Category: School News
Apr 3 School News
Susan Mclean visits Wesley College with positive reviews
Last week saw another successful WES Talks presentation unfold. Susan Mclean, Australia’s foremost expert in the area of Cybersafety and young people, visited Wesley to speak about the positive benefits of technology as well as what parents need to be aware of.
Mar 13 School News
Wesley College students ready to tackle F1 in Schools Technology Challenge
Eight Wesley College students have been competing for Western Australia in the F1 in Schools STEM Challenge™ in Launceston, Tasmania. The competition requires students to design, build and race a replica F1 car between 17 and 21cm long over a distance of 20m.
Mar 7 School News
International Women’s Day 2018: Voice, Power and Privilege
The global theme for International Women’s Day this year is ‘Press for Progress’, and is intended to bring awareness to women’s achievements, mindfulness about gender inequities, and support for gender parity.
Mar 1 School News
Recognising Our 2017 High Achievers
At our first Senior School assembly of the year we acknowledged our high achievers from the Year 12 Class of 2017. These students have shown dedication to their learning and a willingness to put in the time to achieve their goals.
Nov 1 School News
Wesley’s new Languages Centre
The new Languages Centre at Wesley College was officially opened on Monday 30 October 2017, with special guest speaker Dr Sascha Schmeling, Head of Teacher Programmes and Education Research at CERN in Geneva.
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