Stories and highlights

EngageVR

Students at Wakefield participate in EngageVR every Wednesday. Those chosen for the program consistently find it enjoyable and rewarding.

EngageVR is a group-based initiative designed to enhance social communication, executive functioning, language and literacy skills, as well as physical activity.

The activities encourage social interaction, self-regulation, teamwork, active listening, and the skills of giving and receiving feedback. Physical exercises focus on improving flexibility, strength, balance, and overall fitness.

The program aims to foster and support relationship-building within a fun, interactive, and inclusive environment for all involved.

Ringside Youth Foundation and BroFit - Fitness

Wakefield Students were fortunate to be invited to participate in an 8 week Kids of the Streets program at BroFit Newcastle one day a week. This program was hosted by Ringside Youth Foundation and BroFit Newcastle.

Ringside Youth Foundation objectives are focused on Youth Personal Safety, Well Being and Mental Health in our schools and community.
It’s a local community-based foundation that helps and assists in changing young people's lives for the better.

Ringside Youth Foundation and BroFit Newcastle. will be host to a 12 month long Foundation for life program for the whole 2026 with Wakefield School students.

Beach Activities Day.

Our school highly values sport and physical activity, recognising their vital contribution to the overall wellbeing of every student. School sport is a co-curricular activity and is compulsory for all students each week.

Every Tuesday, students engage in unstructured swimming sessions, fishing and beach sports at Caves Beach.

Passions Program

Every Thursday, our students take part in Wakefield's Passion Program on a four-week rotation.

This program offers students the chance to immerse themselves in and engage with a variety of activities within the school.

Activities include music, Cricut projects, terrarium making, excursions to local attractions, and yard group sessions, among others. The student thoroughly enjoy these experiences.

Bookweek

Book Week at Wakefield is a fun and inclusive opportunity for all students to explore new worlds through books.

Wakefield School celebrates Book Week with a variety of exciting activities that inspire a love of reading and creativity among our students.

ANZAC Day

Each year the staff and students remembered the sacrifices made by the ANZAC soldiers by participating in our annual school ANZAC Day service.

We were fortunate enough to have some very special guests as part of our service. Thank you to Mr B Noble - President of Toronto RSL-Sub Branch and members of The Australian Armed Forces Re-enactment Heritage Unit who who re-enacted the drills and traditions of the venerated Lee-Enfield .303 rifle used by British Empire and Commonwealth soldiers from 1895 to 1957 and shared many interesting stories with us.

Friday Raffles

Each week students earn raffle tickets from staff when they have been noticed achieving the PBL focus for the week. Every Friday a raffle is drawn with the winner given 5 PBIS points to purchase an item from the school's PBIS reward program