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sIssue 48026 April, 2019

Deputy Head’s Reminder

Hay feverPupils who suffer from hay fever are reminded to keep an eye on pollen count forecasts, taking responsibility for their antihistamine medication as necessary.

ENGINEERS OF THE FUTURE

Looking Ahead• Monday 29 April - Used Uniform Sale

(3.30 p.m.)• Monday 29 April - Young Musician of the

Year Final (7.00 p.m.)• Monday 29 April - Prayer Group Meeting

(8.00 p.m.)• Wednesday 1 May - Spring Concert (7.00

p.m.)• Friday 3 May - Year 8 PFA Cake Sale

(3.05 p.m.)• Tuesday 7 May - Vocal Recital Evening

(7.00 p.m.)• Wednesday 8 May - Y7 Parents’ Evening

(4.00 p.m.)

This year’s activities day for Year 9 had an engineering focus and saw the return of the STIXX shelter building and egg drop challenges. The STIXX task involved building a large and stable shelter out of nothing more than rolled up cylinders of newspaper and cable ties. The structures were judged on capacity, sturdiness and aesthetics. The boys were in House groups. The results were as follows:

Position House1 Brecon2 Camberwell3 Greencoat4 Southwark5 Hayes6 Datchelor In the egg drop challenge, groups of 4 had to design and construct a device to safely transport an egg from the top of the Foundation Building balcony on to the hard concrete below. The task was made even more challenging by having to make the device as cheaply as possible and getting the egg to the ground in the fastest time!

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Points were awarded for lowest cost and fastest time, as well as completing calculations based on GCSE Physics. A lot of teams cracked under the pressure, leaving only 6 successful teams, securing house points in the process. The winning group were ‘Stephenson 4’ (pictured with their design, minus a team member).

The overall results for the House competition were:Position House1 Datchelor2 Datchelor3 Southwark4 Hayes5 Greencoat6 Camberwell As well as being enjoyable, the tasks also helped students to develop important skills such as teamwork, time manage-ment, creativity and problem solving. Hopefully some of the students have been inspired to become the much needed engineers of the future!

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sTRIP TO UCL BASE KX AgroupoffifteenLowerSixthEconomicsstudentswenttoseeBaseKXatUniversityCollegeLondon,accompaniedby Mr Ormonde. After arriving, we were quickly ushered downstairs into the large space that was the Hatchery. Our guides, Jerry Allen (Director for Entrepreneurship) and Celia Caulcott (Vice-Provost Enterprise), explained to us that this was the main area where new business ideas were formed and the entrepreneurial mind-set is created. Jerry then con-tinued to walk us around the rest of the impressive facility, showcasing some of the many business start-ups that were there at the time, explaining how Base KX had enabled them to get to their various stages of development and even letting us see their preparations for a business venture to Texas.

After this whistle-stop tour we were then sat in the confer-ence room, and were lucky enough to listen to three brief lecturesfromformerUCLstudentswhoarenowinvolvedinthe scheme at Base KX. These students all had businesses at different stages of development, ranging from a woman whohadrecentlysignedherfirstcontract,toamanwhosebusiness operated in America and Asia and was valued at $18million. These talks gave us a really good idea of how UCLstudentscanbenefitfromtheBaseKX,andhowtheentrepreneurial mind-set is not an inherited trait, but rather alearntskillthatwecanallbenefitfrom.I’msurethatsome,ifnotmany,ofuswillapplytoUCL,asthisprogrammeoffers a unique opportunity to undergraduates that no other university can compete with at the moment, and skills that cannot be overvalued in the world of business.

We were very grateful to Jerry Allen and Celia Caulcott for givingusauniqueinsightintotheUCLanditsuniqueap-proach to fostering business and intellectual talent.

Article by Yorke (Year 12)

OH! UN RHINOCÉROS! InpreparationfortheFrenchALevelcourse,Year10Frenchstudents had the opportunity to take part in a small production of the famous French play “Rhinoceros” by Eugene Ionesco in class (Act 1, Scene 1). “Rhinoceros” is allegedly a parable about French collaboration with the Nazis and evokes the French re-sponse to the Nazis, but more interestingly today, they describe a human response to creeping change. Both seem rooted in an existentialist tradition, which is as much about the absurdity of the human condition as it is about our historical capacity for cruelty. NeedlesstosaythattheModernForeignLanguagesDepartmentwould recommend it to anybody who is into French culture!Mrs Mulcahy would like to thank the Year 10 students for being sensational French actors!

Pictured above: Wilson’s students during the UCL visit.

PFA TREASURER TO RUN LONDON MARATHON

WILSON’S SPRING CONCERT

FEATURING JOHN RUTTER’S

FEEL THE SPIRIT

7pm Wednesday 1st May 2019

John Jenkins Hall

Adults £6 Under 18s £3 BOOK NOW ON PARENTPAY

REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED BY THE PFA

The winners of the April PFA 100 Club Draw are as follows

1st Prize Mrs M Balsekar £33.752nd Prize Mr T Rich £20.253rdPrize MrsLSivaramalingam£13.50

Our congratulations go to all of them. If you would like to take part in the next draw, please contact the PFA using the following email ad-dress: [email protected].

PFA 100 CLUB RESULTS APRIL

Wilson’s Treasurer, Deeepak Chinnam, (father of Akshay in 9G) has kindly offered to run, walk or hobble at the LondonMarathon2019toraise money for Wilson’s PFA.

Deepak will be running 26.2 miles (42.2 km) through the streetsofLondon!Ifyouwould like to support Deepak you can do so by donating at:

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sOpen Football this term has taken place on Mondays after school for boys from Years 7 to 9 who aren’t in a team. It has given them the opportunity to play football, with enjoyment being the main aim. Attendance has been really good, especially from the Year 7s, who on average had at least 20 boys at each of the ses-sions. Special mention must go to Mayuraharish, Kishan, Shrijan, Saad and Xanin from Year 7 and to Vikhash, Krishna and Shan-tos from Year 9 who all had 100% attendance records. It was good to see such enthusiasm from those who attended and to hear how much they had all enjoyed the sessions.

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Pictured above: Students attending Open Football.

Congratulations go to those who made the final23fortherugbyteamoftheyear.Ithasbeen a record breaking year as rugby contin-ues to grow in the school. The rugby awards will take place after Easter.

1. Oliver B (Y10)2. Marcus B (Y12)3. Daniel B (Y12)4. Sung Chan K (Y12)5. Classin J (Y10)6. Jackson E (Y10)7. Demilade O (Y7)8. Milo W (Y13)9. Euan S (Y7)10. Jake PG (Y8)11. Michael N (Y7)12. Guy R (Y9)13. Sean B (Y8)14. LukaJ(Y8)15. Tom C (Y7)16. Kinthugan K (Y8)17. Toba E (Y7)18. Jerome F (Y8)19. Dylan S (Y8)20. Tom H (Y12)21. James B (Y11)22. Shaan M (Y7)23. Kit G (Y11)

RUGBY TEAM OF THE YEAR

2018/19

BASKETBALLCHAMPIONS

Back in January, the U13 basketball team played in the Bas-ketballDevelopmentLeagueFinals.Theteamhadworkedhardthroughouttheseasontomakethefinalsandtheywerevery proud to be there. The tournament started off with a match against St. Bede’s, who Wilson’s had previously defeat-ed. The Wilson’s team began well with early points from Chris-topher and Jude. At half-time, the team decided to play defen-sively to try and retain the lead. This resulted in them doubling their lead and holding St. Bede’s to 0 points meaning that they werethroughtothenextround.ThismatchwasagainstLing-fieldCollege,theonlyteamtobeatWilson’sthisseason.Thismeant that they were especially keen to beat them after train-ing hard to do so. The game kicked off with Wilson’s winning the tip and once again taking an early lead. However, a strong Lingfieldsidefoughtback,closingthegapathalf-time.Afterthe break, Wilson’s came back more energized than ever and hungry to take home the trophy. More baskets from Soham, Sean,JudeandDylanfollowedandweremorethanLingfieldcouldtake.Atthefinalbuzzer,thescorewas12-8toWilson’s.Relieved, the team lifted the trophy.

Honourable mentions go to Dylan P (Year 8) and all the Year 7s for playing up a year.

Pictured above: U13 Basketball Team



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sIssue 4813 May, 2019


Sleep

At this time of year, we remind all pupils to review their sleep hygiene, ensuring in particular that games and electronic devices are not keeping them awake at night.

2019-20 SCHOOL CAPTAIN ANDDEPUTY SCHOOL CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED

Looking Ahead

• Monday 6 May - BANK HOLIDAY• Tuesday 7 May - Vocal Recital Evening

(7.00 p.m.)• Wednesday 8 May - Y7 Parents’ Evening

(4.00 p.m.)• Friday 10 May - Y11 & Y12 Study Leave

commences.• Monday 13 May - Public Examinations

begin.• Wednesday 15 May - EARLY FINISH

(1.05 p.m.)• Wednesday 22 May - Summer Concert

(7.00 p.m.)

We are delighted to announce Yorke as the new School Captain for 2019-20. During his time at the school Yorke has been involved in a wide range of school activities, from Sport to CCF and much more besides. He has an excellent record and has embodied the school’s motto ‘non sibi sed omnibus’ throughout his time at the school – indeed his record of service to the school was a signif-icant factor in his selection.

The selection process for School Captain is a rigorous and gruelling one. Letters of application are carefully assessed alongside a range of other factors, culminat-ing in an interview with the Head and Director of Sixth Form. Our congratulations go to Yorke and to his team offiveDeputySchoolCaptains,sixHouseCaptains,elevenSeniorPrefectsandforty-fiveDutyPrefectswhowill make a formidable team. They will receive their ties ofofficeinaformalschoolassemblyshortly.


While we welcome the new team, we must also say our thanks and a fond farewell to Will and his team who have been a model of excellence over the course of the past year. They have been true role models to the student body andhaveperformedtheirdutiesefficientlyandwithhumility,thanks in no small part to the hard work and strong leader-ship of the outgoing School Captain.

We shall be celebrating this year’s prefect team at a dinner held at the Travellers Club, Pall Mall, London, shortly.

Pictured above: Yorke will be ably supported by his Deputies: Luca, Sufiyan, Richard, Yorke, Prrajesh and Nathan.



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HOUSE MUSIC GRAND FINALE 2019Monday evening saw 20 of Wilson’s most talented musi-cians take part in this year’s House Music Grand Finale. Those taking part had already won the individual heats held last term — all of which were highly competitive (overall more than 200 boys took part). The standard, as always, was extremely impressive and our guest adjudicator, Mr Alan Weakley, commented on how impressed he was with the standard of the performances.

Whilst the high quality of the performances made his job a tricky one, we are delighted to announce the following results:

Wilson’s Senior Young Musician of the Year 2019

1st Place Oli Year 12 Flute2nd Place: Richard Year 12 PercussionJoint 3rd: Max Year 13 Voice Neos Year 11 Violin

Highly Commended: Jacob Year 11 Flute

Wilson’s Junior Young Musician of the Year 2019

1st Place Han-Joon Year 8 Violin2nd Place: Craig Year 9 Trombone3rd Place: Hari Year 7 Guitar

We hope you will join us in congratulating both those who won a prize as well as all those who took part.

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sRAF ANNUAL SERVICE Following the success of the Wilson’s School CCF Royal Air Squadron Trophy team at the national competition in March, we were pleasantly surprised to receive an invitation for 10 members of the team to attend the prestigious RAF annual service on Sunday 7 April, commemorating the formation of the RAF in 1918.

We travelled to St Clement’s Church in London, where the service would be taking place. St Clement’s Church is the central RAF church and is the church mentioned in the famous nursery rhyme ‘Oranges and Lemons’.

Upon arrival, we were overwhelmed by the sheer num-berofhighlydecoratedRAFofficersaswellashundredsof RAF personnel who were all attending the service. We even spotted H.R.H. Prince Charles in the Church! During the service itself we were treated to some fantastic music played by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the choir.

After the service, we attended the reception at the Royal Courts of Justice where we had the chance to talk to many people within the RAF, ranging from veteran Harry Winter (whoflewHalifaxbombersduringtheSecondWorldWar),toRPASdronepilotsbasedatRAFWaddingtoninthefightagainst IS. We even had the honour of meeting former Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford who was the Chief of Air Staff from 2013 to 2016.

BeinginvitedtosuchahighprofileeventwithintheRAFis a very rare privilege for an RAF CCF section. Attend-ing the service was a huge honour that we earned for the hard work everyone in the team put in to win the Royal Air Squadron Trophy and it is an achievement that we are all immensely proud of.

Mr Lawson wishes to announce that he has joined the staff of the Bluebell railway as a trainee station porter (likely his most import-ant career move) alongside his role as Head of Classics. He will be working at East Grinstead station on the Sunday of the Bank Holidayweekendandwilltrytoensurefirstclassseatsonwhatislikely to be a busy day.

BLUEBELL RAILWAY

Pictured above: Members of Wilson’s CCF RAF Section.

In the Lower School we look to reward students who have gone above and behond in lessons and in extra-curricular activities. Our congratulations go to those named below.

Student of the Week

Pictured above: Jones (7C)

Pictured above: Bradley (8D)

Jones was nominated for working hard last term to improve his levels of diligence.

Bradley was also nominated for working hard last term to improve his levels of diligence.

Year 8 recently visited the Science Museum where they had the opportunity to explore many of the exhibits. Especially popular with the boys (and staff!) was the Wonderlab, where Year 8 had the opportunity to get some ‘hands-on’ experience of many dif-ferent experiments and watch a demonstration of the wonders of carbon dioxide by one of the museum demonstrators.

Y8 SCIENCE MUSEUMTRIP

Pictured above: Demonstration in progress.

GENERATION GAME

Thursday 9 May - lunchtime in the JJ Hall. En-try will cost £1. U6 boys will take on a teach-er team for a number of fun tasks. Why not come and see how they get on?

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sTeam NewsThe senior teams were straight into the season on their return after the Easter break with the 3rd X1 putting in a creditable performanceintheirdefeattotheLingfield1stX1.Therewerevery close games against Whitgift, with the 1st XIs losing by only one wicket and the 2nd X1 tied their game. The 1st X1 achieved theirfirstwinbeatingJohnFisherby42runs.TheU14sgaineda Surrey Cup win over Rutlish whilst the U17s lost to a good Langley Park side in the National U17 Cup. The U15s and U13s both had commanding wins over John Fisher by 124 runs and 77 runs respectively, unfortunately the U14 game had to be can-celled.TheU12s,intheirfirstgamefortheschool,performedvery encouragingly against John Fisher and were successful with a dominating 10 wicket win. Well done to all the teams who played on Saturday against John Fisher for surviving very windy and cold conditions.

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Pictured above: Callum and Finlay.

Wednesday 24 AprilWilson’s vs. Whitgift1st X1 lost by 1 wicket2nd X1 drew Wilson’s vs. Lingfield3rd X1 lost by 16 runs to the 1st XI

Thursday 25 April Wilson’s vs. Rutlish (Surrey Cup)U14 won by 6 wickets

Friday 26 April Wilson’s vs. Langley Park (National U17 Cup)U17 lost by 7 wickets

Saturday 27 April Wilson’s vs. John Fisher (Sutton League) 1st X1 won by 42 runs U15 won by 124 runs U14 match cancelled U13 won by 77 runs U12 won by 10 wickets

CRICKET RESULTS

Player NewsIntheirfirstoutingforWilson’s,Parthtook2-4andShravanhit21 not out in the U12 win. Harry was on form for the U13s with afine66notout,hishighestscorefortheschool.IntheU15game Jackson made an excellent 77, whilst for the 3rd X1 Moksh bowled well to take 4-27 and Luke T-P struck a very good 62. Adam had a good spell for the second team taking 3-26, as did Rehan3-23andRiley3-17forthe1stX1.Finlaymadehisfirst50 of the season for the 1st XI, but the Player of the Week goes to another 1st X1 player Callum, who made 39 not out off 33 balls against Whitgift, hit 79 not out in the John Fisher game and took 3-19. Well done Callum.

Pictured above: U12 team.





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Great RevisionThis week, we said a fond au revoir to our Year 11 and 12 students as they begin Study Leave! As the boys are told repeatedly through their time at school, great revision is an “active” process. If your son is not producing something as part of his revision (or better still transferring information from one form to another), it is unlikely to be effective!

Looking Ahead• Monday 13 May - Public Examinations

begin.• Wednesday 15 May - EARLY FINISH

(1.05 p.m.)• Friday 17 May - Year 13 Study Leave

begins.• Wednesday 22 May - Summer Concert

(7.00 p.m.)• Thursday 23 May - Unique Timetable• Monday 3 June - Friday 7 June -

Activities Week and Year 8 Exam Week• Friday 14 June - Art Exhibition (both

GCSE and GCE).• Tuesday 18 June - Y11 Book Return.• Wednesday 19 June - EARLY FINISH

(1.05 p.m.)


MUSICAL MOMENTS AT WILSON’S

A number of Wilson’s most elite ensembles delighted an au-dience in the packed John Jenkins Hall at the Spring Concert last week. The Concert contained performances from the highly selective Chamber Wind Ensemble and Chamber String Ensem-ble; complex passages were handled masterfully by all those students involved. The Oboe Ensemble and the highly selective Brass Chorale also thrilled the audience with their renditions of some well-known classics. The Senior Wind Band performed a number of light-hearted, more popular pieces, whilst the Senior Orchestrabroughtthefirsthalfoftheconcerttoadramaticclosewith a superb rendition of the very challenging Karelia Suite by Sibelius. A number of our vocal ensembles, including the Barber-shop Ensemble, featured in the second half of the concert which culminated in a fabulous performance of John Rutter’s Feel the Spirit, for which the full school choir, chamber choir, and chamber orchestra, were joined by a visiting Mezzo-Soprano soloist. The students performed admirably, as the soloist mentioned to Mr Elsom after the concert, and she, herself, brought a real sense of class to proceedings.

In his closing words, Mr Cole thanked all those who had taken part in the concert but paid particular mention to those students for whom this will be their last concert performance at Wilson’s. A number of year 13 students have remained true role models to other students in the Music Department, and the department would also like to take the opportunity to thank all those who have given so much during their tenure at Wilson’s.

SPRING CONCERT VOCAL RECITAL EVENING

An evening of intimate vocal performances took place in the Bowden Room this week at the Vocal Recital Evening. A range of the school’s very best vocalists performed an eclectic programme of vocal repertoire ranging from Handel through to songs from Musical Theatre. The highlights were sogreatinnumberthatitisdifficulttohighlightparticularperformances, but the duet of Lily’s Eyes, performed by our hugely promising singers Gabriel and Max in year 13, was very nostalgic as it was this song that they performed for their GCSE Performance Coursework in Year 11. It was remark-able to hear how their voices have matured not only during their time at Wilson’s, but also in the past two years. The evening culminated in a number of beautiful performances by the Barbershop Ensemble, closing with Kim Andre Arnesen’s Flight Song. In the composer’s own words: ‘Flight Song sings ofeachsinger’shiddensong…thefinalmessageisthatmusic making is the song of new life, fragile as the fall of a feather.’Whataparticularlyfittingwaytoclosetherecital.

Mr Elsom would like to thank Mr Hann for all his hard work in preparing the students for this impressive evening, and also Mr Lissimore, for his fantastic accompanying skills.






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sIn the Lower School we look to reward students who have gone above and behond in lessons and in extra-curricular activities. Our congratulations go to those named below.

Student of the Week

Pictured above:Kian (7C)

Pictured above: Ekow (8H)

Ekow was nominated for showing a really impressive approach to his schoolwork.

Kian was nominated for being very kind, generous and thoughtful to two Year 8 students who nominated him for Student of the Week.

LOWER SIXTH SUBJECT COMMENDATIONS

In the Spring Term the Sixth Form Team invited Heads of Department to nominate students in their subjects to receive Sixth Form Commendations. Commendations are awarded to students who demonstrate excellent effort in their studies and who regularly go beyond what is expect-ed of them. Students who are nominated are role mod-els to others in their work ethic and we want to formally acknowledge and celebrate their diligence and resilience.

Congratulations to all of those who have been nominated.

Subject Nomination(s) Art James Biology Christopher PrrajeshChemistry Peter Anishtan Brian Computing Akesh DT CosminEconomics Kaamil DhruvEnglish Leon Geography Andrew German CallumGovernment and Politics AideyHistory KaamilLatin EllisMaths Brian Andrew AnthonyPhilosophy ThomasPhysics Brian AkashSpanish Johnny

Pictured above: Lower Sixth students with commendations.

Having performed very well in the Intermediate Mathematical Challenge, 23 Wilson’s students from Years 8 to 11 went on to the IMOK Olympiad, and gained impressive results. The top scorer in the school scored a near perfect 59 out of 60 in the Year 9 Cayley Olympiad earning a distinction and winning a book prize and medal.

Other high scores were obtained by Eeshaan (Year 9) with 50/60 and a distinction and a medal. Max (Year 10) with 39/60 in the tougher Hamilton Olympiad also gained a distinction, book prize and medal. Nineteen other Wilson’s pupils gained Merits for their performance in the Olympiad.

INTERMEDIATE MATHSOLYMPIAD

Havingqualifiedattheregionalfinal,Wilson’sYear7and8chess team recently played at the National Final of Junior Team Chess Challenge. This was held in the impressive sur-roundings of Hertford College, Oxford University. The team had the chance to solve some chess problems on arrival, just as relaxation! They were then treated to a talk by Professor Peter Millican of Hertford College on “Chess, Computers and ArtificialIntelligence”.Prof.MillicanisnotonlyaProfessorofPhilosophy but also a Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Thiswasfollowedbythefive-roundTeamChessChallenge.Eachplayerhadjusttenminutesontheclock,plusfivesec-onds increment per move and every game counted. We beat Chepstow School 4 – 0 and then Kings College (Wimbledon) B team 3 – 1. But then came tougher opposition and Wilson’s losttoKing’sAteam,JuddGSandfinallyMagdalenCollegeSchool.

The Wilson’s team came 7th with 10 points from 20 games. Top scorer was Rahul with 4/5 whilst Henry, Jack and Neo all also played well.

JUNIOR TEAM CHESSCHALLENGE

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CCF NEWSThe Cambrian Patrol - by WO1 (RSM) Wakefield

After a respect-able second placefinishinthe London-wide Guthrie Cup competition, Wilson’s were offered a place in the prestigious Cadet Cambrian Patrol: a scaled down version of a military com-petition which is attended by teams from armed forces from around the world. Months of preparation, se-lection of a squad and long training walks had been leading up to this weekend.

TheteamformedofRegimentalSergeantMajorWakefield,Sergeants Rennie-Carter and Fletcher and Lance Corpo-ralsFlowers,Benjamin,Apio,AsokkumarandTan(thefirstWallington Girl to compete in the competition) departed on Friday. Upon arrival at the Sennybridge training area, our kit was checked and the section IC, the RSM, was given a set of orders for the next day.

It was an early start on Saturday with the section getting up at around 0430 for breakfast at 0500. After being dropped offatourfirstcheckpointof8forthedaywepatrolledaround 40 km over the Brecon Beacons in what was re-ferred to as ‘biblical’ weather by the Sergeant Major in charge of the training team. During the day we were tested on a variety of military skills such as section attacks, obser-vation,firecontrolorders,firstaidandmilitaryknowledge.The RSM received his orders again that evening, this time to be assessed on his ability to then give these orders in the correct way to his section.

Thefinaldayconsistedofanothershortpatrolofaround2.5km followed by shooting at targets from 100m at which the team excelled.

Waiting for the results was especially nerve-racking. When it did come to us, we found out that we had achieved a sil-ver medal, matching the far more experienced team of two years ago and coming agonisingly close to gold.

As the Patrol IC I am extremely proud of my team and can-not wait to hear about the undoubted success of the team next year, having learnt a lot from our successes this year and hopefully pushing for gold.

St George’s Day Parade - by WO2 (CSM) Guha

Early on Saturday morning, a group of about 25 cadets from Wilson’s School and Wallington Girls, Army and RAF sections, departed from East Croydon Station en route to London Victo-ria. Upon arrival, we met with Captain Grant and the remaining cadets, before a brisk walk down towards Whitehall. Here, we were greeted with hundreds of other cadets: ACFs, RAF and Sea Cadets from all over London, invited especially to take part in the St George’s Day parade at the Cenotaph.

At about 10.30 a.m. we were ready to march off onto the Ceno-taph. We followed the ACF cadets, while Sgt Pepper (WHSG) carried the banner, despite the strong winds and the fact the ban-ner was easily double her height, proudly representing all in the Wilson’s School CCF.

Very touching words were said during the service, urging us all to remember those who gave their lives many years before for our country. All in all, we all thoroughly enjoyed the event and are very appreciative to those who hosted it.

Pictured above: The St. George’s Day Parade.

Pictured above: The Cambrian Patrol team with their medals.

ENGLAND NATIONAL RANKED PLAYER (U13 TEAM)

IN Y7

We would like to offer our congratulations to Thomas (7G) who is an England National Ranked player at squash. Last weekend he played in the England Squash tournament at Lee-on-the-solent. Thomas is ranked 22 in En-gland for the U13s and came in a credible 16th place out of the best 32 players in England and Wales at a recent tournament. This is 6 places up from his national ranking. He practises and plays in tournaments regularly, to continue to be amongst the best in the world. In January this year, although only 11 years old, Thomas came in the Top 50 in the British Open U13s, where the best squash players in the world compete.

Thomas is frequently spotted at the courts doing his homework - a true Wilsonian! Work hard, play hard!

Pictured above: Thomas in action.

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sTeam NewsThe 1st X1 had a busy week with an exciting draw against the MCCfinishing3runsshortand9wicketsdown.Agoodperfor-mance led to a 7 wicket win over Wallington which meant they are the Sutton League winners. In the National T20, a disappoint-ing display saw a defeat by Colfe’s. The 2nd X1 put in a decent show in defeat against the Wimbledon College 1st X1. The U15s had a convincing win over Ibstock Place in the cup. The U14s recorded 2 good wins over the touring Hague CC U15s and Glyn. The U13s similarly gained 2 victories with a commanding cup win over Stanley Park and then defeated Glyn. The U13Bs intheirfirstgameoftheseasonhadagreatvictoryagainstKCSWimbledon.TheU12Cssawtheirgameabandonedafterthefirstinnings but the U12Bs completed their game in defeat to KCS Wimbledon. The U12As are now in a strong position in their cup game v Kingston Grammar which will be completed on Saturday 11 May and then put in a dominant display to beat Glyn by 80 runs.


Pictured above: Shravan and Abhi.

Monday 29 AprilWilson’s vs. MCC1st X1 drewWilson’s vs. Ibstock Place U15 won

Tuesday 30AprilWilson’s vs. Stanley Park (Surrey Cup)U13A won by 10 wicketsWilson’s vs.KCS WimbledonU13B won by 8 wickets

Wednesday 1 MayWilson’s vs. Wallington County1st XI won by 7 wicketsmaking them the winners of the Sutton League.Wilson’s vs.Wimbledon College2nd XI lost (to 1st XI) by 38 runs

Thursday 2 MayWilson’s vs. The Hague CCU14 won (to U15) on run rate

Friday 3 MayWilson’s vs. Kingston Grammar (Surrey Cup)U12A Play suspended until 11 May.Wilson’s vs.KCS WimbledonU12B lost by 90 runsU12C match abandoned

Saturday 4 MayWilson’s vs. GlynU12 won by 80 runsU13 won by 30 runsU14 won by 7 wickets

Sunday 5 MayWilson’s vs. Colfe’s (National T20)1st XI lost by 48 runs

CRICKET RESULTS

Player NewsFinlay, Harry and Callum made contributions with the bat in the 1st X1 matches while Pranav hit a half century in the MCC game. Luke, Callum and Rehan showed good form with the ball. Arya andAlfiescoredrunsforthe2ndX1intheirgame.Jacksoncontinued his form with the bat for the U15s with 64 whilst Nick shonewiththeballtaking4-6.IntheU14sgamesUdithhitafine91 and Aditya 50 whilst Pradyumn took 3-12 with the ball. For the U13s Ahrujan and Harry again made runs. In the U13B game Max and Koushik both took 3 wickets each. For the U12Cs Man-nanhadagoodfirstinningsfortheschool.FortheU12sShravan,AbhiandAnshallmadetheirfirst50sfortheschoolinthe one and a half games played. Player of the Week goes to Udith for his superb innings.

Pictured above: 1st XI at Trinity.





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Non Sibi Sed Omnibus!

We are deeply proud of our Year 13 students, who leave us today to begin their Study Leave in the run up to their final A Level examinations. These last few weeks have given us many reasons to reflect on their virtues. They are genuine role models for younger pupils. Thank you gentlemen, and good luck!

Looking Ahead• Wednesday 22 May - Summer Concert

(7.00 p.m.)• Thursday 23 May - Unique Timetable• Monday 3 June - Friday 7 June -


GCSE and GCE).• Tuesday 18 June - Y11 Book Return.• Wednesday 19 June - EARLY FINISH

(1.05 p.m.)• Thursday 20 June - Y8 GCSE Music

Options Concert (7.00 p.m.)• Wednesday 26 June - Y13 Book

Return.


FAREWELL TO THE CLASS OF 2019

Today we said a fond farewell to the Upper Sixth class of 2019 as they prepare to sit their A Level examinations and then venture on to pastures new. Many of them joined us almost seven years ago and yet it seems hard to believe that it is already time to say farewell. To mark their departure, fancy dress was the order of the day today (much to the amusement of their fellow travellers on local buses and trains) and the departing students and staff enjoyed a wonderful buffet kindly sponsored by the PFA, as well as an extremely taxing inflatable assault course! This followed an excellent leavers’ barbeque on Thursday night, organised by a com-mittee of Year 13 students and attended by staff at the invitation of the students. Both days have afforded opportunities for sharing funny memories, good wishes and thanks between students and staff alike.

The Sixth Form is the engine room of the school. It sets the tone and determines the standards. What has been striking in these closing days is the determination they show and the importance they place on friendship. Arriving as boys, they leave as gentle-men; and having made their mark on the school, it is now time for them to make their mark on the world. Good luck and never forget, non sibi sed omnibus!

Pictured left: The former 7C in Wales in 2012-13

Pictured right: Outgoing School Captain Will in Year 7.






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Student of the Week

Pictured above:Zayaan (7D)

Pictured above: Gbotemi (8B)

Gbotemi was nominated for showing an improved attitude to his studies.

Zayaan was nominated for showing a very mature and sensible approach to improving his work at school.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN!

The hard work and dedication of a huge number of people enable the smooth day to day running of the school, and key among these are our Prefects. The prefect body of 20 Senior Prefects and 45 Duty Prefects are not just Prefects in title – they work exceptionally hard and it is no exaggeration to say that the school could not operate as it does without them.

They undertake significant numbers of duties before school, at break and lunch and the Senior Prefects have many additional responsibilities besides. All of this they manage with good cheer and dedication, showing they understand that true leadership is about service.

On Thursday 9 May, the Sixth Form Prefect team were formally recognised for their unwavering commitment and service to the school over the past year. Mr John Nicholson, Old Wilsonian and Vice Chair of Governors, hosted a dinner for the team at the Travellers Club during which the Prefects were thanked for their service and the selfless manner in which they have undertaken their duties for the benefit of the school as a whole.

Particular mention was made of the outstanding leadership of outgoing School Captain Will Hicks. His kindness, humility and good humour have made him an excellent leader and we are exceptionally grateful for his service to the school.

Pictured above: Prefects pictured at the Travellers Club.

On Thursday 2 May I attended a tea at Crystal Palace Foot-ball Club. The tea was hosted by Croydon Council’s Housing Department, Croydon Churches Floating Shelter, Crystal Pal-ace Football Club, Thames Reach and Sainsbury’s as a thank you to everyone involved with the Croydon Churches’ Floating Shelter project. Over the winter months, churches in Croydon host homeless people on a rota basis. My own church, St Matthew’s in Park Hill operated on Sunday nights in Janu-ary and February. I volunteered to be involved in this as part of my Duke of Edinburgh and I had an amazing experience through it, so will volunteer next winter too. I set out beds and bedding for up to 14 guests as well as setting out tables and chairs along with toiletries for up to 20 people in the St Mat-thew’s Church Hall and Choir Vestry. This semi-transforma-tion of a Church was not easy, but giving to those in need felt amazing and must be done.

I arrived at Crystal Palace at around 2:40 pm and met up with three of my fellow volunteers. We waited until 3:00 pm when we were allowed through by Crystal Palace and went to Sper-oni’s Restaurant (a goalkeeper who has made 371 appear-ances for Palace in the last 15 years). The buns, sandwiches, fruits, cakes and other selection of foods were excellent. After everyone had finished, Crystal Palace CEO Phil Alex-ander showed us a presentation on what both we and Crystal Palace had done for homeless people over last winter. Then, Crystal Palace legend and BBC pundit, Mark Bright and Phil Alexander presented awards (champagne bottles, various envelopes and VIP Crystal Palace tickets next season) to those they knew had done amazing work for a while. Mark Bright then started offering selfies but unfortunately I could not receive one as I preferred the option of the stadium tour which was brief as Crystal Palace had a match in two days and many areas were under maintenance. The walk-on to the pitch felt more surreal than either of my Wembley Stadium tours. If you can look past giant JD advertising and various other brands all over the VIP boxes then it is actually a very pretty stadium, contrary to popular belief that the stadium makes visitors feel uncomfortable.Article by Daniel (Year 9)

TEA AT CRYSTALPALACE!

Pictured above: Daniel at Crystal Palace Football Stadium.

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DUKE OF EDINBURGH NEWSGold DofE Practice Expedition by Rishi (Year 12)

After trekking approximately 60 kilometres between sleeping in tents and preparing quick meals, it is safe to say we enjoyed ourselves over the tough week in Wales. The emotions of being tired, starved, wet and frozen encompass all of the anticipations that propelled Y12 into another successful Gold Duke of Edin-burgh Practice Expedition.

Three days were dedicated to walking and an additional two for journeying from Wallington to the Black Mountains. Upon reach-ing camp, our priority, as always, was to ensure we had a hearty meal before heading for a rest ahead of a tiresome day. Weath-er conditions were challenging with us facing strong winds and light drizzle which made for a slightly demotivating start to our journey, but we ploughed on towards our first mountain: Sugar-loaf. My group of walkers were ambitious and confident in trying to summit our first peak nearly 450m above. The strong winds alongside the hail made for an exhilarating experience that I’m certain we’ll never forget. Despite adding time to our journeys, it was these impulsive and character-building moments that made this expedition memorable. As the supervisors went on to enjoy what we only imagined as being warm comfort food, we gathered around our stoves ready to prepare our dinners, ranging from SuperNoodles to tins of tuna and beans.

The next two days of walking continued with bright sunshine and blue skies. As the walking came to end on Thursday evening, we all had to push ourselves to the very end with the underlying morale booster of being able to enjoy fish and chips once the expedition was finished.

All in all, this was a thoroughly enjoyable experience for every-one. It was the aspects of teamwork, determination and morale that carried us all the way to the end. This practice expedition has helped us to prepare for a more challenging Qualifying in August which we look forward to with relish.

To see more pictures of DofE, follow the Twitter (@wilsons_dofe) or Instagram (wilsonsdofe) accounts.

Silver DofE Practice Expedition by Arjun (Year 11)

Easter weekend 2019 was an unusual one for 70 Year 11 stu-dents. Instead of trying to relax at home, or revising for our upcoming exams, we found ourselves trudging around the scenic area of the Ashdown Forest in Sussex for our Silver DofE.

We left Crowborough station by 9am on Good Friday, and then up to 10 hours were spent using our maps to navigate through areas of heathland, woodland and even marshland at times, with my group reaching the first campsite by 6pm.

Then, with our tents set up and food cooked on our stoves, we were able to spend the evening relaxing in our groups. On the next day we were up bright and early leaving by 8am, following a variety of paths through farmland and small towns in the warm April weather, which made our 18km walk seem all the longer! Once we reached our second campsite at 5pm (after some navigational hiccups!) a pleasant few hours were spent cooking, eating and playing sports such as cricket and rugby. The relaxed evening preceded a decent night’s rest before our final day in the Ashdown Forest. With the dawn chorus waking most of us up by 5am (good for me personally due to my bird-watching hobby!) we left campsite shortly before 8am, and after a further 7 hours of exhausting, yet successful orienteering we returned to the train station.

With over 55km covered across the 3 days, it was a thoroughly enjoyable weekend in stunning terrain, which was a welcome break from revision.

Bronze DofE Practice Expedition by Jack (Year 10)

We set off on Saturday at about 9am, not sure if we were ready to trek the Surrey Hills. It seemed easy to begin with. We had a great navigator for our first leg, so there was no stress of getting lost, and the weight of the bags didn’t seem too bad yet. We managed to make it across the scenic fields and through woods with no major mishaps (probably because we were being accompanied by an instructor), but towards the end, it was a real struggle to continue.

We knew it would be a challenge from the beginning, but reaching the top of what felt like the steepest hill we had ever braved with many kilograms pressing on our backs felt great, especially due to the spectacular view from the top. Not long after that we reached the camp-site, managed to quickly set up our tents, threw in our bags, and after resting our legs, began to cook our supper together.

On Sunday, we set off a bit earlier after packing up, ready to take on the new route without help. The unspoiled views were just as picturesque, but of course, this time, we made just a few wrong turns, although it didn’t matter as togeth-er we managed to figure out where we were and correct ourselves very efficiently, whilst still managing to keep to the schedule we had set. Many breaks later, as the complaints of aching shoulders and sore legs were drowned out by the thought of how close we were to finishing, we reached our journey’s end. After the long but gratifying weekend, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who was knackered, and was happy I could sit down for the rest of the day!

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sTeam NewsThe 1st X1 finished off the first part of their season with an ex-citing 1 run win over Kingston Grammar, defending 6 runs in the last over. The U15s were defeated by Whitgift in the National T20 but bounced back to beat KGS. The U14 A & Bs both suffered rained off games midweek but then achieved victories on Sat-urday. The U13As had a good win over St George’s U14Bs and a very good win in the Surrey Cup over Rokeby. It was one win and one loss for the U13Bs whilst the U12Bs are learning all the time despite two defeats. The U12As put in an indifferent perfor-mance in their defeat to St George’s but then bowled themselves to victory in the delayed Surrey Cup game against KGS (& beat them in a 10 over game). There have been some good team dis-plays this week with the U13As cup win and the 1st X1 last over win the highlights.


Tuesday 7 MayWilson’s vs. Whitgift (National T20)U15 lost by 9 wicketsWilson’s vs.St. George’s, WeybridgeU13A won by 6 wickets (vs. U14B)Wilson’s vs. Wimbledon CollegeU13B won by 9 wickets

Wednesday 8 MayMatches vs. Ewell Castle and Ernest Bevin cancelled due to rain.

Thursday 9 MayWilson’s vs. Sevenoaks - Match cancelled due to rain.Wilson’s vs. Rokeby (Surrey Cup)U13A won by 9 wickets

Friday 10 May Wilson’s vs. Kingston Grammar 1st XI won by 1 run Wilson’s vs. St. George’s, WeybridgeU12A lost by 9 wkts U12B lost by 19 runs

Saturday 11 MayWilson’s vs. Kingston Grammar U15A won by 8 wkts U14A won by 7 wkts U14B won by 7 wkts U13A lost by 15 runs U13B lost by 23 runs U12A won by 103 runs in the Surrey Cup match carried over from 3 May U12A won by 17 runs in a 10 over match U12B lost by 16 runs

CRICKET RESULTSPlayer NewsCallum continued his good form for the 1st X1 with an important 42 with the bat and 3-21 with the ball. For the U15s, Captain Ellis was leading from the front with 3-11 and 34 not out in the KGS win. In the U14s Ibrahim and Nameer were in the wickets whilst Arnav bat-ted well for his 31. For the U13As Ahrujan, Zain and Han-Joon all made runs. In the cup game Ahrujan (27) and Year 7 Shra-van (67not out) shared a match winning 87 run partnership. In the U13B games Nithusan, Soham and Max scored runs whilst Freddie and Sudhir took wickets. In the U12 completed Surrey Cup match Shravan 3-14 and Ashutosh 2-21 bowled well, but wereeclipsed by Ansh who bowled well earlier in the week in the U13 cup game and in the defeat to St George’s. In the KGS cup match, Ansh bowled 1.3 over and took 5 wickets for 4 runs which included a hat-trick to finish off the KGS innings. A magnifi-cent 9 ball spell which gains him Player of the Week.

Pictured above: U13 team.

Pictured above: Player of the Week, Ansh.

WILSON’S SUMMER CONCERT

ST ELPHEGE’S CHURCH 7PM WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY 2019

120 STAFFORD ROAD, WALLINGTON SM6 9AY

BOOK NOW ON PARENTPAY

ADULTS £6 UNDER 18s £3

PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO INTERVAL

Summer Concert St Elphege’s Church

The sun is shining!! Summer is almost upon us.On Wednesday 22 May, we are holding our summer concert at St Elphege’s Church 120 Stafford Road Wallington. The concert will start at 7pm. Please join us for what promises to be a fantastic event. All are welcome. Advance booking is recommended via Parentpay or you can pay on the door. Please note that there will be no interval.

We look forward to seeing you.





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Contacting the school office

We try to make sure that the school office is able to take calls from parents promptly during the day, but please be aware that we are only in a position to pass on urgent messages to pupils (for example, when arrangements for collection or travel at the end of the day have changed).

Looking Ahead• Monday 3 June - Friday 7 June -


GCSE and GCE)• Tuesday 18 June - Y11 Book Return.• Wednesday 19 June - EARLY FINISH


Options Concert (7.00 p.m.)• Tuesday 25 June - Y13 Exams End• Wednesday 26 June - Y13 Book Return• Thursday 27 June - EARLY FINISH

(1.05 p.m.)• Thursday 27 June - Open Evening


SUMMER ARRIVES AT WILSON’S!

Some of our most promising junior musicians thrilled a large audience at St Elphege’s Church on Wednesday evening this week. Our newly-formed Junior Wind Band, comprising students in year 7 who first began learning their instruments in September as part of the Instrumental programme, began the concert with a rousing rendition of John Willaims’ Raider’s March from the Indiana Jones films, and the famous theme tune for the 1963 film The Great Escape brought their performance to a triumphant close. It is amazing to consider the progress that these students have made over the course of only a few months. The brass ensemble performed a medley of 80s disco music, arranged by Mr Willey, who also directed the ensemble. The Junior String Ensemble delighted the audience with their rendition of the Andante from the Clock Symphony by Haydn, so called owing to the pizzicato ticking accompaniment, and the Year 10 choir performed The Girl from Ipanema, by Jobim, which they have learnt as an example of wider listening when studying their new set work as part of the GCSE Course. Samba Em

Preludio was performed by Esperanza Spalding. The trebles performed You’ve Got A Friend in Me, a song by Randy Newman, which was made famous by its inclusion in the hit film Toy Story. The flute ensemble, directed by Ms Driver, performed a collection of movements from the score from the Harry Potter films, before a flute duo performed the challenging Tarantelle by Fauré. Finally, Cambiata, our choir of changing voices, directed by Mr Hann, performed We’re gonna be alright by Charlie Adams, which introduces the audience to the different voices of the choir in turn. Finally, the concert was brought to a dramatic close with a rousing rendition of Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate which ties together many traditional tunes in a whimsical fashion.

In his closing words, Mr Cole thanked all those who took part, including the older students who came back in order to support our younger students in the performance of the evening’s varied repertoire. Thanks too go to all those at St Elphege’s Church who kindly allowed us to use the venue for the concert.



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Student of the Week

Pictured above:Dan (7G)

Pictured above: Yuzhe (8G)

Yuzhe was nominated for being a consistently diligent student who always sets himself the highest standards.

Dan was nominated for being a delightful, hardworking student who takes such a pride in his work.

MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM

Conference: Mental Health of Academically Able Children

Visitors from 30 schools across London and the South East joined us last Wednesday for a conference aiming to explore the partic-ular responsibilities of schools to ensure the wellbeing and strong mental health of academically able children. Able children may be more likely to experience anxiety and exhibit signs of perfection-ism, with negative consequences for their mental health.

The morning sessions allowed for discussion and debate about some of the measures taken at Wilson’s: our focus on the needs of the children who may be shy or diffident in spite of their enor-mous potential, training for ‘Safeguarding Ambassadors’ from the Sixth Form who have taught pupils about mental health issues as part of the Year 9 PSHE programme, and a wide range of other measures.

In the afternoon, Jenny Langley from the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust delivered a highly engaging training session to all teaching staff at Wilson’s, focussing on the need to set realistic expecta-tions for able pupils (including, for example, talented sportsmen) and communicate effectively with them about their mental health.

Further information is available at: https://www.wilsons.school/support/pmh/.

I was invited to represent Chelsea academy at the Abano Trophy Under 14s annual Tournament. The tournament has a good reputation both within Europe and internationally. It is recognised by U.E.F.A, attracting important Italian and foreign teams every year, such as: FC Inter, AC Milan, Juventus FC, Atalanta BC, FC Fiorentina, FC Manchester, FC Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

We arrived in Abano, a small town in Italy, where the tourna-ment was being held. We spent the journey discussing our prospects of winning and also how tough our opponents were based on previous experiences of playing them. The opening ceremony gave us a chance to eye our opponents and also marvel at the beauty of the town. After the opening ceremony we learned that our group consisted of Atalanta, Fiorentina and RB Leipzig; ‘a group of death’ in many ways. Despite this, we relished the challenge of a tournament which hosted some of the best teams worldwide and we couldn’t wait to start. Our hotel was relatively nice with good food, and I can confirm that the Italians really do love their pasta!

After an unfortunate loss in our first game against Atalan-ta, we followed this up with a less good performance, but a victory against RB Leipzig. They do say that the best teams always find a way to win even when they are not at their best. This left it all to play for in our final group game against Fiorentina, arguably one of the toughest teams in the tourna-ment. Despite our valiant efforts, two late goals put us out of the tournament. We had failed to qualify for the quarter finals. We were left in 3rd position in the group following a final game against one of the biggest academies in the world, Ajax. I was slightly underwhelmed with my individual performances feel-ing I wasn’t able to play to my maximum level despite the one goal and one assist I finished on, along with being involved in many of the other goals. However, I had done my best and that was all that mattered.

Despite our disappointment, there were many positives to take away from the tournament. Firstly we were the youngest team and most of us were play-ing against older, more physi-cally developed boys forcing us to rely on our technical ability. The tournament also gave us a chance to compare ourselves to some of the best players around the world. Finally we experienced what life looked like as a pro footballer, our aspirations for the future.

Article by Dubem (Year 9)

ABANO TOUR REPORT

Pictured above: Dubem during the Abano Tour.Pictured above: Mr Sturt and Miss Banner with some of the available literature.

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sMIDNIGHT IN PARIS?

Two of our Year 10 students (15 year olds Ronnie & Nathan) are undertaking a 220 mile cycle ride to Paris on Saturday in order to raise funds for the school.

They have decided to take on this inspiring adventure as part of their Duke of Edinburgh challenge, whilst also raising funds for their school. If you would like to follow them on their journey from cycle proficiency fledglings, to free-flowing international travellers you can do so at https://wilsons2paris.blogspot.com/. Please do send them some encouragement by leaving comments when reading their blog. Ronnie and Nathan would be delighted to see some friendly faces waving them off from the school on Saturday (25 May) when they leave at 12.30 p.m. If you are free, why not come along and wish them well.

If you would like to fuel their motivation when their legs are tiring, please do make a donation at https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/Wilsons-to-Paris.

WOODCOTE GREEN

GARDEN CENTRE VOUCHERS

If you are visiting Woodcote Green Garden Centre and make any purchases over the Bank Holiday weekend, please do remember to ask for their school vouchers. A 25p voucher is issued for every £10 spent. These vouchers are exchanged for plants and equipment for the school. The col-lecting box for your vouch-ers is on the school recep-tion desk. Vouchers will be issued on all purchases until 31 July.

In April our Year 7 and 8 pupils sat the Junior Maths Challenge run by the UK Maths Trust (UKMT) and the results have just been received – they performed outstandingly, with 161 reach-ing the Gold award level. A further 131 gained Silver and 57 Bronze. The criteria for the awards is given by the UKMT as “To recognise the highest performers in the Challenge we award the top-scoring 40% of participants bronze, silver and gold certificates in the ratio 3:2:1” So to have over 40% of our partici-pants gain a gold award is awesome.

A record 112 boys have qualified for the follow on rounds on Tuesday 11 June. This includes eleven for the demanding Ju-nior Maths Olympiad as well as 101 for the Junior Maths Kan-garoo. Pupils will receive more details about these challenges from their maths teachers, and further information about them can be found from the organisers’ website www.ukmt.org.uk If possible, those who have qualified for the Junior Maths Olym-piad should attend a preparation session run by Dr Cooper on Monday 3 June in F12.

Congratulations to our top scoring pupils – in year 7 Hongu and Han both scored an impressive 117, whilst in year 8 Ewan scored a fantastic 130, with Ben on 127 also scoring outstand-ingly.

JUNIOR MATHS CHALLENGE

PFA 100 CLUBRESULTS FOR MAY

The winners of the May PFA 100 Club draw are as follows:

1st Prize Mrs Jemegbe £33.752nd Prize Mrs McMillan £20.253rd Prize Mrs Harries £13.50

Our congratulations go to all of them.If you would like to take part in the next draw,please contact the PFA using the following email address: [email protected].

Pictured above: Hongyu and Han, Year 7

Pictured above: Ewan and Ben, Year 8

On Thursday 9 May, a large number of students came along to the JJ Hall to watch Wilson’s interpretation of the “Generation Game”. This involved a team of Upper Sixth students taking on a team of teachers: Mr Burton, Miss Banner, Mr Elwood, Miss Horton, Mr Sturt and Miss Mattinson.

They undertook various challenges including a game of cha-rades and a Countdown round. Despite valiant efforts from the teaching staff, the students won.

A lot of fun was had by all those involved, including the audi-ence, and £152 was raised for charity.

GENERATION GAME

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sTeam NewsThe U15 A team had two good wins beating Royal Russell in the Surrey Cup and then Ewell Castle. In the one U15B team game, the boys put in a fighting performance against the Ernest Bevin U15A team, but suffered a narrow defeat. The U14As came up against a decent Reigate Grammar side to go out of the Surrey Cup, but then bounced back with a convincing win at the weekend. Two games for the U14Bs brought them a good win against the Rutlish A team and a defeat against Lingfield. The U13As pushed Trinity hard, but came up 25 runs short, but then finished the week with a good win. The U12As got into a winning position against a good Trinity side, but a batting collapse led to a narrow defeat. Revenge was quick as the following day Ewell Castle were soundly beaten. The U12Bs suffered a loss, but are learning all the time and gaining valuable experience.


Monday 13 MayWilson’s vs. Ernest BevinU15B lost to U15A by 4 wicketsWilson’s vs.Reigate Grammar (Surrey Cup)U14A lost by 58 runs

Tuesday 14 MayWilson’s vs. TrinityU13A lost by 25 runs

Wednesday 15 MayWilson’s vs. Royal Russell (Surrey Cup)U15A won by 33 runs

Thursday 16 May Wilson’s vs. RutlishU14B won by 56 runs (vs. A team) Friday 17 MayWilson’s vs. TrinityU12A lost by 10 runs

Saturday 18 MayWilson’s vs. Ewell CastleU15A won by 79 runsU14A won by 8 wicketsU13A won by 19 runsU12A won by 10 wicketsWilson’s B vs. Lingfield College A teamsU14B lost by 34 runsU13B lost by 57 runsU12B lost by 42 runs

CRICKET RESULTS

Player NewsEllis hit a good half century for the U15As, whilst Jackson and Felix were also in the runs. Moksh had a super spell in the Surrey Cup match taking 2-7. In the U14As, Pradyumn 3-23 and Eeshan 3-7 from 3 overs, had good bowling spells whilst Aditya had a decent innings of 24. In the U14Bs, Neel hit a valuable 24 not out in the win against Rutlish, and Aghna batted well in the defeat to Lingfield. For the U13As Zain 46, Harry 34 and Ahrujan 63 were in the runs with Dylan, Han-Joon and Neel bowling well. Ahrujan and Harry shared an opening part-nership of 130 in the Ewell Castle game. Koushik and Hemanth performed well with bat and ball for the U13Bs, with Ethan also in the runs. In the U12A team games, Ansh carried on his good form, with the bat scoring 47 and 52 retired not out, while Abhi and Atharva also had a good innings each. It’s pleasing to see a few bowlers beginning to find some form. In the one U12B game, Rishabh and Arnav had promising innings whilst Xanin, Mannan and Arnav bowled well. For the second week on the trot, the Player of the Week goes to Ansh from the U12s for his batting, this time especially his innings against Trinity. Pictured above: Wilson’s Athletes.

Pictured above: Player of the Week for the second week running, Ansh.

On Wednesday 15 May, Athletics Teams from Years 7-10 com-peted in a friendly competition against Wallington Boys, Sutton Grammar and Stanley Park at Stanley Park High School. There were very high levels of performance on display from all teams, but Wilson’s were the overall winners. Year 10, winning nearly all of their events, had stars Israel winning the high jump with 1.90m, Jordan winning the 100m with a new personal best of 11.42s and Jin Woo winning the long jump with a jump of 5.80m. Outstanding performances from all years and one of the most successful athletics competitions the Year 10 Team has ever had. Report by Classin (Year 10)

On Monday 13 May, pupils from Years 8, 9 and 10 travelled to Charterhouse School to compete in the English Schools Track and Field Cup. Some excellent individual performances from the Intermediate Boys (Years 9 and 10) saw them amass a fantastic points total which meant they qualified for the Regional Finals next month. Guy (Year 9) ran 38.5s over 300m which ranks him 9th in the country for his age group, which is quite an achieve-ment! The Year 8 Team also battled hard and finished fourth, only four points behind the team taking 2nd place. It is likely that they will qualify for the B Final.

Congratulations to all those who took part; a brilliant day of ath-letics.

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Drinking WaterDuring this hot weather, it is very important that pupils drink plenty of water. There are many water fountains around school, water is provided in all dining areas, and pupils are allowed to drink water in lessons with the permission of the teacher. Pupils must not drink while walking around school (or on the Astros) and water should not be brought to Science, IT or DT classes, or to formal occasions (such as assemblies).

Looking Ahead• Friday 14 June - Art Exhibition (both

GCSE and GCE)• Tuesday 18 June - Y11 Book Return.• Wednesday 19 June - EARLY FINISH



(1.05 p.m.)• Thursday 27 June - Open Evening• Friday 28 June - late start for students

(9.30 a.m.)


CHALLENGING TEACHERS TO CHALLENGE LEARNERS

Year 7 pupils may have spent the week in the Brecon Beacons (full report to follow!), and other year groups have been doing exams, but teaching has continued as normal for boys in Year 10. But what do we mean by ‘teaching as normal’ at Wilson’s?

Teaching at Wilson’s enables pupils to make exceptional progress, but some visitors to the school are surprised to learn that this isn’t the result of a formulaic approach. Rath-er teachers are encouraged through CPD (Continuing Pro-fessional Development) to discuss and debate their prac-tice, seeking to improve by engaging with expert advice and the latest research in their subject area. Huge value is placed on teachers’ subject knowledge and expertise.

There are some distinctive features of teaching at Wil-son’s. These include a commitment to a deeper, broader curriculum than would be possible in many schools, with a particular focus on the experience in Year 9 which is often enriched with subject knowledge well beyond GCSE spec-ifications.Thiswiderlearninghelpspupilstoembedkeyconceptsintheirlong-termmemoryandapplythemfluentlyin different contexts.

New teachers at Wilson’s learn that differentiation for highly able pupils is a challenging business and needs handling with the utmost sensitivity and skill. Some pupils will require a ‘pushy’ approach to help them achieve their best, while others will put considerable pressure on themselves and need constant reassurance. We believe that it is the extent and nature of teacher intervention that is the strongest form of differentiation for pupils.

As all teachers know, sometimes explanations go well and are clearly understood – and sometimes they don’t! All teachers need to have the humility to recognise that some-times things need explaining again…and again…and again – often in different ways. It is crucial to check under-

standing systematically in order to know where extra inter-vention or explanation is required. As far as possible, we try to ensure that this additional intervention is woven into lessons (rather than something that pupils have to seek out for themselves after class).

Our excellence criteria for teaching includes the term “col-lective endeavour” to describe groups of pupils (or even the whole class) working in productive collaboration. Employ-ers increasingly seek out candidates who can work well in ateam–makingconfidentcontributionswithoutdominatingdiscussions – and these are attributes that every well-planned group work task should help to instil.

This year, our we have sought to boost teachers’ under-standing of Cognitive Load Theory, with particular refer-ence to the ‘Teenage Brain’ and Sarah-Jane Blakemore’s research. Next year our CPD will be focussing on helping pupils place their knowledge securely in the context of the “bigger picture” (drawing together learning effectively within and between subjects) as well as asking the best possiblequestions and seeking the best possible answers – both in written and spoken form – everywhere from the class-roomtotheplayingfields,whereteachersandcoachesincreasingly use dialogue to diagnose misconceptions and improve performance in sport.

Pupils at Wilson’s would hopefully agree that there is no single, predominant teaching style (although they may be familiar with teachers saying “put your hands down, I will decide who answers the questions”!). Maintaining a diversi-ty of approaches to classroom teaching that meet the same high standards is a challenge we relish and next year we will be creating more opportunities for pupils to share their viewsontheteachingstylesthattheyfindworkbestforthem.






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Student of the Week

Pictured above: Delosh (7G)

Pictured above: Atel (8B)

Atel was nominated for really engaging with his studies since Christmas.

Delosh was nominated for showing such a proactive interest in health issues and for showing concern for society at large.

RAF ODIHAM FLYING DAY

On Friday 31 May, 23 cadets from Wilson’s School CCF, accompanied by three adults, travelled to RAF Odiham in order to take part in a Flying Day. Upon arrival at the base, whilst waiting for ourbriefingweweregivenaccess to four stands, in-cluding: an RAF recruitment stand; a stand showcasing RAF equipment; another showcasing weaponry; and finallyastandwhereafire-fighterdemonstratedtheuseoffireequipment.

After the short wait, we made ourwayintothebriefingroom, where we were stood to one side and one by one got called out to sign the flightmanifesto.Onceev-eryone had signed this, the briefingcommenced.Itwentover the route we would take to get to the loading point for the Chinooks, and a few safety points such as what to do in the (very unlikely) event of a crash.

Withthebriefingover,wewerewalkeddowntherunwayuntilwereached the loading point, where we watched the Chinook land. It startedbyflyingtowardsusandthen,atthelastmoment,swungaround so that it was facing away from us. The ramp at the back opened and the previous occupants walked out. Then it was our turn.

As we approached the Chinook, the sound of its spinning rotors above our heads was thunderous, even with our helmets on. How-ever, upon climbing up the ramp and taking our seats upon the benches that ran down either side of the helicopter, we found the noise had faded away slightly. The ramp closed behind us and we were told to strap in.

Then, we took off. Looking out of the window, I saw the ground fall away beneath us as we rose up. As soon as we were airborne the crewmen opened the ramp so we could get a good look at thescenery.Timeflewbyandbeforeweknewit,wewerebackatthebasetofindoutwe’dactuallybeenupforover30minutes.Anexperience to be remembered!

Article by Ben (Year 9)

“How about a 220 mile cycle ride from Wilson’s to Paris?” they said! “It’ll be fun…” they said! “You’ll be on an adven-ture….” they said!

Funnily enough, they didn’t mention the armada of hills that stood in the way between us and Paris. But that wouldn’t matter if I wasn’t able to cycle particularly far anyway. So on Saturday 20 October, my weekly cycling began in order to complete my three months of DofE physical training for a potential trip to Paris. Week by week, the distance cycled contin-ued to grow, and training continued long past three months. I had committed to Paris and there was no turning back.

On the morning of Saturday 25 May, we set off for Newhaven to get our ferry to Dieppe. And for each new day, there was a new challenge.Afterfivedays,manybakeriesandlotsofredtrafficlights, we saw the grand Eiffel Tower in all its glory, standing before us as we cycled into Paris. I felt a great deal of joy and my legs felt a great deal of relief once it was over.

Do read about our training, route and adventure at https://wilson-s2paris.blogspot.com.

Thank you for all the kind comments and donations which currently total £1,385. Enjoyed read-ing our blog? Please help us smash our target and raise more for Wil-son’s by donat-ing at:https://uk.virgin-moneygiving.com/Team/Wil-sons-to-Paris.

Article by Ronnie (Year 10)

WILSON’S TO PARIS

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SWIMATHON 2019Our Wilsonian community came together for the Swimathon 2019 organised by Purley Rotary. Wilson’s boys, siblings, parents, CCF and Teachers swam side-by-side and raised £1825.05 (Wilson’s PFA) and £326.71 (Wilson’s School CCF).

60% of funds raised goes to the teams (Wilson’s PFA - £1095; Wilson’s School CCF - £196) and 40% goes to Purley Rotary to distribute to various local charities. It is wonderful to be able to raise money for our school and support our local community by participatinginoneevent,reflectingthetruespiritof‘NonSibiSed Omnibus’.

Thank you to everyone who donated and well done to all our amazing swimmers!

WOODCOTE GREEN GARDEN CENTRE

VOUCHERSIf you are visiting Woodcote Green Garden Cen-tre and make any purchases over the Bank Holiday week-end, please do remember to ask for their school vouchers. A 25p voucher is issued for every £10 spent. These vouchers are exchanged for plants and equipment for the school. The collecting box for your vouchers is on the school reception desk. Vouchers will be issued on all purchases until 31 July.

Callum(Year 12) really took the plunge with his fundraising for the Ghana expedition which takes place in July this year. He very bravely undertook a bungee jump in order to raise funds (see photo-graph to the right). Any money Callum raises through his Just Giving page will be split between his own costs for the trip and the Akenkan funds. These funds are being used to buy resources for Ghanaian classrooms in which the boys will teach in just a month’s time.

IF you would like to support Callum, you can do so here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/callum-hockley.

We wish Callum well in his fundraising for the trip.

CALLUM TAKES THE PLUNGE

Art Department, Wilson’s School, Mollison Drive, Wallington, Surrey SM6 9JW

GCSE and A-Level Students workFriday 14th June 2019 15:05–18:30

WILSON’S SCHOOL

ART EXHIBITION

YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO THIS YEAR’S GCSE AND A LEVEL ART EXHIBITION

Pictured above: Callum in the air.

Pictured below: Mr Cole with some of the Swimathon 2019 participants.

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sTeam NewsA quiet week before half term saw just 7 matches played. The U13A team had two matches and two good wins over Cater-ham School and Downsend which was in the Surrey Cup. This match in particular saw the boys before well under some pres-sure against a good side. The U13Bs had a convincing win over Caterham. The same opponents then received the visit of three teamsfromtheU12s.TheU12Csachievedtheirfirstwin(theirother game was abandoned half way through) as did the U12Bs atthefifthattempt.Thiswasgreatforthemastheyarelearn-ing all the time. The U12As made it 3 wins out of 3 as they also defeated Caterham but the following day came up against a very good Whitgift team in the last 16 of the Surrey Cup. Although they were defeated they put in a very good performance and showed they can be very competitive. It’s been a hectic and good firsthalfoftheseasonofwhichtheboysfromallteamsshouldbe proud of their achievements so far and it is a good base to build on for the rest of the season.


Tuesday 21 MayWilson’s vs.CaterhamU13A won by 6 wicketsU13B won by 9 wickets

Thursday 23 May Wilson’s vs.Downsend (Surrey Cup)U13A won by 7 wickets

Friday 24 MayWilson’s vs. CaterhamU12A won by 97 runsU12B won by 10 wicketsU12C won by 70 runs

Saturday 25 MayWilson’s vs. Whitgift (Surrey Cup)U12A lost by 9 wickets

CRICKET RESULTS

Player NewsFor the U13As Freddie took 3 wickets for 5 runs and Faizal hit a good 20 in the team’s win over Caterham. In their cup win Dylan bowled well taking 2-21 whilst Shravan had a great spell of 4-1-13-1. The successful run chase was led with 40 not out by Zain with supporting roles by Abhi 27 not out, Ansh 19 and Ahrujan 24. In the U13B game Hemanth, Koushik and Atharva all took 2 wickets. Ethan 25 and Nithushan 32 were both retired as the total was passed. For the U12Cs, Tanish 1-3 and Ollie 1-4 were the pick of the bowlers whilst Pratyush 34 and Tanuj 24 batted well. The U12Bs saw Advait take 2-8 and then Zayaan smash 33 not out in their win. In the U12A Caterham game, Atharva retired on 50 and Abhi struck 26 before Hari 2-10, Parth 3-4 and Ansh 4 wickets for 2 runs, bowled the team to victory. In the Whitgift cup game there were two batting highlights with Abhi getting 29 and Aditya playing his best innings of the season so far making 38. Shravan then bowled well with no luck, Ashutosh only went for 7 runs in 3 overs whilst Ansh kept up his impressive performances with the ball with 5 overs 1 maiden 1 wicket for 9 runs.

Pictured above: U12 Bowlers vs. Caterham.

Pictured above: U12s at Whitgift





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Report a Concern

Any pupil who wishes to report an instance of bullying or tell us if they are concerned about their welfare or that of another person can use the Report a Concern form, found on the Quick Links page of the school website.

Looking Ahead• Tuesday 18 June - Y11 Book Return.• Wednesday 19 June - EARLY FINISH




(9.30 a.m.)• Friday 28 June - Horniman Bandstand

Concert


SEVEN GO TO WALES

This year’s Year 7 residential to Wales was slightly earlier than usual - a risk given the propensity for rainfall in Wales! However, with the exception of a little drizzle, the rain most-ly fell on the coaches during the journeys to and from our temporaryhomesofDunfieldHouse,BaskervilleHallandYHA Wye Valley.

The trip to Wales is as old as Wilson’s buildings in Walling-ton, with Lower School students attending a version of this trip since the early 1970s. While much of the format has changed over the years, the philosophy of living and work-ing together in an outdoor environment, learning new skills and having fun, remains unchanged.

From the various centres the boys are encouraged to make good use of their free time away from electronic devices, playing cards or board games or organising sports. Struc-tured activities like quizzes and diary writing calm them before bedtime. However, the trips away from the cen-tres provide the greatest fun and the most opportunity to achieve and enjoy.

On rotation all the students will have spent a day on the Wye, learning to canoe, making progress up-stream and against some quite strong winds on occasion. Those who mastered that also got to explore the small tributary which isthepicturesqueRiverLllynfi.

While on the Wye, the boys also turned their hand to raft building. Using intermediate technology, log planks and barrels to fashion a river-worthy craft, teams of boys either successfully rode their rafts down-stream or watched as

they collapsed and paddled to collect the various elements of their failed craft! The success or failure of their manufac-ture seemingly having no effect on morale, as it remained high throughout and everyone got wet regardless!

The other whole day activity saw a visit to Big Pit Mining Museum. Taking a tour underground with a former miner, who talked about the lives of miners from the earliest coal pits to the modern day, is always an eye opener and excel lent behaviour and the enquiring nature of the boys was complimented by public, guides and museum staff alike.

The literal pinnacle of the trip is the climb up Pen-Y-Fan, tallest of the Brecon Beacons, the highest mountain in South Wales and in the South Of Britain (depending where you draw the line). It is a physical challenge which affords those fantastic views of the Bristol Cannel and beyond. Whilenottechnicallydifficult,thepeakstandsat2,907ftabove sea level and all those who made it up can be rightly proud of their achievement.

Mr Burton would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff of the 3 centres, Big Pit and Black Mountain Activitiesand the 17 staff from Wilson’s School who accompanied the boys, but also those who covered in their absence and those who administered the trip, without whom none of this could have happened.

Thanks also go to a great set of boys who behaved impec-cably and threw themselves into the week with enthusiasm.






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Student of the Week

Pictured above: Vedang (7H)

Pictured above: Myles (8D)

Myles was nominated for helping build a classmate’sconfidenceinthePublicSpeak-ing Workshop.

Vedang was nominated for reminding the Key Stage 3 Team to water Year 7’s plants whilst they were in Wales..

KELVIN SCIENCE PRIZE, PETERHOUSE, CAMBRIDGE

Thomas (Y12) has been chosen as one of the winners in the Kelvin Science Prize from Peter-house (Cambridge University), for his essay on the science of drug formulation.

The Peterhouse Essay Compe-titions are a great opportunity for Year 12 students to start explor-ing their subject and get a taste of university-level research. It runs every year, with questions released in December and the deadline for entries falling at the end of March. Each competition has a prize pool of £750.

The judges felt that Thomas’ essay stood out for its clarity of ar-gument, stylish prose, level of research and originality of thought. This commendation puts Thomas in the top 10 out of 200 entries. We would like to pass on our congratulations for such an out-standing achievement!

ART EXHIBITION - ALL WELCOME

Art Department, Wilson’s School, Mollison Drive, Wallington, Surrey SM6 9JW

GCSE and A-Level Students workFriday 14th June 2019 15:05–18:30

WILSON’S SCHOOL

ART EXHIBITION

If you are visiting Woodcote Green Garden Centre and make any pur-chases in the near future, please do remember to ask for their school vouchers. A 25p voucher is issued for every £10 spent. These vouchers are exchanged for plants and equipment for the school.

The collecting box for your vouch-ers is on the school reception desk. Vouchers will be issued on all pur-chases until 31 July.

WE NEED YOUR TROUSERS!

Rehearsals are in full swing for the junior school production of Lord Of The Flies. The costume department would welcome do-nations of any pairs of old black/dark grey school trousers suitable for age 11- 13 year olds. We don’t mind if they look old/have tears but would appreciate it if they are donated washed. Please hand in at reception for the attention of Mrs Straw.

WOODCOTE GREENGARDEN CENTRE

VOUCHERS

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sTeam NewsThe U15As put in a very good performance to beat Ibstock Place in the NatWest County Cup by 33 runs. Having al-ready beaten them in the National T20 competition earlier intheseason,theboyswereconfidentandshowedthisbymaking an impressive 180-4 in their allotted overs before restricting the home side. Trinity now await in the quarter finals.TheU15Bsconcededtoomanyrunsastheyslippedto defeat against Sevenoaks.


Monday 3 JuneWilson’s vs.Ibstock Place (Surrey Cup)U15A won by 33 runsand now move into the Quarter FinalsWilson’s vs. Sevenoaks U15B lost by 55 runs

Saturday 8 JuneAll matches v Reigate Grammar were cancelled owing to the wet weather.

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CRICKET RESULTS

Player NewsElliswasonfineformfortheU15As,hittinganexcellent86 supported by Moksh who made 39. Then with the bowl-ing Ellis and Moksh shone again with two wickets each alongside two for Adam.

The Season So FarAs we approach the second half of the season, 57 match-es have been played at present with 35 having been won, 21 losses and 1 draw which was the exciting 1st X1 game against the MCC. Unfortunately 22 games have been cancelled with mainly the weather the main reason for that. The U15 and U13 teams are still in their respective Surrey Cup competitions, so we wish them luck with their quarterfinalgames.TheSuttonLeaguesarecomingtoacompletion for the U12s up to the U15s who are hoping to emulate the 1st X1 who have already won their league tro-phy. The next 3 weeks are quite hectic with a lot of match-es planned, so let’s hope the weather is kind and the boys carry on putting in good performances and enjoying their cricket.

Pictured above: U13 Cup Team





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Making a good impression

As the end of the academic year approaches, pupils should think about whether they have made a good impression this year! Do they come across as smiley and positive? Do they demonstrate kindness and make others feel good about themselves? Do they dress smartly and speak clearly? Manners Maketh Man.

Looking Ahead• Tuesday 25 June - Y13 Exams End• Wednesday 26 June - Y13 Book Return• Thursday 27 June - EARLY FINISH


(9.30 a.m.)• Friday 28 June - Horniman Bandstand

Concert• Monday 1 July - New Y7 Parents’

Evening (6.30 p.m.)• Wednesday 3 July - New Y7 Induction

Day• Wednesday 3 July - Used Uniform Sale

(2.30 p.m.)


U16 WORLD CHAMPION!

Luke(10H),whocompetedintheworldchampionshipsfor racketlon over half term, is now the U16 world champion for singles, doubles and mixed! Our congratulations go to him on this fantastic achievement. Luke has written a report on the world championship event that he attended.

“Over half term I went out to Belgium to compete in the World Racketlon Doubles Championships. Racketlon is a relatively new sport where you play the same opponent at table tennis, followedbybadminton,thensquashandfinallytennis.Allgamesare up to 21 points and the winner is the person with the most points overall after the 4 disciplines.

I had prepared well for these championships and had been prac-tising all 4 disciplines and competing regularly in this country. Indeed 3 weeks before this trip I had beaten the reigning British Mens Champion in a game of singles in a tournament in the Cotswolds.

My main focus in this tournament was the U16 boys doubles and my partner, a national level tennis player, travelled out with us. We started the campaign with a comfortable win against a Greek/English pairing and things progressed smoothly thereaf-ter.Indeedourmainfocuswasthefinalmatchwhenwehadtoplay the number 1 seeds who were a German/Czech pairing. The German boy was a national level table tennis player and his Czech partner was solid at all of the events, but was a very good tennisplayer.Thefirstdisciplinewastabletennisandouraimwas damage limitation and to pick up as many points as possible asmypartnerwasnotveryproficientinthisdiscipline.However, I played an exceptional game and we only just lost 21-15. We

then went onto my strongest discipline, badminton and we put in a strong performance winning 21-8. This meant we were 7 points up going into squash. A really strong performance here from both my partner and I meant we won 21-5 and in doing so won the match without even playing the tennis. We were therefore crowned World Doubles Champions which means I am now the reigning World Singles, Doubles and Team Champion at U16!

Whilst out there I was asked to play in the adult Elite Mixed Doubles tournament by a very good German international, Amke Fischer. As she is World ranked we were allowed into the Mixed Doubles event as a wild card. My partner was a very good table tennisandtennisplayer.Wewonourfirstroundmatchagainstastrong Dutch/German combination fairly comfortably. However, this just meant we then had to play the no2 seeds for the tour-nament who were a lot of peoples favourites to win the whole event. This is because the man, Morten Jaksland is currently the best men’s player in the world. We got off to a great start and won the table tennis 21-11. This was followed by my strongest event, badminton, which unbelievably we won 21-12. We fol-lowed this up with a strong squash match, only losing 21-17 so this meant we only needed 7 points in tennis. However, Morten used to play on the Mens professional tennis circuit so this was going to be tough. That said we kept our nerve and got our 7 points with ease meaning we had caused the biggest upset to beat the pre-tournament favourites. We made it all the way to the semifinalswhenwewereeventuallybeatenbythe3rdseeds.We did however run them close and only lost by 3 points!

All in all it was a very successful tournament and a great way to spend my half term becoming a World Champion at Racketlon.”






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Student of the Week

Pictured above: Michael (7B)

Pictured above: Oluka (8D)

Oluka was nominated for helping build a classmate’sconfidenceinthePublicSpeak-ing Workshop.

Michael was nominated for being kind, cour-teous and being great company on the Year 7 trip to Wales.

FREE CONCERT AT THE HORNIMAN MUSEUMWe are pleased to announce that this year’s ‘Wilson’s Sum-

mer parkrun’ takes place on Saturday 22 June.

Wilson’s Summer parkrun will be held at Roundshaw parkrun and includes staff, students, old boys and parents. This will also form a house competition which will be based upon the numberoffinishersforeachhouse-notfastesttimes!

The run starts at 09:00 on Roundshaw Downs which is very close to Wilson’s (parking is at the Costco car park). Please aim to arrive by 8:45 for a team photo and inspirational team briefing!ThecourseitselfsweepsaroundRoundshawDownsin an anticlockwise direction (2 laps) and is 5K in total.). Typical times range from 18 minutes to 50 minutes so it really is for all standards, whether you run the whole course, run/walk or just walk. There are also volunteering positions available for anyone who would like to marshal etc instead.

It is completely free and all you need to do is register with parkrun and bring a bar code along: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/. Please also note that ‘Wilson’s School’ is a club on parkrun so do select this if you are registering for thefirsttime.

We do hope you can join us.

SUMMER PARKRUN

Do you fancy a free concert with glorious views stretch-ing out across London? Why not join us in the grounds of the Horniman Museum for the yearly Wilson’s School Horniman Bandstand Concert.Pack a picnic, invite friends and family and cele-brate summer.

The Wind Band will be playing a selection of catchy tunes between 12 and 1pm on Friday 28 June.

All are welcome!

WILSON’S HORNIMAN BANDSTAND

FREE CONCERT

IN THE GROUNDS OF THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM - BRING A PICNIC OR BUY REFRESHMENTS FROM THE CAFE

12-1PM FRIDAY 28TH JUNE 2019

CITY & LAWNETWORKING EVENT

On the evening of Thursday 4 July 2019 from 7 till 9pm, the School will be holding a City and Law networking reception at the Travellers Club in Pall Mall, sponsored by Turner Nicholson.

The purpose of the evening is to bring together members of the wider Wilson’s community who either work in The City or in Law, or who aspire to do so. In particular, this will be a good op-portunity for younger members of the School community to pick thebrainsofseniorprofessionalsworkingintheirchosenfield.The focus of the evening will therefore be on informal career advice and mentoring.

So far a healthy number of young alumni have signed up for the event. We are now also encouraging parents to attend so we can match the young Wilsonians seeking advice on City and Legal professions with those at more advanced stages in their careers

Please join us at the Travellers Club for what promises to be an informal and fun occasion.

To book your place, please email us at the following address: [email protected].

Throughout this academic year, Wilson’s Correspondence chess team have been playing against schools representing Poland,SpainandGreece.Thetournamenthasjustfinishedwith Wilson’s coming out victorious with 9.5 points out of a maximum of 12. The teams comprised one teacher and 3 pu-pils. Dr Cooper won two of his games and drew the third, Henry (Year 8) won one game and drew two others, as did Leo (Year 9). Ugas (year 9) won all three of his games.

WIN FOR WILSON’S AT INTERNATIONAL

LEVEL

Pictured above: Henry, Leo and Ugas.

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sTeam News

The weather struck again with only one game going ahead during the week. The U13s travelled to Hampton fortheirSurreyCupquarterfinalanddisappointinglysuffered a 6 wicket defeat in a game that could have had a successful outcome. The Saturday block of games were played against local rivals Sutton Gram-marintheSuttonLeaguefixturesandWilson’shadoutstanding success with all teams coming away vic-torious. The U15s won their match comfortably by 9 wickets chasing 88, whilst the U14s had a good 77 run victory in their match. The U13s chased a target of 82 to win by 5 wickets. The U12As had a convincing win, amassing 159-1 in their 20 overs whilst Sutton were then restricted to 53-7. Finally the U12Bs secured their second win of the season winning by 6 wickets.


Tuesday 11 JuneWilson’s vs. Hampton (Quarter Finals of the Surrey Cup)U15 lost by 6 wickets

Saturday 15 JuneWilson’s vs. Sutton Grammar U15A won by 9 wickets U14A won by 77 runs U13A won by 5 wickets U12A won by 106 runs U12B won by 6 wickets

CRICKET RESULTS

Player News

In the U13 cup game, Year 7s Ansh and Abhi batted veryconfidently,makingthemaincontributions,whilstDylan was the pick of the bowlers with 2-12. In the SuttonGrammargames,Elliswasinfineformforthe U15s, making 45 not out and taking 4-13. Adam 32 not out and Nick 2-6, also performed well. For the U14s, Agustya hit a good 31 not out before Nameer 3-3 and Janam 3.3 overs 2 maidens 5 wickets for 4 runs starred with the ball. Neel bowled well in the U13s victory, taking 2-18 with Han-Joon taking the batting honours with 24 not out. In the U12B game there were 2 wickets each for Advait and Rohit, with Tabishhavingexcellentfiguresof2-1-1-1.Arnav23and Kian 17 then batted well to knock off the runs. There was an excellent opening partnership of 159 between Atharva 34 and Ansh who hit a superb 104 notout,thefirstcenturyfortheschoolthisseason.Ansh’s hundred came off 70 balls and contained 15 boundaries. A good all round bowling performance for the U12s saw wickets for Shravan, Diyath, Xanin and Hari. Many congratulations to Janam and Ansh for the stand out performances this week.

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Hot Weather

Due to the hot weather, pupils do not need to wear a blazer as part of their uniform for the rest of this term. They do need to make sure that they continue to present themselves smartly both inside and outside of schoo!

Looking Ahead• Monday 1 July - New Y7 Parents’

Evening (6.30 p.m.)• Wednesday 3 July - New Y7 Induction

Day• Wednesday 3 July - Used Uniform Sale

(2.30 p.m.)• MUFTI Day - £1 to take part, in aid

of the Sutton & Croydon MS Therapy Centre.

• Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 July - Lord of the Flies Performance (7.00 p.m.)

• Friday 12 July - Sports Day • Friday 12 July - END OF TERM


GCSE AND A LEVEL ART EXHIBITIONThe Art exhibition was a delightful affair of boys, staff, friends and family, mingling together and enjoying the vast variety of work exhibited across GCSE, AS and A level.

Displayedinthreedifferentareas,theworkreflect-ed the creative journeys that the boys had taken to produce work that expressed their ideas through a wide variety of materials and media.






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Student of the Week

Pictured above: Kai (7H)

Pictured above: Adish (8B)

Adish was nominated for always being a smiling and positive member of the Form!

Kai was nominated for being part of the Elite SportsGroupandalsobeingveryefficientwhen organising the form’s Sports Day team.

CITY & LAWNETWORKING EVENT

On the evening of Thursday 4 July 2019 from 7-9pm, the School will be holding a City and Law networking reception at the Travellers Club in Pall Mall, sponsored by Turner Nicholson.

The purpose of the evening is to bring together members of the wider Wilson’s community who either work in The City or in Law, or who aspire to do so. In particular, this will be a good op-portunity for younger members of the School community to pick thebrainsofseniorprofessionalsworkingintheirchosenfield.The focus of the evening will therefore be on informal career advice and mentoring.

So far a healthy number of young alumni have signed-up for the event. We are now also encouraging parents to attend so we can match the young Wilsonians seeking advice on City and Legal professions with those at more advanced stages in their careers

Please join us at the Travellers Club for what promises to be an informal and fun occasion.

To book your place, please email us at the following address: [email protected].

The Championship was held in Malmo, Sweden on 27 April. I and a few other members of my club were chosen to participate in the Cham-pionship. Outside there was a queue which stretched the whole length of the stadium. My brain found it hard to process the number of people (approximately one thousand partici-pants). There were six hugerings,withmyfightscheduled on Court 3, the centre ring. Before myfightstookplaceIworked hard, sparring in full body armour and do-ing strenuous exercises. In between, I would rest and gather my strength.

At 3:15pm I slowly walked on to the ring as my family and friends waved frantically to me. I looked up at my Finn-ish opponent, Antero Dallen and nodded. We shook hands and the whistle blew. He went straight for my head, but I managed to use the higher section block as his leg tried to chop down. As he shifted back, I did a 360° turn before doing a jumping back kick. He stumbled, but managed to get his balance as I landed a turning kick, worthy of maximum 3 points. He retaliated with side kick. This continued, with the audience cheering madly. Finally, the whistle blew once again and we retreated to our coaches. The massive scoreboard read ‘GB: 10 & FN: 8’. I had won by 2 points.

MynextfightwasagainstaDanishopponent,OscarMalthe.Itwasadifficultfightbecausehewas4kgheavierthanme.Iwonthatfightinthefinalfewseconds,andqualifiedforthesemi-final.Thencamethesemi-finalwhereIhadtofightthecurrentEu-ropean champion, Tahir Aziz, a 6 feet tall Swede. It was nearly impossible for me to reach where I could score the most points. He used his advantage of height to the maximum and scored importantpoints.Unfortunately,Ilostthefightby13-6.ButIhadearned the bronze medal.

Itwasanexceptionalexperienceforme,fightingforthefirsttimeinaninternationaleventandboostedmymoraleafterfightingthe European champion. I aim to participate in more international competitions and hope to represent Team GB in Taekwondo.

TAEKWONDO SWEDISH

CHAMPIONSHIP

Pictured above: Faris (Year 9) ORD LIES 7PM

JJ HALL TUES 9TH JULY WED 10TH JULY TICKETS: £8 – ADULT £5 – STUDENT TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA PARENTPAY OR TICKET FORM.

OF THE

WILSON’S JUNIOR PRODUCTION 2019

WILLIAM GOLDING’S

Adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams.

Published by and licensed from Faber & Faber Ltd.

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sWHAT A WEEK OF ATHLETICS FOR WILSONS!

Last week saw the busiest of the athletics season, with three major competitions taking place over four days.

On Monday, the Junior Boys (U13) travelled to the K2 Stadium in Crawley, to compete in the English Schools Track and Field Cup Regional B Final. Twelve schools qualifiedfromthepreviousround,withWilson’stakingafifteen-strongsquadcomprisedofmainlyYear8boysand two Year 7s. On a warm day and challenging con-ditions, the boys acquitted themselves excellently, with each athlete participating in two events. The standout performances were Chris (8H) in the Shot Putt, with a throw of 10.41m and Luka (8B) who cleared 1.50m in the High Jump. Overall, the team accrued a higher points totalthantheirfirstroundeffort,finishingin6thposition.Very well done to all those who competed.

Wednesday was the pinnacle of many schools’ athletics season, as near on twenty schools descended on Sut-ton Arena for the annual Borough Sports competition. Wilson’s teams from Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 arrived full of optimism,coupledwithconfidencehavinghadlotsofpractice in lessons, lunchtime and after school clubs, as well as competitions at Stanley Park and Sutton Gram-mar. Weather conditions were not so favourable, with the threat of rain throughout the day. However, this did not deter the boys, resulting in bringing home a fantas-tic twenty seven medals..!! When the scores from each yeargroupwerecombined,wefinishedinsecondplaceoverall, behind a strong John Fisher squad. After four yearsoftrying,theYear10shavefinallybeatenJohnFisher in their pursuit of becoming Sutton’s Borough Champions in their last year of athletics for the school.

On Thursday the Intermediate Boys (U15) made the long journey to the Julie Rose Stadium in Ashford, to compete in the English Schools Track and Field Cup Regional A Final. The morning’s events saw the boys tested on their fieldevents,withanotherexceptionalperformancefromIsrael (10G) soaring over 1.91m in the High Jump. In the afternoon, there were more top class efforts on the track, in particular Guy (9B) running 38.4s over 300m. Like the Junior Boys, the team amassed a better overall scorethaninthefirstroundatCharterhouse(ascorethat would have beaten John Fisher on that day) and left the venue with their heads held high knowing they had pushed themselves as hard as they could. The team’s most points scorers were Israel (48pts), Classin (43pts) and Andrei (41pts) which is a very high points total, con-sidering he is only in Year 9! Unfortunately we say good-bye to the Year 10 Team, having competed their last year for Wilson’s athletics, but wish the best of luck for the Year 9s next year, who will surely carry on their legacy.

GOLDSam W 7SSamuel N 7SRavindu 7HBen 8SChris 8HDylan 8DGuy 9BZayn 9BAlex T 10HIsrael 10GAlex B 10H

SILVERJack 7CJae-Min 7SLuka 8BMadani 9CAndrei 9DHari 9DJin Woo 10DJasper 10GAaron 10BClassin 10GJordan 10BYear 10 Relay Team

BRONZE Satvik 8CAkbar 8HBrandan 9GY9 Relay Team

MEDAL WINNERS



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sTeam NewsYet again the weather hindered our cricket, with 5 matches not going ahead. The U15As had to play through some rain to make sure their Surrey Cup Quarter Final against Trinity was completed, but their attempts did end in defeat to end their good cup run. The U14 A & B teams both had good wins against Langley Park. Most pleasing was the A team win as the boys responded well to defending a lowish total, but bowled extremely well to win by 9 runs. The U12As came up against KCS Wimbledon and put in a good bowling and catching performance to only require 66 to win which they knocked off for the loss of only 2 wickets. Saturday brought the local derbies against Wallington Grammar in the Sutton League. The U14s,like earlier in the week, defended a low total but this time the game was more comfortable as they ran out winners by 34 runs. The U13s had a good daybowlingfirsttodismisstheiroppositionfor51andthenknocked off the runs to win by 5 wickets. The U12 game was very similar to the U13s, with the boys as a bowling unit bowlingverywellbackedupbysomegoodfieldingtoleavea target of only 54 which was achieved with only the loss of one wicket. The wins for the U12s and U13s mean they match the 1st X1 to win their Sutton League competition so many congratulations to both of those two teams. Congratu-lations also to the U14s as John Fisher have conceded the U14 game, so another Sutton League title has been won. We are still waiting to hear from Wallington about a re-arrangementforthefinalU15fixtureastheyhadtocancelthe scheduled game.


Monday 17 JuneWilson’s vs. RiddlesdownCancelled

Tuesday 18 JuneWilson’s vs. KCS WimbledonU13A cancelled due to rainWilson’s vs. Wallington Boys’U13B cancelled due to rainWilson’s vs. Trinity (Quarter Final of the Surrey Cup)U15A lost by 39 runs

Wednesday 19 JuneWilson’s vs. Worth School1st XI cancelled due to rain

Thursday 20 JuneWilson’s vs. Langley ParkU14A won by 9 runsU14B won by 7 wickets

Friday 21 JuneWilson’s vs. KCS WimbledonU12A won by 8 wicketsWilson’s vs. Wallington Boys’U12B cancelled

Saturday 22 JuneWilson’s vs. Wallington Boys’U14A won by 34 runsU13A won by 5 wickets U12A won by 9 wickets

U12A and U13A were winners of the Sutton League.

CRICKET RESULTS

Player NewsEllis was again in the runs and wickets for the U15s with bowling support from Nick and runs from Arnav in their cup game. For the U14As Aditya, Pranav and Harishwar made valuable contributions with the bat whilst bowling hours went to Eeshaan 3-12, Ammaar 3-1-3-1 and particularly Ibrahim 4-1-5-3. In the U14B team game Neel shone with 26 off 14 balls supported by Will with 17. Zain was the star in the U13 game, with a 5 wicket haul including a hat trick. In the two U12A team games Aditya took 3-5 and 3-10 whilst Ansh had 2-0 and 4-7. In the runs over the 2 games were Shravan with 26 and 13 (both not out) and the 2 bowling stars Aditya and Ansh.





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sIssue 4895 July, 2019


School Nurse drop ins over the summer

The School Nursing Service is offering drop in sessions for secondary school children during the summer holidays. These will take place on Tuesdays from 10-12 at Tweeddale Children’s Centre from 23 July - 27 August.

Looking Ahead

• Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 July - Lord of the Flies Performance (7.00 p.m.)

• Friday 12 July - Sports Day

• Friday 12 July - END OF TERM


TASTER DAY AT WILSON’SLast Friday saw Wilson’s open its door to seventy nervous but excitedYear5boysfromninelocalprimaryschoolsforourfirstTaster Day as part of the Outreach Project.

As they entered the school, the boys were allocated to one of the four original school houses: Brecon, Camberwell, Greencoat and Hayes, before gathering in the JJ Hall. First there was a warm welcome from the Head, in which Mr Cole outlined the many opportunities that Wilson’s provides. As an enthusiastic History teacher, he also took the opportunity to give the boys a brief history of Wilson’s. Each group then set off around the school toexperienceavarietyoflessonsthatreflectedthechallengeexpected in a grammar school, from building circuits in Science to learning Latin and German.

Whilst some of the Year 5s commented on how small they felt in the building, with even the chairs and tables seeming enormous, they approached each lesson with enthusiasm and focus.

Throughout the day, they were guided and accompanied by some of our Year 10s who were a fantastic support, not only enabling them to navigate their way through the corridors to their next classroom, but also encouraging and advising them in the lessons.

By lunchtime, with four lessons under their belt, there was a good-humoured buzz of chatter as they were eager to compare notes with other groups over their packed lunches. It was evident that they were enjoying the experience and many were thrilled by the possibility of attending a school such as Wilson’s. Some who had not previously even thought of attending a grammar school had been inspired.

Afinallessonafterlunchwasthenfollowedbyclosingwordsfrom Ms Paschoud and Mr Coop to send them on their way: exhilarated, motivated and enthused. Our thanks go to all those staff involved in making the day such a success.






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sIn the Lower School we look to reward students who have gone above and beyond in lessons and in extra-curricular activities. Our congratulations go to those named below.

Student of the Week

Pictured above: Agilan (7G)

Pictured above: Christopher (8H)

Christopher was nominated for providing great peer support when in Maths; Truly Non Sibi Sed Omnibus!

Agilan was nominated for coming 3rd at the World Karate Championships in Slovakia! Congratulations to him.

BIOLOGY CHALLENGE 2019

Earlier in the summer term all Year 9 and 10 students had the opportunity to complete the Biology Challenge, a competition consistingoftwo,twenty-five-minutemultiplechoicepaperstaken online. Questions are set around the school curriculum, but also reward those students whose knowledge of the subject has been increased by reading books and magazines, watching natural history programmes, taking notice of the news media for items of biological interest, and are generally aware of our naturalfloraandfauna.Atotalof37studentsreceivedtheGoldAward (achieved by only 5.1% of students who took part in the challenge nationally), with 74 and 100 students receiving Silver and Bronze Awards respectively. A further 67 students were highlycommendedand44studentscommended.Certificateshave recently been presented in Biology lessons. Well done to everyone who took part!

A group of students from Years 9, 10 and 11 recently attended a science festival at Queen Mary University London, where they had the opportunity to listen to some very engaging talks and try out hands on activities in the science market. Students learned about the importance of staying active from consultant cardiologist Dr Mohammed Khanji and the science behind eating beetroot to tackle heart disease, from clinical research fellow Dr Christopher Primus. Activities included practis-ing their pipetting skills, experiencing ultrasound imaging to monitorbloodflow,visualisingneuronesandtakingpatienthistories that involved talking to real patients! The day was aimed at students interested in pursuing careers in science and medicine and the experience of talking to junior scientists anddoctorsdefinitelyhelpedtoinspirethenextgenerationofresearchers from Wilson’s.

SCIENCE FESTIVAL JUNE 2019

ENTOMOLOGY CLUBEntomology is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects. I have been running the Wilson’s Entomology Club since Summer 2017. It is currently in its third year and has been growing stronger every year. We have covered diverse areas such as the anatomy of locusts and dissection, the metamorphosisoftheprayingmantisandbutterflies,silkwormsand the use of insects in food colouring. This year we were honoured to have a visitor from the Royal Entomology Society – Dr Fran Sconce - who brought in exotic insect specimens andtalked about careers in entomology.

Recent studies have shown the rapid decline of our most im-portant insects, such as bees and other pollinators, which are central to our lives. The decreasing biodiversity of this world means that it is more important than ever to understand the way insects function in order to preserve them for future gen-erations. I hope by continuing the club I am able to provide an insight into the wonderful (and mysterious!) world of insects.

Article by Aadam (Year 9)

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HORNIMAN MUSEUM

CongratulationstothefiftyeightLowerSixthstudentswhocompeted in this year’s Cambridge Chemistry Challenge. Our students were up against thousands of the competitors from some of the best schools in the country. This Olympiad-style challenge consists of a challenging 90 minute paper that contained questions that required the students to extend and applytheirchemicalknowledgebeyondtheconfinesoftheAS syllabus. This year’s questions centred around the theme of 2019 being the International Year of the Periodic Table with questions covering the history of the periodic table and the properties of periodic acid (you might have spotted the pun). Completing the paper is an achievement in itself. This year, Wilson’s students gained our best set of results to date with students gaining 5 gold, 12 silver and 23 copper awards. Spe-cial mention goes to Rubaiyat whose astounding performance has netted him the highest Roentgenium award, which was reserved for the best 0.62% of all entries (54 out of over 9000 entries). Rubaiyat is the only the second Wilson’s student to ever win this prestigious award. As a reward for his success, he will now enjoy the opportunity to attend a residential camp at the University of Cambridge.

All of the boys did very well indeed and should be very proud of their achievements – Well done!

Roentgenium Award: RubaiyatGold Awards:Andy, Alex, Abdullah, Neel and AkeshSilver Awards: Kaveen, Richard, Varun, Brian, Thomas, Vai-bhav, Mesan, Gautham, Prajjesh, Peter and AndrewCopper Awards:Sufiyan,Sanjay,Solal,James,Anthony,Samino,Rehan,Raul,Sajjad, Kaamil, Sanjai, Arekan, Karthiik, Gihan, Jaden, Arjun, Jack, Anishtan, Anantajit, Achuthan, Bavethan, Rauhaan and Cosmin.

L6 CAMBRIDGE CHEMISTRY CHALLENGE

The Wind Band delighted members of the pub-lic, as well as friends and parents of students of the school, at the Bandstand at the Horniman Museum on Friday last week. Directed by Dr Clayden, and accompanied by Mr Lissimore, the selective ensemble performed a number of popular favourites. The audience was thrilled; the dramatic opening of the theme from the Pirates of the Caribbean set the tone for the remainder of the performance, and the sound of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, as part of the longer Eighties Flashback medley, drew members of the public, young and old, to the bandstand. Other highlights included themes from Back to the Future and the closing number, the Theme from the Muppets, went down a storm.

Theweatherwasdelightful,andthefinalre-wardoffishandchips,kindlyorganisedbyMrsStraw, was truly deserved. Mr Elsom would like to thank all those parents who came and sup-ported the event, and to those students in Years 11, 12, and 13 who kindly came back in order to support the younger students.

INTERMEDIATE BIOLOGY

OLYMPIAD 2019Our Year 12 Biologists recently took part in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad, a one-hour multiple choice paper taken online that tests students’ biology knowledge and encour-ages them to continue studying the biosciences beyond school. Congratulations to Gautham, Noah, Alex, Tom L and Tom H, who all achieved a Silver Award. A further 13 stu-dents achieved the Bronze Award and 15 and 17 students were highly commended and commended respectively. Well done to all who took part!

LORD OF THE FLIESThese pictures show students rehearsing for the upcoming junior production of Lord of the Flies. Tickets are still avail-able for Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 July. They can be purchasedviaparentpay,bycontactingthefinanceofficeor on the night.



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SILVER DofE QUALI-FYING EXPEDITION

From Friday 21– Sunday 23 June, 75 Year 11 students celebratedtheendoftheirexamsbytakingpartintheirfinalassessment of the year – a three day hike through the idyllic South Downs scenery near Pulborough.

As in their practice expedition, they had to navigate by them-selves, prepare nourishing meals, and demonstrate good campcraft. This time, however, it was all done under the watchful eye of their assessors who were ensuring that they met the 20 conditions required to pass! I am happy to report that the weather was very kind, the boys had a great time and they all passed without exception.

Wilson’s is very grateful to all the members of staff who vol-unteered their weekends to enable the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to be delivered at Wilson’s.

As always, if you are interested in following DofE more closely, then do follow our Twitter account @wilsons_dofe or Instagram @wilsonsdofe.

We are all looking forward to Sports Day on Fri-day, 12 July. Please take note of the arrange-ments below, and particularly the requirement for all pupils to come to school in House Sports Kit.

Registration 8:25Extended form time 8.35-9.30Break 9.30-9.55Sports Day starts 10.00 (all students seated)

All students stay in house area.

Students dismissed to go home at 12.30.No lunch service for students.

Kit list:• HouseKit(Whiteshirt;whitesocks; white shorts: no other tops or tracksuits)*• Water• Hat/sunvisor• Sunscreen• Nobooksandbags.Lockers/cubby holes should be empty.

If cold wear school blazer (sports top in 7 & 8) not a coat. Blazers should be left in your locker and taken home at the end of the day.

Parents may view the track events from 10:00. They should present themselves at reception and they will be taken across to the track.

SPORTS DAYFRIDAY 12 JULY

WILSON’S SUMMERPARKRUN

On Saturday 22 June, over 60 Wilsonians gave up their own time to run the 5km parkrun that Roundshaw Downs posed, in order to earn their house “House Points”.

Southwark gained the most House Points with Greencoat follow-ing close behind. Some people were new to parkrun, others were already veterans. However, the most important thing is the commit-ment they showed both to their house and also to Wilson’s.

To those who did pull through and who did try their hardest, I whole-heartedly think that they have shone bright as a person who follows the school motto.

NON SIBI SED OMNIBUS.

Article by Tom, 7S.

WOODCOTE VOUCHERS

Woodcote Nurseries are no longer issuing the vouchers shown right, so if you have any left at home please do bring them into school before the end of term.

Thank you for all those that have already arrived.

We are also delighted to report that four of our teachers ran the Nonsuch relays on Monday evening and came a respectable 20th out of 114 teams! Well done to them.



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sTeam NewsThe last full week of the season has been very busy with 18 matches in total being played, with the 1st X1 particularly active. They took part in the Kingston Grammar 100 Ball Festival over 2 days and came away with 2 wins and a tie in their 5 matches played. The next day they had a convincing win over Langley Park on Open Evening, and then a tremendous run chase after being11-3againstTiffinsmeantasuperbwin.TheU15Asintheir only game put in a supreme effort, only to lose with one ball to spare, whilst the U15Bs lost by 24 runs in their last game of the season. The U14As were triumphant in their last game of theseasonagainstTiffins,playingwelloveralongerformatof30 overs. The U13A team performed well on Open Evening in front of the passing crowd to record a good win, but then under-performedtolosetoTiffins.TheU13Bsalsosufferedasimilarresult. The U12Ds one and only game resulted in an exciting 1 wicket win, whilst the U12Cs had a more comfortable success. The U12B team put in a spirited effort but came up 10 runs short againstTiffins.TheU12Asfinishedtheirseasoninstylewith2convincingwinsagainstLangleyParkandTiffins,againstwhomthey smashed their way to 210 in 25 overs! With so many games this past week a big vote of thanks must go to the staff for giving the boys the opportunity to play.

Player NewsThere have been a lot of excellent performances over the past week. For the 1st X1 in their various games Callum, Rehan, Ar-jun and Pranav played notable innings, with Rehan 98 and Arjun 92 not out, just falling short of centuries. Aranan also reminded the 1st X1 that he can score runs in his own distinct way. On the bowling front Luke, Arya, Ellis, Nick and Jackson were amongst thewickets,whilstLangleyParkfoundJanakeninsuperbfield-ing form with the run outs in their game. For the U15s Adam and Moksh both hit 38 in their one game with Reuel then taking 3-15.


Monday 24 JuneWilson’s vs.Langley ParkU15B lost by 24 runs

Tuesday 25 JuneWilson’s vs TiffinsU13B lost by 65 runsKINGSTON GRAMMAR FESTIVAL DAYWilson’s vs. Hampton1st XI lost by 16 runsWilson’s vs. KCS1st XI drewWilson’s vs. Ibstock Place1st XI lost by 11 runs

Wednesday 26JuneKINGSTON GRAMMAR FESTIVAL DAY 2Wilson’s vs. Kingston Grammar1st XI won by 112 runsWilson’s vs. KCS1st XI won by 42 runs

Thursday 27 JuneWilson’s vs.Langley Park1st XI won by 87 runsU13 won by 56 runs

Friday 28 JuneWilson’s vs.Langley ParkU12A won by 84 runsU12C won by 41 runs (vs B team)Wilson’s vs. TiffinsU12B lost by 10 runsU12D won by 1 wicket (vs C team)

Saturday 29 JuneWilson’s vs Tiffins1st XI won by 7 wicketsU15 lost by 2 wicketsU14 won by 52 runsU13 lost by 9 wicketsU12 won by 62 runs

CRICKET RESULTS

In the U14s, Harishwar 38, Arnav 31 and Alhaljan 20 made signif-icant contributions with the bat, followed up by 2 wickets each in the game for Nameer, Arnav and Alhaljan. In the U13 age group there were two outstanding performances. Koushik had marvel-lousbowlingfiguresof2.3-1-3-4whichincludedahattrickintheBteam game, whilst in the As Ahrujan on Open Evning made 55 not out followed up by 4-1-7-6. For the U12Ds, Vivek hit an important 21, whilst Tarun made 12 and took 2-11. In the U12C team game, Zayantopscoredwith33,andBenhadthebestbowlingfigureswith 2-20. For the U12Bs, Tanuj made a heroic attempt to try to win the game hitting 37 off 18 balls but it wasn’t to be. In the two U12A team games, Shravan hit 50 retired and 24, Atharva made 50 not out and 31, but both were pipped for the batting highlight as Ansh madeabrilliant94intheTiffinsgamedespitetheveryhotcondi-tions. Atharva was also in the wickets taking 3-22 as was Ansh 3-13 and Parth 2-8.





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