The NSW School of Languages is a distance education school run by the Department of Education that offers 12 languages for study from Years 9-12. The courses are taught in a blended mode, including online coursework (completed during the scheduled school study lessons in the library), and a weekly 20-minute speaking lesson (delivered online).
The languages available in 2024 are:
Enrolments are being accepted for students from Waverley College who would like to study an accredited course with NESA (NSW Education Standards Authority) and in Years 11 and 12 which count towards your ATAR.
NSW School of Languages Course Information
Should you require further specific details about your course of interest, please view the NSW School of Languages website www.nswschoollang.schools.nsw.
Ms Priscilla Quintana
Head of Languages
pquintana@waverley.nsw.edu.au
In this inaugural Speed Mentoring Event, illustrious Waverley College Alumni will advise and mentor students on study, pathways and professions. Our mentors represent various backgrounds that extend to engineering, physiotherapy, leadership, IT, investment, sport, finance, business, entrepreneurism, and communications.
A panel discussion will be followed by dynamic one-on-one mentoring where students will gain insights and be inspired by Waverley graduates who are now hugely successful in their chosen careers. Come prepared with any questions you may want to ask.
Don’t miss this important opportunity to learn about the future of work and how to maximise your potential!
This event is open to all interested students.
Light refreshments will be available in the Library from 3:30pm.
Please RSVP here by Monday, 8 August.
Enquiries, please email Ms Venettia Miller.
E: vmiller@waverley.nsw.edu.au
We are delighted to announce that ICAS will return to Waverley College this year for Years 7-10 Science and English. 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 in school time and sitting dates commence in Term 3.
Please visit the link below before Monday, 1 August to register for either the English ICAS, Science ICAS or both!
You now pay for ICAS individually online.
Ms Emily Pace and Ms Andrea Fernandez
Assistant Head of Science, Assistant Head of English
E: epace@waverley.nsw.edu.au
E: afernandez@waverley.nsw.edu.au
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
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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