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Junior School
- Tues 19 Mar 8.00 - JS Parent Workshop – Assessments (Year 1-6 parents)
- Weds 20 – Fri 22 March – Year 4 Residential to Khao Yai
- 25-29 March – JS STEAM Week
- Fri 28 March – Lent Term Progress Reports to Parents via InWellington
- w/c 1 April – Year 1 to 6 PTCs all week
- Fri 5 April – Songkran activities
- Fri 5 April – Last Day of Term
- Tues 23 April First Day of Term 3
- Thurs 23 May – KS2 Production – Dragon Days (More details coming soon!)
- Fri 28 June – Last day of the academic year
Senior School
- Mon 18, Tues 19, Wed 20, Fri 21 March – Year 9 Music Recitals (parents invited)
- Thurs 21 March – 17.00 - The Great Debate Years 7-9 ( Theatre – Audience Welcome!)
- Fri 22 March – Year 9 Academic Scholarship Day
- Mon 25 March – Murray House Open Morning
- Wed 27 March – Year 11 Parent Workshop – Study Leave and Exams (16.00)
- Thurs 28 March – 17.00 - The Great Debate Years 10-13 (Theatre – Audience Welcome!)
- Thurs 28 & Fri 29 March - Piano Recital (Ms Corrigan will send more details soon)
- Tues 2 April – Year 7-8 House Dodgeball (parents invited)
- Wednesday 3 April Year 7 - 11 House Sports Day & Athletics (parents invited)
- Thurs 4 April – Years 9 - 11 House Dodgeball (parents invited)
- Fri 5 April – Songkran activities
- Fri 5 April – Last Day of Term
- Tues 23 April First Day of Term 3
- Tuesday 30 April – Hopetoun House Open Morning
- Thursday 2 May – Year 8 PTC
- Thursday 9 May - Year 10 Parent and Staff Social (17:00 onwards)
- Monday 20 May - Orange House Open Morning
- Thurs 23 May – Years 7-10 House Swimming
- Thurs 23-Sun 26 May FOBISIA Football (U13 and U15)
- Thurs 20 June – Senior School Production – Little Shop of Horrors (More details coming soon!)
- Fri 28 June – Last day of the academic year
PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS FOR MORE DETAILS. NEW EVENTS AND DATES ADDED WEEKLY SO KEEP CHECKING IN
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The Master is away today. Check in next week for his message! |
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Dear Parents
Another reminder from me. If you have enrolled a sibling in Pre-Nursery or Nursery, we have sent you a letter to confirm a place. PLEASE can you return the signed letter so we know you still want to take up the place. We are very popular in our Early Years, as you know and we have many children looking for places. You are our priority, of course, but please keep us updated.
Thank you very much for all the referrals – we love seeing your friends and family. Please can we ask you to fill in the referral form before your friends visit. Then we can ensure that you receive your Referral fee in good time.
Keep reading our social media and giving feedback – We spend a lot of time on our photography, film making and storytelling – we’d love to know that you are getting what you want!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Jane
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We still have lots to share with you from Book Week - and this week we start with a very heartfelt THANK YOU! We are proud to share that the arrow popped off the top of our Book Chart as we reached a total of more than 1160 books donated. Thank you so much to children, parents and teachers for their generosity. And thank you to the very kind and very efficient students who helped sort them out before they were taken to Baupubon School and our new library there. You make us very proud. |
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This week we celebrated a momentous occasion in our development. Our IGCSE exams have begun! Congratulations to Laura, Julian and Andre who sat their Spanish Speaking exam on Wednesday. Enormous thanks to our academic team in Senior School, especially Assistant Head of School, Ms Kate Salisbury, for all organisation. Also Thank you to Silvia Paricio for great teaching!
The rest of the IGCSE exams are timetabled over the next few months. We’ll keep you updated with all details. After Songkran we will be opening the fifth floor of the Skylight building which has a dedicated Exam Room and in August we will welcome a Year 12 cohort to start their A-Levels. It is all very exciting!
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We are excited to share that the second Wellington Community Golf Day is coming soon! On Friday 3 May we will return to the beautiful Navatanee Golf Course for lunch, golf, dinner and prizes! We'd love all our Wellington golfers to join us. It's going to be a memorable day out - and a chance to have fun (and get competitive) with friends old and new. Along with the committee we'll be joined by Coach Michael Antona who'll be on hand with some tips for success and plenty of encouragement.
We are very grateful to the Wellington Golf Committee for all their hard work making this happen.
Scan the QR code to register or use this link https://forms.gle/Gys9LYD1SHisMvUP7
We can't wait to see you there!
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What are YOU doing in the Songkran break? We know that lots of our community will be off on exciting trips, meeting family and friends and generally relaxing. But spare a thought for Year 6 teacher, Mr Jason Dass, Reception teacher, Mr Jamie Perrin and our Director of Golf, Coach Michael Antona. This intrepid trio are taking on the challenge of Everest (not the summit but still pretty impressive!). They decided to do this for a variety of reasons - including ticking off bucket lists, personal challenges and tackling a long held dream.
The threesome are in training right now - and making space in their bags for three wellyphants. Everest is just a little bit higher than the mound on the new short golf course! We are very much looking forward to seeing the pictures. #WellingtonIndividual #WellingtonIndependent #Everest
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Today, Upton Zoo had some exciting visitors in the form of 4 Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches and a beautiful Leopard Pied Ball Python. Matty (Year 7) led a short workshop for our Year 2 students, where he talked about the animals’ natural habitats, diets and how to care for them as pets.
A big thank you to Matty for sharing his expertise with our younger students. We would love more visitors to Upton Zoo – if you have a pet that you think would make a good visitor, please contact Ms Upton as she would love to hear from you!
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STEAM Week – Recycling Challenge |
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We hope you are all getting excited about the STEAM Week activities coming up. We’ve now got enough cardboard boxes and plastic bottles, but we still need toilet paper rolls, plastic egg cartons, yoghurt pots, bottle caps, plastic milk cartons and any fabric (old clothes etc.), so please continue to send these in to school. One week to go until the extravaganza! |
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Reception really pulled out all the stops last Thursday in their Book Week Dress-Up Parade. It was wonderful to see the children's confidence soar as they shared their rather creative costumes with their Junior School friends. We had doctors and police officers, princesses and fairies.
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Well done to all our Junior musicians who performed for their friends at the last Busking Friday session. We heard some lovely clear voices and skills on drums, piano and traditional Thai instruments. It takes a lot of courage to stand up like that in front of an audience.
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Last month we were excited to welcome Red Leap, the renowned devising theatre company celebrated for its groundbreaking approach. They brought their unique brand of creativity to Wellington. Year 9 and Year 10 students were treated to an immersive workshop led by Red Leap's talented team, leaving them inspired and energized by the transformative power of theatre.
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Before the Half-Term break Dove class had an exciting visit to the Master's study. These Reception children had never been before and couldn't wait to look around. They were excited to meet the Master, Mr Chris Nicholls and to ask him questions about what his job entails.
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It was amazing to see our Junior School students really getting into the spirit of Book week Dress Up Day. All day long we saw Harry Potter doing Maths, superheroes in PE lessons, doctors and firefighters eating lunch and a host of creative costumes at every turn. We are sharing a very small selection but we'll share more in the newsletter.
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Another week with SO much going on. Wherever you are in the school and whatever your experience – keep on going! You all make us very proud
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Tennis
Our Tennis success continues with success for Jackfruit in the FOBISIA Under 14 competition in Hua Hin last weekend. Jackfruit competed with 36 players in the Under 13 Boys. He beat players from Singapore, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand on his journey to the Final where he defeated a very strong player from Shrewsbury Bangkok.
Last weekend we also saw overall FOBISIA victory for Emily in the Under 10 Girls after some very difficult games. She showed immense promise for one so young.
We are very proud of both Jackfruit and Emily - and of the two young players, Punn and Nate who also worked really hard and will come back even stronger next year. Well done to all our players - and huge thanks to teachers and coaches including Coach J who does a wonderful job nurturing and inspiring these great players. We can't wait to see our Tennis programme develop!
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Table Tennis
Wellington had a record number of five students entering the national Table Tennis ranking tournament at Chonburi on 8–10 March. Gabriel competed in both the Under 13 and Under 11 age categories, winning several matches in the older age group before losing in a spirited performance against the Number 2 ranked player in Thailand. Mattie and Ocean also competed in the Under 13 winning their first ever ranking matches before narrow defeats to more experienced competitors. Raphael and Sky both won through to the third round of the Under 9 age group, boosting their own national rankings after three months on the circuit under the tutorship of Coach Pla, Thailand’s Number 1 female competitor.
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Netball
On Tuesday our Under 13 friendly netball game against Brighton College was a testament to growth and sportsmanship. Initially, our players were nervous but as the game progressed, they found their rhythm and showcased remarkable teamwork and improvement. Despite Brighton's early lead, our team staged a remarkable comeback, with standout performances from Point and Rada (GA and GS), supported brilliantly by the centre court players.
While Brighton ultimately secured the win, our team demonstrated resilience and improvement throughout the game. A big well done to all of our players and to Director of Sport and Netball Coach, Ms Helen Mathews.
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Football
Under 18 Boys
The U18 boys finished their GBAC season with an impressive performance away at Brighton College. The game had lots of ups and downs which created lots of opportunities for our boys to bounce back and they did just that with goals from Nobby (x2) and Chevan. Well done to all the boys this season and those who stepped up when the squad was depleted. We look forward to next year!
Under 13 Boys
On Tuesday our Under 13 boys began their quest for GBAC glory playing VERSO in their opening game.
With goals shared throughout the squad from Charlie, TT, Felix, Flynn and Thomas our boys came away with a well deserved victory. Along with the goals they demonstrated decent sporting behaviour and resilience. Passing patterns, patience in the build up play, supporting one another and teamwork were all on show.
Thank you to the parents and friends who came to support – and as always, thank you to Coach Martin and the teachers for support and inspiration.
Under 15 Boys
Our U15 boys got off to great start in their opening GBAC game against Verso. The boys defended with a high intensity and showed good composure when in possession of the ball. The match had plenty of goals which were shared around the team. A great confidence booster as we await the second game. Thank you to our supporting parents.
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Loads more is going on in Football – we can’t update on everything but we’ll give an overview every week here! |
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Swimming
Our swimmers are doing us proud at the Martins Cup. We’ll have all the medals and PBs and all the pics next week. Stay tuned!
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Our U15 Basketballers took centre stage this weekend at the FOBISIA Basketball championships. Boys had a tough draw, and competed terrifically throughout the tournament showing great heart finishing in tenth place. Special mention to Max Da Baets leading the team well and Phoenix making his debut at the tournament.
Our Girls played some outstanding Basketball, and spearheaded by Gaemyui went all the way to the final and lost out to Shrewsbury. Huge credit to our girls this season, who have been crowned GBAC champions and also bagged our first FOBISIA silverware,in what has been an incredible year for the group.
Well done to all our U15 Ballers this weekend.
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Our regular House competitions are always incredibly colourful - wherever they are in School. Just after Half Term our Senior School students took to the Front Field for two afternoons of House Football. A great way to let off steam and show your true House spirit! And every time, one House is inching closer to overall victory.
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S107 U18 Boys Football - More Pics Click |
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If you are a Wellington football, swimming, golf, basketball, tennis, table tennis parent and you take pictures at tournaments and practices, then please share with us in Marketing. We love to use your work!!! |
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Tell your friends about a great new English language camp coming this summer!
CAMP BEAUMONT - Limited Spaces Available: Exclusive English in Action Programme at Wellington College commencing 1 July 2024...
We are thrilled to announce the return of Camp Beaumont, the United Kingdom's most established multi-activity day camp provider at Wellington College this summer from 1 July to 9 August 2024! But wait, there's more! We have an amazing opportunity lined up that will not only boost your child's English language skills but also provide them with an exciting and transformative learning experience.
Introducing the exclusive English in Action Day Camp programme, developed in partnership with UKLC, one of the UK's top language providers. This unique collaboration brings together the expertise of Camp Beaumont and UKLC to offer an unparalleled language learning experience for your child.
The English in Action programme immerses your child in a world-class English-speaking environment, led by experienced staff from UKLC. We take great pride in announcing that upon completion of the 5-day programme, we will provide the students with a British Council accredited certificate. This prestigious certification not only enhances your child's language skills but may also open doors to future academic and professional opportunities.
To secure your child's place in this exclusive programme, we require a 20% deposit. The balance should be paid by Friday, 31 May, 2024. As an additional incentive, if you pay in full at the time of booking, your child will receive a complimentary camp kit, ensuring they are fully equipped for their enriching English in Action experience.
Instructions for booking and payment:
1. Full Payment at the Time of Booking:
• Visit www.campbeaumont.asia and select your preferred campus and camp dates.
• During the checkout process on Bookwhen, enter the discount code "SCHEIA10" exclusively for school parents to apply a 10% discount to the total price by 30th April 2024.
2. 20% Deposit by 30th April and Remaining Balance by 31st May 2024:
• Visit www.campbeaumont.asia and select your preferred campus and camp dates.
• During the booking process on Bookwhen, enter the discount code "SCH20DEPOSIT" to deduct 80% of the exclusive school price.
• Our Customer Service team will reach out to you individually and provide a secure Stripe link to process the payment of the remaining balance by 31st May 2024.
We understand that you may have further questions or require more information about these incredible opportunities. Please do not hesitate to contact Camp Beaumont Asia at bookings@campbeaumont.asia , call them at (+60) 12 206 6095 or head over to www.campbeaumont.asia to explore the details and get a sneak peek of the incredible adventures awaiting your children.
We encourage you to take advantage of this limited opportunity to nurture your child's English language skills and provide them with an unforgettable learning experience. Secure your child's place in the English in Action programme today!
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