Free consultations are offered for orthodontics for Waverley students, please contact OrthoBoutique for more information on: 1800 378 678
Each year NSW Health works with schools to offer the vaccines recommended and funded for adolescents by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
The School Vaccination Team at the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Public Health Unit is excited to work with the parents, carers, students and staff at Waverley College.
In 2024, the following vaccines will be offered:
Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Please note that catch-up vaccinations are offered at all visits throughout the year, including for Year 7 and Year 10 students. Any students who miss out during visits will be offered another opportunity at their next scheduled visit.
For a student to be vaccinated at school, consent must first be provided.
To provide consent, you will need your Service NSW account details and the Medicare Card number for you and your child.
Parents/carers: please start providing online consent by clicking the button below – this button is for both Year 7 and Year 10 parents/carers.
Click here to provide online consent
This short video may also be of assistance.
Click here to view the School Vaccination - NSW Health video
Click here to scan the QR codes for the link to the 2024 Year 7 online consent portal
Click here to scan the QR codes for the link to the 2024 Year 10 online consent portal
Please get in contact with the Health Centre nurse if you have any questions about the vaccinations or clinic.
Dear Parents/ Carers and Students in Years 7-12,
All students in Years 7 and 8 should have received their stationery pack and class teachers will advise when and what materials are needed for particular lessons.
Years 9 and 10 teachers will also advise students about subject specific requirements.
In the interim, students are advised to bring writing materials: exercise books and pens, as well as their laptop, to all classes.
The same advice applies to Years 11 and 12 students.
Dear Parents/ Carers and Students in Years 7-12,
The Years 7-12 Assessment Booklets are currently going through the final checks and will be available on the College Website next week. Parents/ Carers and Students will receive an email with a direct link to the page on the College website where they will be able to download the latest version of the schedules plus other relevant information.
Students should ensure that they save a copy of the schedule on their laptop and it is recommended that they add the key dates to their College Diaries.
All students in Years 11 and 12 will now have received their Assessment Schedules. The Assessment Booklets, which outline further details regarding processes and tasks, are currently going through the final checks and will be available on the College website next week. Parents/ Carers and Students will receive an email with a direct link to the page on the College website where they will be able to download the latest version of the schedules plus other relevant information.
Students should ensure that they save a copy of the schedule on their laptop and it is recommended that they add the key dates to their College Diaries.
Dear Parents, Carers and Students of Year 11,
We are looking forward to you joining us next Monday, 5 February 2024 at 6pm for the Parent/ Carer and Student Information Evening on Study Skills with Dr Prue Salter in the College Gymnasium.
Parents/ carers and students should attend together as the session is very interactive. Students should wear full school uniform. Both students and parents also need to bring a pen. Handouts will be distributed during the evening.
The main areas that will be covered are:
Also, a reminder that Waverley College is a subscriber to the study skills website: www.studyskillshandbook.com.au
This website will help you develop essential skills for academic success. There are units of work on improving time-management skills, how to study, research skills, summarising, technology use, brain and memory and much more. Everything you need to know about becoming a more powerful learner and improving your marks at school can be found on this site.
For example, you can learn how the colour of your room affects your ability to study, what the best study techniques are for your type of brain, how to improve your handwriting and useful software and Apps to block yourself from technology distractions.
You will also see lots of useful handouts, grids and planners at the bottom of the THINGS TO PRINT page.
To access the handbook, go to www.studyskillshandbook.com.au and login with these details:
username: forwaverleycollegeonly
password: 94results
The more of this website you can work through, the more you will set yourself up for academic success.
Can you volunteer to assist us in our daily operations from 9:30am till 1:45pm? We really need you!
Lunch is provided for all volunteers.
We greatly value the assistance of our volunteer workers as it allows us to be more efficient in our services for students and staff.
We welcome all members of the Waverley College Community – mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and carers.
We are happy to take on any availability, whether it’s once a week, month, or even once a Term – it all helps.
The Term 3 2024 volunteer roster is online, so if you are interested, please volunteer as soon as you can by clicking HERE.
Thank you.
Ms Nina Kormanyos
College Canteen Manager
nkormanyos@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Join us for our Junior Pre Season Rugby Training in Term 1. This training is open for all Rugby players from Years 7-9. The focus for this will be on improving attacking, defensive and breakdown skills along with conditioning.
The sessions began on Thursday, 8 February 2024 and will run throughout Weeks 2-7. Sessions will run from 6:45am-8am at Waverley Park. Please note that this is an additional session and thereby summer sport training sessions will take preference.
Please send through any questions or queries to ldrewmorris@waverley.nsw.edu.au
As part of their preparation for HSC Drama, Years 11 and 12 Drama students are required to attend ‘OnSTAGE.’ This is NESA’s presentation of a selection of the best practical work from the Drama HSC practical examination in 2023.
Parent/carer permission is required. Please respond to the notification in the Parent Lounge.
This is an After School Event!
Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2024 (7:30pm to 9:30pm)
Assemble Location: 7pm in Seymour Centre Foyer
Travel Details: Students make their own way there and back
Dismissal Details: Students make own way back home
Uniform Expectations: Smart Casual (school uniform not required)
Missed Classes: None (after school)
Cost: $37.37 (added to school account)
Enquiries to: Mr Peter Lamb (HOD Drama), Ms Gina Cohen (Drama Teacher)
Contact: plamb@waverley.nsw.edu.au, gcohen@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Image: courtesy Seymour Centre
After that, regular opening hours will resume:
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who help keep the Secondhand Clothing Pool running to allow everyone to shop for pre-loved uniforms.
Demand has been increasing and we hope to be able to add a third open day every week on Friday mornings. To be able to do this we will need some more volunteers to join the roster!
If you’re available on Fridays or Mondays or Wednesdays and happy to help out on a regular basis (doesn’t have to be weekly!), please email us on: clothingpool@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Donations Welcome
We are most grateful for all donations of clean and undamaged current uniform items, academic and sports, especially (but not limited to):
Please consider the condition of items before dropping them off: if you wouldn’t give it to a friend’s son to wear or are upgrading your son’s items because the old ones are too worn or ripped, please dispose of them in a sustainable way.
The Secondhand Clothing Pool sells quality used uniform items to continue supporting our Waverley community.
Thank you to everyone who has supported the Secondhand Clothing Pool through donating their used uniforms for resale or through shopping with us.
Profits from sales benefit all students directly through projects funded by the Parents’ Association, as well as the Clothing Pool Legacy Fund, which pays for new uniform items for students in need.
A $30 buy-back option is available for clean blazers and Japara jackets in good condition. If unable to bring them in during our open times, you may leave them in the donation bin with a note including your name and phone number stating your request for buy back (please note the item).
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.
Please leave uniform donations at the Senior School reception in the dedicated uniform donation bin.
Secondhand Clothing Pool donation box in Senior School Reception
For more information on stock availability, please email the Secondhand Clothing Pool at clothingpool@waverley.nsw.edu.au or just pop in during our open times. No appointment necessary.
(02) 9369 0703 — feel free to leave a voicemail, and one of our volunteers will get back to you.
Kirsten and Camille
Secondhand Clothing Pool Coordinators
clothingpool@waverley.nsw.edu.
Today we celebrated the successes of Waverley College Years 5-11 students at our annual live-streamed Presentation Days in the Brother Lacey Gymnasium. On days like this, we pause to acknowledge the efforts, talents, gifts and achievements of selected students who have made remarkable gains during their 2023 learning journey. It was rewarding to see our well-deserved Junior and Senior School students receive their awards in the presence of their peers, parents, carers, teachers and support staff. We are all very proud of you.
Our expressive MCs, Constantine Iatrou and Lachlan Hoy, set a professional, animated tone and carried our Presentation Days with eloquence from start to finish. In terms of entertainment, we were spoilt for choice. Thank you to our ever-talented Junior School Cantores singers and the confident Waterford Concert Band that performed ‘Ghosts in the Graveyard’ by Scott Watson.
We acknowledge each and every one of our Senior School students who also provided captivating performances. Drama student Oscar Wilson (Year 10) provided a moving monologue from the three-act play All Our Sons (Arthur Miller, 1946) and the Year 7 Rock Band’s electrifying rendition of ‘Vertigo’ by U2 featured Oliver Bailey-O’Reilly, Daniel Murphy, Lachlan Crease, Larsen Johnston, James Fanning and Vinny Kapos.
Lieme Chan (piano), Alex Tarasov (violin) and Cameron Vincent Hull (clarinet) presented ‘Romanian Folk Dances’, a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915. Movements 1, 2, 4 and 5 were exquisitely performed.
The 2024 European Tour Band’s closing presentation of soundtrack music from Pixar Animation Studios, complete with animation on the big screens, was certainly something to remember.
Students, we appreciate your many hours practicing, learning and perfecting all of these pieces for our enjoyment. We also recognise the time and energy that College staff and your families have devoted to helping you get there.
Many staff have diligently worked behind the scenes to make special days like this possible. We hope you took something memorable from our Presentation Days today, whether you were there in person or experiencing them remotely.
As 2023 draws to a close, this day gives me the opportunity to genuinely reflect on everyone who has given back. I wholeheartedly thank each of our committed educators and support staff for an especially energetic 120th year of teaching, learning and growing. I thank our innovative Parents’ Association and our active Old Boy network. Our collective successes were celebrated in technicolour this year and will long be remembered.
Here’s to Virtus Sola Nobilitat and the next 120 years!
I wish you all a safe, happy and holy Christmas.
Years 5-8 Presentation: to be eligible for this draw, students had to receive a Major Award in Years 5 and 6 and a Gold Award during the year in Years 7 and 8.
Years 9-12 Presentation: to be eligible for this draw, students had to receive a Gold Award during the year in Years 9 to 11.
A Christmas Prayer
Loving Father,
Help us remember the birth of Jesus,
that we may share in the song of the angels,
the gladness of the shepherds,
and the worship of the wise men.
Close the door of hate
and open the door of love all over the world.
Let kindness come with every gift
and good desires with every greeting.
Deliver us from evil by the blessing
which Christ brings,
and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.
May the Christmas morning
make us happy to be Thy children,
and the Christmas evening bring us to our beds
with grateful thoughts,
forgiving and forgiven,
for Jesus’ sake.
Amen.
By Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Dear Parents/Carers,
Thank you for the support of your sons, staff and the College this year. 2023 has been a great year with many successes across all dimensions of College life. Our school is not just a place of learning; it’s a community. Your active participation in your son’s education, supporting his passions and partnering with the College continues to be a strong recipe for success.
A heartfelt thank you to our dedicated and passionate educators and professional support staff who have worked tirelessly to inspire, guide, and nurture our students. Their commitment to fostering a love for learning has truly made a difference in the lives of our students.
I would also like to thank and acknowledge Mr Pasquale Guerrera who is stepping down as Chair of the College Advisory Council. Pasquale has been chair for the last three years and prior to that, Deputy Chair for four years. Pasquale has had a long association with the College – Old Boy (Class of 1987) and his son Nicholas, graduated from Waverley College in 2016.
During his time on the Council he has demonstrated exemplary leadership, unwavering dedication, and an unyielding passion for the values that define us. His work behind the scenes, collaborating, meeting and bringing groups into alignment with the College’s strategic direction and leadership has been impressive. Furthermore, Pasquale’s involvement in the finance committee has been instrumental in ensuring the fiscal responsibility and sustainability of our institution.
Pasquale will continue his role on the College’s Foundation Board and assist the College achieve the goals of the Master Plan which includes bringing the Science and Innovation Centre to fruition.
Mr Pasquale Guerrera
We congratulate Mr Patrick McClure AO (Class of 1967) who will take over as Chair of the Advisory Council. Patrick has worked in leadership roles in the social purpose sector over many years. During his tenure as CEO of Mission Australia, it was transformed into a national organisation with revenue of $300 million and 3,000 staff providing innovative employment, education, housing and youth services. He developed strategic partnerships with business and government.
He was also CEO of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (NSW/ACT) which is a major provider of homeless services. Patrick was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and an Australian Centennial Medal. He is an AFR – BOSS True Leader, recipient of the EQT CEO Award for ‘Lifetime Achievement’, Distinguished Alumni Award (Murdoch University, WA) and a Churchill Fellow. He has a Master of Arts (Public Policy), Bachelor of Social Work (Distinction) and Diploma of Theology.
Mr Patrick McClure
Wishing all our families a safe, restful and enjoyable summer break filled with Christmas joy, and quality time with loved ones.
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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