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WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford VOLUME 40 NO. 7 11 MARCH 2016 From the Head of College High School Musical after training and then Swimming Captain, Adam Lawther and Tom bravely had their heads shaved I attended all three evening performances of High in front of the whole assembly on Thursday School Musical at NIDA’s Parade Theatre this morning. It was great to have Tom’s parents, Kate week. Performed by students from both Waverley and Graham Carey and his brother, Patrick join us College and St Clare’s College Waverley, the for the morning. Tom’s fundraising at last check performance was high energy, colourful and was just over $18,000 - a figure far in excess of his dynamic. The relationship between our two schools original $1200 target. He will make a difference in is very important and the Musical is a key time the lives of many blood cancer sufferers and their when our students and staff get together as a families with this donation. Congratulations Tom. community. Congratulations on an outstanding production to all of our students and the staff who CAS Swimming supported them in their creative enterprise. We are extremely proud of the efforts of our International Women’s Day Swimming Team at the 85th Annual CAS Swimming Championships last night. The team The College celebrated International Women’s achieved 5th place overall and scored in excess Day on March 8 to honour all of the outstanding of 300 points for the first time in 10 years. women in our school community. We did this by (i) Congratulations to Captain Adam Lawther and his holding a special morning tea honouring all female team. Well done also to the Diving team, who also members of staff on all three campuses (ii) making placed 5th in their competition. They were excited a donation of $2 per staff / student ($3000) to the to be judged this year by Australian Diver Matthew official giving arm of International Women’s Day to Mitcham OAM who is the 2008 Olympic champion support programs that empower women with the in the 10m platform, having received the highest skills they need to transform their families lives and IN THIS EDITION single-dive score in Olympic history. The cheering (iii) during home group time, facilitating student Junior School News ................ 2 from our student supporter groups was also involvement in the Make a Pledge for Action outstanding last night, led by the Year 12 Prefects. World’s Greatest Shave .......... 4 program on the IWD Website. My congratulations are extended to Trinity Director of Mission: Immersion World’s Greatest Shave Grammar School, who edged out Knox Grammar Assembly ................................ 5 This week we have been proud to support Year to win both the swimming and diving this year. Director of Co-curriculum: Old 9’s Thomas Carey in his effort to raise money for Ray Paxton Boys make their mark in Super the Leukaemia Foundation’s ‘World’s Greatest HEAD OF COLLEGE Rugby Opener ........................ 7 Shave’ - an initiative Tom started in memory of his twin sister, Elisabeth. With the support of Richard Pictured: High School Musical was a huge success Spanish Evening Classes for Moylette and Kate FitzGerald the Swimming this week. Parents ................................... 7 Team conducted a shave on Wednesday morning Waverley Coders Club ............ 8 Junior Chess ........................... 8 Canteen Rosters ..................... 9 Senior Library News ............... 9 Head of Senior Sport ............ 10 Football Supporter Group Annual General Meeting ....... 10 Rugby News ..........................11 From Behind the Stumps ...... 12 Basketball Report ................. 14 Tennis Report ....................... 16 First Four Tennis ................... 16 From the Careers Desk ........ 17 Stay connected! https://www.facebook.com/waverleycollege https://twitter.com/waverleycollege Senior Campus - Our Lady’s Mount: 131 Birrell Street Waverley NSW 2024 T. 02 9369 0600 F. 02 9389 1274 E. [email protected]. WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 2 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From the Director of Junior School Welcome Back Mr Gill and Mr Ryan Plan B This week saw the return of Mr Gill and Mr Ryan Sometimes things don’t always work out the way after their respective operations. It is great to have we have them planned. Sometimes buses are late them both back and I’m sure the boys will assist or trains get cancelled and it is important that the them in getting back into the groove of school life. boys have a ‘Plan B’ and know what to do in case this happens. Over the past few weeks we have had Honour Awards a number of students quite upset because mum or Congratulations to the following boys who dad were running late and they had no idea of what were awarded certificates at our assembly last they should do. Please sit down and discuss an Thursday – well done! alternative plan with your son just in case something Finn Backlund 5 Green happens. Max Barber 6 Blue Last Week of Summer Saturday Sport Joshua Borg 6 Gold Will Caldwell 5 Gold for Term 1 Jules Cibej 5 White This Saturday sees all our Junior School teams Jack Crotty 5 Blue play their last game of the term. As usual the Jared Garwood 6 Red participation was great and the sportsmanship was Joey Harris 5 Green first class – well-done boys. Jacob Hassan 5 Green Please note this is also the last week of training for William Hickey 5 White all summer teams this term. Tom Johnson 5 Blue Thomas Kelaher 5 Green Harvey Kenny 6 Gold Thomas Kenny 6 Red Louis Kitto 6 White Billy Lyons 5 White Oscar Malone 6 Blue Archie McInally 5 White Oliver Radcliffe 5 Red Brandon Reid 6 Gold James Sonego 5 Gold John Walsh 5 Red Summer Sport Photos On Friday March 18 we will be taking photos of our Saturday Summer Sport Teams. All boys are asked to come to school in their summer Saturday sports gear for the photos. Boys who do not have the right gear may not be in the photos. Boys in the swimming squad are required to come in their PE uniform and then change into their summer sports team uniforms please. Order for photos (please note specific times cannot be given): Team Gear Required 1. Swimming Squad PE Uniform 2. Touch Football PE Uniform 3. Prep First Cricket Cricket Gear 4. Prep Second Cricket Cricket Gear 5. Year 6 Super 8 Cricket - A Cricket Gear 6. Year 6 Super 8 Cricket - B Cricket Gear 7. Year 5 Traditional Cricket Cricket Gear 8. Year 5 Super 8 Cricket - A Cricket Gear 9. Year 5 Super 8 Cricket - B Cricket Gear 10. Year 5 Super 8 Cricket - C Cricket Gear 11. Year 5 Super 8 Cricket - D Cricket Gear 12. Basketball A Basketball Gear 13. Basketball B Basketball Gear 14. Basketball D Basketball Gear 15. Basketball C Basketball Gear 16. Basketball E Basketball Gear 17. Basketball F Basketball Gear 18. Basketball G Basketball Gear 19. Basketball H Basketball Gear 20. Basketball I Basketball Gear 21. Basketball J Basketball Gear 22. Softball A Softball Gear 23. Tennis Squad Tennis Gear 24. Water Polo A PE Uniform 25. Water Polo B PE Uniform WAVERLEY COLLEGE A Catholic Independent School for boys in the Edmund Rice tradition NURRUNGA Volume 40 No. 7 •11 MARCH 2016 page 3 Our Lady’s Mount & Waterford From the Director of Junior School ... continued Message from Mrs Tunks Weekly Prayer As we continue on our Our School is commencing the Carnival Book Lenten journey this week let Club! us pray: We are excited to announce that we are God of Hope, introducing the Carnival Book Club to our school! In our darkness you see the This is a school initiative that we feel spark of your light. passionately about as a way to embrace and In our struggles, you wrestle encourage interest in reading and increase with us. literacy not only in school, but in the home as well. In our pain and suffering, you hurt with us, The Carnival Book Club range is wonderful and diverse, spanning the K-6 age range in In our weakness you lend us one comprehensive catalogue. This will enable your strength. families to buy for siblings, friends and extended In our ignorance, you try to family! teach us wisdom. While, most importantly, Book Clubs actively In our selfishness, you lead encourage voluntary reading at home, they also us to your way of the cross. offer a fabulous fund raising opportunity for our In the breaking down of our school with 20% of all the proceeds coming back relationships you pave the to us to purchase new resources for our library & way towards reconciliation. classrooms. In our falling short of your So please, join us in supporting this reading and glory, you lift our eyes to see fundraising opportunity for the children, and keep our potential. an eye out for the colourful catalogues which will Into our desperation you be distributed to each student at the start of next bring hope. term. Into our brokenness you Please note the school will only be accepting bring healing. online orders (no cash) so please follow the prompts on your son’s catalogue. Finally, all Into our failure you bring orders need to be completed by 18/3/16. redemption. Into our living you bring Lenten Pledge meaning and purpose. The boys are well under way to meeting their Into our dying you bring life. Lenten pledges – we have so far banked over $1000.