Principal, Mr Graham Leddie
Commencement Mass
Our school community recently gathered for a beautiful 5-12 Commencement Mass, marking the beginning of a new school year. It was a wonderful opportunity for students and staff to come together in prayer, seeking guidance and blessings for the year ahead.
The Mass exemplified the Year 12 Motto of 2025, ‘Driven by Passion, Inspired to Serve’ encouraging students to embrace their passion and serve others. Father Ramesh Richards sj also highlighted the importance of each student finding their own passion and the importance of using this to inspire others.
Thank you to everyone who participated and made this event so special. We look forward to a year filled with growth, faith, and success.
Welcome to new parents evening
We held a Parent Meet and Greet evening on Tuesday night. It was wonderful to welcome both our new families and those transitioning from our junior school into Year 7. Seeing so many parents, guardians, and students come together was a great way to set the tone for the year ahead.
The event provided a great opportunity for families to meet our dedicated teachers and staff, learn more about our school values, and gain insight into the exciting journey ahead for our students. Conversations flowed effortlessly as parents connected with one another, forming new friendships and strengthening our vibrant school community.
New Polices
As we commence 2025, I will be sharing with you some of our important school policies and procedures in Nurrunga to ensure greater communication and collaboration with our community. I draw your attention to the below documents.
Right To Disconnect
We are dedicated to fostering a positive school community where our staff have a work-life balance and our families are supported. The ‘Right to Disconnect’ legislation emphasises the need for ensuring balance and we have reviewed our communication policies and procedures to support this. I ask that you please take the time to read the letter provided in this link outlining this in greater detail. Internally our staff are also being more respectful of each other’s work flow and life’s pressures and have incorporated ‘scheduled send’ into their communication options for email.
Community Code of Conduct
This Code has been developed so that Parents and those with parental responsibilities are aware of and meet the College’s expectations with regard to their interaction with the School, its Teachers, other Parents and Students. Adherence to this Code is important to promote positive and productive relationships within the School community. You are obliged to observe the following in this link in accordance with the Conditions of your child’s enrolment.
Attendance Policy
Student attendance is an important element of students Wellbeing at Waverley College as well as ensuring we are meeting our legal requirements. We thank you for your patience as we launched Orah at the beginning of the year. We understand there have been some technical issues and we continue to work through these to ensure a smoother process for our families to log attendance with the College. If you have any difficulty accessing Orah, please reach out to our IT Team – iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au. Please follow this link to read our updated Attendance Policy.
Mr Graham Leddie
Principal
Edmund Ignatius Rice Speech and Essay Competition
Year 11 and 12 scholars are invited to submit entries for the Edmund Ignatius Rice Speech and Essay competition. Discover the competition insights here.
Engaging in Student Progress
Waverley College provides ‘Real-Time Reporting’ for parents and carers to become observers of students’ online Learning Management System – CANVAS. This means that parents and carers are able to access results, feedback on any tasks that are submitted through the system and assessment task notifications.
Instructions on how to access the parent and carer observer function can be found here.
Furthermore, parents and carers can also monitor and track students’ results from Semesterised Reports in the Parent Portal by following the steps below:
1. Student details – Academic Analytics
2. Academic Analytics
In the two screens above, you are able to see where your student is currently sitting with the cohort and course and how they are trending within their subject after the release of Semester 1 and Semester 2 reports.
We encourage you to check CANVAS and Parent Portal Academic Analytics during reporting periods, particularly prior to Parent/Student/Teacher Interviews.
If you need any assistance please contact the following;
IT Support – iAssist@waverley.nsw.edu.au or (02) 9369 0784.
For additional support, students can access after school study groups in the Library from 3.30pm-4.30pm:
Literacy on Mondays and Tuesdays
Numeracy on Wednesdays and Thursdays
Ms Lynsey Porter
Deputy Principal – Teaching & Learning
Ms Jenna Turnbull
Innovation Coordinator and Visual Arts Teacher
