Would you recommend it?
I would recommend this school to students more interested in sports and arts rather than academics. There is a lack of attention towards the academic side of teaching, with some teachers teaching in more than one subject, sometimes with the subjects having no correlation to each other (e.g. drama & science). Not saying that the teachers or teaching faculty is bad, it could be better. The school is known for its excellence programs in sports like rugby and netball and in the arts like dance and drama, so go to wavell if that seems more your speed. The overall experience wasn't bad, but myself and my peers did experience bullying, racism, saw violence occur on campus and there was minimal help from administration to resolve these issues, therefore these things remained an issues for years.
What had the biggest impact
The only positive thing about my school experience was the dance excellence program and dance troupe, but even then it wasn't the best experience, it was a more tolerable one out of the whole high school experience.
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Year 12 subject choices
I had chosen to take general maths, general english, biology, food & nutrition, general dance, and dance excellence. I had chosen these because some of them were necessary for the university course I wanted to take and others were because i was passionate about the subject. I think I chose my subjects well, I dont regret any of my choices because they were all enjoyable to some extent. My favorite subject was dance excellence because it was the easiest for me to complete and do the work in as I was passionate about dance which made it feel like more of a hobby than a subject to do.
Getting extra help
Very accessible. You could very easily reach them through email, before or after your class with them, or at their office which was near the class rooms. They would very easily answer any questions about assignment and would offer some words of encouragement if students were struggling.
Readiness for life after school
Didn't feel prepared at all. There were a lot of skills that myself and my peers had to learn in our first year of university that we were not even aware about. Teachers didn't discuss the options we had after high school in detail and a lot of important information was left out. Felt very unstable going into my first year. School didn't do well at preparing other students character as some of them were bullies, which the school enabled, excessive use of foul language, dishonesty and the list goes on.
Subject range and curiosity
They offered a decent amount but they didn't offer subjects like psychology. Would've benefitted from having this subject available as some students continued to study this course at university.
Bullying and getting to school safely
Bullying was an issue, I experienced it first hand and ended up getting the person bullying me suspended but only to have the rest of his friend group bully me and admin didn't believe until i had evidence which took weeks to get so therefore, i had to endure the bullying for many more weeks without intervention. The school was located in a pretty busy area. There was always school traffic and even in the drop off zones, you had to wait till it was safe enough to be dropped off. School couldn't really do much about it in the mornings, but in the afternoons there was teachers looking out for the kids, but only looked after the safety of kids taking the bus and not kids getting picked up by parents. Sometimes kids would have to cross the street, some nearly getting hit, but teachers didn't look out for them, not even a glance to see if they were crossing the street okay.
Camps and excursions
Favorite memory from a school excursion was going to QPAC and watching Frozen the Musical. Wasn't meant to go as it was for the drama excellence kids but got a ticket because some students couldn't go. A bit spontaneous, but it was fun.
Something only students would know
There wasn't anything that only wavell students would know as the wavell students were not close at all and was a school full of cliques. A very disconnected community of people with the school not really holding anything that encourages connection among the whole community.
- Played sport: Yes
- Sports played: Athletics, Netball, Dance
- Did an arts activity: Yes
- Arts activities done: Dance, Musical Theatre
