Wellington Week 30 August 2024

Friday 30 August 2024

Junior School

w/c 2 Sept – KS2 Enrichment begins
Tues 3 Sept 8.00 – Introduction to Enrichment Parent Workshop (for Years 1 to 6) (Theatre)
Weds 4 Sept 13.45 – Reception Parents Workshop – Reading at Home (Founders’ Hall/Theatre Lobby)
Fri 6 Sept – Students to wear House Tops
w/c 9 Sept – KS1 Enrichment begins
Mon 9 Sept – WEx programme begins
Tues 10 Sept – Read Write Inc – Our Phonics Programme Parent Workshop (for Reception to Year 2) (Theatre)
Weds 11 Sept – Welly Walk
Fri 13 Sept – Students to wear House Tops
w/c 16 Sept – Years 1 to 6 and Pre-Nursery Settling in Parent Teacher Meetings
w/c 23 Sept – FOBISIA Code Breaking competition all week
w/c 23 Sept – Individual Photos (timetable to be released nearer the time)
w/c 30 Sept – Nursery and Reception Parent Teacher Meetings
Fri 27 Sept – Students to wear House Tops
w/c 7 Oct – Open Classrooms for Reception to Year 6
Fri 11 Oct – Students to wear House Tops
Fri 11 Oct – End of first Half Term
Fri 25 Oct – Busking Friday
Thurs 31 Oct – Halloween Dress Up
Fri 1 Nov – Poppy Appeal begins
Thurs 7 Nov – Year 2 Show
Mon 11 Nov – Remembrance Day
Fri 15 Nov – Loy Krathong Dress Up
Tues 26 Nov – Reception and Y1 Christmas Concert
Thurs 28 Nov – Year 3 and 4 Christmas Concert
Fri 29 Nov – Early Years Reports to Parents
Tues 3 Dec – Year 5 and 6 Christmas Concert
Wed 4 Dec – Nursery Christmas Sing Along
Thurs 5 Dec – School Closed – Public Holiday
Fri 6 Dec – Pre-Nursery Christmas Songs
Fri 6 Dec – Year 1 to 6 reports to parents
Sat 7 Dec – Christmas Fayre
w/c 9 Dec – Years 1 to 6 Parent Teacher Meetings
Fri 13 Dec – Santa Dash
Fri 13 Dec – Last Day of Term

Senior School

Mon 2 & Tues 3 Sept - Oppidan Education Sixth Form Workshop (students)
WB Mon 2 Sept - Enrichment & Student Lunchtime Clubs Begin
Wed 4 Sept - Parent Workshop - Tutoring, Wellbeing Curriculum & TWC Links
Fri 6 Sept – Year 11 and 12 Art trip to BACC Photography Exhibition
Mon 9 Sept – WEx programme begins
Wed 11 Sept - Welly Walk
Thurs 12 & Fri 13 Sept - Artist in Residence
WB 23 Sept - Individual School Photos
Thurs 26 or Fri 27 Sept - SEEMO Maths Challenge
Thurs 10 Oct - Visiting Musician Workshops
Fri 11 Oct – End of first Half Term
Mon 21 Oct – Back to School
Fri 1 Nov – Poppy Appeal begins
Mon 11 Nov – Remembrance Day
Thurs 5 Dec – School Closed – Public Holiday
Sat 7 Dec – Christmas Fayre
Fri 13 Dec – Last Day of Term

Dear Parents

Last week I shared with you some information about IGCSE results. I can add: across the whole group, our students’ average grade is A. And we now have some data from the UK to compare with:

Our A*/A percentage is close to 3x the average for England, and double the average for London (by far the highest-performing area in the country)
The UK’s average for A*-C grades is 67%, where ours is 97% (as I reported last week).

That’s a very good international benchmark. It is (of course) true that the UK private schools tend to have much higher results than the national average – but the biggest reason for that is the level of ability of the students they accept. If you only take A*-type students, you will get A*-type results. That, in itself, is not an indicator of the quality of education – only of the ‘raw material’.

As a measure of school quality (or life prospects), exam results are useful but not sufficient. Wellington College Bangkok now does have very good results – but we offer so much more than just that.

Traffic again. I observed traffic in the Junior School car park and on the road this morning. Quite a few parents have asked me to post a staff member on the road, to direct traffic. I know some schools do this, but it is not correct: members of the public should not direct traffic simply because it is not safe to do so.

I have discussed my findings from this morning with our teams and I believe we can make some clear and obvious changes that should help everyone. Look out for one or two new things from next week!

I hope you have a great weekend – see you on Monday, if not before.

With best wishes

Chris

Early Years – Settling In and Next Year

We are excited to introduce you to our Early Years team. Our youngest children could not be in safer or kinder hands. All twelve classes (four each in Pre-Nursery, Nursery and Reception) come under the direction of our wonderful Head of Early Years, Ms Charlotte Baxendale. Ms Baxendale and the team have been running workshops for our parents and they are all very happy to talk to you at any time and explain our philosophy and ethos. It’s an amazing place to start your child’s journey.

Whichever class your child is in, there is a slightly different starting procedure. These are designed to ensure that every child has the most comfortable beginning here at Wellington.

If you have a sibling who would like to start in Pre-Nursery (or in any other year) in August 2025 then please let us know as soon as possible. You can contact Admissions: admissions@wellingtoncollege.ac.th

Sixth Form Life

It’s exciting to see our Sixth Formers settling in to life here in Year 12. Their courses are underway, they are beginning their extra activities, meeting with Head of Sixth Form, Mr Scott Colton and University Guidance Counselor, Mr Bevin Clark and generally embracing all that their timetables offer from the first class of the day to home time.

We’ll keep you up to date on all that they achieve.

Wellington Family Summer School

One of the highlights of the year for our lucky Year 8 students is the annual Summer School hosted at The Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire. Students from international Wellington schools around the world join together for two weeks of

amazing learning, adventure, friendship and much much more. They attend lessons

in the classroom, leadership sessions, outdoor pursuits, games and crafts plus a full programme of day trips including London, Oxford and Bath. Take a look at the

Wellington Family Summer School brochure and find out more.

You can also watch the amazing Summer School film to see it all in action.

Please contact Stewart Findlay in Senior School if you have any questions.

Welly Walk

Dear Parents,

I am thrilled to let you know about our second annual ‘Welly Walk’ – a fundraising charity walk held on-site. This year we will be supporting 4 charities – The Chaiyapruk Foundation, The Giving tree, Save elephant and Second Chance Bangkok.

The event will take place on Wednesday 11 September. There will be a ‘sunrise session’ from 06.00– 06.45, and ALL parents and students are welcome to join for this session. Please note, we will provide breakfast for the students attending the Sunrise Session at 6.50am.

The children will be aiming to complete as many laps of our site as possible throughout the day. They will be asking you, your family and your friends for sponsorship. You can sponsor them per lap, e.g.100 THB per lap. Or you can pledge a total amount e.g. 500 THB for the day no matter how many laps they complete.

The children will have a week to collect their money. Please pass all sponsorship money in cash, in an envelope to your child’s house tutor or class teacher.

We are really looking forward to this event, and we hope you can support your child raise money for our chosen charities.

If you would like to join the Sunrise Session at 6:00am, please complete the form below (by Friday 6 September) to mark your attendance.

https://forms.office.com/r/Kgs7fCa0Tm

Best wishes,

Tanisha McCraw

Our beautiful campus has been enhanced and developed in so many ways over the summer break.

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House competitions have started with a vengeance as the Senior School year begins. Yesterday saw the House Tug of War with all our extended House Tutor groups involved.

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Last week saw one of our first Parent Workshops of the year in our Senior School.

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Oh my goodness! Our Year 3 students arrived at school this week to a scene of utter devastation. Their classrooms and learning studios had been ruined and left in disarray.

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We couldn't resist sharing this great picture of our Wellington Bangkok Instrumental team all in one place!

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We are delighted with the IGCSE results of our new Year 12 students - and all too soon it's the turn of our new Year 11s as they start their big exam year.

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Wellington Sports Video

Here at Wellington College Bangkok we believe that sports are important. We play football, basketball, tennis and so much more. We play as teams and we play as individuals. We play for fun and we play in top level international competitions. We believe that every student should follow their passions and be the very best that they can be – whatever their age and stage. Here at Wellington we believe that every student is a champion.

Take a look at just a handful of the sporting opportunities here at Wellington College Bangkok. We hope you like our new video as much as we do.