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2019 Term 2

  • A leopard-print loving role model - For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Sophie, a loud leopard-print-lover from your Year 12 cohort.
  • A Snapshot of Junior School Learning - With Mother’s Day fast approaching, Junior School opened up its doors on Wednesday to showcase some of the amazing learning our K to 6 students have done this year.
  • Celebrating 10 years of Women of Spirit - Last Friday, the Wenona Alumnae Committee hosted the 10th Women of Spirit Breakfast at Luna Park, raising vital funds for the means-tested Wenona Alumnae Scholarship and Awards Program.
  • Cloudy with a chance of meatballs - Venturing outside and asking, “What do you see? What do you notice? What do you think?” led to Miss Richardson’s Kindergarten students becoming budding meteorologists.
  • Dreams come true at Wenona Sports Lunch - Thank you to everyone who helped the Wenona Foundation raise a massive $160K for means-tested scholarships at the Wenona Sports Lunch last Friday.
  • Glitz and glamour of Wenonavision - When it comes to kitschy music contests, Wenonavision is queen of the bunch. Just ask our Languages students!
  • Hackathon: AI for Good - Our students have been exploring how to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the 2019 AI for Good Challenge.
  • It’s time to talk seasons, Woodstock - How do we measure time? Well, Miss Christofa and Ms Peck’s classes have been developing their historical understanding by thinking about the days of the week and the seasons of the southern hemisphere.
  • Junior School Athletics Carnival - Last Thursday, Years 3 to 6 took part in the Junior School Athletics Carnival at Narrabeen Athletics Track.
  • Lest we forget - The 1981 film, Gallipoli captures only a fragment of the brutal reality of warfare and represents a single generational perspective on the importance of ANZAC Day.
  • Play on: Music weekend - At the weekend, more than 150 students from Years 4 to 12 came together to make music at Wenona’s annual Music weekend.
  • Record-breaking Athletics - The 2019 Senior Athletics Carnival was a day filled with colour, enthusiasm and excitement, along with record-breaking performances and great sportsmanship.
  • The art of mooting - Last week, Sophia, Zara and Annie (Year 11) headed up to Bond University in Queensland to take part in the Faculty of Law’s annual mooting competition.
  • The law versus image-based abuse - How does the law respond to image-based abuse or ‘revenge porn’ as it is commonly known? As part of their Legal Studies class, Ms Campbell’s Year 11 students were tasked with critically evaluating this highly topical issue.
  • Visiting The Rocks and The State Library - Last week, Ms Gordon and Ms McNerney’s Year 4 students set off for a walking tour of The Rocks, followed by a visit to the State Library.
  • Wenona alumna talks architecture - According to alumna Ms Emili Fox (1988), who is Co-Director of award-winning architecture firm Fox Johnston, “Architecture is nothing like The Block or House Rules.”
  • Wenona History Tour 2019 - The Wenona History Tour for 2019 began in Sydney Airport on the 13 April, with 23 Senior College students and three teachers: Mr Staker, Mr Hollis and Miss Karsten.
  • Wenona revs up for Car Show - Staff and students alike indulged their inner ‘petrol head’ last week as Porsches, racing cars and Ducatis revved their engines and tooted their horns at the annual Wenona Car Show.
  • Wenona tackles the da Vinci Decathlon - Girls from Years 7 and 9 put their intellectual mettle to the test at the NSW State da Vinci Decathlon last week.
  • Wenona’s gardening program - Deep inside Wenona, a veggie garden is flourishing as our green-thumbed Junior School students embrace the joys of growing their own food and flowers.
  • Woodstock are forever blowing bubbles - Years 1 and 2 had fantastic fun making 3D bubble wands this week, and it was all in the name of Science!
  • Woodstock goes bush - Last Thursday, a group of very excited K to 2 students and their teachers headed off to Centennial Parklands to learn more about the wonders of nature.