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Junior School
- Weds 20 Nov - JMMC Maths Competition (children signed up)
- Tues 19 Nov - Carle and Jeffers Trip to Jim Thompson’s House
- Thurs 21 Nov- Donaldson and Yamada Trip to Jim Thompson’s House
- Tues 26 Nov – Reception and Year 1 Christmas Concert
- Thurs 28 Nov – Year 3 and 4 Christmas Concert
- Fri 29 Nov – Early Years Reports to Parents
- Mon 2 Dec – Pre Nursery Festive Fun with Parents
- Tues 3 Dec – Year 5 and 6 Christmas Concert
- Wed 4 Dec – Nursery Festive Fun Event with Parents
- Thurs 5 Dec – School Closed – Public Holiday
- Fri 6 Dec – Pre-Nursery Christmas Event
- 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
- Thurs 12 Dec – Student Christmas Lunch
- 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
- Tues 19 Nov – House Competition – Battle of the Bands
- Weds 20 November – Parent Workshop - IGCSE & AS Preparation - Mocks and Exams
- Tues 26 and Thurs 28 Nov – House Competition – Basketball
- Thurs 28 Nov – Year 9 Peer Mentoring
- Mon 2 Dec – Winter Wonderland Showcases (Years 7-9)
- Weds Dec 4 - 14.30-15.30 – Senior School Christmas Concert
- Thurs 5 Dec – School Closed – Public Holiday
- Tues 10 and Thurs 12 Dec – House Competition – Christmas Showdown
- Fri 13 Dec – Last Day of Term
- Tues 7 Jan – First Day of Term
- Thurs 12 Dec – Student Christmas Lunch
- Thurs 16 Jan – Year 9 Peer Mentoring
- Tues 21 and Thurs 23 Jan – House Competition – Football
- Thurs 30 Jan – Year 9 Peer Mentoring
- Thurs 13 Feb – Year 9 Peer Mentoring
- Fri 21 Feb – House Competition – Sports Day
- Fri 7- Sat 8 Mar – FOBISIA Table Tennis – hosted by Wellington
- Mon 10 Mar – Weds 12 Mar – FOBISIA Golf – hosted by Wellington
- Tues 18 and Thurs 20 March – House Competition – Dodgeball
- Thurs 10 April – House Competition – University Challenge
- Weds 14 May and Weds 21 May – House Competition – Water Challenge
- Weds 25 June – House Competition – End Ball
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Dear Parents
Last weekend we hosted a very successful and enjoyable Festival of Education. This weekend, Bangkok is again the centre of the region’s educational thinking, with the FOBISIA conference being held in town. These events mean lots of visitors for us! Groups and individuals from around Thailand, as well as China, Malaysia, Brunei and of course the UK have been popping in to see us all week.
It’s always a pleasure to spend time with first-timers to our campus. They are always most impressed by the way our students and staff interact – the respectful, calm, mature and open character of Bangkok Wellingtonians. We’re so used to it, that we can sometimes forget how important school culture is. It’s good to have it recognised by others :)
One big disappointment for me this week, though, has been the need to spend Friday at FOBISIA meetings in the city. That means – for the first time – I have missed the Loy Krathong celebrations. It’s one of my favourite parts of the year; I hope everyone had a great time today!
With best wishes
Chris
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Remembrance Day
We are a British School in Thailand, and we commemorate Remembrance Day on 11 November at 11.00 in keeping with the rest of the world. We are very proud to have taken part in so many services and commemorations this year.
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Kanchanaburi Service
On Monday, Mr Stewart Findlay, Mr Kevin Phekenan and our eight Senior School House Captains visited Chung Kai and Don Rak Cemeteries in Kanchanaburi. They laid wreaths, gave readings and documented the experience. Thank you Mickey, Mark, Rada, Isis, Lydia, Luka, Suri and Chevan. Mr Findlay was honoured to play the bagpipes, traditional to his home country of Scotland.
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British Embassy Service
Thank you to DT Teacher, Rachel Astor and her son, James Astor, who represented Wellington at the British Embassy Remembrance Service, hosted by the British Club. The service took place on Sunday and was attended by representatives of all nations.
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Senior School Service
We held a very moving service in the Senior School at 11.00 on Monday 11 November. Led by the Head of Senior School, Ms Jane Sharp, the service was attended by all students, our Chair of Governors, Dr Darika Lapathitat, visitor Sir Anthony Seldon and the Master, Chris Nicholls.
Thank you to Ella M and Miki (Year 10) who gave moving readings and to Mr Rayad Denyer Green who played the Last Post on his trumpet. The Two Minutes Silence was a chance for us all to contemplate the sacrifices made for us.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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Poppy Art Work (Year 6)
Thank you to our students for the beautiful poppies which decorated the Junior School walkway this week. Made from recycled bottles, they are stylish, poignant and meaningful.
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Loy Krathong Celebrations
Today we celebrated Loy Krathong here at Wellington. This beautiful festival uses the floating Krathong to thank the Goddess of Water and River.
Loy Krathong takes place on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar and here at Wellington we held our ceremonies – dressing up and floating our krathongs – today, Friday 15 November.
Please take a look at a small selection of our photographs below.
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Odd Socks Day
Here at Wellington, we are proud to take a stand against bullying. Odd Socks Day on Tuesday 12 November is celebrated the world over—giving adults the chance to demonstrate their individuality and celebrate our differences by wearing different socks! We absolutely love all the creativity shown by children and parents. The campus was ablaze with colour reinforcing the message that we will not tolerate bullying. We are all unique and we are proud of that!
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Festival of Education
We were proud to host the second Thailand Festival of Education here at Wellington on Saturday 9 November. It made tremendous use of our wonderful facilities as the Theatre saw the keynote speeches by Sir Anthony Seldon and Professor Vichai Ariyanuntaka. The delegates then moved into our beautiful Skylight Building where sessions were held in the classrooms with relaxation in the Atrium, Verandah and out on the fields.
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🎄🎅 Christmas Carnival
Thank you so much to all our amazing parents who gave up their mornings and afternoons this week to sell more tickets and ensure that as many of us as possible will be at the Christmas Carnival. It’s going to be the best in town!
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Our Sponsors
We are delighted to share our Carnival-themed Christmas Fayre sponsors this year. They are all helping make this event bigger, bolder, better and brighter than ever before! Our sponsors will be present at the ‘Carnival’ on 7 December so visit their stands, read their material and take advantage of any special offers.
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Christmas Concerts
We love the most festive and musical time of year! Our students are hard at work getting ready to delight you all. Please see the poster for details. We are looking forward to welcoming you all. Director of Performing Arts, Ms Sinead Corrigan and her very talented Music team look forward to seeing you there! Arrive a little early for festive snacks!
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New Books in Senior School
Take a look at the latest books in focus in our Senior School Library.
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Giving Tree - Important Information! 🎄🎁
A quick reminder that all Giving Tree bags need to be returned by next Friday, 22 November. Please reach out to Ms Tanisha McCraw if you need any further information. Thank you for your support in spreading holiday cheer!
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Over 50 of our Year 10 students went off into the wilderness last week to take part in their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Hike. As well as hiking almost 40km in two days, the students cooked their own food, camped out under the stars and enjoyed lots of bonding activities!
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Our Swim team have been out in force recently and last weekend we had 35 swimmers at the ISB Swim Fest. It was a two day competition and all of our swimming stars took to the water, performing better than our wildest expectations!
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It has been lovely seeing so many kinds of creativity around school recently. This week our Year 1 students have been learning how to create beautiful watercolour backgrounds inspired by different weather themes.
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We are so lucky to have been able to host Sir Anthony Seldon here at Wellington College Bangkok over the last few days. Sir Anthony is the former 13th Master of The Wellington College, our founding school in England.
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It's always a treat for our Early Years children when they get to visit the Theatre! On Tuesday our Reception students scampered over to watch a special performance of The Gingerbread Man - by none other than their teachers.
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Swimming
Our highly popular Come See Me Swim sessions have continued this week. Donaldson class (Year 1) welcomed their parents in to watch their growing confidence and enhanced techniques. We are so grateful to Mr Daniel Aylward and the Swimming team for their commitment to ensuring that every child not only CAN swim but that they LOVE to swim. Get in touch to find out more about our exceptional Swimming programme led by Olympian, Coach James Goddard, our Director of Swimming.
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Football Camp
Football stars in the making are encouraged to join our amazing Galaxy and Kiddy Kicks Camp held here at Wellington College Bangkok. Learn from the finest coaches in some of the finest grounds in Bangkok. All children aged between 5 and 15 are very welcome. See the poster for prices and further details. See you there!
To see some of the Galaxy games featuring some of our Wellington players in action, check out these videos! ⚽🎥✨ VIDEO CLICK!
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Parkour
In PE, Year 5 and 6 students have been enjoying our Parkour unit. The students have been preparing for performances using the use of technology giving them video feedback including slow motion footage of their techniques. This is a great new addition to our curriculum which includes many net and ball games, athletics, invasion games, swimming and water sports and much more!
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Senior School Curriculum Guides –
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Junior School Parent Handbooks –
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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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