Wellington Week 23 August 2024

Friday 23 August 2024

Junior School

w/c Mon 26 Aug – Sports Check Ins
Tues 27 Aug 8.00 – Charity Presentation (Theatre)
Weds 28 Aug 8.00 - Music Programme Parent Workshop (Theatre)
Fri 30 Aug – Busking Friday
Mon 9 Sept – WEx programme begins
Weds 11 Sept – Welly Walk
Fri 11 Oct – end of first Half Term
Mon 21 Sept – Back to School
Thurs 5 Dec – School Closed – Public Holiday
Fri 13 Dec – Last Day of Term

Senior School

Sun 25 Aug – YSLMUN at Wellington (All Day)
w/c Mon 26 Aug – Sports Check Ins
Mon 26 Aug – House Tug of War (Please wear House shirts)
Weds 28 Aug 8.00 - Music Programme Parent Workshop (Theatre)
Weds 28 Aug 16.00 – Year 11 Parent Workshop – IGCSE (Skylight 5F)
Mon 9 Sept – WEx programme begins
Weds 11 Sept – Welly Walk
Fri 11 Oct – end of first Half Term
Mon 21 Sept – Back to School
Thurs 5 Dec – School Closed – Public Holiday
Fri 13 Dec – Last Day of Term

Dear Parents

And welcome to the seventh year of Wellington College Bangkok!

Right at the end of the summer holidays, our new Year 12 students received their IGCSE results – the school’s first-ever. I’m very pleased to be able to tell you that they are very good indeed. There were 37 students in the group, and they managed:

A whopping 75 A*/A grades in Maths and Sciences alone!
Across all subjects, we had twice as many A*/A grades as any other grade.
Better than 1 out of every 4 grades was A*.

It’s very important to understand that IGCSEs are not just about top grades, though. The best measure of a really successful school is the complete set of outcomes for each individual, not just the top performers. The student who gets a B when their likely score was a C: that’s as much of a win as an A* would be for another. Overall, with 97% A*-C grades, our students across the full range have done very, very well. And they are now perfectly set up for success in A-levels, where you simply have to choose your best three or four subjects!

A lot else has happened since the end of June, too.

The Junior playground has been given a big new set of structures to support our children’s development of balance, agility and strength. There’s also a large chess board there, for the more cerebral.
We also have a dynamic new Early Years activity room, including mini climbing walls and much else besides.
The new tennis courts are a few days from completion, over between the Skylight and Crowthorne buildings. These will feature stadium seating, both for the courts and for the South Field behind, and floodlighting for evening use.
The Crowthorne Building itself is also moving very fast. We have already installed the Skybridge that will link it across the 4th Floor with the Skylight. Look out for more updates on that.

And – I know quite a few of you have asked – our Junior Dining Hall will be fitted with air conditioning during the Christmas holidays, in December. This will help a lot in the bad-air season, as well as the Hot season that follows it.

Let’s have a great year!

With best wishes

Chris

Welcome Back!

We are so excited to be back for the 2024-25 academic year and to be part of a community which is stronger than ever. This August we have welcomed almost 190 new students which means a lot of new families! We know that everyone will help each other but for all new families – if you need anything at all then please don’t hesitate to ask any of us –

Admissions – Jane, Ren, Tangmo, Larn and Pla
Community Liaison – Nik
Registrar – Kratai
Marketing (including Wellington News) – Mai, Joy, Joann, Boom, Ploy
Stars of Wellington – Mai

We thank all of you for referring your friends and bringing them to Wellington. Please continue to do this – it makes us a very friendly place to be. As I always say, I LOVE giving the referral discount!

Please follow us on all our social media accounts and like and share posts that appeal. You can find out all our news and see the latest pics there.

Can I ask you to get in touch with Admissions if you would like to register a sibling for next year – particularly in Pre-Nursery. We have limited availability and Early Years gets full very quickly. We will be processing our applications for Pre-Nursery earlier this year – probably from October onwards so we’d like to make sure we prioritise our families.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Jane

We Love Wellington

Just in case you haven’t seen it yet, we are delighted to share our brand new Wellington College Bangkok video. We think it captures the joy of our school beautifully. We’d love to hear your feedback!

Sixth Form

As you all know we opened our Sixth Form yesterday and our brand new Year 12 students are now starting their A-Level courses. We are very proud to have such a vibrant, happy, successful group of Sixth Formers. Admissions are very happy to talk to anyone looking for the best A-Level programme in Bangkok – and, of course, new starters in August 2024 and 2025 are eligible for our Sixth Form Award. Get in touch with us!

Welcome New Wellington Teachers

One of the lovely things about coming back to school at the start of a year is meeting all our new teachers. Over the last few weeks they have been learning all about Wellington and our values and ethos. They have been planning and organizing and preparing to meet your children. We are very happy to welcome this new cohort and we hope that they all settle into their new lives in Thailand and have a fabulous year ahead.

Welcome Back to All Staff

This week we had a VERY special moment during our whole school INSET sessions when we gathered together our 260+ strong team – teachers, ALTs, support staff – for a very special picture. If you need to know anything at all about Wellington – just ask any one of us! We’ll be sharing lots of team pics over the next few weeks so you get to know not just where your child is today – but who will be teaching them over the next few years!

Founders’ Hall Opening

Please take a look at our Founders’ Hall in the Theatre Lobby. As well as honouring our first 100 families, this beautifully designed space is an opportunity to learn about the history of the Duke of Wellington and the school founded in his honour in Crowthorne in England. This opening coincides with our Six Year Anniversary and the start of a seventh year.

We were delighted to welcome Helen Kavanagh and Iain Henderson to our special opening last Tuesday where we celebrated and reminisced with the Board, the Founding Master, the original Founder Families. The speeches by our Board were particularly moving. We would love you to come and take a look at the splendid displays highlighting the tradition and history of the school. There are some artifacts from Wellington which were personally selected by the Master from the Wellington Archives. They are fascinating and tell individual, important stories.

We hope you love it – do let us know

Kangaroo Maths

Some exciting news for Wellington’s young mathemeticians. Phi Connections honoured us with a third place award in the Thai Junior Schools Kangaroo Maths Competition! With over 30 Junior students participating, we’re thrilled to celebrate their hard work and brilliant results. Congratulations to our young mathletes and thank you to Phi Connections for the recognition! Thank you to Mr Keith Kertesz and the team for support and inspiration!

Wellington Extra

Please see an email in your inbox with details of our Wellington Extra programme.

Welly Walk

The first big charity event of the year is already being planned. Ms Tanisha McCraw (Year 6 teacher) and her team have organized our Welly Walk in aid of four deserving charities, for Weds 11 September. Please see the poster for details and join in however you can. Who will complete the most laps on the day? Start at 6.00 and it could be you!

Music Dept Workshop

We have some very keen musicians here at Wellington and we know that passion and proficiency starts at a very early age. Please join us at a Music Workshop in the theatre at 8.00 on Weds 28 August and find out how your child can progress in any instrument or style that they choose with the help of our extensive and extremely talented team of instrumental teachers.

Galaxy Football

We have even more great opportunities for our young footballers this term. Join extra sessions run by Galaxy here at Wellington throughout the week. Take a look at the poster for details and contact Coach Valentin and his team to find out more.

Today, we welcomed our Senior School students back! It was wonderful to see their smiling faces after a long break, exploring new spaces and hearing the buzz of chatter as we kicked off the new academic term.

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Welcome back to school our younger Wellingtonians! It’s fantastic to see the hallways, playground, and classrooms filled with the energy of our enthusiastic Junior School students once again.

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