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FROM THE HEADMASTER Thank you to everyone who gave so generously to our Harvest collection. Yesterday, Thomas, Charlotte and I delivered the items and I know that they were all gratefully received. It is hard to believe that we have arrived at half-term! We are looking forward to seeing everyone arrive back in November. Very best wishes for a refreshing break. CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS On Wednesday we celebrated the official launch of our 3 to 18 Music Department. It was great to see and hear the baton being passed from Lynda Edwards to Ros Shaw. Lynda also played bassoon in both performances.

YEAR 1 TRIP TO ESCOT Year 1 had an amazing adventure at Escot. The children showed great resilience when exploring the swamp and learnt about the clever ways wild animals, such as wolves, red foxes, squirrels and wild boar, use their senses. The children then had to use all their senses to escape the maze!

18 October 2019

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BIATHLON AT MILLFIELD We are celebrating a great result from the biathlon competition at Millfield last weekend. Nerys Jones won a silver medal in the under 11 girls category behind the European Champion! Lewie Harrison and Freya Ashford both enjoyed great races, as well. OUTDOOR LEARNING On Tuesday, Year 4 went up to our beautiful forest school site for an Autumnal morning of outdoor learning. The children worked in groups with Mr Renyard, learning about lighting stoves and cooking outdoors. They then worked with Mrs Middleton and looked at examples of art created by outdoor artists like Andy Goldsworthy, Mikael Hansen, Nils Udo, and Caroline Laengerer, before creating art of their own in small groups. The children looked for things they could find in the forest school environment and were inspired by colour, texture, and shape to make their own masterpieces. After a delicious lunch of vegetable and sausage casserole cooked by Mrs Brooke-Webb, we all returned to school. 4M headed back outside for the afternoon to Mrs Cadwallader’s garden where they had an outdoor art lesson, thinking about composition ready for creating landscape pictures after half-term. A great day of fresh air and Autumn sunshine was had by all. BOOK FAIR Many thanks to all the children and parents who supported our Book Fair last week. It was lovely to see so many of you there and have the opportunity to discuss and suggest books to try. Your incredible generosity has resulted in the school being awarded just over £500 in new books from Scholastic! The new books will find their way onto the shelves over the coming months and will also help to support our exciting new Reading Challenges for this year. We look forward to seeing you again at the Book Fair next year! Thank you. YEAR 5 VISIT THE ROMAN BATHS Year 5 had a fantastic time visiting the Roman baths in Bath. After an interesting workshop, involving dressing as a Roman, creating a mosaic and handling 2000-year-old artefacts from the baths, the children toured the museum. As it was quite a chilly day, the steam rose atmospherically from the water. Listening to the information at each stopping point, we absorbed a lot of fascinating information and are looking forward to writing stories set in the baths after half term.

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HALF TERM HOLIDAY CLUBS Welly Boot Holiday Club will run from Monday 21 October until Friday 25 October, from 08.15 - 17.30. The Welly Boot Holiday Club is a fun and friendly provision, exclusively for our Early Years children (Nursery and Reception) for holiday time care. The club is run from our Nursery setting, by our Nursery team, providing consistency and familiarity for our children in a relaxed environment. No uniform is necessary, a packed lunch and packed tea need to be provided. To book places, please use the following link https://www.trybooking.co.uk/MNY Welly Camps Holiday Club will run from Monday 21 October until Friday 1 November, from 08.00 - 17.30 Welly Camps is a fun and friendly provision, open to all children between Years 1 to 8. Welly Camps Holiday Club is held the Princess Royal Sports Complex, by our experienced team, in a relaxed environment. For further information and booking please use the following link: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/book/event?eid=8370 WELLINGTON TENNIS CLUB Monty Caygill (6H) won the prize for ‘Keenest Junior Tennis Player of the Year’ at Wellington Tennis Club. Monty has excelled in tennis this year, showing high levels of focus and commitment to his training and when representing the club. Well done, Monty! MUD AND SWEAT Oliver Altoft (2W) excelled himself last weekend, coming in the top half of the 7-9 age group, and number 45 out of 80 runners in the over all 7-11 age groups (despite being age 6!). The course was 2.5km of mud and obstacles and he had a super time. Well done, Oliver! LOST PROPERTY Oscar Milton has lost his PE trousers and Louie Bellamy has lost black Adidas rugby boots and a long-sleeved PE top. May we please ask you to check your child’s uniform to ensure they have the correct items? SAVE THE DATE! Pre-season Hockey and Netball Camps will be held on Friday 3 January, further details after half-term. FRIENDS OF WELLINGTON PREP SCHOOL

Movie Night Once again our annual movie night was a huge success as everyone snuggled down in their onesies to watch the fabulous ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’. When added to our BBQ total, we have raised £600 this half-term, so a huge thank you to you all for helping the FoWPS support the school.

Second-hand Uniform Sale On 7 December, 10.00am to 12 noon there will be a second-hand uniform sale in the ARC for Schoolblazer items only, further details will be sent after half-term. Bollywood Just a reminder that the date for Bollywood night is Saturday 23 November, 4.00pm to 7.00pm, and not Friday 22 October. Booking will be available after half-term - last year was a sell-out, so book your tickets early!

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CAFÉ 37 Our onsite café at the Senior School has regular opening hours for parents from 8.00am until 10.30am, and 3.00pm until 4.45pm, Monday to Friday. The café is closed over half-term and will re-open on Monday 4 November. STAR CLUB Our 'family-feel' STAR (Staying for Tea and Relaxing) Club is open for children from Reception through to Year 6 who require after-school care from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. Children booked into STAR Club will be based in the Year 1 classroom upstairs, beside the IT suite. Bookings can be made through our STAR Club email starclub@wellington-school.org.uk For occasional use, the charge is £4.75 per session for the first child and £3.25 for each additional sibling (occasional use is just one or two times per week). For regular use (three days or more in a school week), the charge is £3.25 per session for the first child and £2.25 for each additional sibling. While we keep the costs as low as possible, late collection (ie after 6pm) will typically incur a charge and the School reserves the right to charge for late collection at the rate of £10 per 10 minutes, or part thereof. DIARY FROM 4 NOVEMBER

Monday 4 Year 2 - Forest School 13:00 15:30

Tuesday 5

5L Outdoor Learning Programme 08:40 13:00

Year 2 Tag Rugby Festival at St Peter's (A)* 14:00

Brass Faculty Parents’ Evening (Small Music Room at WPS)* 16:30

Brass Faculty Concert* (Small Hall at WSS) 18:00

Wednesday 6

U10A&B Rugby v Taunton Prep (H)* 14:00

U11A&B Rugby v Taunton Prep (A)* 14:00

U10A Hockey v St Peter's Prep (A)* 14:00

U11A&B Hockey v St Peter's Prep (H)* 14:00

Governors' Academic Committee Meeting 17:15 20:00

Thursday 7

Little Wellies* 09:15 11:15

NHS Immunisations Rec – Yr6 (influenza) 09:30 12:30

Year 1 - Forest School 13:00 15:30

Friday 8 Years 1 and 2 Swimming 13:00 15:00

Reception - Forest School 'Sausage Sizzle' 13:00 15:30

Saturday 9 OWA Weekend

U10A Rugby Festival at Queen's (A)* 10:00

Sunday 10 OWA Weekend * Parents are warmly invited to all events marked with an asterisk

CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS

Stanley Level 5 Swimming certificate – Bodey Pitman

Pentathlon GB South West medal – Nerys Jones

Learn to Swim Level 8 – Jack Holloway

British Schools Judo Regional Championship medal – Kobe Turk

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MUSIC MERIT

Isabella Whitelaw

GOLDEN LEAVES

Isaac D’Souza Rec

Oliver Eggar 1C Oliver Altoft 2W

Florence Eve 3B Clementine Lyon Taylor 3H

Kobe Turk 4BW Amba Barthakur 4M

Harry Eve 5ML Rafaela Varney 5L

Charlie Crossley 6A Monty Caygill 6H

HOUSE POINTS

PIONEER 827 APOLLO 739 VIKING 837 GALILEO 671

THOUGHT FOR THE BREAK