Indian and Australian exchange students leave the UK this week after two months studying at Wellington School. Anushna Gugalia and Vidhushri Singhal from Welham Girls School, Dehradun in the foothills of the Himalayas have been experiencing English life; attending lessons and boarding at the school as well as enjoying a stay with an English family. …
Rockwell Green primary school is holding an Open Day next week. Open Afternoon for new & existing parents Thursday 13th June 2013 2pm-3pm We would like you to see our school in action. We pride ourselves on being able to respond to the needs of each child. We offer a broad and challenging curriculum for …
A Wellington sixth-former has shot to success as a triathlete, overcoming serious injury from a former sport to win his first-ever National Series triathlon. Toby Duggan – 17, competed in the British Triathlon Youth and Junior Super Series in the Cotswolds and came First in the Junior category (17-19), despite being nearly the youngest competitor. …
Wellington School hosted England & Somerset cricket legend Marcus Trescothick at a dinner recently. Marcus answered questions and gave a fascinating insight into his life as a county and international cricketer. The purpose of the dinner was to raise money for Wellington School’s first XV rugby tour to South Africa this summer. “The evening was …
A team from Wellington School, Somerset were first home in the 35Km event at this year’s Ten Tors competition. The team was made up of six pupils, Will Mitchell (team captain), Henry Savage (Team 2ic), Will Thornton, Kiran Thakur, Sam Aird, Kieran Wachsmuth, with Alex Piper as reserve. The boys set out in poor conditions …
The Kingsmead Time Capsule Team have collected all the material to be buried in a time capsule under the path to the new science block. A range of contents have been collated including a pupil’s DNA sample, photos, pupil and staff lists, information on life at the school, the Zambian Exchange, as well as a …
After four months in Special Measures following an Ofsted report that labelled much of Court Fields teaching and management “unsatisfactory”, the school is to become an academy next year. Castle School, the most successful state school in Taunton, will be the sponsor for the new academy and Court Fields will become part of The Castle …
Students from Court Fields Community School, Wellington, have just returned from a GCSE Geography field trip to the Mediterranean island of Sicily. Activities included guided ascents of the north and south flanks of Mount Etna (Europe’s highest and most active volcano), visits to the Alcantara river gorge, the island of Vulcano and the tourist honeypot …
Staff and pupils at Wellington School were seeing double, as two set of twins stuck together around the school. In an exchange programme, twins Keeley and Brogan Press from the Gold Coast in Australia are staying with Wellington twins Lucy and Emily Roberts. All four girls in Year 10 will spend the time glued together, …
This weekend 16 Year 7 students from Court Fields Community School will be taking part for the first time in the Exmoor Challenge organised by the Rotary Club of Exmoor. It is a very popular annual event where young people compete to complete a 16.1 mile route independently in the required time. Court Fields are …
Read Michelle Murphy’s enthusiastic review of Grease, the evergreen High School musical just revived by her fellow pupils at Court Fields school. Plus a huge gallery [foot of page] of show photographs by Lee Turnbull: “WOW!! The performance of Grease on Tuesday and Wednesday night was truly amazing. It not only took me back to the …
