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An author visit and an art lesson were among the activities enjoyed by students on a Wheeler Programme residential.
Dan Freedman, author of the Jamie Johnson series of football novels, thrilled them with tales of how he interviewed greats including Ronaldo, Messi and Rooney during his years as a football reporter and gave a signed ball to the student who asked the best question during the session.
Art involved creating beautiful leaf prints and the students also enjoyed making a Mars Rover out of Lego in a session provided by House of Fun.
Two groups of students were at Wellington College for a four-night residential course.
Established in 2017, the Wheeler Programme is a fully-funded educational programme for around 100 selected state school pupils.
Twenty-four students are selected in Year 9 and the college helps support them until their graduation from the programme at the end of Year 13.
They start the programme with a five-day residential course at Wellington, where they experience life in a boarding school, and then take part in three or four study days a year, tailored to their age.
