The Cadet Annual Field Exercise (AFX) doubles as the Year 9 camp and is an exciting and challenging way to extend our cadets and test the skills they have learnt over the past year. For some, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the machinations of a working military base, Holsworthy Barracks, which provides the context for our camp.
Details about AFX have been emailed to all families via the Joining Instruction (JI). Please carefully read through the information and equipment list and complete all necessary administration by 1 March 2024.
To view the Year 9 AFX Recruit Form, click the button below.
Click to view Year 9 AFX Recruit Form
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
Welcome back to Cadets for 2024.
This Term will be a busy and a short one as we make our final preparations for Annual Field Exercise (AFX – Cadet Camp) to be held in the last week of Term 1. This camp doubles as the Year 9 Camp for Waverley Boys and is a compulsory week of school. Our Senior Rank are working very hard in the background, planning an exciting and engaging camp that extends our recruits, as well as their own leadership skills.
All members of the Unit will receive the AFX Joining Instruction this week, along with the Equipment List and instructions for completing medical and dietary information. Please attend to the administration requirements by 1 March 2024 to ensure the best possible care for your sons.
Cadet training continues this Term after school on Friday afternoons from 3:30pm – 5:30pm. Please avoid making medical and other appointments during this time. Should your son be unable to attend due to illness or unavoidable clashes, an application for leave can be made via email to cadets@waverley.nsw.edu.au
I would ask all parents/carers and cadets to please take note of key dates below for the first half of 2024. In particular, if your son is interested in pursuing rank and leadership training, please note the Promotions Course dates in the July school holidays as attendance on course is a pre-requisite for promotion.
| DATE | EVENT | SPECIAL NOTES |
| FRI 2 FEB | Home Training | First parade for 2024 |
| FRI 9 FEB | Golden Boot Competition | |
| FRI 16 FEB | Home Training | |
| FRI 23 FEB | Home Training | |
| FRI 1 MAR | NO CADETS for recruits | School Swimming Carnival |
| FRI 8 MAR | Home Training | |
| FRI 15 MAR | Home Training | |
| THU 22 MAR | AFX Safety Briefing | Last parade for our recruits |
| FRI 5 APR | AFX Advance Party Departs | Selected senior cadets only |
| SUN 7 APR | AFX Main Body Departs 0630 | Whole Unit including Recruits |
| FRI 12 APR | AFX Ends 1630 | Whole Unit including Recruits |
| SUN 28 APR | Intention Forms Due | Decision to continue Cadets |
| WED 1 MAY | Waverley College ANZAC Ceremonial Parade | Selected cadets |
| SUN 16 JUN | Passing Out Parade | Year 12 graduation and annual awards ceremony |
| MON 15 JUL – SAT 20 JUL | Promotions Course Camp – Winbourne Conference Centre | For recruits to train to become a Corporal |
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
Southern Cross Cultural Exchange has been supporting Australian students on life-changing high school exchange programs abroad since 1983, fostering longstanding relationships with partner organisations, secondary schools and host families in 16 countries around the world.
Their last Information Session webinar for 2024 is on Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 6pm AEDT.
If students would like to plan ahead for a student exchange in 2024/25, now would be a great time to gather information about:
Students and parents can register by clicking the button below:
Interested in living and learning in Europe?
Students will be placed in a host family with a sibling of the same gender and similar age (+/- two years), and attend a local independent school.
Please click the buttons below to view more information.
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
Congratulations are in order to all our Year 9 students on completing their exams this week! Hooray!
As such, textbooks issued to students at the beginning of the year, as well as English novels that they were given throughout the school year, are now due for return.
Given the above, we have scheduled class times where students will be coming down to Book Hire for returns, therefore if you can please ensure that they bring all their textbooks with them next week, that would be greatly appreciated.
Please note that they are always welcome to pop by during the week (Book Hire is open Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm) if they miss their designated return class time or alternatively, place their books in the marked green boxes located in the Library or our reception area.
If there are any questions at all, please do not hesitate to email me at bookhire@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Thank you for all your help!
Please join us for casual get together to celebrate the end of the year.
When: Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 6:30pm-11pm
Tickets: $20 per person
Includes share pizzas and a drink on arrival, bar will be open to purchase drinks.
Location: Clovelly Hotel, 381 Clovelly Rd, Clovelly NSW
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
At the end of the year the laptops held in Years 12, 10, 9 and 6 are at the end of lease. You will have received an email asking you to nominate to either purchase or return the laptop.
The deadline for nomination and payment is 3pm Friday, 27 October 2023, if a nomination and payment is not provided by this time, the laptop must be returned to the College.
Incase you cannot locate the email, the links for both payment and nomination are below:
Link to nominate: Y12 2023 LAPTOP NOMINATION FORM
Link to payment: Payment Portal Link
Link to nominate: Y10 2023 LAPTOP NOMINATION
Link to payment: Payment Portal Link
Link to nominate: Y9 2023 LAPTOP NOMINATION
Link to payment: Payment Portal Link
Link to nominate: Y06 2022 LAPTOP NOMINATION
Link to payment: Payment Portal Link
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the process further please email iAssist@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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