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Wenona School

Locality: North Sydney

Phone: +61 2 9955 3000

Address: 176 Walker Street 2060 North Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.wenona.nsw.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Please enjoy the amazing creativity of our Year 12 HSC Visual Arts students. Here are a few highlights from their recent Showcase. #Wenona #VisualArts #HSC #Classof2020

25.01.2022 What a celebration! What a spectacular way to end the year... here are some of our students signing off from Wenona for 2020! #Wenona #CelebrationDay #HappyHolidays

25.01.2022 Our Woodstock students will be flying up, up and away this lunchtime, with lots of hot air balloon pictures to colour in while enjoying the sunshine. Happy Wednesday everyone. #Wenona #Flyinghigh #balanced

24.01.2022 It's STEM Day at Wenona and our Year 10 students have taken charge, helping our Junior School students to conduct all sorts of exciting experiments, including making volcanoes, mouse toothpaste, sugar crystals and excavating dinosaurs. So much learning, so much fun! Well done to Year 10 and Director of STEM, Dr Thompson and thank you to all the other staff and students who helped to bring STEM alive for Junior School today. #Wenona #STEM #STEMgirls #STEMinists

24.01.2022 Our Year 11 Physics students have been finishing off their depth study this week, investigating the physics involved in the workings of an electron microscope by exploring some specimens they found in the garden. They were particularly taken aback to see mites on a clump of dust caught on the ant and the fly's eye and proboscis (tongue). #Wenona #Physics #Science #ScienceGirls

23.01.2022 And so, it has come to pass. After all their hard work for the HSC Trials, major works, showcases and performances, the process of farewelling Year 12 has begun, starting with their op-shop inspired fashion show, A Sprinkle of Gold and Glam. #Wenona #Classof2020 #TheLongGoodbye #UtProsim

23.01.2022 Ms Lovell's Extension 2 English students came together for a celebratory breakfast... a great way to mark all their hard work over the past year. #Wenona #Classof2020 #Extension2English #HSC

22.01.2022 Today Ms McNally's Year 12 Textile students are doing a workshop... their major works are all coming together beautifully, with lots of hard work behind the scenes! #Wenona #Textiles #Creativity #Imagination #Skill

22.01.2022 Here's something to cheer you up on a rainy Monday - Year 11's latest artwork! #Wenona #Art #VisualArts #theyareprettytalented

22.01.2022 And the winners of the Inter-house Titration competition were... well, it was a tie between Palmer with Rachel and Sophie, and School with Ashley, Maddy and Mia (absent from photo). Well done girls! #Wenona #Titration #Science #ScienceGirls

21.01.2022 Today our Year 2 students had an opportunity to present their design ideas for a new Junior School to Dr Scott. There were lots of treehouse-style classrooms, as according to Year 2, kids do their best learning in the air! There were slippery dips, roving animals and garden beds bursting with pineapples!! #Wenona #imagination #creativity #thinkers #communicators

21.01.2022 Felting wool is very therapeutic judging by the smiles on Ms McNally's Year 9 students.... #Wenona #TAS #Textiles #creativity #craft #imagination

21.01.2022 Ms Connolly's Year 9 TAS students busy at work - with the help of Mr Noble. #Wenona #TAS #creativityatwork

20.01.2022 Year 10 enjoyed the beauty of Sydney's coastline, along with the great weather, as part of their Balance Matters program. #Wenona #BalanceMatters #outdoorsisfree

20.01.2022 With the arrival of the blockbuster exhibition Van Gogh Alive in Sydney, Year 6 were inspired to create their own version of Starry Night. And so, they played Edith Piaf and each painted a square of their large-scale Starry Night mosaic. This legacy artwork will hang outside Head of Junior School, Ms Lind’s office for posterity. #Wenona #Artmaking #balanced #reflective #caring

19.01.2022 Last night was a BIG night for Performing Arts, with our first performance of the year: The Board of Governors' Junior School Music Awards! There were so many fantastic performances, but special congratulations must go to Scarlett (Year 6) winner of Division 1, Mia (Year 5) winner of Division 2 and Grace (Year 4) winner of Division 3. #Wenona #Music #Lettherebeexcessofit

19.01.2022 Our Year 9 students have been extremely busy this week in their PC Groups, cooking up a storm, dancing, making masks... lots of fun! #Wenona

19.01.2022 Year 3 have been learning how to collage effectively, making annotations of how to improve, putting into practise what they've learnt. This week, they will be using the coloured paper they've made. #Wenona #VisualArts #creative #inquirers #knowledgeable

19.01.2022 For Ms Chen's last lesson with her Year 12 Biology class, they decorated cookies to model the stages of meiosis! #Wenona #Science #Sciencegirls #STEMgirls

19.01.2022 Today we marked Remembrance Day at our Principal's Assembly with our Cadets forming a catalfalque party and laying a wreath. #Wenona #LestWeForget

19.01.2022 And so, it has come to pass... the last day of teaching and learning for the Class of 2020! They started the day with a breakfast, followed by lots of fun activities! We will formally farewell them next week, but until then, see you Class of 2020 - we are going to miss you! #Wenona #Classof2020 #farewell #goodbyesarehard

18.01.2022 From the youngest students in our School to the oldest, best of luck in your HSC! You won't need it, but just in case, we've got our fingers and toes crossed for you... good luck Class of 2020! #Wenona #HSC #Classof2020 #Yougotthis

18.01.2022 For Year 6 today, it was all about chance and probability... who knew that Maths could be so much fun! #Wenona #Maths #Fun #risktaking #inquirers

18.01.2022 Every year, Ralston and Messiter come together for RAM Day, a fundraising day for a cause of their choosing. Last Thursday, they sold badges, cakes and clothing items to raise money for the people of Beirut, who have been severely impacted by the huge explosion that affected the port area there. #Wenona #UTProsim #RAMDay #GoRalstonandMessiter

17.01.2022 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Woodstock playground as the students decorate the cubby and get stuck into some Christmas craft #Christmasiscoming #31daystogo #Christmassparkle

16.01.2022 Bravo to Charlie in Year 8 who got on the leaderboard in the Young Scientist STANSW Paper Plane Competition. Fantastic effort Charlie! #SoYouThinkYouCanFly #Wenona #PaperPlanes #Science #STEM #Sciencegirls

16.01.2022 Please vote for our boarders by liking their photo submission on the Australian Boarding Schools Association Facebook page

16.01.2022 Kindy have been outside in the fresh air, exploring the gardens on the hunt for living things - armed with magnifying glasses to help them examine things in detail! #Wenona #Inquirers #PYP #Thinkers

16.01.2022 Big shout out to our Junior Debating Team who made the finals against Roseville College on Friday - well done to Zali, Sarah, Georgina, Charlotte and Hayley and of course, Debating Coordinator, Ms Parker! #Wenona #Debating

14.01.2022 And the winners of the Inter-house Titration competition were... well, it was a tie between Palmer with Rachel and Sophie, and School with Ashley, Maddy and Mia. Well done girls! #Wenona #Titration #Science #ScienceGirls

14.01.2022 Yesterday, Junior School held their Leadership Induction Service for the School Leaders for 2021. Congratulations girls! #Wenona #Leaders #PYP #balanced

14.01.2022 Ms Gordon and Year 4 students during their Visual Arts class this week, focusing on being communicators, collaborating and effectively listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals. #Wenona #VisualArts #Communicators #Collaborators

13.01.2022 Meet Bananarama and Sandro, two ROVers (Remotely operated vehicles) that Ms Nash’s Year 10 Applied Stem students have designed and programmed. This week, they presented their sales pitch for their design, with a working prototype to support their presentation. #Wenona #STEM #STEMinists #Creativity #ProblemSolving #Collaboration

12.01.2022 Yesterday it was Year 6's turn to hold their first Retreat Day. There was yoga, aqua aerobics, exercises in mindfulness and friendship bracelet-making. It was a great way to finish up their latest Unit of Inquiry into 'Who am I' by exploring different ways to nurture their own health and wellbeing. #Wenona #PYP #caring #reflective #balanced #communicators

12.01.2022 Kindy donned their chef hats and aprons and stepped into the Food Tech kitchen to make their very own cookies. Some of them were adamant though that sugar comes from cows! #Wenona #LivingThings #PYP #inquirers #thinkers #knowledgeable

12.01.2022 Year 8 are out and about on an Urban Challenge today, enjoying the beautiful weather and our beautiful city! #Wenona #UrbanChallenge #freshair #outdoors

12.01.2022 Well done to our Year 12 HSC Drama students. We've had five students nominated for Onstage, but all the performances were outstanding and all students are to be commended on their hard work. Well done to Ms Crittle and the Drama Department for all their support behind the scenes. As we all know, it takes a village....! #Wenona #HSCDrama #Onstage #Classof2020

11.01.2022 Ms Quinn's Year 8 Science students really had to channel their scientific thinking to complete a series of ocean-themed challenges and escape The Deep Blue Escape Room. Trapped in an imaginary submarine in the dark, cold waters near Antarctica, the students had 45 minutes to complete 10 challenges and crack the code to replace the submarine's battery and return to the oceans surface. #Wenona #EscapeRoom #Science #Steminists #Sciencegirls

10.01.2022 We are excited to share with you just some of the amazing creativity that was on display at our recent TAS Year 12 Textiles and Design Fashion Showcase. Each piece has been crafted with imagination, flair and passion. Well done to all the girls and to the TAS Department - incredible! #Wenona #creativityshines #design #textiles #fashion

10.01.2022 We have so much fun in Kindergarten! Happy Thursday everyone! #Wenona #Woodstock #playtime #balanced

09.01.2022 It's Friday and Wenona is celebrating R U OK Day. As you can see, we're embracing the yellow. We hope you are all ok! #Wenona #RUOKDay2020

09.01.2022 For Ms Furlong-Alexanderson's Year 11 Spanish students, last week was all about postura del guerrero 2 (warrior pose 2) and perro hacia abajo (downward-facing dog). A Spanish yoga session via Zoom was a great way to perfect their language skills. Namaste everyone! #Wenona #Spanish #Languages

09.01.2022 Our Student/Alumnae face-to-face talks have been an integral part of Wenona's careers education program, but when COVID-19 hit, our Director of Student Opportunity and Careers Education, Ms Samantha McFetridge had to rethink how we delivered them. Shifting them into the virtual space was a necessity, but the ability to connect remotely with alumnae around the world has increased participation from our students, staff and parents and facilitated communication, connection and collaboration across our community. Read about Wenona's Alumnae Twilight Sessions here: https://www.smh.com.au//zooming-in-on-future-careers-20200

07.01.2022 This morning, Wenona held Heat 1 of the Board of Governors' Junior School Music Awards in the Independent Theatre, with some fantastic talented musicians and vocalists from Years 3 to 6 performing, including Phoebe (cello), Sarah (guitar) and Olivia (violin) who all took part today. #Wenona #Music #Givemeexcessofit #balanced #communicators

07.01.2022 A huge congratulations to our HSC Science Extension class who presented on their major projects at a showcase this week. Amazing work by all and well done to our Science Department too for their support. #Wenona #Science #ExtensionScience #ScienceGirls

07.01.2022 It's World Saxophone Day and in the words of Charlie Parker, 'Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you." Here's Sophie in Year 5 and her teacher, Mr Harker, celebrating saxophonists and saxophones the world over! #Wenona #HappyWorldSaxophoneDay #MrHarkerisKingoftheWorldtoday

07.01.2022 We were so lucky to have Associate Professor Jody Webster from University of Sydney on campus today using the SEM microscope that our Science Department is trialling. It was an opportunity for our STEM students to examine some of the samples we collected from Lizard Island on our STEM Tour last year, as well as take a closer look at the effects of climate change on coral. #Wenona #USyd #STEM #Science #seeingtheworlddifferently

07.01.2022 What a fantastic day to hold an Athletics Carnival! As you can see, our K to 2 students are loving the beautiful Spring weather and the fresh air and they're having lots of fun too! #Wenona #Carnival #balanced #PYP

07.01.2022 Today Year 6 unveiled their virtual PYP Exhibition to Dr Scott and the Executive Team - a magnificent online showcase of our students as learners and the culmination of a lot of hard work. A highlight was their collaborative artwork focusing on the effects of coral bleaching. #Wenona #PYP #inquirers #knowledgeable #thinkers #communicators #principled #openminded #caring #risktakers #balanced #reflective

06.01.2022 Wow TAS Department and Class of 2020 Textile students - what an incredible effort, with 11 students nominated for possible inclusion in Texstyle for their HSC Major Textiles Project. Congratulations to Millie Anderson, Claudia Connolly, Sophia Gluskie, Caley Miles, Francesca Moline, Natasha Nisbet, Jade Richardson, Poppy Simpson, Poppy Tavener, Harriet Williams and Lauren Yee. #Wenona #TAS #Textiles #Texstyle

06.01.2022 As part of their inquiry into 'How we organise ourselves', Ms Peck's Year 2 students have been reimagining the design of Junior School. Saffron chose to redesign a new reception space for Ms Grace and was very excited to show her what she had in store! #Wenona #Imagination #Creativity #PYP #Inquiry #Thinkers

05.01.2022 This morning we are formally saying farewell to the Class of 2020 and the Weather Gods are smiling down on us all as we celebrate them. #Wenona #Classof2020 #Wewillmissyou #YouwillalwaysbeWenonians

04.01.2022 Our Year 5 students put on a wonderful exhibition this week, showcasing their research into different people who've made their mark on history. #Wenona #PYP #inquirers #knowledgeable #reflective

04.01.2022 Today was our Year 12 House Athletics Carnival in the Big Gym and the outfits were as colourful and as flamboyant as ever. #Wenona #Classof2020 #HouseCarnival

04.01.2022 Matilda from Year 4 performed a fabulous mash up of Oompa Loompa and We Will Rock You in the Junior School Assembly. #Wenona #Music

03.01.2022 The Class of 2021 are currently on their Academic Retreat to mark their transition into Year 12 and their final year at Wenona. They've been cooking, boxing, making clay beads and doing aerobics, as well as learning about the relevance of personal statements and the importance of maintaining their health and wellbeing. #Wenona #Classof2021

03.01.2022 Today some of our Junior School students helped to load the Wenona Christmas Stocking Appeal bags into cars to go off to Barnados. Thank you to everyone in our community who donated gifts! #Wenona #UtProsim #ChristmasStocking

03.01.2022 Congratulations must also go to the Class of 2020 Design and Technology students, Lucy Collard, Alexandra Kennard, Matilda Raupach and Safi Wheeldon whose HSC Major Projects have all been nominated for possible inclusion in Shape 2020. Well done to all! #Wenona #TAS #HSC #Shape2020

02.01.2022 Our Global Diversity Group meet every Friday lunchtime with Mr Mikkelsen and Ms Furlong Alexanderson. Last week a selection of students spoke powerfully and emotively about their culture, celebrations that are unique to their culture, discrimination, language, traditions... it was fascinating! #Wenona #Diversity #difference

02.01.2022 Hats off to the Class of 2020 - you've been awesome! #Wenona #Classof2020 #hatsoff

02.01.2022 Our Year 3 students have been looking at the properties of 2D shapes this week - creating symmetrical artwork using regular and irregular shapes, inspired by the patterns they've seen in objects from their latest Inquiry Unit, How We Express Ourselves. #Wenona #PYP #thinkers #inquirers #reflective

02.01.2022 Take a bow Year 6 Dads! Your performance on the dance floor last week was such a crowd pleaser! Bravo! #Wenona #Year6 #FatherDaughterDance

02.01.2022 Deputy Principal (Teaching and Learning) Ms Drummond made the most of the sunshine for her Geography class today. Happy Friday everyone! #Wenona #Geography #Learninginthegreatoutdoors

02.01.2022 Gyotaku is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish. Year 1 have borrowed from this tradition in their art-making. #Wenona #VisualArts #fishprints

02.01.2022 Our Year 12 Prefect team's tea towel initiative has raised nearly $6,000 and counting for the Star Foundation, which supports young Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander women in their transition from high school. Every year group designed their own tea towel, with each student doing a self-portrait. Great idea for a fantastic cause. Well done to all involved. #Wenona #UtProsim #Service

02.01.2022 Wednesday marked the last Dance Concert for our lovely Year 12 students, Ashley, Jasmine and Sophie. Ms Lemon and all the Dance girls and staff wish them well for their future endeavours. #Wenona #Dancefamily #justdance

01.01.2022 On Wednesday, Ms Lemon held her end-of-year Dance Concert. Here are some of the highlights. A huge congratulations to all the Wenona Dance troupes and their teachers in what was a fantastic day of recording all their 2020 routines. #Wenona #Dance #Twinkletoes #greatroutines

01.01.2022 Boarders Emily (Year 10) and Lucy (Year 9) gave brilliant presentations to Year 2 about farm life today, talking to them about how to care for the land, animals, crops, droughts, harvesting and the general advantages and disadvantages of living on a farm. Kiera (Year 3) also popped in and presented to Year 2 about cotton, following her trip to Narrabri in 2019. #Wenona #Boarders #knowledgeable #reflective

01.01.2022 And a huge congratulations to Grace (Class of 2020) whose individual Drama project has also been selected for inclusion for the OnSTAGE exhibition. Well done from all of us at Wenona Grace! #Wenona #HSC #Drama #OnSTAGE

01.01.2022 Year 2 have just started their latest Unit of Inquiry, 'How We Organise Ourselves'. They spent yesterday looking and wondering at what looked like a model of Wenona.. although they couldn't see Woodstock or The Athenaeum. Today, they visited The Athenaeum again to take a closer look at how the space has been designed. #Wenona #inquirers #thinkers #reflective #openminded