Monday 9th October until Sunday 15th October

General Events

Firstly there is a brief reminder from last week that the Chapel service on Sunday 8th October is a full school eucharist and parents of the Benson are invited to attend. The preacher is the Ven. Norman Russell, Archdeacon of Berkshire and the collection is for MRSA Action UK.

On the evening of Thursday 12th October, there is a Parents' Conference for Upper Sixth Form pupils. The Master will speak to parents in the Theatre at 6:00 p.m. and parents will have the opportunity to meet their son's and daughter's set teachers thereafter. The main aims of this meeting are to discuss AS results and what is required to maximise each pupil's grades in the A2 exams this academic year including January retakes of AS papers; also to consider any outstanding UCAS or career choice concerns. Parents are then invited to house finger buffet suppers. Parents should have already received an invite and are asked to reply to Emma Browne if they have not already done so.

On Thursday 12th October there is a W.C.A. lecture when Professor Julian Hunt will talk about the scientific, practical and political aspects of climate change.  Professor Hunt is Chairman of Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants  -  a group working world wide on air pollution modelling and forecasting.   In his research Professor Hunt has developed new approaches to modelling turbulence, atmospheric flows around buildings and over mountains, and the dispersion of environmental pollution.   The talk should be of general interest.

On Friday 13th October, the charismatic and flamboyant Romanian-born violinist and professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Remus Azoitei, is coming back to give a violin masterclass to some of our most senior violinists. It starts at 3:30 p.m., finishes at 8: 30 p.m. and it will take place in the Lewis Room, on the first floor of the Music School. The pupils are Tom Lowe (L), Claire Sledd (Ap), Katie Jillings (O), Amy Tress (O), Leesu Kim (Bl) and two other guest-pupils: they will be playing pieces by Massenet, Ravel, Bach, Brahms, Sibelius, Bruch, Elgar and Wieniawsky. Our piano accompanist for the event will be one of our distinguished visiting piano teachers, Jane Beament. It promises to be a great event so please come and support. For more details please contact Cristian Persinaru, Head of Strings at Wellington College on 01344 444178.

Also on Friday 13th October from 8:00 p.m. the Old Gym will take on a more intimate, club-like atmosphere  to showcase the song-writing talents of some of our musicians.  Rob O'Donovan (C), James Beck (Hg), Ed Guillaume-Smith (L) and Emily Winkworth (Ap) will present an evening of their own songs, with a little help from their friends. Do listen to this trailer to get a taste of what is in store.  Take this opportunity to hear them so that when they become famous, you can say you were there at the very beginning!

The Chapel service on Sunday 15th October is a full school Service of the Word and parents of the Blucher are invited to attend. The preacher is Mark Sayer, Housemaster of the Lynedoch. The Blucher's chosen charity is their adopted school in Uganda, Nabukenya Primary School. The aim is to raise money for the building of this primary school in the very poor area of Mityana. We are also hoping to give some money towards a Christmas celebration for the children and a new set of drums. So far the house has raised in the region of £10,000 for this school.

House photographs are now available to buy online. Indeed they can only be purchased this way. Click here for the site. You must then click the word HERE in the red box. For all Houses other than the Combermere and the Hardinge, the username is R6827D and the password is WHEOLU. For the Combermere and the Hardinge, the username is RG8272D and the password is WHEOLU2.

Sport

On Tuesday 10th October our boys' squash teams travel to Bradfield whilst our girls play St. Mary's Ascot. On Thursday 12th October the fencing team take on Winchester, the rackets team play St. Paul's , the golf  teams play Eton and Charterhouse, the girls' U14 hockey  side play the Marist and the shooting team compete with Marlborough.

The large sporting fixtures of the week are on Saturday 14th October, when our rugby teams take on Eton College and the girls' hockey take on The Perse at senior level and Epsom College at junior level. We wish them all well in what is proving to be a very  successful season for all teams.

Whilst on rugby, congratulations to Thom Evans (O.W. Hardinge 1998-2003) on being selected to be part of the 34 strong preliminary Scotland Training squad.

This link will take you to the Wellington intranet where details of rugby sports' fixtures (team lists, pitch details, etc) can be found. For girls' hockey click here. To keep overall track on how the teams are doing click here for rugby and here for girls' hockey.

Further Ahead

On Friday 20th October, there is the Third Form Parents' Conference. The Master will talk to parents in the Theatre at 10:50 a.m. after which parents will have the opportunity to meet their son's and daughter's set teachers.  Pupils should draw up timetables for their parents after discussion with their teachers. Generally, the day is meant to provide an opportunity for parents to meet their children's set teachers to discuss work and progress over this first half of the term.

Contact us

This newsletter and past editions are on the Wellington College website as is a version of the school calendar with details of all activities going on at Wellington for the rest of this term.