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.
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
At times, all students benefit from additional teacher support to consolidate classroom content and skills, particularly in the lead up to assessments. During Term time, we have the following supports available via our co-curricular program, run by expert teachers.
Ms Martina Cooper
Director of Curriculum
mcooper@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Dear Parents/ Carers and Students in Years 7 – 8,
Our Years 7 and 8 Enrichment Classes are stand-alone curriculum programs that seek to extend students beyond the standard curriculum who exhibit learner readiness for additional challenges. Student placement in these classes are reviewed each Semester based on academic performance, classroom application and classroom engagement.
We use the TrackOne data system to triangulate quantitative and qualitative data to identify the top 52 students of the cohort. This comprehensive identification process is only available to us at the end of each Semester, once report and assessment data is available. Until this point, we encourage parents/carers to monitor their child’s progress through assessment data, available in the TASS Parent Lounge Analytic Dashboard and on CANVAS.
Tournament of Minds
The high school learning process is a journey that can fluctuate, as such, we are committed to monitoring the academic growth and potential of every student. Beyond our Enrichment Classes, interested students are welcome to join our Enrichment Co-curricular Programs including,
Debating
To assist students to achieve their learning goals the College runs Literacy, Numeracy and Science support for Years 7-10 via the Co-Curricular program in the Senior Library before and after school.
We will communicate different academic opportunities that arise for our students and thank you for your interest and support of our program.
Da Vinci Decathlon. Image: courtesy Knox Grammar
Dear Parents/ Carers and Students in Years 7-12,
All students in Years 7 and 8 should have received their stationery pack and class teachers will advise when and what materials are needed for particular lessons.
Years 9 and 10 teachers will also advise students about subject specific requirements.
In the interim, students are advised to bring writing materials: exercise books and pens, as well as their laptop, to all classes.
The same advice applies to Years 11 and 12 students.
Dear Parents/ Carers and Students in Years 7-12,
The Years 7-12 Assessment Booklets are currently going through the final checks and will be available on the College Website next week. Parents/ Carers and Students will receive an email with a direct link to the page on the College website where they will be able to download the latest version of the schedules plus other relevant information.
Students should ensure that they save a copy of the schedule on their laptop and it is recommended that they add the key dates to their College Diaries.
All students in Years 11 and 12 will now have received their Assessment Schedules. The Assessment Booklets, which outline further details regarding processes and tasks, are currently going through the final checks and will be available on the College website next week. Parents/ Carers and Students will receive an email with a direct link to the page on the College website where they will be able to download the latest version of the schedules plus other relevant information.
Students should ensure that they save a copy of the schedule on their laptop and it is recommended that they add the key dates to their College Diaries.
Join us for our Junior Pre Season Rugby Training in Term 1. This training is open for all Rugby players from Years 7-9. The focus for this will be on improving attacking, defensive and breakdown skills along with conditioning.
The sessions began on Thursday, 8 February 2024 and will run throughout Weeks 2-7. Sessions will run from 6:45am-8am at Waverley Park. Please note that this is an additional session and thereby summer sport training sessions will take preference.
Please send through any questions or queries to ldrewmorris@waverley.nsw.edu.au
With the end of the school year in sight, please note that all textbooks, across Years 7-12 are now overdue!
As such, we kindly ask that all students return any outstanding textbooks and English novels to Book Hire or drop them off in one of the marked green crates located in the library and main reception area, by Tuesday, 5 December (Presentation Day) at the latest.
*Please note that any outstanding textbooks will unfortunately have to be charged at the end of the year for a replacement copy, therefore if you have any questions at all, feel free to contact me by sending an email to bookhire@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Lastly, a very big thank you to all students who have already returned their books and wishing everyone the loveliest Christmas holidays spent surrounded by your loved ones :)
Kindest regards,
Ms Tamara Bliznjakovic
Library Technician – Book Hire
tbliznjakovic@waverley.nsw.edu.au
With all the exams and now the camp done and dusted for the year, it is the time of year where I ask students to return all their textbooks and English novels.
Please ensure that they bring the aforementioned books to school next week, especially since we have a returns schedule in place where each class comes down to Book Hire, that would be wonderful.
If they are away on that scheduled day, do not fret, as they are always welcome to drop the books off to Book Hire when back or leave their books in the marked green crates in the library or main reception.
*Book Hire operating hours until the end of the school year are Monday-Friday 8am-4pm.
Thank you for all your help with the return process and any questions, please don’t hesitate to email bookhire@waverley.nsw.edu.au
We have arranged a pre-camp zoom meeting next Monday, 6 November at 6:30pm for parents/carers and students where all necessary information and requirements leading up to the camp will be discussed.
Somerset staff will lead the meeting that will hopefully answer all queries and questions.
We will also be recording the meeting to send afterwards.
The zoom link for the meeting is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 610 919 3815
Passcode: wav321
Mr Steve O’Donnell
Director of Co-curricular
sodonnell@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Waverley College welcomes auditions from boys in Year 9 (2024) upwards for Tartuffe (the Hypocrite) by Moliére, being performed in 2024 at the PAC!
The Plot : Orgon is the man who has everything. Money, power, a beautiful family. But lately he’s been questioning the point of it all. When he invites Tartuffe into his perfect household, he unleashes a whirlwind of deception and seduction that threatens everything.
With Orgon under Tartuffe’s spell, can his family outwit this charismatic trickster? Are Tartuffe’s wild claims truth or fiction? Is this mysterious stranger the villain he appears?
Updated to a 1980s setting, this new version of Moliére’s comic masterpiece looks at the lengths we go to find meaning – and what happens when we find chaos instead!
Tartuffe will be performed from Tuesday, 18 June – Thursday, 20 June 2024 with rehearsals starting in Term 1 2024.
Please note that we are after boys from Year 9 upwards for this particular play, as it’s the last chance for some of our senior boys to shine in a Waverley production. Younger boys will get a chance to audition next year for a 2025 school musical to be performed at the NIDA theatre.
Email Mr Lamb plamb@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Peter Lamb
Head of Drama/Entertainment
Director/Producer of ‘Tartuffe’
plamb@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award continues at the College, with many students on track towards completing their Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards respectively.
Compulsory lunchtime meetings are currently being held for all students involved with the Award. Boys in Year 8 are invited to attend these meetings along with any other students who would like to express their interest.
Paramount to the Duke of Edinburgh International Award, is individual ownership and responsibility towards achieving goals in a skill, physical activity and voluntary service. The onus will be on the gentlemen to ensure they are meeting the expectations and demands associated with completing their Award, utilising the many resources available to them through the College.
Please take note of a change of venue for lunchtime meetings, with HSC exams now taking place in the Fitzgerald Room.
Mr Horry ahorry@waverley.nsw.edu.au or Ms McLarnon lmclarnon@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Join us for our Junior Pre Season Rugby Training in Term 4. This training is open for all Rugby players from Years 7-9. The focus for this will be on improving attacking, defensive and breakdown skills along with conditioning.
The sessions began on Monday, 16 October 2023 and will run throughout Term 4. Sessions will run from 6:45am-8am at Waverley Park. Please note that this is an additional session and thereby summer sport training sessions will take preference.
Please send through any questions or queries to ldrewmorris@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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