L E A R N I N G F O R L I F E FROM THE HEADMASTER Welcome to the new school year! This week is always one of the most exciting weeks of the year as the excitement and enthusiasm among the children are almost tangible. But behind even the broadest grins there will be at least a small element of uncertainty. In assembly on Wednesday, I likened this to a new pair of shoes. The new shoes look incredibly smart, they have that unmistakeable new shoes smell and you know that they will take you to new and exciting places. But when you slip them on, they may not feel quite right to start with, and they are unlikely to be as comfortable as the worn-out pair of old shoes that they are replacing. Suddenly they have lost some of their appeal. In short, new shoes take some getting used to and, sometimes, so does a new school year. But both are full of promise and possibility as each child continues their journey. “Oh, the places you’ll go!” Very best wishes for a wonderful year ahead. POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY Head Boy Thomas Gendall Head Girl Daisy Simmonds Apollo House Captains Kitty Webber and Jonah Richardson Galileo House Captains William Lyon Taylor and Sophia Chaudhary Dean Pioneer House Captains Charlotte Needs and Oliver Dusgate Viking House Captains Jack Tucker and Charlotte Hansard WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL… Nursery: Hugo Burgess and Sophie Garrett Reception: Elizabeth Dacre and Isla Ingham-Cooke Year 2: Xiaotian Ma Year 3: Otsile Magang, Daisy Trebbe, Grace du Toit and Florence Eve Year 4: Emilia Pearse Year 5: Harry Eve and Matilda Read Year 6: Oliver Taylor, Romilly Page-Turner, Evelyn Downes, Tetelo Magang, Laith Al Jabali and Alfie Withers OUR 20 TH ANNIVERSARY This year is the 20th anniversary of the Prep/Junior School and we are going to mark this in various ways. To begin the year’s celebrations, we are launching a competition among the children on Monday to create a logo which will be used throughout this year. The competition will be launched in Monday’s assembly. The winning entry will need to be drawn/created on an A5 piece of plain white paper and work well when reproduced on a letterhead and in much larger formats. All entries will be displayed on and around Mr Gibson’s door and the winner will be announced on Monday 23 September. FMS: A NEW SPORTING OFFER IN YEARS 5 AND 6 Please find attached a letter from Steffan Jones and Nigel Renyard regarding a new and exciting sporting development for children in Years 5 and 6. This is an addition to our provision which we believe will add significantly to our children’s physical literacy and wellbeing. 6 September 2019
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L E A R N I N G F O R L I F E
FROM THE HEADMASTER Welcome to the new school year! This week is always one of the most exciting weeks of the year as the excitement and enthusiasm among the children are almost tangible. But behind even the broadest grins there will be at least a small element of uncertainty. In assembly on Wednesday, I likened this to a new pair of shoes. The new shoes look incredibly smart, they have that unmistakeable new shoes smell and you know that they will take you to new and exciting places. But when you slip them on, they may not feel quite right to start with, and they are unlikely to be as comfortable as the worn-out pair of old shoes that they are replacing. Suddenly they have lost some of their appeal. In short, new shoes take some getting used to and, sometimes, so does a new school year. But both are full of promise and possibility as each child continues their journey. “Oh, the places you’ll go!” Very best wishes for a wonderful year ahead. POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY Head Boy Thomas Gendall Head Girl Daisy Simmonds Apollo House Captains Kitty Webber and Jonah Richardson Galileo House Captains William Lyon Taylor and Sophia Chaudhary Dean Pioneer House Captains Charlotte Needs and Oliver Dusgate Viking House Captains Jack Tucker and Charlotte Hansard WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL… Nursery: Hugo Burgess and Sophie Garrett
Reception: Elizabeth Dacre and Isla Ingham-Cooke
Year 2: Xiaotian Ma
Year 3: Otsile Magang, Daisy Trebbe, Grace du Toit and Florence Eve
Year 4: Emilia Pearse
Year 5: Harry Eve and Matilda Read
Year 6: Oliver Taylor, Romilly Page-Turner, Evelyn Downes, Tetelo Magang,
Laith Al Jabali and Alfie Withers
OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY This year is the 20th anniversary of the Prep/Junior School and we are going to mark this in various ways. To begin the year’s celebrations, we are launching a competition among the children on Monday to create a logo which will be used throughout this year. The competition will be launched in Monday’s assembly. The winning entry will need to be drawn/created on an A5 piece of plain white paper and work well when reproduced on a letterhead and in much larger formats. All entries will be displayed on and around Mr Gibson’s door and the winner will be announced on Monday 23 September. FMS: A NEW SPORTING OFFER IN YEARS 5 AND 6 Please find attached a letter from Steffan Jones and Nigel Renyard regarding a new and exciting sporting development for children in Years 5 and 6. This is an addition to our provision which we believe will add significantly to our children’s physical literacy and wellbeing.
LUNCHES Over the summer a great deal of work took place behind the scenes in our school kitchen and on Wednesday Palmer and Howell’s unveiled the new menu and new additions to the servery. And the children’s view is that the new menu tastes as good as it looks! The new menus can be found here.
ATTAIN Social mobility, finding perspective, gendered stereotyping, ten golden rules for parents, measuring a child's success, good manners and the rise of “Sindependence” are all topics featured in this term’s Attain magazine, which should have arrived home with your child. The online edition can be accessed and downloaded here. ACORN Our school magazine, The Acorn, will arrive home via pupil post next week. The Acorn provides a great snapshot of the 2018-19 school year, please keep an eye open for you copy! MUSIC FRESHERS’ FAIR Tomorrow (Saturday 7 September) sees the arrival of a new event at WPS. Between 10am and 12noon we are holding our Music Freshers’ Fair in the Prep School Hall. Children and parents from the Prep and Senior Schools are warmly invited to join us to find out more about learning an instrument at Wellington School. Children can try various instruments, including the new Prep School grand piano, meet our term of music staff and find out how to join a choir or ensemble. There will also be news about our concerts and music events, as well as live music from Wellington pupils. Please do come along to find out what this exciting and vibrant department has to offer!
VISITNG POET – JOSHUA SEIGAL Mr Warren is delighted to announce that Joshua Seigal will be visiting us on Monday 16 September and working with children from Reception to Year 4. Joshua Seigal is a highly acclaimed professional poet, performer and educator who has worked in many schools around the world and we are delighted that he is coming to see us. Joshua’s books will be on sale to the children at the discounted price of £5.00 each. If you would like your child to purchase a book, please send the money in a sealed envelope, with your child’s name clearly written on the envelope, and pass it to your child’s teacher. CENTENARY RUGBY DINNER Bookings for our Centenary Rugby Dinner will close this Saturday 7 September. Come and celebrate 100 years of rugby at Wellington School on Saturday 21 September with British and Irish Lions Chairman and former England rugby star, Jason Leonard. Enjoy a wonderful four course dinner and help raise funds for Children's Hospice South West, Living with Aphasia and Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. Tickets are available at https://www.trybooking.com/uk/book/event?eid=7069& We look forward to seeing you at this special event. A THANK YOU …. We were delighted to receive a thank you letter from Cancer Research UK for the £2,000 donation that was sent last term. Cancer Research UK went on to say how grateful they are for all the hard work and effort that goes into fund raising, and the efforts of WPS is much appreciated. Well done to everyone who contributed towards the donation, thank you. MODERN PENTATHLON TRAINING Multisport events continue to grow in popularity and the School is expanding some its Modern Pentathlon training sessions to include children in Years 4, 5 and 6. Attached to this week’s Janus is a flyer from Mrs MacAlister, which details the sessions that can be attended by Years 4, 5 and 6, as well as some of the competitions in which the School is taking part in the coming months.
DIARY DATES FOR NEXT WEEK
Monday 9 Year 2 - Forest School 13:00 15:30
Tuesday 10 Year 4 trip to Carymoor Environmental Centre - ' A Day at the Dump' 09:00 15:45
Year 6 Outdoor Education 08:35 15:30
Wednesday 11
Reception visit to School Health Centre 11:30 12:00
Prep and Senior School Parents' Forum with the Headmasters (ARC)* 17:00 18:30
Thursday 12 Little Wellies* 09:15 11:15
Year 1 - Forest School 13:00 15:30
Friday 13 Y6 Hockey and Rugby Tour Information Meeting* 08:15 08:30
