Court Fields school’s production of Hairspray, went down a storm with wonderful Wellington audiences – the cast were pleased to perform to two packed houses, as the production sold out on both nights. Some excellent examples of ensemble work were on display, for example in the whole cast’s performance of ‘Good Morning Baltimore’ and the …
Pupils and staff of Sampford Arundel Primary School take to the stage in the Parish Rooms this week in ‘Pirates of the Curry Bean’ by Craig Hawes. Full of action, songs and terrible jokes and with a cast that involves every pupil in the school, it “tells a story of intrigue and adventure on the …
Wellesley Park Primary School went into the red – willingly – on Friday to support the nation-wide fundraising day, ‘Ramp up the Red’, for the British Heart Foundation. Pupils and staff dressed in red, some even painted themselves red and parents organised a hugely successful Cake Sale after school. Half the proceeds of the day go …
Kingsmead School welcomed a number of representatives from a variety of occupations to their Year 8 Careers Day. Representatives from Engineering, Teaching, Armed Forces, Environment Agency, Social Care, Law, Finance and IT spoke to students about what their jobs entail, the qualifications needed, the types of salaries and career paths that could be expected. Local …
Three pupils from Wellington School have won places in the highly-regarded National Children’s Orchestra. Dylan Leonard in Year 5, Ella Leonard in Year 7 and Timothy Kilbey in Year 8 will all take part in orchestral performances and have access to training by some of the country’s top musicians. Dylan and Timothy will both be …
Court Fields pupils can expect to be wearing blazers, shirts and ties to school later this year. New headteacher Rachel Bennett is convinced that a change to formal uniform will help achieve the improvements required by Ofsted. “In my previous school we changed from sweatshirts to blazers and I’ll never forget the impact it had,” said …
Latin and Greek are far from dead subjects in this town. Out of five Wellington School sixth-formers to be offered places at Oxford or Cambridge, two are planning to study Classics, part of a UK-wide revival of interest in these ancient disciplines. Ruth Aird has an offer from Cambridge University for Classics, Bethany Kilbey follows …
Wellington schoolboy Evan Richards, 12, has taken silver against the top youth riders in the South West Cyclo-Cross challenge. Evan’s commitment and hard work resulted in him achieving second place overall in the Under 12 category, just missing first place by two points! Cyclo-Cross is the winter branch of road racing and takes place off …
Wellington School’s manly Under 14s rugby team turned out in bright pink socks for their last game of the season. In doing so, they raised over £500 for the charity Cancer Research UK and had a fabulous fun game against a surprised opposition. The idea was the brainchild of Joel Gibson (Year 9) who …
Oliver White aged 6, from Stawley primary school has won the 2013 Christmas card competition held by local MP Jeremy Browne. Children from across the area entered the competition. “Oliver has designed a wonderful Christmas card of a reindeer in the snow. I am sure that his picture will be admired by everyone who sees …
Veronica Cooney, a Year 3 teacher at Wellington Junior School has shaved her luscious locks for charity. Pupils were surprised to see Mrs Cooney walking into assembly without her trademark dark curls. The dramatic step was to augment the growing fund of money raised by Wellington Junior School for funds for Shelterbox, who provide emergency …
