The break presents an opportunity for students to consolidate their study notes and prepare for assessment tasks in Term 2.
Year 12 students are encouraged to use this time wisely to balance study, leisure and exercise, to maintain their wellbeing.
Please find attached a useful study guide and planner for the break, which includes valuable tips, resources and details of the Study Skills website.
>>> Click here to view the Holiday Planner for students.
>>> Click here to view the Year 12 2022 Term 1 Study Guide.
Ms Kath Knowles
Senior Studies and Careers Coordinator
E: kknowles@waverley.nsw.edu.au
This week, Year 11 Hospitality students enjoyed a fun prac creating ‘monster milkshakes.’
The emphasis was on creativity, presentation, safety and hygiene.
The students had a year’s worth of sugar in one drink!
Fynn Weston and Xavier Quinn
Hamish Kelly, Zion Poitaha, Oscar Stanton-Green
Ms Bev McCarthy
TAS/VET Teacher
E: bmccarthy@waverley.nsw.edu.au
This year, Waverley College is entering a team into the iconic City2Surf, raising funds for the Running for Premature Babies Foundation and we’d love you, and your families and friends, to join us! Anyone who raises $200 for Running for Premature Babies will receive a free Running Bare team running singlet from the charity.
So whether you are a seasoned runner, or if you’d like to walk the route and soak up the atmosphere, we’d love to have you as part of our Waverley team. Bring your friends, family, push kids in prams, dress up, stop for snacks along the route, or smash out a PB. Anything goes!
Simply register for the event from 12 April, join the Waverley team, and choose to support the charity Running for Premature Babies.
>>> Click here to join the team and/or make a donation.
For any questions or more information, you can contact:
Senior School
Junior School
Ms Jaz Dolso
Music Teacher
E: jdolso@waverley.nsw.edu.au
We are pleased to inform you that our CANVAS Learning Management system is now open for Years 11 and 12 Parents and Carers, in lieu of a Term 1 progress report.
The benefit of this, is that you will be able to access assessment task results and any feedback for formative tasks in real-time, rather than waiting for a static report snapshot.
Further information on the purpose of launching this system, and instructions for access, can be viewed in the short video and overview instructions on our website.
>>> Click here to view the short video and overview instructions on our website.
Please make sure you save this weblink to your Internet browser for easy access to the login page.
>>> Click here to view the login page.
For technical support, please email iAssist outlining the issue, or use the CANVAS Helpdesk, found on the dashboard of your CANVAS page.
E: iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
This information was sent out on Wednesday this week via an app notification. It is highly recommended that you download the Waverley College App as all important notices and updates are sent out via the app in the first instance.
If you have students in other year groups, the CANVAS Real-Time Reporting will become live for Years 7-10 on the first day of next term, Tuesday 26, April.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Ms Jenna Turnbull
Innovation Coordinator
E: jturnbull@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Please see me if you require any further assistance or information.
Ms Kath Knowles
Senior Studies and Careers Coordinator
E: kknowles@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The Australian Track & Field Championships were held 26 March to 3 April at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Homebush.
Congratulations to each student who represented our College in competition and friendship over the eight days, displaying how to win and lose gracefully.
We acknowledge Evan, Jack, Solomon, Ricardo and Jone for their amazing performances.
Evan Rowbotham, 800m – 12th
Jack Richardson, 800m – 15th (with Mr Jeremy Roff)
Jone Tuqiri, Hammer Throw – 11th
Mr Jeremy Roff
Head Coach Track & Field and Cross Country, Weights Room Supervisor
E: jroff@waverley.nsw.edu.au
A visit to the NSW State Library can be a good Easter holiday activity. Several fascinating exhibitions are currently on show.
‘Maps of the Pacific’ is one of interest.
‘Paintings from the Collection’ is also one to admire.
Did you know that more than 300 original artworks from the Library’s unique collection of landscape and portrait paintings are on permanent public display?
Happy viewing, reading and exploring.
>>> Click here to view information about current exhibitions at the NSW State Library.
>>> Click here to view the Opening Hours of the NSW State Library.
Mr Bill Roberts | Head of Library Services | E: wroberts@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr James Russell | Library Technician | E: jrussell@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Ms Nicala Pearce | Bookhire coordinator | E: npearce@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The ‘Ride the Wave’ HSC lecture series is a collaborative program offered by Randwick City Library, Waverley Library and Woollahra Libraries.
This two-hour session will help students gain insight into the skills for writing fiction and non-fiction texts in English Module C. Rediscover the tools of the trade and how to skilfully master them in HSC English responses.
When? Monday, 9 May 2022, 4:30pm-6:30pm
Where? Woollahra Library, 451 New South Head Road, Double Bay
Cost? Free, but bookings essential
>>> Click here to view further information about the lecture and presenter.
Woollahra Library
Mr Bill Roberts | Head of Library Services | E: wroberts@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr James Russell | Library Technician | E: jrussell@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Ms Nicala Pearce | Bookhire coordinator | E: npearce@waverley.nsw.edu.au
A reminder that the Years 7-11 Parent/ Teacher/ Student Interviews are held on Wednesday, 27 April from 8:30am – 6:30pm.
*Please note, Wednesday, 27 April is a student-free day for the Senior School.
Bookings will occur through the TASS Parent Lounge and are now open. They will close on Tuesday, 26 April at 5pm. It will not be possible to open the bookings after that time, so please ensure that you access the system by this date.
The interviews will be online via Zoom.
>>> Click here to view instructions and individual teacher zoom codes.
These interviews are an opportunity to meet class teachers and to assist students to set goals for the coming term.
In order to have staff available to as many families as possible, interviews will be of five-minutes’ duration.
To make the process as efficient as possible and to minimise lost time, we are requesting that you:
Details on how to log in to the Parent Lounge were sent to all parents earlier in the term. The link to the Parent Lounge is below.
>>> Click here to log in to the Parent Lounge.
user id = your son’s student ID
password = if you cannot remember your password you can reset by selecting ‘forgot password.’
Please contact iAssist at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
As you may have already discovered, the Parent Lounge is a great place to check the details we currently hold on file for your son.
One area that we would like all parents to check and update is the Medical Details section.
It’s important that this information is kept up-to-date, as it assists us in ensuring your son’s safety on campus, or whilst attending school camps and excursions.
>>> Click here to log in to the Parent Lounge.
I would be grateful if you could check this information and update, where applicable, by the commencement of Term 2.
Mr Simon Potter
Director of ICT, Campus & Innovation
E: spotter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Students in Year 7 will participate in a joint Geography and Religion excursion at Centennial Parklands and Wetlands Environmental Education Centre on Monday, 9 May 2022.
Students will undertake activities relating to the ‘Water in the World’ and ‘Stewards of Creation’ units of work.
Parent/Carer permission is required.
>>> Click here to view full excursion information and to complete the Google form permission slip.
I kindly ask all parents/carers to complete the Google form permission slip no later than Monday, 2 May.
Please note, students will walk to the venue from the College and will be dismissed from the venue at 3pm.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me at the College via email: nsposari@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Nicholas Sposari
Teacher of HSIE and Religion
E: nsposari@waverley.nsw.edu.au
A big thank you to all parents and carers who have generously donated their sons’ outgrown uniforms to the Secondhand Clothing Pool.
This provides someone else with the opportunity to purchase a secondhand uniform well below the new price, whilst at the same time, raising funds for the College through the Parents’ Association.
We are steadily rebuilding stock levels and are so pleased to be able to offer some more items for sale. These are mostly academic uniform items with a few PE uniforms.
Email us to check on stock or pop in!
The Secondhand Clothing Pool will gladly accept the donation of all clean and wearable current uniform items for resale. There is a $30 ‘buy back scheme’ for the donation of Blazers and All Weather Jackets in excellent condition.
At the Senior School campus reception in the designated Secondhand Clothing Pool donation box (courtesy of our fabulous Campus Maintenance Team). If leaving Blazers and ‘All Weather Jackets’, you may include name and phone number inside the bag, and we can contact you to arrange ‘buy-back’ if appropriate.
Unfortunately, there are currently no ‘All Weather Jackets’ in stock. We do have a good range of academic shirts available, and in addition, we have:
For more information on stock availability or to make an appointment, please email the Secondhand Clothing Pool: clothingpool@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9369 0703. Please leave a voicemail, and one of our volunteers will get back to you.
You will find us in the main building on Birrell Street. Enter via the Senior School campus reception, and take the lift to Level 3. The Secondhand Clothing Pool is next door to the Uniform Shop (turn right when stepping out of the lift on the uniform shop side).
Camille and Kirsten
Secondhand Clothing Pool Coordinators
E: clothingpool@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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