Category: Announcements
Apr 18 Announcements
Chaplain’s Easter Message
‘Love is the future eternal light shining in the present.’ Imagine a word that everyone knew but no one ever explained. Imagine if that word named an experience that everyone was supposed to have but no one could explain where to find. Almost everyone in the world seemed to want more of it; the…
Mar 24 Announcements
Lent and Easter Reflections Â
I have often been asked about the origins of our College’s name. It is not well known that the College is named after, John Wesley (1703-1791), one of the most radical social reformers of the past 500 years, at least in the English-speaking world. John Wesley was an English cleric, theologian and evangelist who was the leader of a…
Feb 21 Announcements
We’re looking forward to Wagin Woolorama
Only a couple of weeks now until Wesley College packs up our school bus and heads to Wagin Woolorama for our first regional visit of the year. We’ll be at the show for the entirety of the event, but we’re also going to be hosting an evening on Friday 8 March 2019 from 5 to…
Jan 31 Announcements
Flip the System Australia: What Matters in Education
We are pleased to announce the publication of the education book Flip the System Australia: What Matters in Education. It was conceptualised and edited by three Australian educators with more than 60 years of teaching and school leadership experience between them.
Nov 5 Announcements
Wesley Opens Gallery of Honour
Wesley College has opened a Gallery of Honour which seeks to recognise Old Collegians whose endeavours, commitments and feats exemplify Wesley’s ‘by daring and by doing’ motto. Among the 31 inaugural inductees are AFL player Buddy Franklin, ballet dancer Steven Heathcote, tennis legend Arthur Marshall, Olympic rower Glen Loftus, writer Peter Cowan, musician Mat Jodrell, Anglicare…
Feb 13 Announcements
Happy 95th birthday Wesley!
Tuesday 13 February is a special day in the College calendar as it is 95 years since the first classes commenced – on 13 February 1923.
Feb 5 Announcements
Penrhos College and Wesley College
On Monday 5 Feburary Wesley College Headmaster, David Gee, and Penrhos College Principal, Meg Melville, announced to our communities that they are seeking to create more opportunities for our Colleges to collaborate to the benefit of families, staff and most importantly, our students.
Jan 24 Announcements
Wesley student’s ATAR score nets award
Benjamin Lundberg (10-17) achieved an ATAR of 99.60 and is the recipient of the 2017 General Exhibition (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander).