News
Jan 31 Interviews & Spotlights, Teacher Spotlights
Spotlight On: Brad Hilliard, Head of Middle School
Returning to Wesley this year, Brad is launching himself into his new role as Head of Middle School and as a member of the College Executive. We asked Brad to share a bit of his background with us.
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).
Dec 22 Academics
Class of 2017 Results
Our median ATAR was 84.8, up four full points from a year ago and our highest median since 2011.
Nov 22 Choosing a School
My Daring Wesley Girls
The vibrant, welcoming, co-educational Junior and Middle School at Wesley has laid a wonderful foundation for my girls’ future and for that I am very thankful!
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.
Oct 25 Choosing a School
Teacher learning: What’s in it for students?
By valuing the collaboration and learning of our staff, as well as our students, we nurture a learning community in which students and staff are empowered to pursue excellence and reach their individual potential.
Oct 18 Parenting Tips & Advice
Seven tips for achieving academic success
At Wesley we measure academic success using traditional metrics (grades, tests) as well as monitoring students’ Learning Habits which are the skills and dispositions increasingly recognised as important for students to thrive into their futures (for example motivation, organisation and collaboration to name a few).
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.