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Visual arts students impress at 2024 Graduate Exhibitions
At Wesley College, we are lucky to have consistently strong numbers of students that elect to study our array of visual arts subjects from Years 9 through to Year 12, yet not all of them aspire to be artists. Why is this? Arts education empowers...
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Pushing for positive change
A chance sighting of a dangerously degraded skatepark while on a visit to Dili led to Nick Oats (OW1996) setting up Timor Skate, a for-purpose organisation that aims to empower Timorese youth through skateboarding. Nick started skateboarding with a...
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Creativity blossoms through art in the ECLC
Creativity has flourished in the ECLC at Wesley College this year as our youngest learners explored the magical world of art. Each day, the children have eagerly experimented, designed and created, using various materials to bring their imaginative...
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Fun on the farm
For Clunes students, a highly-anticipated event on the calendar every term is Farm Visit Day. They gain so much value from visiting farms in the local area, taking their learning from these experiences to their academic work at Clunes and beyond....
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‘Little Shop’ a giant treat
If a giant man-eating plant from outer space and a sado-masochistic, nitrous-oxide-sniffing dentist seem a little outside the character realm of the serious musical, then that’s because they are. But they’re right at home as central characters...
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A world of pure imagination
Elsternwick Middle School’s production of the musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory filled all involved with immense pride and joy. The energy and excitement of the event lingered long after the final curtain, with students reminiscing about...
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Chum Creek reflection
My journey at Wesley College began as a Year 5 student and ended as part of the Class of 2017. I am now proud to call myself a staff member at Wesley’s beautiful Chum Creek Outdoor Education Campus. Arriving at the site for my interview in late...
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Historic victory for Girls’ First Basketball
The winter season of sport brought unprecedented success for Wesley College, with the Girls’ First Basketball Team securing their place in history as the first APS school to win the Victorian College Championships. ‘To win the Victorian College...
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Wesley boys’ team win 8th consecutive APS Cross Country Premiership
It was a thrilling end to the 2024 APS Sport Cross Country season with the Wesley boys’ team clinching their 8th consecutive premiership in a tightly fought contest. Despite a challenging season filled with injuries, our girls' team finished strong...
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The Art of Incarceration
‘We’re Blackfellas in jail. Nobody cares about us. This is a chance for our story to be told.’. Of all the absorbing Public Questions Society presentations organised by St Kilda Road PQS Prefect Oscar this year, the most moving has to have...
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