Students in Years 5-12 are encouraged to enter the Waverley Youth Art Prize, 2022.
All artworks are exhibited so that future artists get to experience the joy of exhibiting and see an audience appreciate their work.
The theme for this year is ‘Science, Space and Future Stories.’
The theme encourages entrants to consider the world around us, the possibility of worlds beyond ours, how we understand our existence, and what might be next in store for us.
If you’re in the Senior School and you’re interested in submitting a work for the prize, you’re welcome to collect a drawing pack from the Visual Arts staffroom to get you started.
If you’re in the Junior School and you’re interested in submitting a work for the prize, you’re welcome to collect a drawing pack from the Learning Hub to get you started.
>>> Click here to view the Waverley Youth Art Prize Submission Form.
>>> Click here to view more information about the Waverley Youth Art Prize, 2022.
Ms Natalie Oates
Head of Visual Arts
E: noates@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Youth Week is an opportunity for young people to express ideas, diversity and views, create and enjoy activities, and celebrate talents and contributions as members of our community.
From Monday 4 – Sunday 10 April, there are numerous opportunities and events planned for young people to get involved with in Waverley including: surfing at Bondi, tips and tricks for your HSC, concrete riders skateboard lessons and skate jam, silent discos, poetry and author talks.
>>> Click here to check out things to do during Waverley Youth Week 2022.
>>> Click here for further details on the Waverley Council website.
Ms Marie-Anne Maakrun
Assistant Director of Identity & Student Formation
E: mmaakrun@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The Year 12 Academic Tutorial program will commence in Term 2, Week 2. Topics covered during the tutorials include content revision, study skills, exam preparation and practice papers. These tutorials have proven extremely valuable and, while not compulsory, are strongly encouraged.
It is important that we know attendance numbers so teachers can prepare accordingly. To that end, the expectation is that students register for the tutorial and attend. Rolls will be taken to assist us to manage the program. Should numbers fall below five, we may not be able to run that particular session.
Mrs Lauren Ryan has emailed an updated Tutorial schedule and registration sheet to students and parents today. I look forward to seeing a large uptake.
Mrs Elizabeth Watson
Deputy Principal – Teaching & Learning
E: ewatson@waverley.nsw.edu.au
We will be open at the following times during the Easter break:
Normal trading hours resume from Friday, 29 April.
We look forward to assisting you with your uniform.
P: 02 9369 0709
A big thank you to all parents 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 and very few extra curricular uniforms yet.
Email us to check on stock or pop in Monday morning.
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.
Please wear a mask when coming into the shop as per current school policy.
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, we don’t have any rain 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.
Location
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).
Kirsten and Camille
Secondhand Clothing Pool Coordinators
E: clothingpool@waverley.nsw.edu.au
P: (02) 9369 0703
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
Last week, 55 students from Years 7-12 along with five staff members, attended the Annual Music Camp at Kiah Ridge Christian Conference Centre, located south west of Picton.
The ensembles in attendance included the Cliff Goodchild Concert Band, Matthew Coorey Concert Band, Jazz Band A, Jazz Band B, College Choir, Chamber Choir, Brass Ensemble, Woodwind Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble and Chamber Strings Ensemble.
The students spent three days rehearsing within their respective ensemble, developing new friendships and coming together as a strong music community improving their skills, sound and repertoire.
A highlight was certainly the annual talent show, held on Thursday evening. The students and staff enjoyed watching over 12 acts perform on a range of instruments and voices. The talent show demonstrated the vast variety of talent and strong sense of camaraderie and spirit amongst this group of students.
I would like to commend the students on their exemplary behaviour throughout the camp, and thank the senior students in Years 11 and 12, and in particular the Music Captain Evan Hodges for their leadership displayed on camp.
I would also like to thank the wonderful music staff Mr Chris Blenkinsopp, Ms Jaz Dolso, Mr Dan Williams, Mr Alexander Lee and Mrs Keiran Kossenberg, for their dedication and selfless support for the students in helping develop their lifelong musical journey.
Mr Chris Balkizas
Head of Music
E: cbalkizas@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The College Library is open for Senior students from Tuesday, 19 April – Friday, 22 April (inclusive) from 8am – 4pm.
The Library is rich in resources and is a quiet space, conducive to productive study.
Additional NESA Exam workbooks across the KLAs are available for loan and day use.
The Library has recently installed new soundproof study booths with Vivi screens, which are ideal for students to work collaboratively, or alternatively, for individual quiet study.
I encourage you to mix up your study environment and utilise this space.
Mrs Elizabeth Watson
Deputy Principal – Teaching & Learning
E: ewatson@waverley.nsw.edu.au
A glance through this week’s newsletter certainly gives good insight into a busy and thriving College community, with a wonderful variety of activities, experiences and learnings on offer including: Earth Hour, College representation at St Mary’s Cathedral for St Patrick’s Day, PDHPE excursion to Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation, the Walawaani program for First Nation students, hospitality work placements, an invitation to join winter Art Club, Big Brother Little Brother gathering, homework club, Year 5 Camp to Stanwell Tops, Year 6 Camp to Collaroy, Year 12 retreat at four different destinations, commencement of winter activities and summer awards, Years 5-12 Student Reports update, and booking in for Years 7-11 Parent Teacher Student Interviews.
It is a great achievement of staff, students and parents that all of these can occur in these challenging times. I encourage your sons to get involved in the richness of College activities, as much learning can take place both inside and outside of the classroom.
Unfortunately, from time to time, we receive information from other schools where students have been targeted by people with possibly sinister intentions. Recently, on the North Shore, a young student was targeted by what the police would describe as an attempted abduction. The student was told that all buses were cancelled and that the school had sent ubers to get students home. Luckily, the student did not accept this offer of transport, and a concerned passerby intervened.
It is timely for all parents to remind their children to never accept a lift from someone they do not know. Encourage them to act immediately, to yell out to draw attention to the situation. Remind them to always be aware of their surroundings e.g. move away from slow-moving cars that come up alongside them.
Eight Year 10 STEM teams from Waverley were involved in the University of Newcastle Science and Engineering Challenge this week, competing against other schools in a fun and engaging day of activities and challenges.
These included designing an earthquake-proof tower, building a hovercraft, providing electricity to a city, and creating an environmentally-friendly house. All teams performed very well and took a lot out of the day.
I am excited to announce that our very own Tom Olds (Year 6 Orange Classroom Teacher) is representing Waverley College in the Cancer Council’s ‘Stars of the East’ event. This event is a high-energy, dance spectacular, bringing the Eastern Suburbs together and raising much-needed funds for The Cancer Council NSW.
Tom is fundraising for …
“My beautiful mother who has, unfortunately, had to battle the dreaded “C” word twice. She is the most influential woman in my life and is such a fantastic role model in terms of resilience, courage and dedication.
Thankfully, she has managed to win on both occasions and I hope that I can help in providing much-needed funds to support the future research, so others can share similar stories.”
Tom Olds – Year 6 Teacher
>>> Click here if you would like to donate and keep updated on Tom’s progress.
Thank you for your support of our snap mandated mask wearing this week, for all students, staff and parents, whilst indoors at the College. This action will certainly slow down transmission rates, and hopefully ensure we can stay fully operational.
Please find the latest COVID-19 numbers below. Please remind your son to wash his hands regularly, and carry hand sanitiser for when this is not possible.
| As at 25/3/22 | COVID-19 Positive | Close Contacts |
| 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 7 | 11 | 16 |
| 8 | 15 | 16 |
| 9 | 30 | 8 |
| 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 8 |
| Staff | 12 | 2 |
| TOTAL (179) | 107 | 72 |
NSW Health will be visiting Waverley College on Tuesday, 5 April, 2022 to offer the following routine vaccines to Year 7 to protect them from preventable diseases:
| YEAR | VACCINE | NUMBER OF DOSES |
| Year 7 | Human papillomavirus (HPV) | 2 doses at least 6 months apart |
| Diphtheria, Tetanus and Whooping Cough (dTpa) | 1 dose |
NSW Health will also be offering catch-up vaccination during 2022 to students who missed HPV, dTpa or MenACWY vaccinations in 2020 and 2021.
Where this is not possible, parents/carers will be contacted and recommended to access free catch-up vaccines for their child at their local GP.
Please note, that any vaccine offered to students at school requires the signed consent of parents/carers.
The vaccination consent packs have been distributed to all of Year 7 students today. Anyone absent today, can pick it up from the Wellbeing Centre on Monday.
Please ensure that you sign the consent form and ask your son to return them the following day.
>>> Click here to view more information about the NSW School Vaccination Program.
Enrolment applications for 2024 will close on Thursday, 31 March 2022. Should you have a younger son who you would like to enrol at Waverley College in Year 5 or Year 7 in 2024, please ensure you complete an application form through our website.
>>> Click here to view the application form.
Please note, if your son is currently enrolled in the Junior School, there is no need to place an additional application for Year 7.
>>> Click here to submit an online application.
For any further enrolment questions, please contact the College Registrar, Ms Kylie Anderson at registrar@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Please find below some reminders about upcoming events and key events you need to be aware of for the Junior School in Term 2. For all of the College events, please refer to the College calendar.
After two years of research and planning, we are delighted to announce that Waverley College will be offering parents and carers real-time access to assessment task results and formative task feedback via the College Learning Management System – CANVAS – in the coming weeks.
>>> Click here to view Ms Lynsey Porter’s article for further information.
I am excited to announce that our very own Tom Olds (Year 6 Orange Classroom Teacher) is representing Waverley College in the Cancer Council’s ‘Stars of the East’ event. This event is a high-energy, dance spectacular, bringing the Eastern Suburbs together and raising much-needed funds for The Cancer Council NSW.
Tom is fundraising for …
“My beautiful mother who has, unfortunately, had to battle the dreaded “C” word twice. She is the most influential woman in my life and is such a fantastic role model in terms of resilience, courage and dedication.
Thankfully, she has managed to win on both occasions and I hope that I can help in providing much-needed funds to support the future research, so others can share similar stories.”
Tom Olds – Year 6 Teacher
>>> Click here if you would like to donate and keep updated on Tom’s progress.
Mrs Gabrielle Smith
Director of Junior School
E: gsmith@waverley.nsw.edu.au
>>> Click here to register your son.
If your son is unable to attend, please contact the College via email at nzivanovic@waverley.nsw.edu.au or call reception.
The new 3D printer has been very busy over the last week. These are some examples of our critically-thinking students who have spent time designing and printing.
See our gallery so far:
Thomas Ingham
Noah Nunn
Jasper Lumsden
Dexter Francis
Ms Natasha Zivanovic
Literacy and Innovation Teacher
E: nzivanovic@waverley.nsw.edu.au
This term, our Science topic is Living Things. The boys have been tasked with a variety of activities where they were required to focus on analysing and researching various unique and interesting Australian flora and fauna.
A few weeks ago, the students began their leaf investigation that 6 Red and Mr Johnston explained in the Week 6 edition of Nurrunga. This investigation is still active, and the boys have started a new task of creating an information report on an Australian animal of their choice.
We have discussed and analysed what is involved in an information report, and the boys researched and collated information and images about their chosen animal.
Below are a few examples of the animals studied by 6 Orange students.
Student’s Favourite Facts – Left to Right
Jake Meagher (Water Dragon) – Water Dragons can swim at 8km per hour.
Thomas Carrano (Platypus) – Platypuses can use impulses to detect underwater prey.
Langston Bled (Kangaroo) – Kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
Mr Tom Olds
Year 6 Teacher – 6 Orange
E: tolds@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Read more: Presentation Evenings, seeking new parents for Supporters’ Groups, Summer Season award winners, Winter Training Schedule, Swimming and Diving Squad excellence at CAS Championships, Football masterclasses with Robert Gold and UOW Tottenham Hotspur Global Football Program.
Well done to all of our award winners at the Basketball, Cricket, Water Polo and Swimming presentation evenings last weekend.
Congratulations to Basketball Presentation Night Award Winners
All of our Parent Supporters’ Groups and Convenors did a tremendous job over the season, and for these important community events that were held for the first time in two years.
Attendance by students and parents was excellent, and I want to make particular mention of a number of parents on various Supporters’ Committees who have now concluded their time. I thank them for their wonderful hard work in ensuring various activities continue to develop.
Thank You: Mr and Mrs Abbott in Basketball, Mr and Mrs Gleeson in Basketball, Mr Andy Rigg in Cricket, Mr Rob Regan in Cricket, Mr and Mrs Andrews in Cricket, Mr and Mrs Hickey in Cricket, Mrs Michelle Sullivan in Cricket, and Mr and Mrs Dodd in Cricket.
I am sure I have forgotten many and I apologise. A number of these parents are also key contributors during the Winter season.
We do, however, need some new parents to join the various Supporters’ Groups and I encourage as many parents as possible to be willing to assist. The parent groups are excellent ways to meet other parents, do important work for the delivery of our co-curricular programs, as well as have some fun along the way.
*We especially need more parents to join our AFL, Football and Rugby Supporters’ Groups. Please contact the relevant convenors if you can help out.
We also are looking to celebrate our Summer Season award winners this week. Whilst the season was impacted by COVID-19, and some extreme weather, these young men demonstrated outstanding commitment and performances that have earned them particular accolades.
I also want to mention Max Fischer in Year 10 and Toby McDonald in Year 9, who competed in NSWCIS Golf this week. Max finished 5th overall. This is a tremendous effort to be in the top five golfers across all independent schools in the State. Max has now been selected to represent NSWCIS at the State All Schools Championships.
Max Fischer is now in the top five golfers across all independent schools in the State
>>> Click here to view the full list of Summer Season award winners.
We also commenced our winter training schedule this week, and have internal trials planned for this weekend, as well as the CAS Football blitz.
Unfortunately, the weather looks like it may play its part once again, so please follow the published procedures around using the Waverley College App, and contacting the wet weather line on Saturday morning after 7am.
With some current poor weather forecast, we will potentially look to add in some holiday training and trials during April.
We also have a very short week at the start of Term 2 due to ANZAC Day and parent/ teacher interviews. Depending on the weather over the next week, we may have to add some trials on the final weekend of the holidays, on Saturday, 23 April.
Last Thursday evening we also had some excellent performances by our Swimming and Diving Squads at the CAS championships. We had a small but very vocal crowd of supporters, and I want to say a huge thank you to the students, staff and parents who came to support.
Excellent Performances at the 91st CAS Swimming and Diving Championships last week at Sydney Olympic Park
Both squads finished 4th, however, our points scores were some of the best in a very long time, with the swimmers finishing 15 points off third.
Ryan McNamara was a standout in the U12/U13 events, but the swim of the evening belonged to Scott Swinburn in the 200m Freestyle, when he held off a fast-swimming Trinity swimmer. The cheer from our crowd lifted the roof off the venue and the shock on the faces of a number of opposition schools also showed what a tremendous swim this was.
This week we were lucky enough to have Robert Gold, from the UOW Tottenham Hotspur Global Football Program, run some Football masterclasses with our coaches and players.
Robert Gold from UOW/THFC working with our 10As Football this week
Waverley College and The University of Wollongong (UOW) are looking to develop a partnership to give players a pathway to both high-level Football and Tertiary opportunities.
The UOW Tottenham Hotspur Global Football Program is a full-time football training program available to students studying at UOW.
UOW are also delivering the UOW Tottenham Hotspur Elite Residential Program for students in Years 9 to 12 during the April school holidays.
UOW is already a popular destination for many Waverley students, and this will also help to ensure these students continue to play the world game.
>>> Click here to view more information about UOW’s Global Sport Programs.
>>> Click here to view more information about the UOW Tottenham Hotspur Global Football Program.
Mr Steve O’Donnell
Director of Co-curricular
E: sodonnell@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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