THE MAGAZINE OF WAVERLEY COLLEGE ISSUE 20 NUMBER 1 @ WINTER 2013 World Premiere at 11 AFL Kicks Off College Festival at Waverley < 9 Opening the Learning the ropes doors to future at Cadet camp students 14 > 16 > 4 OLM Community closes Full contents after 110 Years see page 2 ISSUE 20 VOLUME 1 elcome to the new edition of Wavelength achievements of our ex students and their families. WINTER 2013 Magazine, a publication which creates an Your contributions are very welcome. PRINT POST PP349181/01591 important connection between Waverley I would like to take this opportunity to recognise College and our wider community of Old the many years of wonderful work done by the PUBLISHER Boys, families and friends. To keep you magazine’s previous editor and designer, Old Boy of Waverley College Winformed, we have expanded the magazine and 1962, Mr Col Blake. The hours of personal time he 131 Birrell Street, given it a bright new look that we hope you will has dedicated to the task over the years cannot be Waverley NSW 2024 enjoy and find readable. Alumni news will be an underestimated. Of course, Col continues to be important part of the new Wavelength, so I closely involved with Wavelength in his role as Vice TELEPHONE encourage you to forward to us any news you may President of the Waverley College Old Boys Union. 02 9369 0600 have about reunions, major life events or Jennifer Divall EMAIL [email protected] WEB waverley.nsw.edu.au IN THIS ISSUE 3 FROM THE HEADMASTER 21 OLD BOYS UNION EDITORIAL TEAM In Pursuit of Excellence President’s Report Jennifer Divall Election of Executive & Council Members Marketing Manager 4 Our Lady’s Mount Community of Christian Brothers Community Closes after 110 Years 2013/14 ALUMNI RELATIONS & 5 Waverley College’s ANZAC Story 22 OBU News DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WWI Centenary Book Profiles Ross Lewis TELEPHONE 6 POSTCARDS FROM THE PAST 23 Recent Reunions 02 9369 0753 Links with a Cricket Legend Future Reunions EMAIL Back to the ‘70s [email protected] 24 THE EDMUND RICE FOUNDATION 7 103rd Annual May Procession Presence, Compassion, Liberation WAVERLEY COLLEGE 8 PERFORMING ARTS 25 OBU SPORT OLD BOYS UNION Greased Lightnin’ Hits Waverley Rugby scholarships at UNSW Jack Whittaker Col Blake Experienced Performing Arts Department gets Recent graduates making their mark in rugby the most out of our students DESIGN 26 OLD BOY CONTRIBUTION Kirk Palmer Design, Sydney 9 World Premiere at College Festival Spirit of a Highwayman at Waverley College OLD BOY CONTRIBUTION PHOTOGRAPHY 10 WAVERLEY SPORT 27 Jeremy Bowring Rugby Hopefuls Tackle the Fine Art of Coaching What things will tomorrow bring? Coping with change An Early Focus on Excellence PRINTING 28 OLYMPIC DREAMS 11 AFL Kicks Off Printed Matter Old Boy Simon Blake is Creating a New 12 WAVERLEY ON TOUR Generation of Olympic Gold Medallists with 2012 College Band, Choir & Jazz Band Tour USA the Kenyan Riders CONTRIBUTIONS European Football Tour 29 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST Reader contributions are very Waverley Legend Recognised welcome. Waverley College Junior School Armidale Tour Please forward to 29 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? First Queensland Rugby Tour in 8 Years Past Waverley staff active in national schools [email protected] 14 Learning the Ropes at Cadet camp rugby body COVER 16 Opening the Doors to Future Students 30 OBU NOTICES Sydney Swans’ legend Nick Davis Births, Obituaries and Death Notices 18 WAVERLEY FOCUS had fun with students from our 31 Evolution of a Crest new AFL teams in May when he Teaching the WiFi Generation visited the school. See page 11. ENRICH: The New Immersion Initiative Photo by Jeremy Bowring 19 Monash Commemoration An Invitation to attend Celebrity Storyteller at Waterford Preschool Back to Waverley Judo Coach Gold Medallist Old Boys Day and Luncheon A special event for 50th Anniversary Young Archie Winner Twitter Graduates 1963 or earlier 20 Future Vision Thursday 21 October 2013 9.15am-3pm Development Office Established Please refer to back cover for full details WINTER 2013 3 FROM THE HEADMASTER In Pursuit of Excellence It is my pleasure to introduce to you our new Quality learning occurs when quality teaching occurs. Quality teaching Waverley College Learning Statement released at is informed by research, inspired through collaboration and practiced in a the very end of the 2012 College year. The Learning versatile and transparent context. Quality teaching also empowers students Statement is of great importance because it is an to generate their own questions and challenges. This is the philosophy articulation of our position on learning and teaching. behind our Learning Statement. As such, it now underpins all of our teaching A copy of the Learning Statement can be found on the Waverley College programs. The Statement is a result of extensive website for anyone interested in reading it in its entirety. research and was developed in close consultation with our teaching staff. It outlines the practices we MAY PROCESSION believe to be fundamental to achieving excellence. This year marked the 110th anniversary of the foundation of Waverley The statement says: College and the 103rd anniversary of the Waverley College May Procession, “An education at Waverley College placed the learner at the core of our Australia’s oldest Marian Procession and a centre-piece of our spiritual life. community within the framework of an independent Catholic school in Also marking a 110th anniversary is the Christian Brothers’ Community of the Edmund Rice tradition. Our Lady’s Mount. Many of you will be aware that the Community has We acknowledge quality learning is characterised as a lifelong process recently been closed, so this year we marked this important change within that aims to develop students as critical thinkers who reflect and discern, the May Procession ceremony. The May Procession is also an opportunity to ready to engage with their world. At Waverley College we respond to the celebrate the Feast of the Blessed Edmund Rice, our founder and inspiration. diverse individual learning styles of students, facilitated by a positive and Thank you to the many who joined us on Sunday 5 May, the one day of the supportive learning environment. This occurs in an environment that fosters year when the whole Waverley Community, past and present, gather a holistic learning approach that engages the learner in the emotional, together to celebrate our beliefs and life as we have always done. social, physical and spiritual domains.” The Waverley College Learning Statement is supported by five key Ray Paxton learning beliefs that influence all of our teaching strategies: HEADMASTER >> Learning must take place in a positive and supportive environment. >> Learning styles are highly individual. >> Learning must connect to each of the emotional, social, physical and spiritual domains. >> Learning involves critical thinking. >> Learning is a lifelong process. See May Procession report page 7. A learner at Waverley College is a young man who is confident, thoughtful and well prepared for living and working in the 21st century. PHOTO BY JAMES GREIG, YEAR 10 4 WAVELENGTH OUR LADY’S MOUNT COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS OLM Community Closes after 110 Years Over the Christmas 2012 holiday break the decision was taken by the Christian Brothers Oceania Leadership Team to close the Brothers’ Community at Our Lady’s Mount on Birrell Street. This closes an important chapter in the history of Christian Brothers in Australia, a chapter that started when the first community of six Brothers took up residence at Waverley 110 years ago in 1903. Shortly after, they opened three schools on a single day – St Francis Paddington, St Charles Waverley and Waverley College (then known as Christian Brothers College, Waverley). Dr Wayne Tinsey, There will still be two other communities in close Executive Director, Edmund Rice proximity in Waverley – on the Junior School Education Australia, Waterford Campus in Henrietta Street and Edmund addressed the House, at Charingfield in Charing Cross. Commemorative The community at Our Lady’s Mount occupied the Dinner, focussing top two floors of a five storey building and access to on the significant the community residence was by means of an aging contribution of the lift. The time came in late 2012 when the lift needed Christian Brothers to be replaced, which meant that the community to education in quarters were ruled inaccessible from December 2012 Australia. to April 2013. As a consequence, the residents needed to be relocated to more appropriate accommodation and the decision was made to make the relocation of the three remaining Brothers permanent. The College community thanks Br Phil Redding for his leadership of the Waverley Community during recent years, and his fellow community members, Br Alan Bradstreet and Br Jim Flynn who, together with Br Phil, provided hospitality for many Brothers visiting Sydney. The Waverley College community marked the closure of the Our Lady’s Mount Community with a celebration of the contribution of the Christian Brothers to the school over the past 110 years. A special Commemorative Dinner was held on Saturday 4 May, attended by many Brothers with an association with the community. Also attending was Dr Wayne Tinsey, Executive Director of Edmund Rice Education Australia and Br Vince Duggan cfc, Provincial Leader of the Oceania Province of the Christian Brothers. The closure of the Community was a focus of this year’s May Procession Liturgy. Both occasions were an opportunity to show our deep respect and gratitude for the work of the Waverley Brothers over 110 years educating young men at the College. A booklet on the history of the Brothers at the OLM site was produced to mark its closure and is available free of charge by contacting College reception on 02 9369 0600.