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Junior School
- Saturday 18 May - Under 13 table tennis match vs SISB (home)
- w/c 20 May – KS2 Production Week – Dragon Days. Performance 1 – Thursday 23 May @ 14.15/Performance 2 – Friday 24 May @ 9.00
- Tues 21 May – Parent Workshop – Transition to Nursery (for all PN parents) – 8.00 Theatre Lobby
- w/c 27 May – PN – Year 6 PTCs with Class Teachers
- Mon 3 and Tues 4 June – School Closed
- Thurs 6 June – Year 2 Sleepover
- Thurs 6 June – Under 13 table tennis match v PPIP (away)
- Sat 8 June – Wellington Chess Tournament (see news for details)
- w/c 10 June – Bangkok Games (Year 5 and 6 students)
- w/c 10 June and w/c 17 June – celebrations of children’s work with parents (dates to be shared by class teachers nearer the time)
- Weds 19 June – Summer Sixes Cricket Festival
- Fri 21 June – Summer Term reports to parents
- Weds 26 June – Move Up Morning
- Fri 28 June – Last day of the academic year – Half Day
Senior School
- Saturday 18 May - Under 13 table tennis match vs SISB (home)
- Mon 20 May - Orange House Open Morning
- Thurs 23 May – 7.30 - DT Exhibition Viewing with Simon Hamilton
- Thurs 23-Sun 26 May FOBISIA Football (Under 13 and Under 15)
- Thurs 30 May – Year 7 - 10 House Swimming
- Mon 3 and Tues 4 June – School Closed
- Thurs 6 June – Under 13 table tennis match v PPIP (away)
- Sat 8 Jun – WCIB Chess Tournament
- Sat 15 Jun – Summer Formal
- Weds 19 June – Summer Sixes Cricket Festival
- Thurs 20 June – Senior School Production – Little Shop of Horrors (More details coming soon!)
- Thurs 27 Jun – House End Ball
- Fri 28 June – Closing Ceremony
- Fri 28 June – Last day of the academic year
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Dear Parents
It’s been a very busy week here, with major tournaments in both football and swimming; along with 10 separate IGCSE exams; increasingly intense rehearsals for next week’s Y3-6 production (‘Dragon Days’); preparations across the school for our Wellington College annual inspection next week; and all the usual stuff that goes into five days of school. Every year at this point, we start looking towards the end of term – and realising how much we still want to do before 28 June!
My COBIS conference in London over the weekend was very interesting. I spent a lot of time in meetings and presentations on AI in education. Not so much ‘how can we stop students cheating?’ – which is quite easy (don’t set them homework that an AI can do) – but deeper stuff on, for example, how today’s young people use AIs, which includes getting advice on friendship issues (which may be very bad advice).
I was also introduced to the idea of a ‘virtual meeting’, with all-AI members, where you can test your proposals before a real meeting takes place. I will be encouraging people to use this before meeting with me in future!!
It’s very important to get away occasionally, to clear your head and see things from a different perspective. But I was very happy to be back in school on Tuesday morning, to see all the smiling faces of your children!
Enjoy the weekend – I’ve brought the English weather back with me, so umbrellas may be required :)
With best wishes
Chris
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Dragon Days
It’s almost here! Our Junior School students are ready to give the performance of their lives next week. Join us in our theatre for a tale of a brave and resourceful Mayor and his hardy villagers who take on a scary dragon to restore peace to their community. There will be singing and dancing galore from every child in Years 3-6. Take a look at our teaser HERE and buy your tickets below. Please remember that ONLY ticket holders can attend each performance as we have a limited number of seats. Please book yours now!
Thursday 23 May: start time 2.15pm: https://koalendar.com/e/dragondaysmay23
Friday 24 May: start time 9am: https://koalendar.com/e/dragondaysmay24 |
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Summer Formal Tickets
The biggest event of the Senior School year is coming soon! It’s almost time for the Summer Formal, held again this year at the Grand Hyatt Erawan. We will be taking over their Residence for an evening of fun for our Year 9, 10 and 11 students. The students will enjoy a delicious buffet, dancing, chatting and lots of fun. There will, of course, be some incredible photography opportunities and we’ll have lots to share with you all.
Please contact Ms Sally Nunes in Senior School to secure your ticket. Tickets cost 1500 THB and the evening is also supported by School and Friends of Wellington.
Do let us know if you have any ideas to share. We want everyone to have the best night ever! |
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Rembrandt Picture Sessions
We want to say a big thank you to Rembrandt for their help with our Class and Whole School photos this year. We have grown so much in the last six years that this is no small task! We share a fun little taster here of a few of our classes but you can order pictures - along with the family photos - in the Junior School Lobby next Monday and Tuesday - 20 and 21 May. Please get in touch if you have any questions. |
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Golf Day Update and Sponsorship
We are delighted to share an update on our recent Golf Day from Kittipong Chaiwatanasirikul (K Boyy). “My team (K. Jeab, K. Tong, K. Dome, K. Eak, K. Ruj) and I arranged with the Headmaster of Banmuangprong School for the presentation of the donation at their school.
We are delighted to inform the Wellington community that we managed to raise 123,456.78 THB (after all expenses) during our Wellington Community Golf Day 2024. We also received further donations from other non-golfing parents at Wellington, local businesses, friends and families outside Wellington Community. This was coordinated by K Ying (Haru’s mother Year 6). A special credit to her for raising another 111,312.00 THB.
Last but not least, all the students in Banmuangprong School around 82 students will receive free school socks from Carson (Garment Manufacturer) presented by K Gap (Kirie’s father Year 5). The Headmaster of Banmuangprong School will use this donation to replace all the broken fans in the class rooms, buy a new drinking water tank, repair a damaged school roof and much more.
The results from our Wellington Community Golf Day 2024 are well beyond our expectations. Our Golf community is more than just friendship now. I feel like we are one big family. Thanks Mr. Chris Nicholls, Coach Michael Antona and Jane Forster in Marketing for all support and for allowing us to host such an event for a good cause.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at any time. Let’s make 2025 even better!“
Thank you from all of us for your participation and support. |
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Wellington Colleges Exchange
We are very proud to be a member of the Wellington family of schools. There are so many benefits to all our students across each year. We are visited by teachers, leaders and members of The Wellington College community at different times. Our community visit the UK for Summer School, Professional Development and more. We have Peer Mentoring in Senior School and lots of other projects in development.
We are also in our second year of Student Exchange and our Year 10 students Chevan and GaemYui are currently being hosted in the UK by students, Izzy and Rupert. We hear there are loads of great things going on across these two weeks – days are spent studying, taking part in games, supporting and generally living life as a Wellingtonian in Crowthorne. They are also going on trips with their host families and experiencing life in a boarding house!
The Exchange programme 2024-25 is open to Year 9 students
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DT Exhibition
Please take a look at the fantastic Year 11 IGCSE Design Technology exhibition in the Senior School Atrium. You can see the projects created by our very talented students next Thursday between 7.30 – 8.30 with Head of DT, Mr Simon Hamilton, on hand to answer any questions. The standards set by our inaugural IGCSE cohort will be very hard to follow! |
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Books of the Week
Thank you to Ms Joana Whitehouse in our Senior School Library for lots more great book recommendations. As we approach the Summer Break we’d love any book reviews from parents, students and teachers so our community can plan all their holiday reading! |
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Junior School assemblies are always the highlight of the week with the focus changing weekly.
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Science is always fun in Junior School - and that's one of the reasons why Ms Beth Upton's classes are extremely popular! Today our Year 2 students learned how to mix and create fluffy slime.
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Our Year 8 students enjoy the teamwork involved in creating their Design Technology projects.
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School Uniform
As the very hot weather is receding, we will revert to normal uniform next week (Monday 20 May). Please get in touch with your class teacher if you have any questions |
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School Shop
Please note that the School Shop will be closed FROM 12.00 on Weds 22 May |
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GBAC All Stars
On Saturday 11 May, we were proud to host the annual GBAC All-Star Football fixture here at Wellington on our lovely Front Field. Select players from schools within the conference, chosen based on their playing ability and outstanding attitude, come together to form representative teams. The schools from the East and West of Bangkok compete against each other in this prestigious event.
Being chosen for this fixture is testament to the hard work and dedication players have invested in the sport. We would like to congratulate our following players for being selected - Luka, Miki, Peppin, William, Jonathan, Ton Aor, Maple, Lanna, Poon, Nobby and Kim. Well done to Nobby who was also nominated Most Valuable Player of the Under 18 boys game.
It was great to see so many of our parents here to support our amazing players. Thank you, as always, to Ms Helen Mathews, Director of Sports and all her team. We really appreciate all that you do!
Click here to see more |
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U13 Girls – Basketball vs St.Andrews
This week the U13 Girls hosted St Andrews in a great friendly match which proved an opportunity for our players to challenge themselves against a very strong side. Some of our girls were competing for the first time and acquitted themselves well. They developed confidence as the game went on and although they ultimately lost the game they represented our Wellington values at all times.
Thank you Coach David and all the team! |
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Under 11 Boys
This week our Under 11 Development team travelled to Verso to take part in the GBAC tournament there. They did a great job representing our school and the football academy and emerged champions! Thank you as always to the parents and friends who joined to support! |
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Under 9 Girls and Boys
Last week our Under 9 Girls and Boys teams participated in GBAC tournaments. The boys travelled to Brighton while the girls played here at Wellington. Both tournaments were great fun with lots of action for every player. Our Girls A team took second place and our B team took third. Well done everyone! |
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Under 9 Boys – Patana International Tournament – 3-4 May
Our Under 9 Boys recently took part in Bangkok Patana’s International 7s Tournament. The boys took on teams from across Thailand, emerging in 4th place of 12 schools. Well done, boys!! |
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Bulldog Dash at Bangkok Prep
On Saturday 10 May our Wellington Swim Team attended the Bangkok Prep Bulldog Dash. We took a strong group of swimmers from Juniors to Seniors to compete in a number of sprint events. We saw some great swimming with a lot of Personal Bests, medals and trophies for our team members. Wellington were proud to take home the Third Place trophy along with the Top Net Points trophy showing the great quality in the team!
Well done everyone – swimmers, coaches and parents alike. It was a great team effort! |
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FOBISIA Update
We are proud to be a FOBISIA School – it means we are part of a strong network of 99 incredible British schools around Asia. There are many tounaments, conferences and events throughout the year – so many opportunities for all our children. Please see below for some updated news!
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It’s been another wonderful week for all our Wellington Stars! We love hearing all the news and we share many of the stories here each week
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