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
Ms Lauren Ryan
Executive Assistant to Deputy Principal
E: lryan@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Dear Parents and Carers,
The College has just been advised by our HSC Trial Examination provider, Catholic Schools NSW and Catholic Secondary Schools Association, that the 2021 CSSA Trial HSC Examination Timetable has been revised.
The dates of the REVISED 2021 CSSA Trial HSC Examination timetable are:
Term 3, Weeks 5-7, Monday 9 August to Monday 23 August 2021
We will communicate with you further as more information becomes available.
Kind regards
Ms Lynsey Porter, Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Bookings are now open for the Year 12 Parent / Teacher / Student Interviews to be held on Wednesday 14 July from 3:30pm- 7pm. This will occur through the TASS Parent Lounge.
Due to COVID-19 NSW Health Restrictions, the interviews will 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.
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 son’s student 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
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
During the past two terms, most Year 12 students have met with me to discuss their post-school pathways and options. For those students who are thinking of studying at university in 2022, applications for undergraduate students have opened. Early bird applications will close at midnight on Thursday 30 September, 2021. I recommend that students spend some time over the break to further investigate and research the courses and Universities they are interested in.
I encourage any students who are applying to University to submit applications for early entry. Some universities make an early offer to successful applicants prior to sitting their final exams. This alleviates common stresses and anxiety many students have about achieving their perfect score.
These are some of the more popular early entry programs that have opened:
The upcoming break provides an opportunity for Year 12 Vocational students to utilise the time to source work experience or apprenticeship opportunities which can be undertaken in Term 3 during and after the Trial examination period. This is a valuable opportunity to investigate different trades and vocational pathways and for some, to secure employment.
I wish all Year 12 well in preparing for the Trials and in making informed decisions regarding their post-school pathways.
Ms Kath Knowles
Senior Studies & Careers Coordinator
E: kknowles@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The Year 12 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 and Learner Profile grades. For subjects where a mark is available there will be a mark, cohort average (mean) and ranking 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 12 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 18 June (today) at 3pm you will be able to make bookings for the Year 11 Parent / Teacher / Student Interviews to be held on Wednesday 14 July from 3:30pm – 7pm. This will occur through the TASS Parent Lounge.
The interviews will run as face-to-face sessions in the College Gymnasium to ensure that Year 12 parents have had at least one opportunity in 2021 to meet their son’s teachers in person.
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.
Details on how to login to the Parent Lounge were sent to all parents in Term 1.
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
All Year 12 PDHPE students will be involved in a Sports Medicine seminar presented by physiotherapist Mark Mitchell on campus in the E40s on Friday 16 July (Week 1 Term 3). This seminar will be both practical and theoretical in nature, and will be held during Periods 1 and 2.
The main focus of the seminar will be on ‘taping and bandaging’ with the emphasis on ankle, thumb and wrist injuries. Students will also have an opportunity to ask Mark questions about other syllabus related content.
Students will attend school as normal in full school uniform. The cost is $10 and will be billed to the student’s school fees.
Should you have any further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact me at the College.
Mr Patrick Darvill
Head of Department PDHPE
E: pdarvill@waverley.nsw.edu.au
02 9369 0720
There are many markers throughout the year, which signify end points for this last year of high school for Year 12. Term 2 is such an end point: it is the last Term 2 that the students will be at school. This point is also significant as it marks the lead-in to the Trial HSC Examinations. Therefore, all Year 12 students should be seeing the holidays as a time to organise and revise notes and to study.
It has been great to note that many of our students are building study timetables for the HSC Trial Examinations and are attending the HSC Tutorials on offer. Many teachers are offering tuition at school during the holidays and students should avail themselves of the critical difference this tuition provides. Students who have major projects need to attend the workshops offered by our teachers in order to complete their projects to high standards prior to submission in Term 3.
Please also note that the College Library will be open from Mondays to Fridays from 8am to 4pm during the holidays.
There are further resources to support you during this time, particularly the Dr Prue Salter video support page (details and tips are below) and the below holiday study checklist and study planner.
Click here to view the Dr Prue Salter Video Support Page.
Username: year12waverley
Password: year12waverley
Click here to view our Year 12 Study Guide for the upcoming break.
We will also provide the students with a hard copy of this program.
Ms Gabrielle Smith
Acting Deputy Principal – Teaching & Learning
E: gsmith@waverley.nsw.edu.au
As part of their preparation for HSC Drama, Year 12 Drama students are required to attend three whole-day rehearsals in the PAC to ready them for both their IP and GP Trials, and their HSC practical exams. These HSC practical exams comprise 60% of the students’ external mark.
The Individual Project Trial exam takes place on Tuesday 15 June. The Group Performance Trial examination is on Tuesday 20 July at 4pm. Both are closed exams. The Trial examinations are official assessment tasks so there will be at least two outside markers present to assess the students’ work at both evenings; this is standard practice across the state.
In the lead up to the examinations we are providing students with compulsory workshop and rehearsal opportunities with outside Drama practitioners in addition to full-time Drama staff. Please note that one of these dates is in the upcoming holiday period.
Permission slips are due by Friday 18 June please.
Please ensure students are prompt to these sessions. The cost of these workshops is $180.00 and will be charged to your final school account. The students are fortunate to be getting advice from leading Drama practitioners.
After the External Performance examination in Week 6 next term, we will be inviting you to a Drama showcase evening where there will be both group and individual performances on Tuesday 24 August at 4.30pm. Coffee, tea and light refreshments will be provided 30 minutes before the performance examinations commence in the PAC foyer.
I look forward to seeing you there.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the Waverley College Drama department.
Mr Peter Lamb
Acting Head of Drama
E: plamb@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Please click here for the Year 12 Trial HSC Examinations Timetable for 2021.
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
A Studies of Religion excursion has been organised for your son. Classes involved include: 12SR1.1, 12SR2.1, 12SR2.4, 12SR2.6.
This activity is designed for students to develop knowledge and understanding of Buddhism as a significant component of the HSC course. The cost of the excursion has been calculated with the expectation that all students attend.
| SUBJECT: | Year 12 Studies of Religion I and II. |
| DATE AND TIME OF THE EXCURSION: | Thursday 10 June 2021. Term 2 Week 8B. Periods 1-6. |
| EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES: | Buddhism Depth Study: H1- H9. |
| VENUE: | Nan Tien Buddhist Temple, Wollongong. |
| DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: |
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| TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS: | Meet 7:30am in the Centenary Quad, for a 7:45am departure. Return to the College at 3:30pm (approximately). |
| TRANSPORT: | Coach: Telfords. |
| DRESS: | Full winter uniform, including blazers. The wet weather jacket will be permitted if raining. |
| FOOD AND DRINK: | BYO water. Lunch will be provided at the temple. A breakfast stop at McDonald’s, Heathcote is scheduled and students can take their own food or money to purchase food. |
| OTHER REQUIREMENTS: | N/A |
| COST: | The cost will be added to your son’s Term 2 school fees. |
| TEACHER(S) IN CHARGE: | Ms Martina Cooper |
| NUMBER OF TEACHERS ATTENDING: | 4 |
Ms Martina Cooper
Head of Religious Education
E: mcooper@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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