Waverley College Aquatic Centre Swim Squad Open in Term 4
We’re excited to share the news about the arrival of the video laryngoscopes at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, donated through our College’s incredible fundraising efforts in the recent City2Surf.
Dr Tim Schindler from the Royal Hospital for Women sends this message of thanks to everyone in our generous Waverley family.
“These new laryngoscopes, being smaller and having live video assistance, are going to be an enormous help in intubating our tiniest premature babies that need ventilation, and we are so grateful to the Waverley College community for making this possible.”
Dr Tim Schindler
The Premmie Marathon Challenge runs in November, during the globally-recognised ‘Prematurity Awareness Month.’
If anyone in the Waverley community is interested in taking part, it’s free to sign up! All involvement helps shine a light on the issue of prematurity this Prematurity Awareness Month.
Fundraising is optional (however, a marathon medal will be sent to all participants who raise or donate $75.) Kms can be tracked on the interactive App.
Simply choose your own marathon distance:
which you can run/walk/cycle/swim/roll through the month of November.
Funds raised go to lifesaving neonatal equipment, giving sick and premature babies a better chance of survival.
Ms Vanessa Witton
Marketing Communications Specialist
vwitton@waverley.nsw.edu.au
In a previous edition of Nurrunga, Ms Elizabeth Watson (Deputy Principal – Teaching & Learning), congratulated Lachlan Miranda (Year 10) for being selected as one of 30 students from across NSW, to attend the inaugural Civics and Citizenship Convention held at NSW Parliament House on 27 October.
Lachlan was accepted into the convention after writing a 500-word response to the question ‘Australia has a strong and resilient democracy. Discuss’,which was endorsed by the College Principal, Mr Graham Leddie, and judged by a panel of experts.
I was proud to represent Waverley College as one of 102 students across the nation and one of 30 from across NSW at the inaugural Civics and Citizenships Convention at NSW Parliament on Thursday the 27th October. This was an extremely insightful learning experience. The main theme discussed throughout the day was the implications of compulsory voting in Australia.
Through three keynote lectures I was able to build a sound opinion on this topic. One highlight was listening to Professor Mark Evans discussing global voting arrangements and comparing Australia on an international stage. Throughout the day I was surrounded by like-minded peers, some of whom I developed friendships with.
After completing a strenuous day of debating, learning and collaborating with others, a nationwide referendum was held between all student participants and presided over by the President of the Australian Senate, Senator the Hon. Sue Lines. This ballot resulted in 90 to 12 in favour of compulsory voting. Resoundingly, it was a worthwhile and intuitive experience that I was privileged to attend.
Congratulations Lachlan! You represented our College with distinction and we are incredibly proud of you. It was a privilege to work with you during the application process.
Opportunities like this, allow Waverley students to flourish. And as teachers, witnessing Waverley students flourish and be part of something bigger, is truly special.
Thank you to Mr Leddie, Ms Watson, Mr Smith (Head of History) and Mr Wallington (Head of HSIE) for your support of Lachlan.
We look forward to selecting, mentoring and supporting our 2023 candidate, with the hope of our College being represented once again.
Congratulations, Lachlan
Last week, our Year 11 students had the wonderful formation opportunity to participate in their final House retreats. These retreats took place at four different venues including Grose Vale, Port Hacking, Tahmoor and Toukley.
A variety of themes permeated the retreat, ranging from knowing themselves, relationships and gratitude. From all accounts, the students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the time it gave them to step back from their studies and reflect.
A special thank you to the Heads of House and all those teachers who enabled us to organise and facilitate such a valuable formation experience for our students.
Next year, our Year 12 students will have the opportunity to participate in either a Kairos (student-led retreat) or a Year 12 retreat. I look forward to sharing these experiences and seeing our fine young men continue their journey of spiritual formation.
Today Year 10 Food Tech were introduced in a dynamic way, to foods that can be tied into Stage 5 units of study.
Divided into small groups, they sampled hidden food and were required to taste, smell and guess what they might be eating … with some hilarious results!
The students were exposed to:
Food in Australia, including food from different cultures, such as lamb heart, kangaroo sausages, and durian fruit
Food Equity, such as edible bugs
Food Product Development, such as Gaytime ice cream-flavoured milk
Food selection and Health, such as a purple carrot
Food service and catering, such as Dominos pizza
Food for specific needs, such as astronauts’ ice cream
Food for special occasions, such as Halloween lollies
Food trends, such as protein bars and plant-based duck.
Tallied on a white Leader Board, bonus points were afforded to groups who were able to answer additional questions.
Q: What is food equity?
A: Food equity is having access to healthy, affordable, culturally-significant foods.
Q: Carrots were originally purple. Suggest a reason why they are now predominantly orange.
A: One possible reason, is that they were bred to be orange in the Netherlands, in tribute to the emblem of the House of Orange and the struggle for Dutch independence.
Ms Bev McCarthy
TAS/VET Teacher
E: bmccarthy@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Today in Australia, we celebrate World Teachers’ Day and World Support Staff Day. I am appreciative of the difference Support Staff and Teachers make in schools. I am grateful for their care, patience, compassion, sharing of knowledge, skills and support. I congratulate them and thank them for choosing to work in an environment that can have a positive influence on others.
You are invited to join an online Parent Session on Thursday, 3 November at 6pm. Paul has been working in the area of drug education for more than 30 years. The parent session is titled ‘Vaping – short and sweet: What do parents need to know?’
Click here to read more in the article by Mr Patrick Brennan
Click here to view the Zoom link
Meeting ID: 814 7077 9076
Passcode: 224589
Renewal leave is part of the employment package in many schools for Deputy Principals and Principals, and I would like to wish Mr Patrick Brennan all the best as he embarks on his renewal leave for the remainder of 2022, and for the first few weeks of Term 1, 2023.
Edmund Rice Education will shortly announce the Acting Deputy Principal – Students, to replace Patrick during this time.
ICAS is an elite annual competition to recognise academic excellence across Australia, New Zealand and the world.
Merit awards are given to students who achieved within the top 50%, Credit awards for students who achieved within the top 25%, and Distinction awards for students who achieved within the top 10% of all students in Australia sitting the test.
Congratulations to all students who participated in the English and Science ICAS Assessments this year.
Year 7: Toby Johnson, Matthew Park, Evan Service
Year 9: Lieme Chan, Thomas Jackson-Whitlock
Year 7: Loughlan Delaney, Christian Micallef, Leo Owen
Year 8: Lewis Hamilton
Year 10: James Birbas, Robbie Muir, Campbell Porteus
Year 10: A special mention to Aodhan Williams who achieved a Distinction.
Year 7: Jed Garrat, Harry Trinca
Year 9: Ari Sebastian, Cillian Donnelly
Year 10: Bailey Barker
Year 7: William Bayly, Henry Fitzpatrick, Luca Green, Toby Johnson, Leo Owen, Evan Service
Year 9: George Alexandratos, Samuel Caro, Tomas Crosson, Thomas Jackson-Whitlock
Year 10: Campbell Porteus
Year 10: A special mention to Aidan Murray who achieved a Distinction.
The College turns 120 on 27 January. 120 years ago on this very date, 17 students started at Waverley on their first day of school. We hope you will join us in January for an evening of dinner and dancing to celebrate 120 Years of Education at Waverley.
Including some of Sydney’s premium food trucks, draught beer, open bar, and champagne will be available to purchase. Dance the night away under festoon lights to the sounds of the Baker Boys 8-piece band. Located on Campus under the stars, in the beautiful Braidwood Courtyard.
Click here to purchase tickets
An evening of dinner and dancing to celebrate of 120 Years of Education!
Your ticket includes food from some of Sydney’s premium food trucks, draught beer and open bar.
Champagne will be available to purchase.
Dance the night away under festoon lights to the sounds of the Baker Boys 8-piece band.
Located on Campus under the stars in the beautiful Braidwood Courtyard.
Tickets $50 per person
Join us!
Click here to purchase tickets
Waverley College Aquatic Centre Swim Squad Opens Term 4
Congratulations on nearing the end of your secondary school life! Please consider donating your uniforms to the Secondhand Clothing Pool – there is a blue donation bin in the Senior School Reception.
This provides someone else with the opportunity to purchase a secondhand uniform well below the new price, and at the same time, raising funds for the College through the Parents’ Association.
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.
If leaving in the Clothing Pool bin in Reception, please include your name and number inside the bag, to arrange the ‘buy-back-scheme.’
Email us for more information or visit us on Monday mornings or Wednesday afternoons.
For more information, please email clothingpool@waverley.nsw.edu.au
In Term 4, we will be open Mondays 8:30-9:30am and Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm.
Secondhand Clothing Pool donation box in Senior School Reception
Camille and Kirsten
Secondhand Clothing Pool Coordinators
E: clothingpool@waverley.nsw.edu.
Please find below key event dates you need to be aware of for the Junior School in Term 4. For all of the College events, please refer to the College calendar.
November
December
This week, the Junior School participated in Y-Safe sessions and found it to be a very positive experience.
The sessions encompassed and explained the many benefits of connecting and socialising online, while effectively addressing the importance of being alert to risks. Utilising real-world stories and role play, students were provided with a safe forum to explore the impact of key themes such as cyber bullying, social exclusion, and the power of bystanders who choose to stand up and contribute to positive issue resolution.
Ms Gabrielle Smith
Director of Junior School
E: gsmith@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci invented a parachute? . . . and a scuba mask? . . . and a robot? On Tuesday, we welcomed performers from Musica Viva’s show Davinci’s Apprentice. This show not only told the story of Roberta who faced great difficulties as a young girl who wanted to become da Vinci’s apprentice, but it also took us on a musical journey as we experienced instruments from the time of da Vinci.
We heard the Theorbo, the Viola da gamba and the Cornetto, and learned about how they are played, as well as their history and information about their construction. I found this particularly interesting as we usually only see historic instruments like these in museums.
One of the most interesting things about performances from Musica Viva ensembles, is that they share their music with us before they come to the school. In preparation for the performance, the boys have listened to the music, composed movement sequences, created spinning maple seeds, discussed Roberta’s situation, composed acrostic poems about Roberta, and researched the inventions and instruments of the time.
Ms Michelle Rollins
Music and Drama Teacher
E: mrollins@waverley.nsw.edu.au
As part of the Year 6 Graduation, I will be putting together a slideshow presentation. I would be very appreciative if you could send through a photo of your son’s Kindergarten photo (or their first day of Kindergarten, or similar), as this will form part of the presentation.
Please email your labelled photo to liturgy@waverley.nsw.edu.au by no later than Friday Week 5. Picture format as a jpeg or png files would be preferred. Please do not send through pdf files.
Thank you.
Mr Steve Ghattas
Assistant Director of Identity & Student Formation
E: sghattas@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The weather gods have been looking after us each weekend, and it is going to be the same for tomorrow’s games. It has been a great start to the season, and I wish all teams the best of luck as we approach the halfway mark of the Term 4 season of summer sport.
Please click the button below, to ensure you are up to date with fixtures and venue maps for Round 9 (Saturday, 29 October). Keep a close eye on the Waverley College app for any further adjustments due to weather conditions or ground closures.
Last Thursday, Charlie Carrano competed in the NSW State Athletics Championships for the CIS in the 100 metres. We are delighted to announce that Charlie made the semi-final and is now ranked 13th in the State. Congratulations, Charlie, on this outstanding achievement.
Congratulations, Charles Carrano – NSWCIS Athletics
Henry Walker (Year 6) recently successfully competed at the PSSA State Cricket Championships in Dubbo. Playing for NSW Combined Independent Schools, Henry’s team was undefeated till the semi finals where they lost a nail-biting match to the eventual gold medallists, Sydney North.
Henry’s strong batting and fielding performances had State selectors watching him in each game and from numerous accounts, just narrowly missed out on the coveted number 3 batting position in the NSW side. But more importantly, Henry and his team came away with the bronze medal, new mates and lots of good memories.
He is now excited about playing Cricket for Waverley College, his Club and Rep teams. A massive congratulations to Henry and the team for their achievements; the future is bright and we look forward to seeing Henry’s development.
Congratulations, Henry Walker – CIS Cricket
Mr Jack Wachtel
Assistant Director of Co-curricular (Years 5-8)
E: jwachtel@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Click here to register your son
*No Home Learning Wednesday, 2 November – Staff Meeting
If your son is unable to attend, please email the College at nzivanovic@waverley.nsw.edu.au or call reception.
This term, the students will be promoting one of their favourite books read to date with their peers, by creating a book trailer using iMovie or iTrailer.
This task not only helps students think critically and creatively to produce a book trailer, but allows them to become more technically literate using iMovie or iTrailer.
The aim of this project is for students to find new reading material that their peers recommend.
Jacob Pelletier and Jack Burrows
Ollie Baskus
The holidays are fast approaching and it is essential to continue to encourage your sons to read at home. Modelling reading at home is so important! Carve out time every day for family reading time. This can be a short time (15-20 minutes) where everyone in the family stops what they are doing and reads. It can be anything from a book, newspaper article, or magazine to a cookbook.
Children who see the important people in their lives reading will want to read even more.
Important Note: Current Year 5 students will be permitted to borrow books for the Christmas holidays.
Alex Jacques (Year 6) is the brains behind this simple idea, that has worked a treat over the last two terms. Students are encouraged to add titles of books to the Suggestion Box. Once there are 10-20 suggestions, books are ordered. This gives students a voice on what they would like to read.
If you son would like to read a book that is not in the Learning Hub, encourage him to add it to the ‘Book Ideas Box.’
I have seen an increase in reading when students select their own texts.
Alex Jacques and Harry Demetrios – Book Ideas
Happy readers receiving their book orders from the ‘Book Ideas Box’ – James Draper and George Alexandratos
Ms Natasha Zivanovic
Literacy & Innovation Teacher
E: nzivanovic@waverley.nsw.edu.au
In Geography this semester, we are learning how to execute Geographical skills such as mapping, fieldwork, interpreting graphs and statistics, analysing and creating a variety of visual representations. We will practise and master these skills by learning about content that asks us to reflect upon similarities, differences and the importance of intercultural understanding in countries, particularly those in Asia and the G20. Our aim of the unit is for students to discover how they can become global citizens.
In preparation for their major assignment for Geography this term, the gentlemen in 6 Orange conducted a quick research task, comparing Australia to an Asian country of their choosing, and then presented their findings in a visual presentation to place on our walls for inspiration.
The information presented was on a range of topics such as geographical location, size/population, major imports/exports, languages spoken, Indigenous peoples, government systems etc.
Below are a few of the completed research tasks:
Daniel Roach
Darcy Kidd
Dean Leonstinis
Jack Curtis
Maison Retif
Mr Tom Olds
Classroom Teacher 6 Orange
E: tolds@waverley.nsw.edu.au
With just one week to go until Bivouac 2022 at Holsworthy Army Base, rank and staff are busy preparing the stores, activities and logistics for those attending the 24-hour camp. Friday afternoons allow our rank to practise the skills they need on AFX in terms of personnel accountability, ratel, initiative, leadership and movement about the base, and bivouac extends this opportunity to further hone field skills in an external environment. With COVID-19 restrictions now behind us, it is fabulous to once again have camping on the agenda each term.
A reminder to all as we come into the warmer weather, that the Cadet Uniform must be worn in its entirety and with respect. The DPCU shirt must be worn at all times. If cadets are hot, they may remove the undershirt, but not the DPCU. When outside the school gates, headdress must be worn. I thank you for your support in ensuring our cadets look their best at all times.
Please find outlined below, an overview of the program for Year 10 that runs from Week 5 to the end of Term 4, 2022.
Students will take part in their arranged Service week activities from Monday, 21 – Thursday, 24 November. On Friday, 25 November the students will take part in a Reflection Day at Centennial Park, and will conclude with a Mass in the College Chapel at 5:30pm followed by a supper. Further details will be sent out in the coming weeks.
Year 10 classes will have concluded, so students will only be required at College for the Presentation Day. Further details will be shared nearer to the time.
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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