National Careers Week (12th – 18th May) Thank you to everyone who supported Careers Week! It was great, with students engaging in a range of fun and informative activities across the week. Activities included Career Exploration Bingo, Job Skills, where students explored resume writing. We wrapped up the week with a Kahoot competition testing students’ … Continued Read More
Welcome to Term 2’s issue of the Alumni Newsletter In this edition, we take a walk down memory lane with Alumni, Mr Roger Redford and Ms Suellen Whitebrook who returned to campus in March for our School Reunion Tour. We are also proud to spotlight Alumni Ms Helena Ly-Lu, an engineer from A.G. Coombs … Continued Read More
As we move towards the end of semester one, now is a good time to check in on your child’s organisation and homework schedule. Please check their planner regularly, and discuss any upcoming due dates. If there is any confusion, empower them to contact their teachers directly. Furthermore, if your child has any issues they … Continued Read More
As we move through Term 2 students in Year 9 and 10 have been busy in the classroom with a wide range of learning activities. Our Year 10 students are finishing their course in readiness for their first semester exams. They will also undertake work experience later this term. The final preparations for Work Experience … Continued Read More
What is ‘Student Agency’? One of our big aims across the years at Mount Waverley Secondary College (MWSC) is building students’ capacity for agency over their learning. At MWSC, we think about agency in the following terms: Agency is about how much and how often students take an active role in their own learning. A … Continued Read More
Education Support (ES) Day – Friday 16 May Today we celebrated Education Support (ES) Day. This day recognises the vital contributions of support staff in education, including administration & finance, maintenance, library and wellbeing staff, ICT, science and food technicians, and more.At Mount Waverley Secondary College, we are fortunate to have 60 ES staff led … Continued Read More
Making it to State finals for interschool softball was an unforgettable experience and one of the biggest highlights of our year. We didn’t quite expect to make it that far this year, but once we stepped onto the field, everything just came together. We played with heart, supported each other, and gave every game our … Continued Read More
Well, we are almost half-way through Term 2. The term has been a productive one, offering our students many opportunities, both curricular and extracurricular. I would like to acknowledge the amazing work of our teachers who have arranged both incursions, and excursions for our senior students. Over the past couple of weeks our students have … Continued Read More
This Semester 1, the Year 10 Theatre Production class brought Vladigore to life—a darkly comedic tale of unrequited love between a vampire and a human. The story follows the doomed romance of two lovers torn apart by the town’s Mayor, whose own daughter, Lucia, becomes infatuated with the vampire. In a dramatic twist, the show ends … Continued Read More
NEVR Ensemble Showcase Last Wednesday 14th May, our 55 piece concert band directed by Ms Melissa Knowles participated in this new event run by NEVR. The NEVR ensemble showcase was held and Wantirna College and bands, string orchestras and choirs from Wantirna College, Wheelers Hill SC and Vermont SC also performed. Following each performance the … Continued Read More