Jun 27 Parenting Tips & Advice

How to clear the way for boys’ learning

Walking around a school at lunchtime boys seem very content. There is lots of play, laughter, banter and joking around. But what is happening in their learning? Are schools and parents letting boys down when it comes to education?

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Jun 15 Opinion

It’s Men’s Health Week

It’s Men’s Health Week, and this year’s theme “HEALTHY BODY – HEALTHY MIND: KEEPING THE BALANCE” explores the different ways men and boys are managing to keep healthy, physically and emotionally, in a busy and sometimes challenging world.

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Jun 14 Parenting Tips & Advice

What is digital technology doing to children’s bodies?

We live in strange times when teenagers cannot touch their toes but their parents can. According to sports scientists, that is our new reality. Current research shows that our teenagers’ bodies are showing significant evidence of their digital lives. Unless parents and schools respond appropriately, the consequences will be that our young people will experience greater rates of painful injury and poorer long-term quality of life.

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Jun 12 School News

The Cliver Hamer Wing opens!

The newly-refurbished space is to become a magnet for innovation, where Wesley students can move their ideas forward and learn the skills that will be needed for the jobs of tomorrow.

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Jun 4 Interviews & Spotlights, Teacher Spotlights

Spotlight On: Alistair Park

Mr Alistair Park is a Physical Education teacher, Director of Hockey and the 1st XI Hockey coach at Wesley College. He has been at the College for over 11 years. What inspired you to become a teacher? I loved to coach but teaching seemed like a much more stable profession that shared so many similarities…

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May 31 Parenting Tips & Advice

The importance of volunteering for young men

This time of year sees a steady stream of Year 12 students visiting me in my office. They drop in for a chat and to request a statement outlining their volunteer history, including the names of the organisations and the time they spent volunteering with these groups. Increasingly, students are gaining credit for entry into…

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May 23 School News

Broadway comes to Wesley with our annual production

Today saw students take to the stage for the first of four performances of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

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May 16 Choosing a School, Opinion

Boarding: Kids From The Bush Thriving In The City

How do you deal with the idea of having to send your child to boarding school at twelve years of age?  At any age? The idea of a splintered family? Knowing that you won’t be able to give your child a cuddle when they’re feeling hurt or disappointed, or just having a bad day? Thousands of parents in regional Australia wrestle with these fears while trying to make the best decisions possible for their children’s future.

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May 12 Co-Curricular, School News

Wesley College smashes records at Relay for Life 2018

The College does hundreds of things we’re very proud of, but our position as the world’s number one fundraising school for Relay for Life is probably the most outstanding.

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