at breakfast, 1 at lunch and 1 at dinner you will need to provide the following as indicated:
Please clearly mark your son’s name on all individual dosage bags, and place them into one large ziplock bag clearly marked with your son’s name.
If your son requires liquid medication, or you have any questions, please contact Ms Coupe to discuss on 9387 5022.
This needs to be delivered to Ms Audrey Coupe by Friday 7 May.
Ms Gabrielle Bransby
Acting Director of Junior School
E: gbransby@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Students in Years 5, 7 9 will be participating in the annual NAPLAN tests in reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy online this year between Tuesday 11 May and Thursday 13 May.
Click here for NAPLAN Parent Information Pack
Students must bring their fully charged laptops and headphones to this session.
Students are encouraged to practise for the tests by clicking on this website. They should try out the online tools including calculator, protractor and ruler, as well as text magnification and flags.
Should you have any questions regarding this practice test, please contact either Ms Lynsey Porter, Director of Curriculum, or Thomas Mitton, Acting Assistant Director of Curriculum.
Please follow the links below to view the KLA curriculum overview for Term 2 for Years 5 and 6.
Mr Thomas Mitton
Acting Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: tmitton@waverley.nsw.edu.
You are formally invited to our Junior School Mother’s Day Mass on Friday 7 May 2021 at Mary Immaculate Church.
Unfortunately, we are still restricted by COVID-19 regulations, therefore we cannot hold a combined Year 5 and Year 6 Mass. As a result, we have decided to hold two separate Masses to make this day a special day for the mothers of the students at the College. We are also restricted to one parent/carer per student.
Mass Times:
If you have a son in both Year 5 and Year 6, we ask that you please attend the 12pm Mass. Additionally, if your son is in Year 5 and in the Cantores, we also ask that you attend the Year 6 Mass.
As part of the celebration, there is a slideshow presentation showcasing our mothers/grandmothers with their son(s). If you would like to send a photo through, please email it by Friday 30 April to liturgy@waverley.nsw.edu.au
We hope that you can join us for this special occasion.
Mr Stephen Ghattas
Assistant Director Identity & Student formation
E: sghattas@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Our Junior School students had an insightful Lunchtime Talk with guest speaker Brendan Cook, the father of Mikey Gauci-Cook in Year 6. Brendan is the Creative Director at Picture Drift. We learnt that being creative takes a lot of patience, and that sourcing ideas doesn’t happen overnight. It was a full house with aspiring creative students wanting to learn all about the world of animation. Thank you for taking the time out to inspire our Junior School students.
If you would like to volunteer to do a presentation, please email me directly at nzivanovic@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Junior School Lunchtime Talk with Brendan Cook
Brendan Cook shares his insights about creativity at the Junior School Lunchtime Talk
Can you spot yourself at the Lunchtime Talk with Brendan Cook?
I would like to thank our Year 12 students Conor Boyd-Boland, Patrick Hoggett and Luke McLellan for offering to mentor our Junior School IPSHA Debating Team. It was a successful first training session. Waverley’s first debate for the season is against Coogee Prep and the topic is ‘That technology is harmful to our friendships.’
Junior School Debating Training 2021
Junior School Debating Training 2021
Year 12 students Conor Boyd-Boland, Patrick Hoggett and Luke McLellan mentor our Junior School IPSHA Debating Team
I am thrilled to be working with a new group of students who will help make the Learning Hub even more exciting with new initiatives this term: Alexander Avdalis, Carter Kennedy, Charlie Griffin, Cooper Burns, Evan Service, Henry Furlong, Jack Stuart, Jeremy Pounder, Jude Maher, Liam Boreland, Maximilian Wu, Oliver Adkins and Thomas Ingham.
2021 Learning Hub assistants
If you would like your son to compete in the 2021 ICAS Competitions, you will be asked to nominate which competitions you would like him to be entered in through the Parent Payment System. At the Junior School the following ICAS competitions are offered: Writing & Digital Technologies, Science & Spelling Bee, English and Mathematics. This year all the competitions will be held in August / September, Term 3, and will be completed online.
Click https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps to register your son. Through this system, parents can pay for ICAS directly online while tests will still be held at our school. Please use the school’s access code details to register your child no later than 18 June 2021. Waverley’s School Access Code QKV852.
Please consider carefully before choosing this enrichment opportunity for your son. It is a rigorous competition with many questions set beyond grade level. Participants are required to demonstrate a deeper, integrated and thorough level of learning. If you are unsure of your son’s suitability, please consult with his teacher. Click ICAS Assessments: Home for more information about the assessments.
If you require additional support registering your son contact the customer service team on 1800 931 775 (Australian Toll-Free).
We offer all students in Year 5 and Year 6 the opportunity to receive free additional support after school for the completion of home learning tasks. The afternoon sessions also provide a quiet, supervised study space for students who want to complete their assigned tasks.
Home Learning Club operates in the Learning Hub from 3pm until 4pm – Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays – during school term.
Home Learning Club Procedures and Behaviour
Register your son via the Skoolbag app and follow the link https://homelearningclub.youcanbook.me
Only register his name once to allow other students the opportunity to attend. The session is limited to 20 spots.There will be a roll call to ensure attendance. Students are required to stay for the full session unless there is a message in the student diary requesting early leave, a parent signature will be required.
As it is important to respect the rights of others to learn and work, all students are expected to settle to work in the Learning Hub and not cause a disturbance for others.
Teachers:
Monday & Wednesday – Ms Natasha Zivanovic
Tuesday & Thursday – Mr Matt Ryan
If you require any further information, feel free to contact us.
Ms Natasha Zivanovic
Literacy and Innovation Teacher
E: nzivanovic@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Matthew Ryan
Year 5 Red Class Teacher
E: mryan@waverley.nsw.edu.au
One of the ways current Waverley College students can grow and showcase their artistic skills is by entering competitions like the Waverley Youth Art Prize. This prize is to encourage creativity in young artists from Sydney’s Eastern Beaches.
Looking at the theme: We are Family – ancestors, bloodlines and belonging, students are invited to create an artwork to submit for the competition. Works can range from drawings, paintings, ceramics, sculptures, prints or photographs. Be creative!
All students from the Junior and Senior Campus are encouraged to enter the Waverley Youth Art Prize. All works entered will be exhibited in the opening on 3 June 2021. Entrants will go into the running to win vouchers and prize packs. If you are wanting the Senior School Art Department to enter your work on your behalf, please bring your artwork to me by 19 May 2021 with the completed entry form for your age category.
Good luck everyone!
Please contact me should you require any further information.
Ms Natalie Oates
Head of Visual Arts, Senior School
E: noates@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Waverley Youth Art Prize 2021
I acknowledge all players, staff and coaches for a great start to the Winter Co-Curricular Season last weekend. There were standout team performances for many of our AFL, Football and Rugby teams. As Mr O’Donnell has mentioned, we want to thank all players and parents for their patience with the new attire, and we will communicate with the College community as soon as the new gear is available. We also encourage any student who has yet to get fitted for their new gear to go to the uniform shop to order.
It is exciting to know that both our Prep 1st XI Football and Prep 1st Rugby will be playing on Queens Park 1 this coming Saturday. I want to wish these teams and their coaches the very best in playing their games on the full-sized field; it will be an experience they’ll remember.
The results for Round 1 have now been uploaded on the Waverley College website. Click here for Round 2 fixture and Round 1 results and scroll down to the Junior School Sports section.
Good luck to all Waverley teams competing this weekend, and I hope we all display positive sportsmanship, endeavour, and enthusiasm, as shown in Round 1.
On Wednesday 21 April, our Cross Country team headed to The King’s Preparatory School in Parramatta to represent Waverley College at the IPSHA Cross Country running event. The team consisted of the following students: Liam Madden (Year 5); Hunter Leondis (Year 5); Anthony Chorafitis (Year 5); Hugo Spierings (Year 5); Evan Rowbotham (Year 6); Oscar Lennon (Year 5); Conor Kane (Year 5); Joshua Raymond (Year 5); Jayden Newrick (Year 5); Daniel Morrow (Year 6); Josh Peters (Year 6); Flin Newman (Year 6); Thomas Burke (Year 6); Levi O’Keefe (Year 6).
The event was planned to go ahead at the end of Term 1, but unfortunately was postponed due to the weather conditions at the time. We had no worries about the weather this time around, as it was a fantastic blue sky day and excellent conditions for running.
Junior School Cross Country 2021
All our participants gave their absolute all in their events and represented the College at the highest level. We were fortunate to have five students who performed at an elite level, finishing within the top 15 of over 150 runners per event. These students were: Evan Rowbotham, Liam Madden, Daniel Morrow, Josh Peters and Oscar Lennon.
The results are to be highly recommended:
All students had a great day and enjoyed being a part of the event and competing against the best cross country runners of their age groups.
Junior School Cross Country 2021
Junior School Cross Country 2021
Junior School Cross Country 2021
Junior School Cross Country 2021
Mr Jack Wachtel
Assistant Director Co-Curricular
E: jwachtel@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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