I am pleased to confirm that the Tevlin House Mass will be going ahead on Wednesday 5 May 2021, as indicated in the Waverley College calendar. This will commence at 6pm at the College Chapel. Please take note of the following:
Please feel free to contact me at the email below if you have further questions about the House Mass.
Mr John McCallum
Head of Tevlin House
E: jmccallum@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Students should not attend school if they exhibit any of the following symptoms and get themselves COVID-19 tested, even if the symptoms are mild.
It is important to maintain high testing rates to identify as many cases in the community as quickly as possible. The College Health Centre will continue to send students for COVID-19 testing who exhibit any of these symptoms. Please click here for further information.
Ms Adele Cutbush
Registered Nurse, Waverley College Health Centre
E: acutbush@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Read more: Academic Development Programs, Yom Hashoah, ANZAC Day, COVID-19 Health Update.
The term has started well at the College and I wish all boys a successful term ahead. Thank you to those Year 7-10 parents that were able to attend parent/teacher/student conferences on Tuesday this week. Hopefully, relevant feedback and strategies were discussed in preparation for the term ahead. Please liaise with your son with regards to formulating his SMART goals for Term 2 that are to be recorded in his school diary on page 85. Input from parents, students and mentors will provide the greatest outcome.
The College offers a variety of programs to further support your son’s academic development, ensuring he achieves his full potential, these include:
The Year 12 Tutorial program has started this week and I encourage all boys to make time in their schedules to attend these valuable sessions. Last year’s cohort appreciated the learning and confidence that these tutorials provided with many boys surpassing their academic goals. Learn more in the Tutorial Program article in Year 12 Action Items.
All students in Year 5 and Year 6 have the opportunity to receive free additional support after school for the completion of home learning tasks. The afternoon sessions also provide a quiet, supervised study space for students who want to complete their assigned tasks. Home Learning Club operates in the Junior School Learning Hub from 3-4pm, Monday to Thursday. Learn more about the program in Year 6 & 7 Action Items.
This program is offered by the College to offer additional support to students who are finding particular concepts difficult to grasp, or who are keen to come in early to complete homework or who are high achievers wanting to embrace extension work. Strength in Numbers runs every Tuesday and Wednesday morning from 8am in E24. If you are interested in this program please email Ms Phoebe Guirguis, Head of Maths at pguirguis@waverley.nsw.edu.au.
The College is committed to support and enhance Literacy and Numeracy across all stages, therefore, we also run Literacy and Numeracy study groups for Years 7 – 10 in the Senior School Library.
Literacy Program – Monday and Tuesday 3:30 – 4:30pm
Numeracy Program – Wednesday and Thursday 3:30 – 4:30pm
This morning Channel 10’s Studio 10 crossed live to the Centenary Quad to showcase our Cadets in preparation for the ANZAC Day service. Click here to view the segment.
Our Cadets will represent the College at the Waverley Council and North Bondi RSL services as well as our own service on Monday. Please see Major Julie-Ann De Kantzow’s ANZAC Day article for further information.
Yom Hashoah is one of the most important events on the Jewish calendar as it is the day that Jewish people and others remember the Holocaust. This year Yom Hashoah fell between 7-8 April. 2021 is a significant milestone as it denotes 80 years since the Nazi Germany invasion of the Soviet Union. We now know that the Nazis murdered more than one million Jewish people there.
In the 1980s and 1990s many Holocaust survivors from the Soviet Union came to Australia to make a new and happier life, but few of their extraordinary stories have been told. They are stories of extreme courage, privation, resourcefulness and resilience.
Should you wish to view this year’s Yom Hashoah commemoration and its moving speeches, stories and historical photographs, please click: https://www.facebook.com/NSWJBD/videos/vb.305225869610189/257330639189962/?type=2&theater
We must never let ourselves forget the horror of the Holocaust and must always stand up against anti-Semitism, prejudice and discrimination when we see it happening to groups and individuals. It must never be allowed to happen again.
Students should not attend school if they exhibit any of the following symptoms and get themselves COVID-19 tested, even if the symptoms are mild.
The NSW Government website provides the following information for parents of secondary school children (12-17 years):
The website also stipulates that if you have any of the following symptoms you need to get tested for COVID-19 immediately: fever (37.5° or higher), cough, sore or scratchy throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, loss of taste or smell, fatigue, acute blocked nose (congestion), loss of appetite, muscle pain, joint pain, headache, diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting and loss of appetite.
It is important to maintain high testing rates to identify as many cases in the community as quickly as possible. The College Health Centre will continue to send students for COVID-19 testing who exhibit any of these symptoms. Please click here for further information.
We really appreciate your support when it comes to sending your child for COVID-19 testing. Please note that any child presenting to school with any of the above symptoms will be sent to the Health Centre to be assessed. The nurses may then contact the student’s parents to come and collect the child for COVID-19 testing. Students cannot return to school unless they have returned a negative COVID-19 result to their Head of House (via email) or to the College nurse.
Ms Adele Cutbush (College Nurse) will be working Monday to Thursday during Term 2 in the Health Centre. On Fridays, we welcome Ms Dani Hillier who joins the College today. Ms Hillier has been a school nurse for 15 years and is a highly skilled and capable health practitioner who is currently working part-time at St Andrew’s Cathedral School.
Should parents or guardians have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the College nurse on 9369 0644 or email healthcentre@waverley.nsw.edu.au
We farewell Katrina King this week – Junior School Learning Support Teacher, who has accepted an exciting opportunity in Learning Support at Sydney Grammar School – Edgecliff. Katrina has worked at the College for 15 years and has been instrumental in the development of all our students, particularly those who have required tailored programs. Katrina has been a passionate learning support teacher and has made a significant positive impact on the learning outcomes of students in the Junior School. I would like to thank her for her dedication to the College and wish her the very best in her future endeavours.
Mr Graham Leddie
Principal
E: principal@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Fees paid before 4pm on the prompt payment date attract a $25.00 discount.
Any payment received after the due date will attract an administrative fee of $110.00.
Please be advised that some financial institutions need more than 48 hours to process their payments (e.g. internet/BPay/BPoint).
Please see the last page of your account for payment method and contact details.
You are reminded that if you wish to withdraw your son from enrolment at Waverley College, you are required to give one term’s notice in writing to the Head of College that your son’s enrolment will cease.
The last day you can give notice that your son’s enrolment is finishing at the end of a school term, is the first day of the same term. If not received by that date, a penalty equivalent to one term’s tuition fees will be payable.
Mr Bryn Gregerson
Director of Business Services
E: schoolfees@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The 2021 Da Vinci Decathlon will take place from 4-5 May for students in Years 7-11. The competition comprises teams of eight completing a variety of highly-academic tasks ranging from code-breaking, creative producers and ideation to cartography, engineering and art/poetry. Students work collaboratively on challenges throughout the day based on their areas of interest and/or subject strengths. The competition itself is designed to ‘stretch brains’ and challenge students to go beyond the curriculum to complete tasks.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions the competition will be run internally at Waverley College instead of at Knox Grammar School.
Should your son be interested in participating, please email Ms Boyce, Academic Enrichment Coordinator, sboyce@waverley.nsw.edu.au for an expression of interest form before Tuesday 27 April, as spaces are limited.
From Wednesday 31 March you will be able to make bookings for the Years 7-10 Parent / Teacher / Student Interviews to be held on the pupil-free day Tuesday 20 April from 8:30am – 6:30pm. Booking can be made through the TASS Parent Lounge. Bookings close on Monday 19 April at 12pm. The interviews will be face-to-face in the College Gymnasium.
In order to have staff available to as many families as possible interviews will be of 5 minutes’ duration. To make the process as efficient as possible and to minimise lost time, we are requesting that you don’t make consecutive bookings, and leave at least a five minute gap between your bookings to allow time to move between meetings with the teachers.
Details on how to login to the Parent Lounge were sent to all parents earlier in the Term.
Click here to access Waverley College Parent Lounge
For any technical issues or if you need to confirm your family ID please contact iAssist at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
A guide on how to access the new Parent Lounge can be found here: Getting access to the Parent Lounge
2nd Payment – Prompt payment date 23/4/2021; due date 7/5/2021
3rd Payment – Prompt payment date 16/7/2021; due date 30/7/2021
Fees paid before 4pm on the prompt payment date attract a $25.00 discount.
Any payment received after the due date will attract an administrative fee of $110.00.
Please be advised that some financial institutions need more than 48 hours to process their payments (e.g. internet/BPay/BPoint).
Please see the last page of your account for payment method and contact details.
You are reminded that if you wish to withdraw your son from enrolment at Waverley College, you are required to give one term’s notice in writing to the Head of College that your son’s enrolment will cease.
The last day you can give notice that your son’s enrolment is finishing at the end of a school term, is the first day of the same term. If not received by that date, a penalty equivalent to one term’s tuition fees will be payable.
We are pleased to share the pre-order form for the complimentary 2020 Waverley Year Book with you. To align with the College’s sustainability practices, we will only be printing hard copies for people who have pre-ordered a copy.
Should you like a copy, please register your details by filling in this form. Please register your details by Monday 3 May 2021.
We will send further communication when the 2020 Year Book hard copy will be ready for collection.
If you have any questions, please email marketing@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Thank you for your continued patience.
Regards,
Marketing & Development Department
On 31 March we proudly launched our inaugural Giving Day to raise much-needed funding for means-tested Edmund Rice Bursaries for students and families doing it tough, both within our community and further afield.
I’m pleased to endorse that the day was a resounding success. At the time of publishing, we have raised $228,118!
Thank you everyone. Thanks to the generous support of our matching benefactors, we were able to triple the amazing number of donations of parents, students and community members. We not only exceeded our original target of $120,000 but also our second target of $200,000!
Even though we’ve reached our target, we are still accepting donations this week. Every dollar helps us fund more hardship bursaries for more students. You can see your donation and the donations of other Waverley community members on our Giving Day page here: www.charidy.com/wc
Large events like this flourish because of the help and expertise of many hands, both on the day and behind the scenes in the preceding weeks. I am sincerely grateful for the parent, Old Boy and student volunteers and our own Waverley staff for giving their time and energy on Giving Day – we honestly could not have done it without you.
We particularly thank:
During Lent we are called to turn again and be reconciled with God so that we fully embrace the hope that comes with Easter. When we have hope in the promise of the resurrection we can completely surrender to the love of God and give ourselves completely to building the community of love:
I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me
and in all your creatures-
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
for you are the One.
I wish all in our community a safe and happy Easter.
Vaping is becoming a trendy pastime that is growing in popularity across Australia, especially amongst teenagers. It is the act of inhaling a vapour created by an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette. Many teenagers are succumbing to peer pressure around this risk-taking activity due to the ease of accessing and hiding vapes. They are often cheaper than conventional cigarettes, making it more cost-effective and attractive to young people.
Although under-18s are not legally allowed to purchase any type of e-cigarette or vaping product in Australia, teenagers are finding ways to access them online. Australia has strict regulations in place for nicotine-containing products, and attempts are being made to regulate vaping and ban the importation of them.
Many of the flavoured liquids associated with vaping, contain not only high levels of nicotine, but other potentially harmful additives. Many of these “e-liquids” contain chemicals that are likely to be toxic, that when inhaled or vaped repeatedly, can cause severe damage to the lungs.
Vaping is often marketed as being the “healthy” alternative to smoking. However, doctors strongly advise that if you do not smoke, then you should not start vaping. Most teenagers are unaware of the associated risks and potential impact vaping can have on their development and overall health. Parents are encouraged to discuss the dangers of nicotine addiction and include e-cigarettes in the discussion alongside alcohol and drugs.
This Special Report highlights the facts around vaping and e-cigarettes and the potential risks. We hope you take time to reflect on the information offered in this Report.
Should you have any concerns about the wellbeing of your son, please contact the school for further information or seek medical or professional help.
Click here for your Special Report Vaping
From Wednesday 31 March you will be able to make bookings for the Year 7-10 Parent / Teacher / Student Interviews to be held on Tuesday 20 April from 8:30am – 6:30pm. This will occur through the TASS Parent Lounge. The interviews will be face-to-face in the College Gymnasium.
In order to have staff available to as many families as possible interviews will be of 5 minutes duration. To make the process as efficient as possible and to minimise lost time, we are requesting that you don’t make consecutive bookings and leave at least a five minute gap between your bookings to allow time to move between meetings with the teachers.
Details on how to login to the Parent Lounge were sent to all parents earlier in the Term.
Click here to access Waverley College Parent Lounge
For any technical issues or if you need to confirm your family ID please contact iAssist at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
A guide on how to access the new Parent Lounge can be found here: Getting access to the Parent Lounge
The Years 7-10 Term 1 Progress Report will be available today for you to view and download on the Parent Lounge in TASS.
This report gives you your son’s Learner Profile grade and a mark based on his assessment task(s) for each subject completed up to this point. If a mark for a subject is not included in this report then the first Assessment Task in that subject has not yet been assessed.
Further information about how your son has performed in his cohort is available via the Parent Lounge Analytics.
Click here to access Waverley College Parent Lounge
Once you log on select the Academic Reports option from the menu on the left. You will then be presented with a list of available reports. In this case it will be the Year 7-10 Term One Report where you will be able to download a PDF.
You can also access further analytics regarding your son’s performance across his cohort by going to the [Student Details] drop down menu and selecting [Academic Analytics]. Please note that this will be available approximately 24 hours after the release of these reports.
For any technical issues or if you need to confirm your family ID please contact iAssist at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
A guide on how to access the new Parent Lounge can be found here: Getting access to the Parent Lounge“
All of the new winter Co-curricular attire is now ready for purchase from the Uniform Shop.
All students will be required to be in the new shorts, socks and jerseys for all activities, however, students selected in the 2nds, 16A and Prep 1sts Rugby and 10A, 2nds and Prep 1sts Football will only need to purchase the shorts and socks.
Please also note that there is no training on Thursday afternoon, April 1st, for all co-curricular activities.
The uniform shop is extending its opening hours over the holidays. Click here to view the Holiday Trading Hours. A friendly reminder that the uniform shop offers click and collect and home delivery. To learn more about these services and trading hours visit the Uniform Shop website.
A reminder that blazers are compulsory during Terms 2 and 3. They are to be worn to and from school and at all formal gatherings including May Procession, House Masses and College Assemblies during this time. It’s the first year the entire College will be in the new academic uniform so our expectations are high.
Blazers must be worn under the wet weather jacket to and from school.
Any student not in full academic uniform will require a uniform pass from the Wellbeing Centre or face a three-hour detention.
The quality of these garments is high so it is strongly recommended that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your son’s name.
Blazers compulsory in Terms 2 and 3
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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