Magnificent Work of our Education Support Staff
On Friday 15 May our Education Support staff were acknowledged and celebrated for their contribution to the college. We are very fortunate to have a terrific team of support staff helping to care for and education your children and run our college. Our Education Support staff, to mention a few, include our friendly and caring Admin and Finance staff, Wellbeing staff, Inclusion Assistants, Nurses, Interpreter/EAL Assistants, Resource Centre, Science Laboratory and Food Tech staff, as well as skilled maintenance and ICT staff.
It is such personnel who are quiet achievers and who so admirably support our teaching staff in effectively delivering the curriculum. This large team of personnel are ably led by our talented Business Manager Mrs Kari Simmons and Student Support and Resources Manager Mr Paul Graham.
On behalf of the college community, I wish to thank our Education Support staff for their significant contribution to our college.
2025 Annual Report
The 2025 Annual Report has been endorsed by College Council and now has been endorsed by the Department of Education. A copy of the report can be found on the college website if you would like to read it. We again achieved excellent results compared to the state and similar schools which was extremely pleasing.
Division Cross Country
The District Cross Country event took place on Tuesday 12 May with over 150 students participating. Mount Waverley Secondary College performed extremely well on the day, coming first overall winning the Junior, Middle and Senior Shields.
I congratulate all the students who competed and represented our college with pride. Thank you to Mr Jay Newport and Mr Danny Gwynne for all their hard work in getting the team ready for this event.
Well done to the following students who finished in the top three of their events.
- Imogen W, 12/13 girls – 2nd place
- Vicky M, 12/13 girls – 3rd place
- Kathleen H, 14 girls – 2nd place
- Ekaterina K, 14 girls – 3rd place
- Ismail N, 14 boys – 2nd place
- Daisy W, 15 girls – 1st place
- Seth J, 15 boys – 1st place
- Yun Y, 16 girls – 2nd place
- Aisha H, 18 girls – 1st place
- Frances S M, 18 girls – 2nd place
- Hayden V, 18 boys – 2nd place
- Julian D, 18 boys – 3rd place
Our successful students will now compete at the regional level on Thursday 12 June.
Senior Campus Careers Week
Special thanks to Mr Phil Newnham, Mrs Victoria Tortopidis and Ms Charli Bartlett our Careers Education team, for putting together a fantastic program of sessions for Career Week last week. It was pleasing to see so many students engage across the week to hear from a range of presenters.
Preparing for Examinations
At this time of year our students are diligently studying for their outcomes and exams. It has been pleasing to see students studying in the library and VCE Centre, attending Homework Club, catching up with teachers for additional support and attending revision classes to ensure they are thoroughly prepared for their exams.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish each student all the best for their exams. I am sure they will be rewarded with results that reflect the hard work that has been undertaken throughout the first semester. Our learning community is proud of the way our students approach their learning, whether it be academic studies, learning a musical instrument, mastering a drama performance, or representing our college in one of our many leadership programs. Our students and teachers approach all activities with great enthusiasm, matching this with hard work and knowing they will achieve success by giving their best.
Semester 1 Exam Dates 2026
Year 9: Monday 1 June – Friday 5 June
Year 10 & 11: Monday 1 June – Friday 5 June and Tuesday 9 June – Thursday 11 June
General Achievement Test (GAT): Tuesday 16 June
Year 10 Work Experience
All year 10 students are expected to complete a week of Work Experience during the last week of term from Monday 22 June -Friday 26 June. If students need help finding a placement, they should look for guidance on our college website as there are over 400 employers listed there. For easy access to Careers Corner students can click on the link below. https://sites.google.com/mwsc.vic.edu.au/careers/middle-school/work-experience or make an appointment with our Careers team which comprises our Careers Manager Mr Phil Newnham and our Careers Education and Alumni Coordinator Mrs Victoria Tortopidis.
Work Experience is an opportunity to give our students:
- an understanding of the work environment and what employers expect of their workers.
- an opportunity to explore possible career options.
- increased self-understanding, maturity, independence, and self-confidence
- increased motivation to continue study and/or undertake further training.
- a better understanding of how the school curriculum can help prepare young people for work.
- an introduction to workplace recruitment practices.
- enhanced opportunities for part-time and casual employment.
- the opportunity to include the employer’s work experience evaluation in future job and course applications.
- opportunities to develop work-related competencies and acquire skills.
- the chance to ‘try out’ a workplace.
Source: Work experience manual for Victorian Secondary Schools
2026 NEVR Youth Concert
Congratulations to Mr Tim O Connor and twenty of our instrumental music students who were involved in the ‘Legends and Lore’ NEVR Youth Concert at Hamer Hall last Wednesday night. Our students performed in various ensembles and should be very proud of their efforts.
It was also great to see some of our students’ artwork appear in the program. Well done to Cianna N, Samadhi J, Ava W.
Mrs Karen Wade
College Principal