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Dear Students, Parents and Carers,

Please find below the schedule for the Year 12 Tutorials in Term 2, Week 4. Topics covered during the tutorials include content revision, study skills, exam preparation and practice papers. These tutorials have proven extremely valuable and, while not compulsory, are strongly encouraged.

*These tutorials apply to Year 11 students undertaking an HSC subject in 2024.

It is important that we know attendance numbers so teachers can prepare accordingly. To that end, the expectation is that students who register for the tutorial, attend. Rolls will be taken to assist us to manage the program. The cut-off time to register for morning tutorials is 3pm the day prior.

Ms Brooke Kent has emailed the registration sheet to students to register their attendance at the tutorials.

Ms Martina Cooper

Director of Curriculum

mcooper@waverley.nsw.edu.au

Dear Parents and Carers

Selected Year 11 English students require parent/carer permission for an excursion to the NESA Sydney Writers’ Festival at Carriageworks, Eveleigh.

This is an all day event offsite on Wednesday, 22 May 2024.

Please provide permission via the Parent Portal.

This Term Elevate Education delivers high-impact workshops to our students that help to develop their study skills, motivation, and exam preparation. Over the Term, you are invited to join their parent webinar series, where you can help support your child at home by reinforcing the skills they are learning at school.

Elevate Education’s free webinars for Term 2 will take place on the following Wednesdays:

• 22 May 6:30pm: Help Your Child Prepare for Exams

Parents learn how to help their child revise effectively, prioritise high-impact work, and build good routines in the run up to exams.

• 5 June 6:30pm: Help Support Your Child during Exams

Parents learn how to help their child manage stress and anxiety during exams, and how they can maximise marks in the exam room.

• 19 June 6:30pm: Ask Me Anything (Live Q&A)

Parents can ask the Elevate study skills experts any burning questions in the run-up to exams. This is a great opportunity to ask any questions you feel have been unanswered by Elevate in their webinars so far, whether that relates to your child’s study space, their motivation levels or the way they study.

How to Register

Register for the series by clicking HERE.

The National Art School Workshop for Waverley College Year 11 Visual Design class, will include a wheel throwing Ceramics workshop facilitated by experienced National Art School artists.

This Ceramics wheel thrown pottery workshop will experiment with techniques of forming tableware (cups, bowls and plates). Students learn how to throw pots with a strong architectural form to create objects of simplicity and beauty.

Students will be creating two/three pieces of work which can potentially be a part of this assessment submission.

Itinerary: Friday, 17 May 2024

• 8:30am – arrival at Waverley College
• Meeting at the Centenary Quad for the attendance check
• 8:45am – Prestige Bus Hire will transport us to NAS
• 9am – Arrival and commencement of workshop
• 12pm – Lunch (45 minutes) – students to bring their own lunch
• 12:45pm – 2:30pm – Continue of Ceramic Workshop
• 2:30pm – Depart NAS and return to school to unpack ceramics
• 3:15pm – Depart from Waverley College

Students are to wear their PE Sports Uniform and bring a towel with them – preferably an old towel.

Permission notes need to be completed by 13 May on the Parent Portal.

The break presents an opportunity for students to consolidate their study notes and prepare for assessment tasks in Term 2.

Students are encouraged to use this time wisely to balance study, leisure and exercise, to maintain their wellbeing.

Please find below useful study guides and planners for the break, which include valuable tips, resources and details of the Study Skills website.

• View the Year 11 2024 Term 1 Study Program HERE.
• View the Year 12 2024 Term 1 Study Program HERE.

Online Study Skills Handbook

The Online Study Skills Handbook is HERE.

Username: forwaverleycollegeonly

Password: 94results

You may also access the Online Study Skills Handbook through the College Website. Click on the Curriculum link on the Home page.

It is important that we know attendance numbers so teachers can prepare accordingly. To that end, the expectation is that students who register for the tutorial, attend. Rolls will be taken to assist us to manage the program.

The cut-off time to register for morning tutorials is 3pm the day prior.

Ms Brooke Kent has emailed the registration sheet to students to register their attendance at the tutorials.

Ms Martina Cooper

Director of Curriculum

mcooper@waverley.nsw.edu.au

In Term 2 2024, Ms Joyce’s Year 11 Legal Studies Class will attend a Criminal Law workshop for NSW Law Week.

NSW Law Week is an annual festival that is all about creating greater access to justice for Australians.

When: Friday, 10 May 2024, Period 4 and Lunch

Where: Waverley Library

Interested in going to university in the United States?

Internationally Educated assists students and their families through the selection and application process for United States universities. They offer a SAT Practice Exam in partnership with test prep provider, Revolution Prep.

Taking full-length practice tests under timed conditions is essential to being ready for the official test. A proctored practice exam will help students build testing endurance and give them a real-time snapshot of their testing performance.

• When: Sunday, 5 May 2024, 9am – 12pm AEST
• Where: Online
• Who: The digital SAT practice test may be sat by students in Years 9, 10, 11 or 12.
• What: The SAT was redesigned internationally in March 2023 and is now an adaptive digital test.
• Why: Sitting the digital SAT practice test under timed conditions provides more exposure and familiarity to the test which can be used for admission purposes to many US universities. Even in a test-optional environment, a strong test score may support an application well.
• Cost: US$20. Registration includes a personalised score report available directly after the test and a 30-minute scheduled one-on-one score review session with a Revolution Prep Adviser who can assess specific strengths and identify areas to focus for improvement.

Additional information and registration can be found HERE.

Register by 1 May 2024.

Ms Brooke Kent has emailed the registration sheet to students to register their attendance at the tutorials.

Ms Martina Cooper

Director of Curriculum

mcooper@waverley.nsw.edu.au

Years 7 to 12 Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews: 29 and 30 April 2024

• Years 7, 8 and 12 Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews will be held on Monday, 29 April
• Years 9, 10 and 11 interviews will be held on Tuesday, 30 April.

Interviews on both of these days will take place between 8:30am and 6:30pm.

All interviews will be held via Zoom.

IT have provided a video on how to set up a Zoom Meeting. You can view this video HERE.

How to Book Your Interview

Bookings for these interviews can be made through the Parent Lounge in TASS.

Bookings opened on Tuesday, 2 April at 9am and will close on Friday, 26 April at 3:30pm.

There will be no classes or sport training for any Senior School students on either of these days.

A list of Zoom account numbers will be sent by IT to all parents/carers prior to the interview dates. This will usually be a day or two before the interviews. You do not need the Zoom code to make your bookings.

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 ask 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.

The following staff will not be available for interviews;

Monday 29 April                          

Ms H. Chia

Ms M. Cooper

Ms K. Downey

Ms F. Heffernan

Mr P. Riley

Ms N. Silsby

Ms C. Stewart

Mr J. Walker

Tuesday 30 April

Ms H. Chia

Ms K. Downey

Ms F. Heffernan

Mr P. Riley

Ms N. Silsby

Mr J. Walker

The link to the Parent Lounge is HERE.

User ID = email address

Password = if you cannot remember your password you can reset by selecting ‘forgot password’.

If you have any technical issues with using the system then you should contact the IT Department on (02) 9369 0784 or email iAssist@waverley.nsw.edu.au

Ms Brooke Kent has emailed the registration sheet to students to register their attendance at the tutorials.

Ms Martina Cooper

Director of Curriculum

mcooper@waverley.nsw.edu.au

In support of the Visual Arts curriculum, Years 11 and 12  Visual Arts students will be attending an excursion to the Art Gallery of NSW on Monday, 8 April 2024. Students will view ARTEXPRESS and Louise Bourgeois, to provide further stimulus and direction for the theoretical and practical components of the Visual Arts course.   

Permission Note to be completed by Wednesday, 3 April 2024 on the Parent Portal. 

If you have any questions regarding the excursion, please do not hesitate to contact the Visual Arts Department.

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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