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Junior School
- 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
- Thurs 10 Oct 8.00 – Friends of Wellington Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- 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
- Fri 1 Nov – Curriculum Leaflets to Parents
- 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 Sing Christmas 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 Carnival
- w/c 9 Dec – Years 1 to 6 Parent Teacher Meetings
- Fri 13 Dec – Santa Dash
- Fri 13 Dec – Last Day of Term
- Tues 7 Jan – First Day of Term
- Fri 7- Sat 8 Mar – FOBISIA Table Tennis – hosted by Wellington
- Mon 10 Mar – Weds 12 Mar – FOBISIA Golf – hosted by Wellington
Senior School
- Weds 9 Oct – Parent Workshop – Year 9 IGCSE Launch - Introduction to IGCSE Programme/Careers Programme
- Thurs 10 Oct 8.00 – Friends of Wellington Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Thurs 10 Oct - Visiting Musician Workshops
- Fri 11 Oct – End of first Half Term
- Mon 21 Oct – Back to School
- Weds 23 Oct – Parent Workshop – Jump Residentials!
- Thurs 24 Oct – Fri 25 Oct - Bronze and Silver Practice Duke of Edinburgh in Khao Yai
- Weds 30 Oct – Parent Workshop - Global Citizenship
- Fri 1 Nov – Poppy Appeal begins
- Tues 5 – Fri 8 Nov -Year 7 - 9 Curriculum Residentials with Jump Foundation
- Tues 5 – Fri 8 Nov – Year 11 DofE Silver Hiking Expedition
- Weds 6 - Thurs 7 Nov - Bronze Qualifier Duke of Edinburgh in Khao Yai-
- Mon 11 Nov – Remembrance Day
- Weds 13 November – Parent Workshop - Reporting in Senior School
- Weds 20 November – Parent Workshop - IGCSE & AS Preparation - Mocks and Exams
- Mon 2 Dec – Winter Wonderland Showcases (Years 7-9)
- Thurs 5 Dec – School Closed – Public Holiday
- Sat 7 Dec – Christmas Carnival
- Fri 13 Dec – Last Day of Term
- Tues 7 Jan – First Day of Term
- Fri 7- Sat 8 Mar – FOBISIA Table Tennis – hosted by Wellington
- Mon 10 Mar – Weds 12 Mar – FOBISIA Golf – hosted by Wellington
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Dear Parents
We’re already at the end of Week 6 of the school year. Don’t forget that the Half Term holiday runs from 14-18 October (only two weeks away!).
Those of you who drive to school will have noticed the excellent policeman assisting traffic flow in the mornings; I’m very grateful to him for his hard and professional work – I think we can all see the very positive results!
As the school grows, and our oldest students get older, new issues come to the fore. We have noticed some people arriving to school on bike taxis, on their own motorbikes and even on motorised scooters. Please remember that wearing a helmet is the law in Thailand – but also that helmets really do save lives. The human head did not evolve to be road-proof!
Life just gets busier and (which is great!); I hope you manage to get some quiet time this weekend.
Quiet and dry.
With best wishes
Chris
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Good afternoon everyone
Another reminder that our Early Years enrolment processes for August 2025 are well under way.With the School’s growing popularity, our high number of current applications mean that our places are full in Pre-Nursery, Nursery and Reception.
Lists do move so if you have friends who would like to discuss an Early Years place then please put them in touch with the Admissions team.
For those of you with applications for siblings in August 2025 - our Stay and Play sessions start next week. For Pre-Nursery, we have notified all parents of children with Dates of Birth between September 2022 – December 2022 to come in for a lovely play session with Head of Early Years, Ms Charlotte Baxendale Head of Pre-Nursery, Ms Chantelle Matthews and the team. These sessions will take place on 3 October.
Children with later Dates of Birth will do their Stay and Plays early in 2025 (Term 2). If you have any questions at all about this then please contact us in Admissions. We are very happy to explain our processes to everyone who has any questions at all.
Have a great weekend!
Jane |
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Christmas Carnival
Our Christmas Carnival Committee are working very hard indeed to bring our whole community together with another show stopping Christmas event! This year will be bigger and better than ever before – and that is saying a lot! We are going to keep you updated over the coming weeks. For now we are excited to share details of the Event Sponsorship packages and the Talent Show Auditions. CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL BRANDING AROUND THIS Christmas Carnival - Sponsorship Packages
If your company or anyone you know would like to sponsor our Christmas Carnival (expected attendance almost 2500 of the most fabulous people in Bangkok) then please see sponsorship details below. |
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Christmas Carnival Talent Auditions
Anyone who would like to perform at the Christmas Carnival Main Stage is invited to audition on Weds 23 October in the Theatre. See the poster below and sign up at the link to secure your audition place. There are just 12 performance spots on the day so sign up now to show our judging panel that you deserve one! Auditions are open to students of Wellington College Bangkok ONLY
Use the link HERE |
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What’s New in Drama!
It’s incredible to see the renewed enthusiasm for Drama across our Senior School this term. We have a fabulous performance of The Addams Family coming up next term and three tremendous Showcases planned for Mon 2 December –
15.00 – Year 7 Present Harry Potter
16.00 – Year 8 Present The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
17.00 – Year 9 Present A Christmas Carol
These festive events will be an opportunity for parents to see all the creativity which goes on in the classrooms every week.
Our new Head of Drama, Ashley Edwards explains “There is so much energy and passion from our students this term. We have really felt like the studio is open to all and the venue for some great work. My Year 10 IGCSE students even went into their lunch break they were enjoying the class so much!
My goal is to work towards a Performing Arts Week (maybe next year!). We are delighted to have both Year 10 and Year 11 IGCSE students and we hope to have A-Level students very soon" |
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University Visits
Our Year 12 are now well underway with their A-Level courses, supported by Head of Sixth Form,Scott Colton and their House Tutors and teachers. Our University Guidance Counsellor, Mr Bevin Clark is ensuring that they have access to all the most up-to-date university information. The students have been attending University Fairs in Bangkok and there is a great programme of visits planned from universities in a wide variety of locations and subject areas. Upcoming are the following -
- University of British Columbia – Friday Sept. 27
- St. George’s University – Thursday Oct. 3
- IUMC – Irish Universities Medical Consortium – Oct. 25
- Imperial College London – Friday Nov. 1
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Junior School Parent Workshop – Online Safety
Thank you very much to our School Counsellor, Roland Madrigal who this week presented to parents about the very important topic of online safety. Roland talked about what we as parents can do to protect our children in all aspects of their online lives - whatever their age. He shared some very valuable global resources to help and support our parents and children. A highlight was the sharing of personal strategies already employed by our parents.
Roland has over a decade of experience working in adolescent mental health and has worked with more than 30 schools, universities, companies, and organizations in promoting mental health awareness. He gained clinical experience in mental health treatment and addiction treatment in one of Thailand's biggest hospital networks. He is very knowledgeable about unhealthy use of the Internet, social media, and online games.
We are so lucky to have Roland on our team. Do get in touch with him if you’d like to know more.And if you missed the presentation then you can find details in the message that goes out to all via School Post email to all JS parents from Mr Madrigal |
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Extra resources can be found HERE thanks to parent K Gift. These Digital Wellbeing Guidelines are in Thai – apologies to our non Thai speaking community. |
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Rembrandt – Individual Photographs
Thank you so much to our friends at Rembrandt who have been at Wellington all week taking beautiful pictures of our children. We are very happy to share a small sample of the pictures here and a timeline for you to order and collect. Please get in touch if you have any questions. |
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Service Initiatives
We are pleased to let you know that the money raised from last year's Welly Walk was used to successfully complete many projects at Banpubon School, including building a new library, refurbishing the roof of the main school, providing new resources and repainting some classrooms.
There was some money left, so we have decided to donate the remaining funds of 174,000 THB to the Thai Red Cross to help the victims of flooding in the northern provinces.All thanks to our hardworking Service Lead, Ms Tanisha McCraw and our amazing families who always give so generously.
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Libraries
There are lots of new books and new displays in the Senior School Libraries. Here are just a few of the recommendations from Senior School Librarian, Joanna Whitehouse. |
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We are very proud of our Army Reserve trainees in Year 11 and 12 here at Wellington. This weekend they coordinated a substantial donation for affected families in the flooded North of Thailand.
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Thank you to Ms Katie Wyke (Head of Phonics), Marie Monro, Jamie Perrin and Jayne Scott for hosting such wonderful Reception Open Classrooms last week. Parents got a chance to join their children for a Read Write Inc Phonics lesson, finding out firsthand how they are learning within this programme, starting to read and flourishing!
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Swimming
Last weekend eight of our top swimmers competed in the Thailand Age Group Short Course Championships. In their first competition in some months, the team swam beautifully, winning many medals and achieving best times. Between them our team finished in Second Place – amazing job!
Special congratulations to Baikao, Skye, Leila and Klanissa who received Top Swimmer trophies in their age groups. Orca received a Bronze trophy! Well done everyone – see you at the next tournament! |
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Come See Me Swim
We are excited to share that Mr Daniel Aylward and Ms Cate Hamilton will be hosting a Come and See Me Swim session for ALL Year 2 classes next week. Dates are as follows
Dahl – Weds 2 Oct – 10.50-11.40
Browne – Weds 2 Oct – 13.35 – 14.25
Atinuke – Thurs 3 Oct – 10.50 – 11.40
Tomlinson – Thurs 3 Oct – 13.35 – 14.25
Please see the poster for details and take advantage of this opportunity to see your children showing off their skills! |
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Golf
What a brilliant start to the season for our amazing golfers. At the ISGT (International Schools Golf Tournament) ASB Eagle Cup held at the Thai Country Club, they came away with prizes and titles galore. At this Development and Main Tour event we secured –•
- Team Champions
- Boys Team Champions
- Development Winners and Runners Up
- Flight Winners and Runners Up
Huge congratulations to our individual winners –Jedi (Flight C Boys Winner), Ava K (Flight C Girls Winner), Seven (Flight D Girls Winner), Skyy (Class D Boys Winner), Nava (Class D Girls Winner)
There were 190 students from 21 different schools playing in the tournament so we couldn’t be more proud! Get in touch with our superstar Coach, Director of Golf, Michael Antona if you’d like more information. |
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Basketball
It’s been another very busy week for our young Basketballers! In four matches against the Thai Sikh School our Under 15 and Under 13 teams looked on great form!
Under 15 Girls
On Wednesday our Under 15 Girls continued their winning ways with a home victory against Thai Sikh. Our defending GBAC Champions who returned four starters and a plethora of top reserves have picked up right where they left off last season. This continues to be one of our most improved teams and these girls exemplify great sportsmanship. All 13 players saw action and made contributions to the winning effort. Well done girls!
Under 13 Girls
On Thursday our Under 13 girls also scored a win over Thai Sikh. Despite injuries it was one of the best performances to date for this great team. Each player had significant playing time and nearly every player on the team got on the scoreboard with all 11 girls making their mark on the match.
Under 15 Boys
The U15 Boys picked up their first victory of the young season with a home win against Thai Sikh. It was a fast paced match in which both teams displayed some solid offense. The boys played well collectively and were able to generate some high quality shots by ball movement and unselfish play. One could certainly see great improvement from the boys from the first game!
Under 13 Boys
After a tight loss in game one, the Under 13 Boys bounced back with a win at Thai Sikh today. The boys relied heavily on a strong half court defense and a quick offensive transition to secure their first victory of the young season. This game saw all the boys see action and produce on both ends of the floor. It was clear that the boys were highly motivated throughout! |
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Triathlon
Join the Amazing Kids Triathlon held here at Wellington on Sunday 20 October. It’s a great opportunity for students of all ages to test their strengths as runners, cyclists and swimmers! See the poster below for details and watch the exciting video HERE. |
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COBIS Art Competition: "Magical Moments" |
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Senior School Curriculum Guides –
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Junior School Parent Handbooks –
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International School Survey
BVA BDRC International Schools Brand Equity & Marketing Insights Study (THAILAND)
From time-to-time, Wellington College engages external consultants to provide us insights into the international school market in Thailand. We have engaged BDRC Asia, a market research firm, to undertake a survey of parents to assess their knowledge and understanding of international schools in Thailand, factors that determine choice of schools, and other market intelligence. Several international schools are engaged in this survey, it is not specific to our school, and your participation in the survey is confidential.
We invite you to take part in the survey by clicking on the link below, it will take about 10 minutes to complete. The survey is available in English, Thai, and Japanese.
Survey link: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7946870/ISBE2024TH?p=np&sch=wc
Those that complete the survey are entered into a prize draw that includes a staycation and cash vouchers. |
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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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