Human rights, artificial intelligence and the difference between solicitors and barristers were all on the agenda at an event held at Wellington College this week. The inaugural law applicants preparation day on April 24 attracted 65 students in Year 12, all of whom are considering a career in the legal profession. Guest speaker Alex Pitlarge, [...]

Plate spinning and juggling were on the timetable this week when 75 Year 10 students came to Wellington College for a Skills Day. The event on March 27, which was open to schools in the Wellington College Student Alliance, comprised four one-hour workshops including Memory Matters – using the power of creativity and imagination to [...]

Could you write a programme that could make a robotic car move? Or create a wind turbine out of Lego? That’s what students on a STEM Day did today – along with a catalase experiment, and the challenge of making a marble run out of cardboard and sticky tape. The event run by the Wellington [...]

Crime rates, Ofsted ratings, and the proximity of supermarkets were hot topics at a workshop held at Wellington College. They were all statistics presented to girls trying to decide how to choose a house-building site. Also presented with average salaries, the age of the population and house prices in the area, the exercise was [...]

Can a teapot orbit the moon? And is there a link between cheddar cheese consumption in the US and solar power use in Haiti? These were just some of the questions put to students on a Humanities Day today. The event, run by the Wellington College Student Alliance, featured lessons in psychology, philosophy, English, history, [...]

Wheeler students learned how to make a search and rescue vehicle at a Lego engineering session. The Year 10 students took part in a workshop given by iBricks, which focused on the different types of rescue vehicles and then challenged them to make their own. They used the vehicle to rescue a stranded Lego person [...]

The Spring WCLA newsletter is now available to view.  Here's an excerpt: Happy New Year to all of you, I hope the Christmas break allowed you a chance to rest and prepare for the term ahead. We had a busy time in the run-up to Christmas, welcoming 58 potential Wheeler Students to an assessment day on December [...]

The second Autumn 2023 WCLA newsletter is now available to view.  Here's an excerpt: Greetings to everyone after the half-term break. We have been busy in the WCLA office this term. Our newest cohort of Wheeler Students joined us for their first Study Day in October and we welcomed our Year 11 and year 13 Wheeler [...]

The Autumn 2023 WCLA newsletter is now available to view.  Here's an excerpt: Warm greetings to everyone as we settle into a new school year. I trust that you had a restful and enjoyable summer break. Last year, Wellington College Student Alliance ran a programme of free Outdoor Education Days; a bespoke initiative on the [...]

The Summer WCLA newsletter is now available to view.  Here's an excerpt: Dear colleagues, As we come to the end of another school year, I hope you are well and looking forward to some of the enjoyable summer activities we all remember from our own school days. Fingers crossed that this nice warm weather [...]

The Summer WCLA newsletter is now available to view.  Here's an excerpt: Welcome back to everyone after Easter. I hope you had a restful and enjoyable break. Fingers crossed we get some warm weather and a bit of sunshine this term! Last half term was busy as we welcomed our newest intake of Wheeler students [...]

The second Spring WCLA newsletter is now available to view.  Here's an excerpt: We had a busy start to 2023, welcoming Wheeler students in year 13 and year 10 into college for study days (see picures below). We also selected our new cohort of 24 Year 9s, who will join us this year [...]

The Spring WCLA newsletter is now available to view.  Here's an excerpt: Warm greetings to everyone as we return after the holidays. I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break with family and friends. We had a busy half term in the run-up to Christmas, welcoming Wheeler students in year 12 into [...]

Our second Autumn term WCLA newsletter is now available to view.  Here's an excerpt: Warm greetings to everyone as we return from the half term break and move towards the madness that is the few weeks before Christmas. We had a busy half term, welcoming Wheeler students in Years 10, 12 and 13 [...]

The Autumn WCLA newsletter is now available to view.  Here's an excerpt: Warm greetings to everyone as we settle into a new school year; I trust that you had a restful and enjoyable summer break. Last April, with thanks to Alban Daniel and Tomlinscote School, we were able to pilot our first Outdoor [...]