About Boarding

Boarding at Wenona will be fun, and a vibrant and formative experience for your daughter.

We pride ourselves on providing a safe, supportive and understanding home for all girls in our care. We aim to provide a boarding environment that offers independence, privacy, flexibility, fun and the opportunity to pursue a range of academic and other activities.

A boarder's life is a busy one. We help each girl develop effective time management techniques and skills in community living.

Living in a close-knit, supportive and diverse community, girls learn essential social skills, such as communication, compromise and cultural awareness. Boarders learn to appreciate other points of view and to treat each other with consideration.

Boarding has been a special part of Wenona's life since 1922. Today up to 60 girls from Years 7 to 12 live in four Boarding Houses on the edge of the senior campus in Ridge Street, North Sydney, close to St Leonard's Park. The smallish size of the boarding community means that no girl is just a number or gets lost in the system. Individual care is guaranteed.

Our boarders come from many places - country areas, Sydney, and overseas. Many of our international students were born in Australia, but their parents are working overseas. Boarding at Wenona means they can continue to enjoy the benefits of the NSW education system and the learning environment of Wenona.

Boarders' varied backgrounds create a diverse and cosmopolitan boarding community. This flows over into the day school. There is a strong sense of mutual support, infectious energy and shared purpose. Boarders make lifelong friends.

Wenona's central location and its proximity to the Sydney CBD provide opportunities for various cultural learning experiences after school and at weekends.

The Director of Boarding leads a team of dedicated and experienced staff who are responsible for the individual care and comfort of girls. Boarding House staff are carefully chosen to support a home away from home for students from many different backgrounds.

We know we can never replace parents in a girl's life and we regard that relationship as the most important a girl can have. So, we see our relationship with you as a partnership, and we welcome discussion about your daughter's welfare at any time.

If you would like further information about boarding at Wenona, please contact the Registrar on (61 2) 94094440 or by email.

Boarding Options

Full boarding, the traditional form of boarding, is fully residential during school terms (with a limit of four weekends of leave per term, plus one compulsory leave weekend). Girls have opportunities for leave with family or friends on the completion of required leave forms by parents/guardian and the host family or friend.

Girls must stay in the boarding house on the first and last weekend of every term. There is one compulsory leave weekend per term. Any further leave may be discussed with the Director of Boarding.

Weekly boarding allows girls to enjoy the benefits of boarding life during the week, but be at home with their families at weekends. Weekly boarders may stay in at weekends if written notice is given. This enables girls to enjoy the activities offered and to benefit from more structured study time.

Weekly boarders must stay in the boarding house on the first and last weekends of every term. There is one compulsory leave weekend per term.

Temporary boarding provides short-term stays for daughters of parents who are required to travel overseas, or families whose circumstances are undergoing change. Temporary boarding is subject to the availability of places.

Boarding Allowances

Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme: information about the Commonwealth Government's Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme.

Living Away from Home Allowance (LAFHA): information about the New South Wales Government's Living Away from Home Allowance.