Waverley College Year 12 students have been given the opportunity to attend the award-winning RYDA Road Safety Education workshop (COVIDSafe measures will apply). RYDA is designed for 16-17 year olds as they begin to drive or ride in cars driven by their peers.
This workshop, which supports classroom learning as part of a broader program, provides students with the tools, habits and motivation to take action and stay safe on our roads, throughout their lives, as both drivers and passengers. Students do not need to have their license to take part in the workshop.
This is the perfect time in students’ lives to engage in this program, as it addresses, in a real and practical way, the many dangers and challenges young people face on our roads. In small groups, students work with facilitators to develop and practise personalised strategies and life skills, which will help them make positive choices, both as drivers and highly influential passengers.
The workshop combines personal stories, demonstrations and interactive activities to ensure that students are engaged during the sessions. Information regarding the RYDA excursion is detailed below.
Date: Monday, 7 February, 2022
Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre
Depart from school: 8:15am
Return to school: 3:10pm
Cost: $55.10 per student (charged to your account)
Yes. Please complete the permission slip below before Monday, 7 February.
>>> Click here to view and complete the permission slip for the Year 12 Car Safety Excursion.
Mr Damien Thompson
Head of House
E: dthompson@waverley.nsw.edu.au
All textbook and library resources for Year 12 (2021) are now due back.
Ms Pearce will be on campus until Wednesday, 8 December.
Mr Bill Roberts and Ms Nikki Pearce
Head of Library Services
Book Hire Coordinator
E: wroberts@waverley.nsw.edu.au
E: npearce@waverley.nsw.edu.au
As your son’s school career draws to a close, the time has come to look at what’s ahead. This includes starting to clear out what lies behind you, such as your Waverley uniforms.
We hope that many of you have benefitted from the Waverley College Secondhand Clothing Pool over your years at the College, and would love for you to consider gifting back to the College community by donating your son’s current uniforms, (academic and sports as well as bags), to the Secondhand Clothing Pool. Donations of all current uniform items, in clean and wearable condition for resale, are greatly appreciated.
This will provide someone else with the opportunity to purchase a secondhand uniform at reduced cost, whilst at the same time raising funds for the College through the Parents’ Association. A $30 ‘buy back scheme’ is on offer for the donation of Blazers and All Weather Jackets in excellent condition. Contact the Parent Volunteers at the Secondhand Clothing Pool via email to arrange the ‘Buy Back’: clothingpool@waverley.nsw.edu.
At the Senior School campus reception in the special BLUE Secondhand Clothing Pool donation box, (courtesy of our fabulous Campus Maintenance Team).
Many thanks for your continued support of the Parents’ Association who are driving initiatives to support our students and community.
We wish you and your boys all the very best for their post-school adventures, and hope that they will remember their time at Waverley, fondly.
Donate today!
Kirsten and Camille
Secondhand Clothing Pool Volunteers
E: clothingpool@waverley.nsw.edu.
Please read below the following information regarding the upcoming HSC Examinations.
All students are to be onsite for the first exam – English Paper 1 – on Tuesday, 9 November by 9:20am at the latest.
We will meet in the Centenary Quad and you will be seated to ensure physical distancing.
This will be the same for:
We will meet for all other examinations (except Music I and II) on the Rooftop space, thirty (30) minutes prior to the time published in the NESA HSC Exam timetable below. Please ensure you use the stairs when making your way up to the roof, because you will not be able to access the lift.
Read NESA’s COVID-safe exam rules carefully:
Ensure on your arrival that you:
1. Students were issued with a copy of the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Rules and Regulations instructions at the start of Year 12. It is each student’s responsibility to comply with these regulations and attend his examinations on the correct date and time.
2. Misreading the timetable is not a ground for misadventure.
The examinations begin with English Advanced and Standard Paper 1 at 9:50 am on Tuesday, 9 November. Make sure you read the special equipment list carefully on P.2 for each of your applicable subjects.
4. Students should be in attendance at least thirty (30) minutes prior to the scheduled starting time in full College Uniform including the College Jersey. College rules regarding shaving, hairstyles etc… apply throughout the examination period.
5. Students must bring their ID cards. All mobile phones and notes must be put away in lockers — they cannot be taken into the examination room.
6. The College understands that NESA permits students to leave the examination room prior to the scheduled finishing time. It is an expectation of the College that students should use all available time to complete each examination to the best of their ability. Any student leaving an examination prior to the finishing time must sign out at the Wellbeing Centre. The College does not accept any responsibility incurred from a student’s early departure.
7. COVID-19 measures from NSW Health include the following advice:
a) Students and staff must not attend an exam if:
i) They have flu-like symptoms (fever, cough, sore/scratchy throat, shortness of breath, loss of taste or sense of smell);
ii) They have been tested for COVID-19 and have not yet received their test result;
iii) They have been directed by NSW health to self-isolate;
iv) They have tested positive for COVID-19.
b) Students and staff must:
i) Confirm they have not been asked by NSW Health to self-isolate and do not have any flu-like symptoms before they enter the exam room;
ii) Practice good personal hygiene during the exam including:
c) Students and staff must wear a face mask. NESA has sent through further details regarding masks this week which are outlined below:
HSC students must wear a face mask inside the exam room and while waiting to enter, unless they have a medical exemption.
Students can remove their mask to adjust it or drink water.
It is a breach of exam rules to not wear a mask (without a medical exemption).
The Presiding Officer will refer students who are not wearing a mask to the Principal to discuss consequences.
The consequences of not wearing a mask have been included in the Malpractice Warning, which is read to students at the start of every exam by the Presiding Officer.
Requiring students to wear a face mask during the HSC exams reduces the risk of students, presiding officers and supervisors:
d) If a student presents with flu-like symptoms they may be required to leave the exam room and will be advised to be tested for COVID-19 and seek medical advice;
e) Students submit a COVID illness/misadventure application, where appropriate;
f) Students with known illnesses with symptoms similar to COVID-19 will need to provide necessary medical documentation and notify Ms Porter prior to the examination.
8. Any students who are absent (as per the COVID-19 instructions above) or running late due to unforeseen circumstances must notify Ms Kath Knowles as soon as possible on 9369 0651 or kknowles@waverley.nsw.edu.au.
Wishing you all the best for the upcoming examination period.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Gentlemen, I hope that your Week 3 onsite HSC seminars went well this week and we are looking forward to having you back onsite for face-to-face lessons and wellbeing activities next week. Please remember that the final extended HSC session is next Monday, 25 October with the Studies of Religion I and Studies of Religion II practice exams.
Please arrive promptly at 8:40am for an 8:45am start to the following venues organised by class:
Week 4 from Tuesday, 26 October will be face-to-face classes and a series of activities organised by the wellbeing team.
Week 5 will be a time for at home study.
For those of you who need assistance with organisation and/or motivation, the recording of the HSC examination preparation by Dr Prue Salter and a range of other useful resources can be accessed in the link below:
Username: forwaverleycollegeonly
Password: 94 results
Follow the steps in the video and if you need help with your plan, Dr Prue Salter provides info in the video on how to send notes through to her for feedback.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Dear Year 12 Students, Parents and Carers,
Gentlemen, I hope that your Week 2 online seminars went well. Please remember that extended seminars during Week 3 and Monday of Week 4 (Monday, 25 October) will be conducted as face-to-face sessions. This will provide a valuable opportunity to work with your teachers in preparation for the HSC Examinations commencing on Tuesday, 9 November.
The rooming and times for the SOR I and SOR II exams in Week 4 will be communicated to you next week.
Please be reminded that face-to-face classes will resume in Week 4 from Tuesday, 26 October. Week 5 will be a time for at home study.
All the best with the final lap of this journey.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The WCPA (Waverley College Parents’ Association) will provide a Welcome Back Breakfast for Year 12 students on Wednesday, 27 October.
Students can collect it from the canteen from 8:30am, and if they’re unable to collect it before school, then Nina will have the breakfast available at recess to pick up from the quadrangle.
We hope their last few weeks at the College are enjoyed. We’re thinking of them as they commence their HSC exams.
Best wishes
Jade Stapleton and the Parents’ Association
Dear Year 12 Students, Parents and Carers,
Thank you for attending the meeting this week where we outlined the plan for Year 12 students in Term 4.
Please know that all Year 12 students, both HSC plus ATAR and HSC plus Vocational, will be invited to attend significant wellbeing events next term such as the Graduation Assembly.
The Library will be open from 8am – 4pm Monday to Friday of the school holidays for students who cannot study at home.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Today, NESA has released the HSC Examination Timetable for 2021 which commences on Tuesday 9 November.
The timetable outlines that students will be sitting a full set of examinations.
Students’ personalised timetables will be available via Students Online from midday on Monday 13 September;
HSC Written Examinations will start on Tuesday 9 November and end on Friday 3 December;
Exams will end three weeks later than previously scheduled;
ATARs will be released on 20 January;
HSC Results will be released from 6am on 24 January.
Mandatory face masks for students and staff, indoors and outdoors;
Check-in and health screening protocols for students and staff;
Physical distancing between students and staff at all times;
Minimising mingling of student groups;
Well-ventilated exam rooms;
Keeping exam group sizes as small as possible;
Desks spaced a minimum of 1.5 metres apart;
Hygiene marshals and regular cleaning of exam rooms;
An illness and misadventure process which is available for students who are unable to attend an exam due to having a positive COVID-19 test result, being a close contact or having COVID-19 symptoms;
The requirement that presiding officers and exam supervisors are to be fully vaccinated, and strongly encourage eligible HSC students to receive two vaccine doses before exams start.
The College will now be able to finalise our plans for Term 4 in terms of classes, seminars and significant events. Year 12 students and parents will be invited to a meeting next Wednesday 15 September at 12:05pm via Zoom Webinar to go through these plans. Further details of this meeting will be shared on Monday.
Your agility, patience and positivity in the face of all of these changes and announcements has been second to none. Now we have some certainty, we look forward to walking with you in this final part of such a unique HSC journey.
Ms Gabrielle Smith
Acting Deputy Principal – Teaching & Learning
E: gsmith@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Thank you to Year 12 HSC plus ATAR students for attending the online study skills and motivation seminar to assist in preparation for the HSC Examinations.
User name: year12waverley
Password: year12waverley
The best support you have is each other, learning together is a great way to help you stay focused.
Wishing you all the best and feel free to contact Dr Prue Salter if you have questions or want feedback on your plan.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Just a friendly reminder that as previously mentioned, the Year 12 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
Congratulations to our Year 12 students for getting through the HSC Trial Assessment period and finalising assessments and course outcomes across their subjects as we approach the end of Term 3.
Over the next few weeks, teachers will be returning scripts with valuable feedback to assist in preparation for the final HSC Examinations and finalising course outcomes which will be the focus of the remainder of classes in Term 3.
NESA has indicated that during September they will release a revised HSC Examination Timetable and details regarding the plan for face-to-face opportunities on 25 October for Year 12 students preparing for HSC Examinations. Once this information is released, we will be working on what this will look like for Waverley College students and will update you forthwith.
We recognise that students may be struggling to navigate all of these changes and may be potentially experiencing waning motivation, so next Tuesday 7 September they will have the valuable opportunity to attend an online session with Brent Sanders who will examine critical issues such as peer pressure, decision making, self-discipline, respect, motivation and essential keys required for success.
HSC plus ATAR students will also attend a session on Study Skills by Dr Prue Salter which will provide strategies to work through the challenges of changes to the HSC Examinations and hone motivation.
Students will then be allocated some home study time in the afternoon to work on the advice presented during the morning and focus on any study or outstanding work. This will provide a much needed circuit breaker towards the end of a very challenging term.
| Periods 1-2 | HSC plus Vocational students
Students attend scheduled lessons via Google Meets. HSC plus ATAR students – Dr Prue Salter Study Skills Students will join the session by 8:45am. The link is currently available in their Google Calendar. Dr Prue Salter will provide valuable tips on HSC Examination preparation and motivation, particularly during such uncertain times. This is the session that Year 12 students report is the most valuable of the Study Skills sessions in the final push toward the HSC Examinations. |
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| Periods 3-4 | All Year 12 Students – Brent Sanders ‘Life Choices for Young Men’
Students will join the session at 10:45am. The link is currently available in their Google Calendar. Brent Sanders is an ex-Police officer from Winning Edge Strategies who will offer an engaging presentation on ‘Life Choices for Young Men.’ This is not a self-protection seminar but rather a presentation to address what are relevant issues facing young men in our society. The main focus behind Life Choices for Young Men is to deliver a frank, open and down-to-earth presentation to the boys which examines critical issues such as peer pressure, decision making, self-discipline, respect, motivation and essential keys required for success. The presentation addresses the following:
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| Periods 5-6 | All Year 12 Students
Home study — time to go through study timetables, catch up on work and go through the learnings from the online sessions. |
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Warm regards,
Ms Gabrielle Smith
Acting Deputy Principal – Teaching & Learning
E: gsmith@waverley.nsw.edu.au
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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