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28 June 2019FROM THE HEADMASTERThis week is the last week of the school year that bears any resemblance tonormality - and it has been a great week! From an outstanding Year 6 concertyesterday evening to The Vaughan Cup athletics event for Years 3 and 4 to theBear Hunt in our woods where the children found a real bear, it has beenwonderful.There is plenty to look forward to next week and I look forward to seeing asmany of you as possible at our Leavers’ Service in the Chapel on Tuesdayand at our Speech Day on Thursday. Before that, we have our Moving UpMorning’ followed by ‘Meet the Teacher’ on Monday afternoon.Best wishes for the weekend (and the Aquathon!).MRS EDWARDS ‘MUSIC4LUNCH’Mrs Edwards’ final Music4Lunch took place this week and it was an event witha twist. Rather than providing a showcase for our children’s musical talents,Mrs Edwards played a variety of pieces on her bassoon. It was very wellreceived, and we hope that she might return for a future performance beforetoo long!‘REASON TO ROCK’The School rock band ‘Reason to Rock’ stormed assembly with ahigh energy set last Monday.The children have been working hard over the last term developingtheir repertoire and honing their performance skills. This was a greatopportunity to show off their abilities and they really enjoyed playingto the school. Well done everyone, Mr Reason was very proud ofyou all.YEAR 3 TRIP TO KNIGHTSHAYES COURTYear 3 enjoyed a wonderful trip to Knightshayes Court this week.During the morning the children enjoyed an informative and funplant workshop with the National Trust volunteers. This wasfollowed by a picnic lunch and a 'Meet a Tree' activity in theafternoon. The children became tree detectives to discover all ofthe facts about their chosen tree. They found out the type and ageof the tree, took bark rubbings and were able to discover the heightof the tree by turning themselves upside down! The day finishedwith a visit to the fantastic play-park.L E A R N I N GF O RL I F E
DEBATING COMPETITIONHuge congratulations to Joey, Abe and Will on theirsuccess in the Wellington Prep School Balloon Debatecompetition. All three boys skilfully debated against theirpeers and constructed super counter-arguments for theirright to stay in the hot air balloon. The boys presentedthemselves as Leonardo da Vinci, Nelson Mandela andBarack Obama.YEARS 5 AND 6 CITIZEN WORKSHOPSYears 5 and 6 attended workshops today led by CitizensSomerset. The aim of these workshops was to developleaders to think through and win change in our villages, townsand schools.Big questions discussed were:What would you most like to change in your village or town?What would you most like to change in your school?How can we make places safer, happier, fairer?All groups came up with key issues and suggestions; maturevoices of future leaders in the pipeline!SUMMER HOLIDAY CLUBSWelly Boot Holiday Club will run from Thursday 4 July until Friday 26 July, from08.15 - 17.30. The Welly Boot Holiday Club is a fun and friendly provision, exclusivelyfor our Early Years children (Nursery and Reception) for holiday time care. The club isrun from our Nursery setting, by our Nursery team, providing consistency and familiarityfor our children in a relaxed environment. No uniform is necessary, a packed lunch andpacked tea need to be provided. To book places, please use the following linkhttps://www.trybooking.co.uk/JRIWelly Camps Holiday Club will run from Monday 8 July until Friday 23 August, from 08.00 - 17.30 WellyCamps is a fun and friendly provision, open to all children between Years 1 to 8. Welly Camps Holiday Club isheld the Princess Royal Sports Complex, by our experienced team, in a relaxed environment. For furtherinformation and booking please use the following link https://www.trybooking.co.uk/JRLL E A R N I N GF O RL I F E
WE’VE BEEN ON A BEAR HUNT!Reception and Year 1 headed off to the woods with their teddy bears for a special bear hunt on Thursday.The children crawled through the camouflage net, squelched through the mud, splashed through the water,made their way through the thick, flour snow and, finally, crawled through the dark tunnel. The children atevegetable stew cooked on the camp fire and the school cooks made us bear cookies and sandwiches. To enda perfect day the children had a visit from the one and only Winnie the Pooh! What a wonderful day!ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL NEWSJoseph Sharpe 3H received some very exciting news this week.Following auditions, he has been offered a Junior Associate place at theRoyal Ballet School based in Totnes. Joseph is absolutely delighted andis looking forward to the lessons starting in September.Well done, Joseph.L E A R N I N GF O RL I F E
72 HOLE GOLF MARATHONFreddie Eglin 6A took on a charity ‘golf marathon’ challenge last Sunday,completing 72 holes of golf, equivalent to walking a marathon at Tauntonand Pickeridge Golf Club. The challenge took Freddie over twelve hours tocomplete and he doubled his original target of 1,000 for Cancer Research.Well done, Freddie, an amazing thing to do and we are all very proud of you.FRIENDS OF WELLINGTON PREPSCHOOLEasy Fundraising: We’ve just received our latest cheque for 39.19 which is theamount raised between January and March. Easy fundraising is an entirely freeservice that allows people to shop directly at their favourite online store via thelinks on the easyfundraising.org.uk website and raise a donation for their schoolcause once a purchase is made. Donations can be up to 15% of the value ofyour purchase, depending on the retailer and the item purchased. There arethousands of stores that are already participating with leading high street brands such as Amazon, Expedia,John Lewis and more, making it one of the most effortless fundraising ideas for schools.Check out the link to get tart-guide.pdfShopping through Easy fundraising doesn’t cost you a onprepIf you want to keep up with all the other things we are doing then you can follow us onFacebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1479239049050602/ or search for Wellington Prep SchoolFoWPS.STAR CLUBOur 'family-feel' STAR (Staying for Tea and Relaxing) Club is open for children from Reception through to Year6 who require after-school care from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. Children booked into STAR Club will be based in theYear 1 classroom upstairs, beside the IT suite. Bookings can be made through our STAR Club emailstarclub@wellington-school.org.uk For occasional use, the charge is 4.50 per session for the first child and 3.00 for each additional sibling (occasional use is just one or two times perweek). For regular use (three days or more in a school week), the charge is 3.00 per session for the first child and 2.00 for each additional sibling.While we keep the costs as low as possible, late collection (ie after 6.00pm) willtypically incur a charge and the School reserves the right to charge for latecollection at the rate of 10 per 10 minutes, or part thereof.Bookings via: starclub@wellington-school.org.ukDIARY DATES FOR NEXT WEEKMonday1Tuesday2Moving Up morningYear 2 Forest SchoolMeet the Class Teacher*New Families' Welcome Evening*Leavers' Chapel Service*Years 3 - 6 Inter-House Swimming Gala*Nursery School end of term Fancy Dress PartyL E A R N I N GF O R08:3013:0017:1517:3009:3011:0014:30L I F E11:3015:3016:30
7Holiday ClubsU10 & U11 Boys Cricket v Exeter Cathedral School (Exeter Cricket Club)*End of term for ReceptionEnd of term for Nursery SchoolWPS Speech Day and Prizegiving*Welly Boot Holiday Club (Nursery and Reception)Welly Boot Holiday Club (Nursery and Welly Boot Holiday Club (Nursery and Reception) from 8 July - 26 JulyWelly Camps Holiday Club (Years 1 - 8) from 8th July - 23 August08:1508:0017:3017:30* Parents are warmly invited to all events marked with an asteriskCERTIFICATES AND AWARDSRainbow 1000m Swimming Award – Jack Holloway 3HSnowdon ‘Climb 1 for Type 1’ medal - Eva Thompson 6HSnowdon ‘Climb 1 for Type 1’ medal - Freddie Thompson 3NTrinity College London, Oboe Grade 2 – Kitty Webber 5LTrinity College London, Piano Grade 2 – Ewan Richards 6HTrinity College London, Trumpet Grade 2 – Monty Caygill 5LMUSIC MERITSEvangeline Stone 3HAlice Hawkins 4BWNathanael Pomarede 4BFlorence Caton 2CDaniel Hitchin 6AOlivia Villis 5LEthan Jacob 2SEva Thompson 6HHarry Purkiss 5WMary van der Beugel 4BW Thomas Gendall 5MGrace Gendall 5Amba Barthakur 3NElsa Mackey 2SKaterina Webber 5LHarriette Caton 4BWOliver Hynd 6LL E A R N I N GHeidi Drinkell 6AThomas Hynd 6HF O RIona Shaw 2CL I F E
ACES AWARDGrace Gendall 5WSTARS OF THE WEEKTheadora Nicholson and Leonie Nicholson ReceptionRowan Huntley 1CDakota Johns 2CEmma Coate 1LGeorgia Spooner 2SKobe Turk 3HJack Debenham 3NAlex Seaton 4BNoah Hodson 4BWFreya Ashford 5LJonah Richardson 5MCharlotte Needs and Milo Clapham 5WHarriet Eul-Barker 6ADanillo Farinha 6HEllie Knight 6LSPORTS STAR OF THE WEEK: Bodey Pitman 1LMUSIC STAR OF THE WEEK: Oliver Altoft 1CHOUSE POINTSPIONEER 1314APOLLO 1257VIKING 1149THOUGHT FOR THE WEEKL E A R N I N GF O RL I F EGALILEO 1279
SUMMER HOLIDAY CLUBS Welly Boot Holiday Club will run from Thursday 4 July until Friday 26 July, from 08.15 - 17.30. The Welly Boot Holiday Club is a fun and friendly provision, exclusively for our Early Years children (Nursery and Reception) for holiday time care. The club is
