Author: Community Relations
Sep 13 Interviews & Spotlights, Teacher Spotlights
Spotlight On: Ray Smithers
Meet our newly appointed Boarding Year Coordinator Ray Smithers, who will be taking up the position as the Year 9 Coordinator in Term 1 2018. Ray joined Wesley in 2013 as a Resident on Duty in the Boarding House, before going on to teach P.E. across all three Sub-Schools. More recently he can be found…
Aug 30 Opinion
The pursuit of global competence
Wesley finds itself in a unique position. We are a school actively exploring the notion of ‘global competence’ and intentional capabilities. Furthermore, we are a school well advanced in terms of its experience and understanding of the many challenges presented when embedding, communicating, measuring and building common language of capabilities.
Aug 23 Parenting Tips & Advice
Differentiation: tailoring teaching to learners
Differentiated instruction is not a new trend. It is based on best practices in education. It puts students at the centre of teaching and learning and it lets their learning needs direct instructional planning.
Aug 2 Choosing a School
Spotlight On: Boarding at Wesley
At Wesley, we offer our boarders (Years 7 to 12) a vibrant, nurturing, family-style environment. We cater for each boy’s well-being, encourage growth and uniqueness, and support them to become happy, responsible individuals.
Jul 26 School News
The place of digital learning
Technologies have the potential to enhance learning and empower students, but most scholars agree that it is pedagogy and a deep understanding of how students learn that should drive the use of technologies, rather than technologies driving the way teaching and learning happens, or as an end in themselves.
Jun 21 School News
What the OWCA means to us
Guest Blogger, Darcy Roden, College Captain The Old Wesley Collegian’s Association (OWCA) is a familiar name to the wider Wesley community, and in just under six months’ time myself and the rest of my cohort will join this illustrious organisation which will continue to link us to Wesley College for the rest of our lives.…
Jun 14 School News
Wesley College welcomed Melinda Tankard-Reist as the latest WES Talk guest speaker
Melinda Tankard Reist is an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women
Nov 29 Choosing a School
International Students Flourish at Wesley
At Wesley College, we take great pride in our ability to provide a welcoming environment for our international students; allowing them to thrive at both academic and co-curricular activities.