We are delighted to announce that ICAS will return to Waverley College this year for English and Science. We encourage you to consider entering your child for either ICAS assessment. This fantastic assessment program allows students to challenge themselves and be recognised for their academic efforts. The assessment is now fully online and sitting dates will commence in Term 3.
Please visit the link below to register for either the English ICAS, Science ICAS or both!
You now pay for ICAS individually online! To confirm your child’s participation, visit https://shop.icasassessments.
Bookings will open during the school holidays for the Years 7-11 Parent/Teacher/ Student Interviews, to be held on Monday, 25 July from 8:30am – 6:30pm, face-to-face in our College Gymnasium.
You will be notified via email once the bookings become available. These will occur through the TASS Parent Lounge.
Bookings close on Wednesday, 20 July at 5pm. It will not be possible to open the bookings after that time, so please ensure that you access the system by this date.
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 kindly ask that you please:
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 view the Waverley College Parent Lounge.
user id = your Family ID
password = if you cannot remember your password, you can reset by selecting ‘forgot password’
Please email iAssist at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
On Monday, 20 June, boys from Years 9 and 10 PASS will participate in an incursion run by Wheelchair Sports NSW. This opportunity links to the topic of physical activity and sport for specific groups in the PASS programme.
The Wheelchair Sports Roadshow team will facilitate a session and share their experience of life with a disability. Boys will get a unique and fun experience to try Wheelchair Sport while increasing knowledge of diversity and inclusion.
The cost for this will be included in school fees.
Image courtesy: Wheelchair Sports NSW/ACT
Each class will meet at the gym at the start of their designated period:
Boys are required to wear their PE uniform as they would for a normal PE practical lesson. Students are still expected to attend school wearing full winter academic uniform.
Mr Pat Darvill
HOD PDHPE
E: pdarvill@waverley.nsw.edu.au
In support of the Photography and Digital Media curriculum, Year 9 Photography students will be participating in an incursion with photographer Peter Solness on Thursday, 28 July 2022.
Students will learn about Solness’ photographic practice, and build their own skills and understanding of light in relation to Photography. They will explore how it can be manipulated as a ‘painting’ technique when photographing, forming concepts and ideas for their Terms 2-3 unit.
The incursion will be organised in two sessions:
This will be a session with the photographer on the Waverley campus, to learn the skills and techniques required to paint with light. It will include time with the artist to put these initial skills into practice.
Students will walk with teachers from the Waverley campus to Centennial Park, where they will apply skills from the earlier session to create successful photographs using the drawing with light techniques as taught by Solness.
* All equipment will be provided.
*Students are to wear full academic uniform.
Yes. Please complete and submit the permission slip below by Monday, 20 June 2022.
>>> Click here to view and complete the permission slip.
If you have any questions regarding the incursion, please do not hesitate to contact the Visual Arts Department.
Ms Stephanie Falk
Visual Arts Teacher
E: sfalk@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Students from Waverley College and St Clare’s College in Years 9-12, are performing in our school production of Cosi on Tuesday, 7 June, Wednesday, 8 June and Thursday, 9 June at 7pm in the Br R. J. Wallace Performing Arts Centre (PAC).
Waverley College is committed to an all-round education of boys, including the Creative Arts. It is very important to expose students to theatre from an early age, because it helps to increase their dramatic literacy.
As such, it is my pleasure to inform you that students in the following classes are invited to attend the matinee performance of Cosi at 12pm on Tuesday, 7 June at no charge.
Students will participate in class discussions around the staging of the show, the production elements such as the set, lighting and sound effects used, as well as, the directorial vision and the acting techniques evident throughout.
For the Drama students, there is a written task associated with viewing the production.
If your son studies one of the following subjects, then yes you do:
Please complete the permission slip for the excursion no later than Wednesday, 1 June 2022.
>>> Click here to view and complete the permission slip.
I’d like to warmly invite you to come and see the show at an evening of your choice.
Tickets are selling fast. Get in quickly and book seats before we sell out!
Bookings are open via our website link under the heading ‘Events’ on our webpage.
>>> Click here to view information about booking tickets.
Tickets will not be available at the door, so please ensure you book early, to get a seat on the day you desire.
Ms Alison Jinga
Head of Drama and Entertainment and Producer of Cosi
E: ajinga@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Please find in the link below, the half-yearly examination timetable that was sent to Year 9 students at the beginning of Week 3.
>>> Click here to view the YEAR 9 Semester 1 2022 Exam Timetable.
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
This is a reminder that the Online NAPLAN tests in writing, reading, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy will run next week from 10 to 12 May 2022.
The NAPLAN timetable can be accessed in the following links:
*It is also recommended that students reboot their laptops on the morning of a test, to minimise issues with the online portal.
At the start of each test, students must line up in base classes in alphabetical order in the Centenary Quad.
Students must bring:
Excessive preparation for NAPLAN Online is not recommended. Students do not need to be able to touch type to complete NAPLAN Online as the tests are not about keyboard skills (just as the paper test is not about handwriting skills).
Students can use the public demonstration site below, to familiarise themselves with the types of questions and tools available in the NAPLAN Online tests.
>>> Click here to view this public demonstration site.
If you have any questions regarding this practice test, please contact either Ms Lynsey Porter, Director of Curriculum, Ms Gabrielle Bransby, Assistant Director of Junior School/Curriculum, or Mr David Parnell, Head of Learning Support.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
On Friday, 20 May 2022, students in Year 9 will participate in a Geography field trip at South Maroubra Headland. The cohort will conduct fieldwork and undertake activities relating to the ‘Environmental Change and Management’ unit of work.
This excursion requires parent/carer permission.
>>> Click here to view and complete the excursion permission form.
I kindly ask all parents/carers to complete the Google form permission slip no later than Monday, 16 May.
Please note:
Should you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me at the College via email: awallington2@waverley.nsw.edu.au or Mr Ben Steel via email: bsteel@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Adam Wallington
Head of HSIE
E: awallington2@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Literacy and Numeracy tutorials recommence in the week beginning Monday, 2 May.
Mr Michael Couani
Head of English
E: mcouani@waverley.nsw.edu.au
From next Monday, 28 March, you will be able to make bookings for the Years 7-11 Parent/ Teacher/ Student Interviews to be held on Wednesday, 27 April from 8:30am – 6:30pm.
This will occur through the TASS Parent Lounge and bookings will close on Tuesday, 26 April at 5pm. It will not be possible to open the bookings after that time, so please ensure that you access the system by this date.
The interviews will be online via Zoom. Instructions and individual Teacher Zoom codes will be sent prior to the session.
These interviews are an opportunity to meet class teachers and to assist students to set goals for the coming term.
In order to have staff available to as many families as possible, interviews will be of five (5) minutes’ duration.
To make the process as efficient as possible, and to minimise lost time, we request that you:
Details on how to login to the Parent Lounge were sent to all parents earlier in the term. The link to the parent lounge is below.
>>> Click here to view 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’
Please contact iAssist at iassist@waverley.nsw.edu.au
Mr Chris Soden
Assistant Director of Curriculum
E: csoden@waverley.nsw.edu.au
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is a point in time assessment of literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life.
Students in Years 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN tests in writing, reading, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.
Our school will be participating in NAPLAN Online between 10 and 13 May 2022.
In preparation for NAPLAN Online, our Senior School will be participating in practice tests on Monday, 21 March for Year 5 students from 9am, and Thursday, 24 March for Years 7 and 9 students.
This will provide students with an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the test. It will also give the College an opportunity to check that the correct infrastructure is in place. The practice tests are not an assessment of student ability and will not be marked.
Students must bring their fully-charged laptops and headphones to this session.
Excessive preparation for NAPLAN Online is not recommended. Students do not need to be able to touch type to complete NAPLAN Online as the tests are not about keyboard skills (just as the paper test is not about handwriting skills).
Students can use the public demonstration site to familiarise themselves with the types of questions and tools available in the NAPLAN Online tests.
>>> Click here to view the public demonstration site.
>>> Click here to view further information.
If you have any questions regarding this practice test, please contact either Ms Lynsey Porter, Director of Curriculum, Ms Gabrielle Bransby, Assistant Director of Junior School / Curriculum, or Mr David Parnell, Head of Learning Support.
Ms Lynsey Porter
Director of Curriculum
E: lporter@waverley.nsw.edu.au
In line with the PDHPE curriculum, all students in Year 9 will be participating in ballroom dancing lessons and an evening of dance, during Week 8 of Term 1.
The dance will be conducted in association with St Clare’s College, and led by the Joan Carmody School of Dance.
Year 9 Ballroom Dancing in 2016
Mr Patrick Darvill
Head of PDHPE
E: pdarvill@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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