The Public Health School-based Vaccination Program has sent our College some information in regards to the vaccinations that are scheduled for Tuesday 26 October, 2021. Please see the communication from our local public health unit below:
We are currently reviewing the school vaccination clinics impacted by the extended lockdown.
At this stage, students are not required to follow up with their GP to receive a catch-up vaccination.
We will be in contact with you over the next three weeks to advise of rescheduling arrangements moving forward.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.
Please note that this is not related to any COVID-19 vaccines. This is in regards to the annual school-based vaccination program for Year 7 and Year 10 (catch up doses). As soon as we hear more information, you will be notified.
Ms Adele Cutbush
Registered Nurse
E: healthcentre@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Just a friendly reminder that as previously mentioned, the Year 10 processes for end of lease laptops is also underway. All the information on prices, payments, options can be found on the relevant information sheets.
The information sheets are also published in the Parent Lounge — School Links — End of Lease Macbooks;
OR
Mr Simon Potter
Director of ICT, Campus and Innovation
E: spotter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The laptops currently held by Year 10 students will be end of lease this year and parents can now nominate to purchase or return.
We have put together an information sheet explaining the process. The sheet is published in the Parent Lounge — School Links — End of Lease Macbooks.
Mr Simon Potter
Director of ICT, Campus and Innovation
E: spotter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Although we are learning online, students are still able to complete their Duke Of Edinburgh from home! Students are required to complete one hour a week of physical recreation, a skill and a service. Here are some ideas for your son to consider in order to maintain his award progress whilst in lockdown:
Now more than ever we need to ensure we are consistently getting up and moving our bodies.
Track your fitness progress over time
There are many ideas for learning a new skill at home! Here are a few:
Learn a new musical skill at home
A reminder that your log must be at least 1-2 sentences explaining your participation. Don’t forget to download the ORB Participant app for quick logging!
Ms Gemma Brown
Duke of Edinburgh Award Leader
E: gbrown@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Bookings are open for the Years 7-10 Parent / Teacher / Student Interviews to be held on Monday 19 July from 8:30am-6.30pm. This will occur through the TASS Parent Lounge.
The interviews will run in two sessions: 8.30am-11.30am and 12.45pm-6.30pm. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, both sessions will now be conducted online via Zoom.
Zoom codes will be sent out prior to the session.
In order to have staff available to as many families as possible, interviews will be of five 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.
Please ensure that you make bookings with your son’s main teacher in instances where one period is taken by another teacher.
Details on how to login to the Parent Lounge were sent to all parents in Term 1. The link to the parent lounge is below.
>>> Click here to access the Waverley College Parent Lounge.
user id = Your family ID
password = if you cannot remember your password you can reset by selecting ‘forgot password’
For any technical issues or if you need to confirm your family ID please contact iAssist at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Thank you to all parents and students who attended the Year 10 Subject Selection evening on Tuesday 15 June.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
On Wednesday, Year 10 students received an email to their school email account with the link and password to the Edval Timetable Program to complete online subject selection.
Subject selection does not have to be completed until Thursday 22 July, after the Parent/Teacher Interviews early next term.
Changes to subjects selected can be made online by logging in again up until 22 July, but will require a new confirmation form to be printed and handed in.
Confirmation of selection forms can be left in the box outside of Ms Lamonica’s office on the first floor of the administration building on Birrell Street.
Any students considering doing a TAFE option will still need to select 13 Units of study at school and make an appointment to see Ms Knowles on the first day back next term as these applications are due in early August.
Click here to access the University Admissions Centre (UAC). Here you will find a number of interesting and relevant publications regarding ATAR calculation, HSC course selection and university courses to be offered in 2022.
If any student is considering applying to do both Extension Mathematics and Extension English in Year 11 you will need to come and speak to me before doing your online subject selection.
If you wish to do Extension Mathematics you must select Mathematics 2 unit of 3 unit as your mathematics course as well as Extension Mathematics.
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The Year 7-10 Semester 1 Report will be available today for you to view and download on the Parent Lounge in TASS.
This report provides an overview of your son’s performance in Semester 1 for each subject including: A-E grades for the focus subject outcomes, at least two recommendations and commendations outlining suggested targets and areas of strength for your son, Learner Profile grades and a mark plus cohort average (mean) based on his assessment task(s) for each subject completed up to this point.
Further information about how your son has performed in his cohort is available via the Parent Lounge Analytics. This area provides a box and whiskers graph that allows parents to view the position of their son’s mark in relation to the rest of the cohort in each subject. The box and whiskers plot indicates student groupings by quartile and median.
user id = Your family ID
password = if you cannot remember your password you can reset by selecting ‘forgot password’
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 Semester 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 son’s ID please contact iAssist at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
If you are unsure of your FamilyID or need assistance logging into the Parent Portal please contact the iAssist Team at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
From Friday 25 June at 12pm you will be able to make bookings for the Year 7-10 Parent / Teacher / Student Interviews to be held on Monday 19 July from 8:30am – 6.30pm. This will occur through the TASS Parent Lounge.
The interviews will run in two sessions:
Zoom codes will be sent out prior to the session.
In order to have staff available to as many families as possible, interviews will be of five 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.
Please ensure that you make bookings with your son’s main teacher in instances where one period is taken by another teacher.
user id = Your family ID
password = if you cannot remember your password you can reset by selecting ‘forgot password’
For any technical issues or if you need to confirm your son’s ID please contact iAssist at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
If you are unsure of your FamilyID or need assistance logging into the Parent Portal please contact the iAssist Team at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
As part of the continuation of your son’s enrolment into Year 11 in 2022, you are required to pay a fully refundable $750.00 continuation deposit to secure your son’s position. Your refundable deposit will be added to your Term 3, 2021 fees and due on the same date.
You will be credited $250.00 of your deposit in your Term 2, 2022 school fee account. The remaining $500.00 will be refunded to you at the end of Year 12 provided there are no outstanding textbooks, laptops, or other school resources or fees.
Please also note that the continuation deposit is non-refundable and non-transferable should you decide to withdraw your son from Waverley College after Wednesday 6 October 2021.
If your son is withdrawn from the College prior to the conclusion of Year 12, your deposit will be forfeited.
If you have any questions about the deposit, please feel free to contact the accounts department at schoolfees@waverley.nsw.edu.au or 9369 0621.
Mr Bryn Gregerson
Director of Business Services
E: bgregerson@waverley.nsw.edu.au
This is a friendly reminder that there is a subject selection evening for parents and students of Year 10 from 6pm – 7:30pm in the College Gymnasium. This is a compulsory session where students will be provided with guidance from the College Principal, Director of Curriculum and Assistant Director of Curriculum regarding the Stage 6 Subject Selection choices that they are about to make. At the end of the presentation there is an optional session for any students or parents who have individual questions for Heads of Department following viewing the subject selection videos and reading through the booklet.
Information on the process is included below as per the article that has been in Nurrunga for the last three weeks.
As per the communication in Nurrunga in Week 3, the Subject Selection process continues for Year 10 with Heads of Department presenting to them during their Careers lessons every fortnight.
Alongside this Subject Selection Booklet which you received in Week 3, the Heads of Department have recorded information on each course which can be viewed by clicking on this link.
Please allocate a time during this term to sit down with your son and complete the following:
In Week 9 this term on Tuesday 15 June, there will be an onsite presentation in the College Gymnasium going through the Subject Selection process at 6pm. This is a compulsory event for Year 10 students. Heads of Department will then be available in classrooms onsite from 6.30pm – 7.30pm for you to pop in with any individual questions that you may have following viewing the videos.
Students will not be asked to submit their initial selections until early Term 3 after the Parent/Teacher Interviews.
The College uses an online system for the students to nominate their subject selections for Stage 6.
Students will receive an email with a link and a password to access the system in mid-June. Students should complete their subject selections online, print the confirmation and submit this in hard copy form via the box outside Ms Lamonica’s office on Level 1 by Thursday 22 July.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
In support of the Visual Arts curriculum, Year 10 Visual Arts students will be attending two drawing incursion sessions run by Australian artist Tania Mason. Mason is an illustrator who currently works in the local area and has designed community installation ‘The Science of Pine’, a private commission for a public walk through area in Bondi Junction.
In the two sessions, students will develop skills in fundamental drawing techniques; watercolour, gouache, wax resist, charcoal and graphite drawing. All samples and artworks created in the incursion will be used as student works in the ‘Land Sea Air’ unit for Semester 2, as students document local flora and fauna from the Waverley area to form a visual inventory of our local environment.
The sessions will be held on the College Campus in the Visual Arts rooms. All materials will be provided.
Click here to complete the permission slip for the Year 10 Tania Mason Drawing Incursion 2021.
Please have your son return the permission slip to their Visual Arts teacher by Monday 31 May.
| Visual Arts: Tania Mason Drawing Incursion | Organising Teacher: Ms Natalie Oates |
| Dates: Session 1: 4 June, 2021 8.45am – 12.05pm Session 2: 23 July, 2021 8.45am – 12.05pm |
Location: Waverley College: Art rooms |
| Cost: $76.00 for both sessions – the cost for both sessions will be added to your son’s school fees. | |
| Start time: Period 1 – 8.45am
End time: Period 3 – 12.05pm Students will have their recess break at the usual time in the College bell times |
Uniform: Students are to wear full academic uniform |
If you have any questions regarding the incursion, please contact the Visual Arts Department.
Ms Natalie Oates
Head of Visual Arts
E: noates@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Artist Tania Mason, winner of the 2016 acquisitive Calleen Art Award for ‘Irregular Plasma’ 2016, gouache and acrylic on canvas. Her winning painting joined the Calleen Art Collection at the Cowra Regional Art Gallery.
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.
Watch our video
