For our third author visit of the year we had well- known children’s author Tom Palmer come to Wellington School; his books are very popular in the LRC, as was obvious from the large amount of pupils who came to meet him and request autographs, photos and signed copies of his books!   Tom’s football […]

On Saturday a number of our performers from Sing, Sing with 7s and our fabulous Mary Poppins cast will be entertaining the masses at the Altrincham Christmas Lights Switch on at 3.35pm. The venue for the switch on has now moved to Regent Road (there will be road closures in place on Saturday) and it would be […]

Thank you to all students for taking part in the cake competition in celebration of Geography Awareness Week. We are so impressed by your tasty, eye-catching bakes and are so proud of you all for the time and effort which would have gone into making them. All cakes were brilliant. We are very lucky to […]

Brand new this year is our Magic The Gathering Club, running every Monday lunchtime! We have a small number of regulars who come along to test their own decks against each other, but we have recently seen more and more students interested and coming along to learn how to use the communal decks in the […]

An after-school trip to the Altrincham Garrick to see a production of A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story turned out to be a very rewarding experience for 30 Year 10 and 11 students – along with Ms Spencer, Ms Simpson & I. We all left filled with the spirit of Christmas, and it was only mid-November. […]

Over the past few years Jessica has organised a collection from her own local community at Christmas to support South Trafford Foodbank.  This year, Jessica raised an amazing 266.1kg donation. They were delighted with her huge donation and sent her a lovely letter of thanks (below). Well done Jessica, we are very proud of you! […]

Given that most of our team was from Year 10 and our keeper has only played once before, a loss against AGSB seemed inevitable, but the scoreline was important. In order to go through to the next round of the Cheshire Cup we could only afford a goal difference of 6. We kept them to […]

On Wednesday 15th November, 50 Year 8 students spent the day at the Manchester Jewish Museum. Students amazed the museum staff with their knowledge of Judaism and were given the opportunity to explore the museum’s exhibits at their leisure, discovering more about the fascinating history of Jewish migration to our city. In the afternoon, students had […]

This week our amazing cast finally performed Mary Poppins. They did four fantastic performances and we are so proud of them. Everyone was blown away by their hard work and dedication and we can’t thank them enough for being so hard working!  Miss Pusey

On Tuesday the whole of Year 8 embarked on the next stage of their leadership programme, analysing how to be the confident leader. They were examining concepts such as unconditional positive regard and getting comfortable with failure. Another great atmosphere and effort in the hall.    Mr Tomlinson  

This year we are delighted to be supporting The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust (CAFT) Christmas Appeal. CAFT provides a variety of free programmes for terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children from all over the North West.  CAFT helps children of all abilities, children who through no fault of their own miss out on the normalities […]

Friday saw the Year 7 and 8 students take on their second tutorial with George the PhD tutor in their attempt to answer the question “why are we here” from a Scientific, Philosophical and Religious perspective. Super proud of how the students are engaging and questioning the answers.    Mr Tomlinson  

Over the past fortnight, Year 9 Historians have had the opportunity to handle some artefacts from the First World War. We were very lucky to be able to borrow a loan box of items from the Imperial War Museum North and every Year 9 class had the opportunity to study these items in a History lesson. It was […]

This week our young scientists got their hands and noses dirty with a variety of mystery substances! Students were challenged to use only their fingers, or their sense of smell to identify what was inside the touchy-feely boxes and blacked-out sniff chambers.   Winners will be announced next week and more sweets doled out as prizes!  […]

As we approach the end of the first technology rotation pupils in Years 8 and 9 have been taking part in the final practical assessment for Cooking and Nutrition. Year 8 have been researching and learning to make Mediterranean style cuisine with pupils cooking Cous Cous Salad, Chorizo Soup, Pizza and Meskouta (Moroccan Orange Cake) […]

This week we have been celebrating our KS3 Arts Award winners. 🎉   Congratulations to Martha, Milly, Isla, Louise and Alice in Year 8!   Well done to Lucy J, Lucy S, Elizabeth, Harry, Maiko, Leah, Imogen, Eva, Alice and Annie in Year 9!   These students spent one night a week last year, after school, […]

This week’s Thursday Warhammer club was busy again, so busy in fact that we didn’t have time to capture photos of it! The usual painting corner was in full swing as young hobbyists painstakingly brought their growing collections to life, and a small number of students had a run-through of the OnePageRules system for their […]

In Textiles club, Year 7 & 8 students created this poppy display to commemorate and honour those who fought, served and died in wars and other conflicts and for those who continue to serve and protect us.  Mrs Booth

On Monday a mixed group of Chemistry students from Year 12 and 13 travelled into Manchester to attend the Chemistry in Action Conference. There were 5 sessions during the conference with leading scientists presenting their findings from the impossibly small nano-microscopy up to the impossibly big problems in using forensics to solve UK waste crime. […]

This week (Wednesday 15th November) the Sherlockholmies competed in the WorldWise Quiz organised by the Geographical Association which was hosted at MMU.   There have been a number of weekly heats and an exceptional amount of revision in preparation for the quiz. In the team were Daisy Bennett (Year 9), James Kirkup (Year 9) and […]

The Year 10 girls hockey team took part in the U16 event and were supported by Elodie from Year 11 and Emily from Year 9. They played some very feisty hockey and were runners up!   They beat Sale Grammar 4-0 and narrowly lost to Withington 3-2.   The girls have all played together for […]

Well done to Logan who competed in the Manchester Gold Cup last weekend – a three-day go-karting event. He did exceptionally well and we are very proud of him. Thank you to Logan for sharing his experience below. Mrs Hill “Last weekend I raced at the Three Sisters circuit in Wigan. The circuit hasn’t been […]

After an initial hiccup by the coach company, we arrived at the venue with only 10 minutes to hastily eat our lunch.  From then on, things went from good, to better, to best.     The speakers gave captivating talks about the mystery of patterns and the application of maths in our world today.  These included: […]

On Friday we welcomed 37 employers and providers of further education for what is our largest internally held careers event of the year. Year 11 were off-timetable for periods 1-4 and attended a series of workshops and met visitors who had erected stands in the Adshead Hall. A workshop on how to maintain enthusiasm and […]

Last Friday saw a busy room of wargaming in Mr Ashfield’s lab as four young commanders battled it out across two tables! Joseph Stockley returned to the action after a tour of duty in the Year 11 exam halls, fielding his Tyranids (untested in the new edition of Warhammer) against Jasper Welton’s Astra Militarum. Ben […]

This week we were very lucky to have the planetarium back in school after a short hiatus. Dave Buttery of Auriga Astronomy was our host over the 2 days this week. The Year 8s as well as some of our Year 11 & 12 Physicists and Hive students were treated to shows, telling us about […]

A reminder that tickets for the school show Mary Poppins Jr are now on sale. You can book through the link below.   https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wellington-school   The show nights are:   Tuesday 21st November Wednesday 22nd November Thursday 23rd November   Show starts at 6pm, tickets are £5.50 for adults and £3.50 child/concession.   Would be great to see […]

Following a two weeks break for the Year 11 mock exams, peer mentoring returned this week.   A fabulous atmosphere as the students had lots to catch up on. Really nice to see our younger and older students engaged in conversation about school life.   Mr Tomlinson

Tackling perhaps the most influential work of fiction ever – Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ – the English Department’s European Literature Society met up on Tuesday after school to discuss what made it so revolutionary, and so dangerous. Why is ‘Candide’ still considered to be one of the 100 most influential books ever written? And why, at the time, […]

Last week’s Trafford hockey event saw the Year 7 girls play against Sale Grammar and Loreto. With two wins under their belt they were very pleased with their performance. Elin received player of the match. Well done to all who took part. Miss Richards

This week in Science Club students got creative with spooky Halloween dioramas! There were some traditional themes as well as some new ones: “Every student’s worst fear is getting homework!”  Once the dioramas were judged, someone from each team poured ethanoic acid into the bubbling beaker in the middle, and a very dramatic reaction ensued!  […]

This week we have been informed that we were the winning project for the Tesco’s helping hands fund and will be receiving funding of £1,500 for our food/cooking project. I’d just like to say a massive thank you to all the parents, pupils, friends of the school and the local community for voting for our […]

A reminder that tickets for the school show Mary Poppins Jr are now on sale. You can book through the link below. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wellington-school The show nights are: Tuesday 21st November Wednesday 22nd November Thursday 23rd November Show starts at 6pm, tickets are £5.50 for adults and £3.50 child/concession. Would be great to see as many of you there […]

Several year groups this week have had an assembly linked to the festival of Diwali. This is a festival that is celebrated all over the world in a variety of different ways. To mark the festival within the Wellington community, we would like to run a project in the build up to the festive period […]

We were delighted to welcome the fabulous author AM Dassu to Wellington School on Wednesday. The author talked about her latest book Kicked out, set in Hale Barns, which is a sequel to her book Boy, Everywhere. Her characters come from all walks of life, cultures and background and her books are full of empathy […]

Congratulations to our Year 12’s and 13’s who took part in this year’s Senior Maths Challenge, it was our best ever for high scores with five students qualifying for the follow-on Senior Kangaroo challenge on 15th November and many other students achieving silver and bronze certificates. Well done to everyone who took part, a great achievement […]

Wellington’s Grow Your Own Club have made an excellent start to the term, taking care of the Science department plants and making our first lasagne plant pots. Yes, you read correctly and no, we haven’t slipped into food tech! Lasagne planting is a clever way of planting bulbs in pots in layers to create a […]

A group of very keen linguists in Year 9 have taken up Spanish after school every Thursday as an extra language. The pupils have been coming weekly and getting to grips with the basics including introducing themselves and being able to talk about their families. As a reward for all their hard work this half […]

Last Tuesday was Ada Lovelace Day, which celebrates the achievements of women in STEM subjects. Ada Lovelace was a pioneer who is considered the first programmer. To celebrate, the Computing department took a group of Year 9 students to the Spinningfields offices of MoneySuperMarket. They were able to meet inspirational women who work in tech […]

Members of Warhammer Club have started to settle in nicely as we draw to the end of the first half term. We got a good afternoon of gaming in last Friday, have a look at the photos starring Colum Parker who had a great time showing Ben Meyers just how unbelievably many guns he could […]

Animal club had a slightly different theme this week ~ pumpkin painting, biscuit decorating and keyring making! Mrs Potter

The tickets for the school show Mary Poppins Jr are now on sale. You can book through the link below.   https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wellington-school   The show nights are:   Tuesday 21st November  Wednesday 22nd November  Thursday 23rd November   Show starts at 6pm, tickets are £5.50 for adults and £3.50 child/concession.    As always, the students are amazing and […]

I had my annual meet up with a past Wellington student recently.  Kyle Lambert studied D&T Graphics at Wellington in the early 00’s.  Even as a student Kyle was pushing the envelope in terms of what was possible with 3D digitally illustrated outcomes experimenting with the use of Adobe Photoshop.  Aside from his GCSE work, […]

This term students have been learning to use the TechSoft programme to create their own wooden decorations using the laser cutter. Many have opted for ghoulish Halloween designs – importing and modifying images to fit the brief and watching them print and cut out ready to take home over the half-term break. Great work this […]

Our Year 7B and Year 7A Netball teams both competed at the Trafford Netball Seeding evenings this week. Seeding evenings are tournament style games, which are used to help form the leagues for the year. The 7B team had a fantastic evening, winning all their games and showed great team spirt throughout the night. On […]

U16 boys hockey drew 1 all against Cheadle Hulme School in the Cheshire Cup. A super game with James in goal for the first time. Man of the Match from them – James Court GK and from us – Joe Wiggan.    Miss Richards

On Wednesday 11th October, Phoebe Tuzio, Zainab Ali, Jessica Hill and Chloe-Mae Bedicer from Year 12 visited Poland as part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. Since 1999, over 41,000 students and teachers have taken part in the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz Project. Based on the premise that ‘hearing is not like seeing’, this four-part course […]

October is Black History Month and I’d like to share with parents what we planned for pupils to celebrate this event. Year 7 took part in a treasure hunt competition and homework task based around this year’s theme of Celebrating our Sisters – learning about the lives of 5 influential Black British women. The treasure […]

Congratulations to all those who have taken part in interform this week.   The 8X hockey winners were SBR!   Miss Richards  

Year 8 girls hockey had a narrow loss (8-7) to AGGS on Wednesday evening. With goals a plenty, it was a thrilling first game for the Year 8s. Grace Edge dominated in defence, sending strong balls through the middle. Orla Mawby used her skills to get the ball into the D and Isla Dugdale-Reed sent […]

The English Department’s European Literature Society met again on Tuesday after school to discuss their second work of literature of the year: “A Simple Heart”, a story by Gustave Flaubert that appeared in his book Three Tales in 1877. The story follows the kind and loving maidservant Félicité from her youth to her death and […]

Last Friday saw the project-phase of our Year 7 ‘Make Home ‘Work’ Scheme. Over the last few weeks, every department has supported pupils with advice and skills from organising their planner to researching a project.    Over the last fortnight, pupils chose a subject brief to complete which allowed them to explore an Arts-based research and creative […]

Year 10 GCSE pupils have made an excellent start to this option course. I have been extremely impressed with the enthusiasm the group have shown and even more impressed by the knowledge and understanding of key processes that the pupils have already demonstrated. This week we made Focaccia bread and French Onion soup to demonstrate […]

Year 7 Boys Football continued their unbeaten run in the league with an 11-0 victory over AOM yesterday. Goals from Curran x1, Brown x2, Conyers x3, Mairs x3, Farncombe x1 and an unlucky own goal.    Next week we have BTH (A) on Tuesday. It will be a tough game given the result in the […]

  A huge thank you to everyone who took part in #HelloYellow! This year, thousands of incredible supporters across the country came together to stand out and show up for young people’s mental health. And we are so grateful. By wearing yellow and donating to support our work, you helped show young people that they […]

After a tentative start, Year 11 have now settled into their first non-examination assessment task which is worth 15% of the final GCSE grade.  Although I am unable to discuss the specifics of the task, I’d just like to let Year 11 know that their efforts so far haven’t gone unnoticed and I have been […]

Animal Club welcomed budgies Elton and Elsa this week!  They kept everyone in hub2 entertained singing and tweeting all day long!  Mrs Potter

On 1st October, our year 13 French A level group visited Paris. We had an excellent journey on Eurostar, and we travelled around Paris by metro. Although it was only a short stay, our itinerary was crammed and you will be pleased to know that there was not a bed bug in sight!   We […]

Last week saw Room 29 full of young modellers again as Warhammer Club was in full swing! Two of our new Year 7 members, Saafi and Ben, completed their second demo game using Warhammer 40K 10th Edition rules. The boys decided that the battle was taking place on a formerly peaceful space marine colony, now […]

It was great to see so many pupils taking part in the National Poetry Day “treasure hunt” on the 5th October – this involved following the clues to discover the poems displayed around school, reading the poems and finding the answers to the poetry based questions.    Well done to Jessica in 7DMY for winning the […]

Our peer mentoring programme is now fully up and running with up to 39 students being mentored.   The atmosphere is the hall is fabulous and a pleasure to see our older students interacting and supporting our younger ones.   Mr Tomlinson    

Well done to the Year 10 boys football beat Ashton on Mersey 6-0 on Tuesday. It was the best I’ve seen them play as a unit. The passing was crisp, movement off the ball quicker and stronger in our challenges.  Mr Tomlinson

We launched our next stage of the scholars programme with a mix of 14 Year 7 and Year 8 students. The online launch told our students about what life is like at university, the process of how to get to university and study skills to get there.    We start our project “Why are we […]

On Saturday, between 10.30 and 12, the Friends of Pickering Lodge Park will be planting bulbs. Everyone welcome to join in and any donations of bulbs appreciated.

Over coming weeks, we will be further developing our Reading page of the School’s website. This currently can be found under the Literacy Resources tab of ‘Curriculum’ at https://www.wellington-school.co.uk/reading-resources/   We have however already produced this week a guide to help parents/carers support their child’s reading at home so please so have a watch of the […]

Thank you to a number of our KS3 pupils who volunteered to read one of this year’s National Poetry Day poems, ‘Hope’ by Nicola Davies’ to be played in all English Ks3 lessons on Thursday. This year’s theme is refuge and we liked the fact that this poem explores the planting of a sunflower – […]

This week the animal club welcomed a Russian tortoise. Thanks so much to Jess B who prepared the worksheets and ran the session.    Mrs Potter

Year 9 students of German have been learning about Reunification Day (3rd October) this week and finding out what the Berlin Wall was all about: why it was put up and why it came down. They have been looking at some pictures of Berlin pre-1989 vs modern-day and considering what it meant for the East- and West-German […]

A fantastic start to the hockey season!   The year 10B mixed hockey team played Lymm on Tuesday and despite the dreadful weather they managed a draw. Considering this is a new group to play together they were solid in defence, just a few tweaks are needed for the next game in the attacking D.  […]

Thank you to Joanna Williams who has contacted the school on behalf of the choir of St Mary’s Parish Church, Bowdon, to let us know about an amazing opportunity for any budding choristers. If your child applies then please let us know, if you’d like any support with the application then once again please let […]

The English Department’s European Literature Society met up on Tuesday after school to discuss their first work of literature of the year: ‘Metamorphosis’ by Franz Kafka, which tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a “monstrous vermin”. The novella has been widely discussed among literary […]

Congratulations to Jovie who took part in the British Taekwondo National Championship in Sheffield last weekend. She earned a gold medal in the competition for the second time. Jovie will also be participating in the Riga Open at Latvia – which is a world wide Taekwondo competition with a global ranking. We wish her the best […]

This year’s cake theme was ‘My Favourite Thing’ and we certainly saw that in the bakes today! Staff have been stirring, mixing and icing some of the most incredible bakes we’ve ever had. Favourite things included: the beach, camping, sweets, films and even a roast dinner! On Monday morning, the results of money made and […]

Today, we have been celebrating all the wonderful languages represented at Wellington School! During tutor time, pupils have heard from various members of staff who love languages, and reflected on the benefits of speaking another tongue. The Adshead Hall was the venue for our annual pupil-led language-learning experience, where Year 7 and 8 students are […]

Last Friday, our Full Course REP pupils jumped on the tram into Manchester to visit the Police Museum. This relates to their learning on the developments of crime and punishment and pupils were guided around the Museum (which is a former police station) by an ex police officer. They were shown a variety of different […]

Animal Club started in Hub 2 this week.   KS3 students welcomed a Leopard Gecko and were keen to learn all about it.   The session was lead by Neve, Megan and Jess – thank you!   Mrs Potter

Warhammer Club ran again this week – our third meeting of the year! We have been so popular on a Thursday lunchtime that the beleaguered Mr Crabbe and Mr Ashfield have barely had time to eat lunch, let alone take pictures of all the different activities! There seem to be some really keen beans who […]

On Tuesday our Year 8 students took part in the first stage of their Leadership Programme with The Natural Leader. The programme is designed at upskilling our students in analysing the strengths and values needed to improve their leadership skills. It is the first time this programme has been delivered in secondary schools, so our […]

With the weather forecast predicting hurricanes and torrential rain, we set off on Wednesday morning for the annual Year 13 A-Level Biology Field Trip. Collectively the group seemed to have almost psychic control of the elements though; as whether on the coach or in the classroom, for 3 days straight the weather was at its […]

  Thank you to all the performers who have worked incredibly hard to prepare for the Awards Evening which was held on Tuesday evening. All the performances were absolutely amazing but my personal highlights were the new Year 7 students, supported by the KS3 Rock Band singing ‘Mountain’ by the wonderful Sam Ryder, ‘Brighter Days’ […]

On Friday 15th September, 53 Psychology students embarked out on an adventure to Chester Zoo.  We took part in a Primate Behaviour workshop looking aspects of animal Psychology such as Classical Conditioning and Attachments with both the Orangutans and the Chimps, we were even lucky enough to get a little look at the newest member of […]

Myself and Ms Fletcher, along with 27 Year 11 pupils went to see a production of ‘Macbeth’ at the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot. The production sought to present a modern take of Shakespeare’s original play. Whilst the dialogue was kept in traditional Shakespearean language, the addition of communication by text message, grisly and graphic murders […]

Yesterday, Miss Richards and I took the Year 11 Sports Studies pupils to Trentham Treetop Outdoor Pursuits Centre to take part in a high ropes course. Throughout the day, the pupils were assessed in their performance by demonstrating a wide range of skills and knowledge; how to put a harness on, how to clip on […]

We are delighted that our very own lovely Debby (School Office) has been featured in this month’s Modern Garden magazine. Debby loves her garden and it is her ‘Happy Place’. Read all about it here. My Happy Place    

Dungeons and Dragons is back to a roaring start on Thursdays – thank you to all who came, especially the newcomers! We’ve got five groups up and running this year, with five wonderful Dungeon Masters: Will Stockley, Cadence Williamson, Benjamin Langridge, Benjamin Hood and Jensen Boyd. One group played the board game Dungeons and Dragons: […]

Back in July, 39 students embarked on their DofE practice expedition in the Ashworth Valley. All 39, now in Year 11, took on the challenge of their Silver DofE assessed expedition last week. The participants walked independently for seven hours on each of the three days carrying all they needed to be self-sufficient for the […]

As part of the introduction to film form, students were introduced to Foley sound whereby artists create sounds during post-production, in synchrony with the picture, the enhance the quality of the audio. Students were given the opening scene of Elephant (Clarke) and conducted their own Foley session, creating their own sound effects to enhance the scene. […]

The success of the Year 8 Dodgeball team last year becoming National Champions has created a surge in interest and enthusiasm for the sport within the school.  Over 100 Year 7 & 8 students attending the first Dodgeball practice this week.  Fantastic effort by all involved. Dr Davidson

Is your child looking for a new hobby? Something that they can take to university and beyond? A hobby that is both challenging and rewarding, that requires physical skill and mental agility?   If so, bell ringing could be it. The brand new Cheshire School of Bell Ringing has arrived and it is based in […]

Only 3 days into term and Year 12’s time in Sixth Form got off to a bang with a visit to Liverpool John Moores University and Wild Shore Aqua Park in Delamere for our annual Bonding Day.    In the morning, our new Sixth Formers took part in a carousel of workshops delivered by university […]

The LRC has welcomed two new Year 9 librarians this week – thanks to Jasper for training them in the library skills they will need for the rest of the year.   To celebrate the new school year every Year 7 has been gifted a fiction book of their own choosing (chosen on new pupil […]

At the end of last year, the English department held its Spelling Bee competition! Each English class completed a spelling test in advance and the winners of this round then competed in the grand final to be crowned as Wellington’s best speller in year 7. The final was a glitzy affair (Mrs Jordan fully embraced the game […]

Given the flurry of activity at the end of last academic year we didn’t actually manage to tie up our loose ends in the newsletter as planned, so here are the missing articles from the last week in July!  Lunchtime  Warhammer Club has still been swinging over the last three weeks despite being quiet on […]

Congratulations to our wonderful Year 13 students who have achieved fantastic results this year. Despite this being the first set of external examinations this cohort has taken, their resilience and hard work has paid off. The results at Wellington Sixth form continue on an upward trajectory and exceed those achieved in 2019 with almost a quarter […]

On Monday, Year 7 completed one of twelve projects hosted by a multitude of staff. From Crime Scene Investigates, to Make Your Own Music Video, to a performance of Grease, and of course a Harry Potter-themed Potions Class and Mandrake Plant greenhouse, the pupils had an abundance of projects to choose from. There were a number of projects linked to wellbeing and Mindfulness too: especially in the creative arts and through the Identity Mandala project. Our popular […]

Our final roll-call of English Half-term Heroes is in! Drum roll please… The English Department would like to celebrate the following stellar students who have finished the 2022-2023 academic year in style! Kudos goes to: Thea Jeffries (nominated by Miss Hitchens) Penny Coombs (nominated by Ms Spencer-Cruise) Max Turnbull-Mills (nominated by Mrs McDonnell) Jack Goodman […]

It was my pleasure to welcome back guests from the Jewish Fed and also Anne Super, Gisela Feldman and Marianne Phillips on 18th July. Anne, Marianne and Gisela are all Holocaust survivors that have been working closely with the History Department this year. We were approached by Danielle Jeffries from the Fed in November 2022 and […]

This term our Year 10 students have been trying their hand at a range of writing forms – descriptive and narrative compositions, as well as articles expressing a viewpoint. These are key skills assessed as part of the GCSE Language qualification. At the conclusion of our studies, all pupils in the year entered a ‘Future […]

The History Department held our annual prize draw to reward one lucky KS3 pupil that achieved more than 25 positive ClassCharts points from their History teacher this year. There were around 15 names in the hat, but the lucky winner was Jaden Chiu from 7SHG. Congratulations Jaden! We hope you spend your £20 Waterstones voucher […]

This year was the second run of our bridge building competition to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day 2023. We had an impressive turn-out of future engineers from Years 7 to 9, who were tasked with building the strongest bridge possible using only cardboard, paper and Sellotape. There were many excellent constructions but the winning […]

This weekend Orla Mawby (Year 7) and Emily Girdlestone (Year 8) were selected to compete in the North West U13 Hockey Squad in the National Regional Lyons Tournament held at the National Centre in Nottingham (Orla was playing up a year group). Orla played in the A squad who beat South Wales 1-0. Here s […]

Well done to Reuben Clarke – his new commercial for “Muller Rice” is out now on TV, Cinema and Socials – he was cast from 100’s of boys across the whole of the UK by the incredible Kate & Lou Casting.  He had the best fun filming in London and what a wonderful brand to […]

We rescued an injured young hedgehog on site on Monday – thank you to Jenny for spotting him. He is now the capable hands of the Withington Hedgehog hospital. He had a very badly infected back leg (which you can see in the photo is very swollen) caused by an unknown injury. He will likely […]

Year 10 students battled it out on Tuesday and Wednesday to see which of them had the entrepreneurial skills to come out on top in our Enterprise Challenge careers event. Students were each assigned a company role – engineer, MD, sales executive, marketing director – and worked as a team to create the most productive […]

On Friday 14th July, we welcomed over 200 children from four local primary schools and led them in a carousel of different activities around the theme of the French Revolution for our Primary Bastille Day event. Each station allowed the pupils to use a variety of skills and learn a bit more about French history […]

Congratulations for the winners of the Year 7 and 8 Cultural Project competition! Students in Year 7 were tasked with researching a French-speaking country, whilst Year 8 presented a festival celebrated in either French- or German-speaking countries. The MFL staff were incredibly impressed with the level of detail and creative presentations of projects, and a […]

Year 12 students went to Daresbury Laboratory this week to look at particle accelerators and their applications, which include mapping the COVID-19 protein structure which aided rapid vaccine development, how they helped make chocolate less bitter, and also their normal application in discovering new subatomic particles.  They got hands-on experience too exploring nuclear sources and […]

Year 10 had a fantastic afternoon at BBC studios on Thursday this week. Pupils listened to a talk from assistant editor for radio sports news Kate Kopczyk, digital senior journalists Becky Grey and Mike Henson and sports news senior journalist Jenny Culshaw. All had some valuable insights and advice for getting into and succeeding in the industry. The studios, galleries and the facilities […]

Well done to Year 10 who have taken part in a practice assessment for next year’s GCSE. As part of the Food Preparation and Nutrition GCSE, pupils are required to produce a report which also includes a write up of some chosen practical dishes. Pupils firstly make up to 4 trial dishes (we did 2 […]

This week eco-committee visited Chris Walker plants. Throughout the year eco-committee have fundraised and they decided to use the money to purchase 3 planters, compost and a variety of insect friendly plants. They visited the plant nursery and chose the plants themselves, and then planted them when they got back to school. They decided to […]

You’ll remember that we recently had the privilege to have Sathnam Sanghera, the author of EmpIreland and Stolen History at Wellington for an author visit last month. On the day, we also had a visit from BBC Newsround who filmed a pupil-led interview for their television bulletin. This has gone live this morning and can be watched here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround Well […]

This week 8R turned their hands to puppetry! They worked together to build their own ‘brown paper man’ puppet, named him Terry and successfully brought him to life using the 3 principles of puppetry: focus, breathing, and weight. The class were then able to produce a fantastic short piece of theatre where one student interacted […]

Lunchtime  Warhammer Club has still been swinging over the last three weeks despite being quiet on the newsletter front. Key helpers during lunchtimes have been Isla Senior, Anna Vaniak, and Jensen Boyd, working hard at building our scenery collection to use in battles.  Following the launch of Games Workshop’s new 10th Edition box, we were […]

On Saturday 1st July, Jess Wilkins in Year 9 competed at the English Schools Track & Field Championships at The Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Jess competed in the hammer representing Greater Manchester. I was eagerly watching Jess on YouTube, following her progress throughout the morning. Leading up to the event Jess was a bag on nerves […]

This week has been busy with the final practical assessments at Key Stage 3. Year 9 pupils were given the task to plan, prepare and make a dish of their choice from either Asia, Africa or The Americas. A wide variety of dishes were chosen and all pupils aimed to impress. Great work Year 9, […]

40 year 8 students left school just before midnight on Saturday 30th June, accompanied by Mr Beeley, Mrs Hill, Miss Purdy, Mrs Casey and myself. After a long coach and ferry journey we arrived at our accommodation in Asnelles-sur-mer, a pretty seaside village on the Normandy coast (Gold Beach). We had a busy four-day stay, […]

Once again 80 have impressed me with their enthusiasm and creativity during another fantastic project-based activity. Pupils have read The Monkey’s Paw as part of the ‘Gothic’ unit of work and then created a news report based on the story. Everyone worked so hard on the scripting, filming and editing and we all very much […]

The final Dungeons and Dragons Club of the year went off well with plenty of sweets and battles! Well done to Benjamin Langridge and Jack Goodman, our Dungeon Masters.  Miss Hollis  

Year 8 have also been completing their final dishes too as part of their overall D&T assessment process. Mediterranean Cuisine is the style of food that year 8 had to make and they did not disappoint. Pupils researched a wide variety of Mediterranean countries including, Spain, Italy and Greece. They then produced detailed time plans […]

On Thursday our Regional U13s Dodgeball Champions headed to Stoke for the National Dodgeball Finals against 13 other schools from across the country. The team have gone through all of the competitions from local to regional and remained undefeated, so our expectations were set incredibly high.  Our league for the day saw us competing against […]

Over the past fortnight, 12 Year 12 pupils have been presenting their learning of three Holocaust survivors to Year 9 pupils. We’re very lucky to work closely with the Jewish Fed and, as a result of this, this small group of 6th form pupils were selected to become Guardians of the stories of 3 remarkable women: Anne Super, […]

Year 8 pupils have been studying the Gothic genre. Using a range of media types, pupils had to create a new book cover for the gothic short story, Click Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman. Set winners: Tobey Prince 8H; Kate Joseph 8O; Holly Sachro 8S; Isla Senier 8T; Eleanor Tulley 8F; Marlis Robson 8I; […]

Jovie who attended the Taekwondo British International Open 2023 last weekend and has obtained her first gold medal at the International Open Level, which has a European Taekwondo Union ranking.  Well done Jovie!   Mrs Thomson  

This year, we have been delighted to welcome a number of Cantonese and Mandarin-speaking pupils to Wellington. Always aware of the potential additional needs of our pupils, particularly those relatively new to the UK let alone the School, a group of Year 12 students proposed the idea to run a Buddy Club where pupils could […]

We held the new parent evening on Monday where Seiji and Ellen performed as the parents were arriving into the hall. They were simply amazing!! Mr Tomlinson

On Thursday 29th June 55 Year 10’s visited the British Music Experience in Liverpool to gather research for both GCSE courses. We saw a fantastic collection of memorabilia, stage outfits, instruments, images and footage of British music from 1940’s to present day. We were able to explore the Gibson bands studio and danced our way through […]

A BIG good luck to Jess Wilkins in Year 9 who is competing at the English Schools track & field championships this weekend in Birmingham. We are all routing for you Jess!! Jess is competing in the Hammer tomorrow morning! It is also being streamed on youtube on the England athletics channel!   Miss Crewe 

Well done to the Year 7 girls who received their league trophy and medals this week. Mr Tomlinson

On Wednesday, three Year 12 students delivered a German taster lesson to 46 Year 4 pupils at The Willows Primary School. The students planned and delivered the session on German foods, developing both their language and leadership skills. The students at The Willows Primary School enjoyed the session and were able to match up the […]

Last Thursday, Miss Lee and I took a minibus full of keen year 12 students to Liverpool University for a STEM experience day.  Students attended two sessions from a diverse range of topics within chemistry, computer science, maths and physics.  From considering the prospect of artificially Intelligent Lego and how to communicate during a Zombie […]

On Tuesday, students from 10C Media Studies visited the BBC studios at Quay House in Media City, Salford Quays. During the visit, we had a Q&A session with researchers, a journalist and an apprentice at BBC Sport, who gave us an insight into what working at the BBC – and in the media industry in […]

Year 10 design & technology students have been developing their investigative, analytical, design and making skills to complete a Design & Make project to prepare them for their Non-Examination Assessment.  Students have designed a fashion corset for a high-profile event or occasion. they identified a client, investigated their needs and requirements before creating their ideas. […]

In the past Wellington School has invited a number of Spanish boys and girls to attend classes towards the end of the summer term. This had paused over the past couple of years however, we are delighted that the link has been restarted this year. Jamie Spencer has hosted Jaime from Valencia for the past […]

We are delighted to announce that our application to the Tesco Community Grants Scheme has been successful and our project will be put forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores.  Voting will commence in store from the first week of July 2023 until the end of September 2023. We have applied for funding to […]

On Thursday, Mr Vernon and I took a group of pupils to a Pride Conference, hosted by Sale Grammar School. There were also pupils in attendance from other schools in the Trafford area (Sale High School and Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College). The turnout was fantastic; with about 50 pupils in total and a variety […]

A group of students from Years 8-10 took part in a Pride Month webinar hosted by the Faith and Belief Forum. We joined schools across the UK on Zoom to hear from different people of faith and their own personal experiences of identifying as LGBTQ+ alongside their religious and spiritual beliefs. Students heard from Giles […]

Our Year 12 Review and Reward Day took place on Wednesday this week. We spent the morning reflecting on the past 12 months and planning for next year now we’re at the halfway point. Mr Cropper led some sessions on Personal Learning Checklists, university applications and UCAS personal statements. Year 12 then spent time with […]

Mrs Marneras, Mrs Dunne and 10 Year 12 students visited the Manchester Metropolitan University Art and Design degree show on Monday 19th June. Upon arriving we were met by staff at the impressive SODA (School of Digital Arts) building who welcomed us and gave us maps of the different end of year art exhibitions. We […]

Year 12 French and German students attended the University of Manchester on Thursday. The event offered them taster sessions in various other languages such as Portuguese, Italian and Chinese as well as cultural lectures, including on French Feminism and Gender Analysis of the German language. Wellington students met with current University students to practise French […]

Last week, 12th – 16th June was Health Eating Week (HEW). HEW is organised by the British Nutrition Foundation and involves schools across the country running a variety of activities to promote the advice of The Eatwell Guide. As part of Healthy Eating Week, Wellington School organised some activities to coincide with Sports Day on […]

On Wednesday, Miss Kelly and I had the pleasure of taking the Year 7 and Year 8/9 combined athletics team to Sportcity to compete in the annual Sale Harriers invitation only outdoor competition! We had a fantastic day! This was the first time we had taken 4 teams as opposed to last year where only […]

On Monday Greater Manchester Community Renewables visited Eco-committee to tell them more about their project to get solar panels on the roof of the school. It was a really interesting session, eco-committee heard all about the project and shared some ideas for fundraising the money needed for the installation. £350 000 needs to be raised […]

Our first wave of peer mentoring took place on Tuesday with our trained Year 10 students being mentors and role models to some of our younger students. The atmosphere was fabulous and how engaged all students were in their conversation was a pleasure to witness. Mr Tomlinson

On Wednesday the Year 7 Cricketers hosted AOM on our Astro. At Year 7 the format is different to normal hard ball cricket as we aim to encourage as many pupils to play as possible. As such, it is a paired Cricket match where every player bats, bowls and wicket keeps. Every team starts on […]

Great news this week – former pupil Sam Roscoe has signed for Altrincham FC next season – mum (Mrs Dunne) is super proud and delighted to have him home! Here is his first interview with the club.    

You may be forgiven for feeling that, given the pomp and circumstance of last week’s award ceremony and the excitement of Mr Beeley visiting the club, that the students would need a week off to recover from their travails; however you would be gravely mistaken as this Tuesday we launched our new summer event: a […]

The Year 12 geographers enjoyed a gloriously hot three days at the Blencathra Field Studies Centre in the Lake District. They got to try a smorgasbord of fieldwork techniques and ideas to help them plan their own investigation, a core part of their A Level. On Day 1, they practised human geography techniques in Keswick […]

Whilst half of Key Stage 3 were off to Sports Day, some of our Year 7s were in school designing and building their own rollercoasters – using card and Sellotape. Well done to the members of 7N, 7E and Maths Club who put their engineering skills to the test to build a rollercoaster in under […]

Open Day 24th June 2023

Wellington was excited to be visited by Sathnam Sanghera on Thursday, the journalist and author of “Empireland” and “Stolen History”. The Year 7s were treated to a very interesting and entertaining talk about his new book, “Stolen History”,  which balanced the more serious aspects of the British Empire with some fun facts ( who knew […]

On Wednesday, the BBC presenter Chris Warburton came in to speak to year 10 Media Studies students about his career in broadcasting and to give advice for students who may be considering a career in the media.   Chris spoke about his experiences as a radio presenter on BBC 5Live and the different events he […]

This week’s Science Club was very special for two significant reasons… the first was that we had planned to build and fire air-launched rockets (which is always special fun!) and the second was that we were celebrating the 50th birthday of Dr Richard Lane! Dr Lane has been an intrinsic part of Wellington School’s Science […]

Year 9 students had a fantastic time at Alton Towers on Thursday! They got to experience the first-hand effects of forces and acceleration as they were hurtled around various different rollercoasters. Those that rode Oblivion will have travelled at speeds of up to 110 km/h and experienced forces of up to 4.5G – that’s more […]

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of taking 60 girls to Longford park to compete in the annual Trafford School Athletics Competition. It was a lovely afternoon; the sun was shining and all girls who took part were outstanding. They represent Wellington in an excellent manner. A number of pupils came first in their race, Cerys […]

Tuesday 6th   With back-to-school blues hanging over Wellington the best way to beat the brain fog was to get some dice rolling! Joe Stockley challenged Mr Ashfield to a friendly match of 500pts forces in order to test out the newly tweaked tournament rules. Joe’s Tyranids were set to fight the barely-tested Wellington Space Marines!  […]

We’ve joined forces with Greater Manchester Community Renewables (GMCR) a community benefit society, set up and run by volunteers to install community-owned renewable energy across Greater Manchester. By partnering with GMCR we aim to install here at Wellington School the largest community-owned solar array in Greater Manchester! GMCR raises funds through community shares and has already […]

Neve Rawden in the Hive has raised over £3800 with her family in memory of her Dad. Neve wanted to make sure each side room on ward 12 at the Christies has either a television or radio and fan as this is something they did not have, she also wanted all staff at Christies to […]

Pupils in Year 10 Media Studies took part in a ‘Create a Podcast’ workshop in lesson. The podcast industry is growing in popularity so it was fantastic to be introduced to this free resource from Spotify that anyone can use to create their own content.  Mrs Fletcher

This is a shout-out to those students of English who go the extra mile, put in lots of elbow grease and shine like stars. Lots of figurative language for you all, there!  Mrs Simpson would like to celebrate Harrison Brookes for his increasingly mature approach to English, this has led to him making some excellent progress! […]

Year 8/9 Cricket beat BTH 123 runs to 98 All Out. All 11 players had a fantastic match but stand out performances need to go to Jamie Spencer and Will Gadsby. Both retired with the bat, Jamie smashing his 6’s early and Will playing a more conservative test match style nudge and run. Both had […]

What a week to end Warhammer Club’s half term! Through some clever pairing we managed to finish off the 9th Edition league so that every commander had played their full 6 matches and the points could be collected in by the Adeptus Mechanicus drones to be double checked for calculation errors and heresy.  There were […]

On Monday 8 Year 9 students attended the STEM Olympics at the Grange School. They took part in a variety of STEM related activities including a rat dissection, rocket launching, crime scene investigation plus many more. All students did Wellington proud with their attitude and approach to the challenges throughout the day. The competition was […]

10Y1 have been studying Robert Louis Stevenson’s Gothic novella in their English lessons and exploring the concept of duality this term: the idea that we all have both good and evil within us! This week, I asked them to explore this theme in their homework, and I was blown away by the quality of their […]

Eco-committee have been collecting crisp packets with the intention of making them into blankets to give to homeless charities. So far, they have collected lots of crisp packets, cut them open and they are now washing each crisp packet before ironing them together into sheets to be donated. Hopefully this will be completed before the […]

Neve Rawden in the Hive is creating personalised tote bags for students and staff. They will cost £2.50 and all profit made will go to charity. Neve will be working on this project until the end of summer. There will be order forms handed out to pupils and staff next week so you can choose […]

The theme for this year’s Mental Health Week was ‘Anxiety’.  Ironically timed around the embarkment of the exam season.  Students had a tutor takeover session about anxiety, what it is, the causes, and how to maintain a healthy balance. A ‘Go Green’ uniform substitute was held in line with the national event to try to […]

This week we have arrived back from our return leg of the French Exchange trip. The week has been absolutely packed full of amazing activities, so I will try and be as brief as possible!  We arrived at the school in Marcq-en-Baroeul (near Lille) on Tuesday to be welcomed with the Union flag flying alongside […]

As the league approaches its climax there was just a single game played this week – the much-anticipated showdown between Mr Ashfield’s Chaos and Mr Crabbe’s Drukhari. Both players as yet unbeaten and, with it being Mr Ashfield’s final league game, it was a chance for him to claim the honours of completing all his […]

What a fitting way to end our footballing journey together. Across the four years we have been together this team is a true rags-to-riches story. Winning the double last year to narrowly missing out on the league this but finishing with the Trafford Cup beating Urmston 2-0. It’s been an absolute pleasure seeing this team […]

Over the last two years, I have really enjoyed teaching my A Level Language and Literature students. Harry, Tala, Milan, Shaun, Jasmine, Betty, Jayda, Hannah, Jemima, Ruby, Abi, Stewart, Osama, Alex, Issy, Jenna, Emily and Imogen have been great company – in Transylvania with Dracula, in Venice and Cyprus with Othello, in Paris with a […]

A huge well done to the Year 8 boys who play football for U13 Timperley FC Scorpions (Charlie Cain, Will Rodwell, Eddie Holt, Joshua Frain, Oliver Ernill and Joseph Tan). The team did the double (league and cup) in Division 1 (top division). This has not been achieved at U13’s since stats began in 2015. […]

On Friday 5th May the boys and girls U14 teams played in the England Hockey’s first State Schools festival in Nottingham. With help from Mr Moss and Mr Wilkins we travelled down and played 6 games against schools from all over England. Both teams topped their pool but found trouble ahead. Both teams played fantastically well […]

Battle hour this week was a more casual affair as a number of players had not brought in their models for…reasons. On the casual end, Joseph Stockley and Jasper Welton had given up their lunchtime to prepare an introductory game for one of the Year 7s who repaid them poorly by never showing up! In […]

On Thursday the Year 11 Girls played their final and farewell game of Netball for Wellington in a friendly against BTH. The talented bunch took to the court one final time as the original A team that formed in Year 7 5 years ago, bringing home the win for one last time… as usual. The […]

Huge congratulations to Year 10’s Martha Adams, whose short horror story, ‘Not Alone’ was a winning entry in a creative writing competition to find the best short stories in the Manchester area.  Martha entered the competition (run by Sale bookshop, Get Free Books), which asked adults and young people to write a narrative related to a bookshop […]

We have been contacted by Lion TV who are casting a new series for CBBC about sustainable fashion and are looking for young designers aged 10-14 years old.  In each episode the aim is to see young creative minds come together to create bold and colourful outfits reusing, re-claiming and upcycling fabulous fashion by using only vintage, second-hand & sustainable materials. You don’t have to be confident […]

Due to a number of extenuating factors over the last fortnight the Warhammer Club newsletter has been put on the back burner despite the Tuesday League games going full steam ahead. Catch up on all the gory detail below!  Tuesday 18th April  Three battles were fought today, heralding one of the first clashes between two […]

Huge Congratulations to Shivam who plays National League basketball for Manchester Magic. Last weekend they had their final fours and they won so now are the U14s National League Champions! Well done to Shiv and all his teammates on this amazing achievement. Mr Crooks  

Congratulations to Ellie who made her U13 Greater Manchester County Netball Team debut at Bedfordshire tournament last weekend.  Ellie played Goal Shooter and Goal Attack and they won the tournament bringing home gold medals.  Mrs Hill

On Wednesday, we had the pleasure of being visited by Ike Alterman. Ike is a Holocaust survivor. His Fed My Voice life book, which chronicles his life before, during and after the Second World War and includes detailed recollections of his time as a prisoner of four Concentration Camps, has inspired the History Department to […]

On Wednesday, Miss Hitchens I took 28 Year 9 students to the Royal Exchange Theatre for a fantastic new production of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The year group have lately studied dramatic realism and a play contemporary to Williams’: A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller. Ostensibly, the plays seem […]

We have had the Scholastic book fair in the LRC all this week, a wide selection of HALF PRICE fiction and non-fiction books for staff and students to purchase. There is still many a bargain to be had as it is here for most of next week; please bring in cash if you wish to […]

A massive well done to all those students who took part in the February half-term MEM Maths Challenges.   A special mention must be given to Bernard and Nia for achieving merit of participation awards in the Senior and Year7/8 Challenges respectively, and being invited to a presentation evening at Liverpool University – an achievement they […]

On Tuesday, the Year 7s completed their first local fieldwork activity with the Geography Department. The students were investigating the Settlement Hierarchy. Before setting off, they established their hypotheses. They needed to decide which settlement will have the greatest range of shops and services, and therefore will be the most popular. The students walked to […]

TRAFFORD CHAMPIONS!! A massive well done to the Year 8/9 girls football team who beat Sale Grammar 5-4 in a nail biting game last night. The girls came back from 2-1 down at half time, to take the win 5-4! The night saw goals from Leah Johnson x 3, Cerys Smith x 1 and Esme […]

On Tuesday, the Year 9 girls’ football team had their final of the Greater Manchester Cup against Wright Robinson. Unfortunately, the girls lost 6-1 but they put up a great fight. They played some fantastic football throughout the game but were up against a tough team. This isn’t the end of the road for the […]

Thank you to Mrs Robinson for sharing this great news this week. “Jensen is in an Elite Competitive Acrobatics Men’s Pair (where he trains 12 to 14 hours a week in Birkenhead). After breaking his elbow and having major surgery before Christmas he and his partner Joe have had the biggest mountain to climb to […]

We said goodbye to our French friends on Thursday 30th March after a week packed full of trips, lessons, social gatherings outside of school and a final farewell party in school on Wednesday evening, where we enjoyed a bring and share meal and shared stories of our experiences during the week.  Monday was the English students’ chance […]

As part of our programme of continuing Careers Advice and Guidance, Year 10 students were put through their paces this week as they took part in a face-to-face interview. Students were matched to an interviewer from a wide variety of employment sectors based on the information they gave when writing an application form a few […]

35 Year 10 GCSE students and 5 Year 12 A level students went on a 4-day visit to Berlin this week. We stayed in the Hotel Transit Loft in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. Visits included a walking tour of Berlin, which included walking to the Museum Island, the book burning memorial at Bebelplatz, […]

On Thursday we played Ashton on Mersey in our final league game. We played really well despite having four out injured. The teamwork and togetherness of the group is really special and saw us win 3-2. Lots playing out of position but did their job for the team. This has meant they have finished second […]

The girls went to play Sale Grammar on Monday on a game that would be pivotal in the fight for the league championship. Isla Dugdale-Reed and Nia Roberts put us 2-0 up but two quick fire goals from our mistakes meant the game finished 2-2. But good enough to see us LEAGUE WINNERS.  Mr Tomlinson

Well done to Kavelle (Year 7), Anna (Pictured, Year 8) and Megan (Year 9) for borrowing the most books this term. Hope you have enough to read over the Easter holidays! It is the Yoto Carnegie book award time of year again; seven young adult fiction books are on the shortlist and the winner will […]

This week in Warhammer Club we had a few absences for Tuesday’s Battle Hour due to a number of factors such as students speaking to the School Council and teachers on training, so there were no official League games played. In the two friendly matches that went on, Mr Brownbill’s Tyranids took on Colum Parker’s […]

At the end of each half-term, every member of the English department nominates their ‘Half-Term Hero’ from all of the students that they teach. Each Hero is selected for their demonstration of the attributes that make them successful learners. They receive a certificate, a badge and a place on our Wall of Fame to recognise their achievements. […]

We have had another successful year so far with our Football and Netball teams – here are our current positions in cup competitions and league places and this week’s below. Football Trafford League Year 7 2nd in Trafford League (if Sale G win remaining fixtures) Year 8 3rd in Trafford League Year 9 Trafford league […]

Over the past week there have been 3 hockey tournaments. We have entered a boys’ and girls’ team into each one! Congratulations to the Year 9 boys and girls hockey teams who took part on Wednesday. The boys came 2nd with Oliver Edge receiving man of the tournament from Zac Bangee who kindly led the […]

The green fingered members of the Estates Team have planted and weaved their magic in the Hive garden following step by step instructions and created a living willow tee-pee for the students to enjoy. This 2-meter diameter willow dome was bought from The Willow Bank and arrived on Tuesday and after settling for 48 hours […]

This half term the students of Geography Club have been enjoy a range of Geography themed games such as Ticket to Ride and watching Geography themed films such as Ice Age. Today Sophie and Georgia organised a Geography Quiz with rounds on flags and country outlines. Thank you very much for a fantastic quiz. Geography […]

On Tuesday 28th March, eight of our keen Year 10 mathematicians took part in the Maths Feast AMSP (Advanced Maths Support Programme) event at Manchester University.  Wellington School regularly attends this team event which gives students the opportunity to engage in a 2.5-hour session of fun problem solving.   The general consensus amongst the students was that they […]

This is the latest careers bulletin from the English department. Take a look at some of the many careers where studying English can take you.  Miss F Spencer

With the wonderful range of languages spoken by our School community, 100 Year 7-10 pupils were keen to train as Young Interpreters with Miss Hitchens, Mrs Soldiew and Miss Tijani on Tuesday.  Pupils completed four training sessions which explored empathising with pupils who speak English as an additional language, learning how to be a buddy […]

The Friends of Pickering Lodge Park invite you to join them for their gardening and tidy up sessions this year. All the dates are below and there is a session on Saturday 8th April between 10.30 and 12. Everyone is welcome, just turn up and meet by the picnic tables.

Isabelle recently visited Uganda after raising money for Ugandaid – here is her report from the trip. To find out more about the charity visit the Ugandaid website where you can read the entire blog from the trip and more about how to sponsor a child.

Yes, you read it right – Dodgeball – we started a Dodgeball club about 8 weeks ago (driven by our students) and Mrs Davidson entered us into the Secondary Schools Regional Championships. We have a core group of students who play outside of school and some other students trying it for the first time. Having […]

On Wednesday, three Holocaust survivors came into School to speak to Year 12 pupils about their experiences of the Holocaust: Anne Super, Marianne Phillips and Gisela Feldman. We’re very lucky to work closely with the Jewish Fed and, as a result of this, 12 Year 12 pupils have been selected to become Guardians of the […]

This week was the Year 9B and Year 9A end of season Trafford Netball tournaments. On Tuesday 9B had a great evening and really came together as a strong team as the games went on. Finishing in 3rd place, the team came away with a win, multiple draws and two loses to AGGS and Loreto. A […]

Hive pupils have been working hard this term in mini enterprise, preparing for their Easter market. We will be selling different products such as chocolate treats and hand painted decorations. All profit made will go towards the charity Papyrus. The market will be open on… Wednesday 29th March at 2.30-3.30 in the Hive (staff and […]

On Thursday this week we welcomed 30 French students in school. Their Wellington partners were very excited to meet them after communicating with them for a while. We have lots planned over the next week, including a trip to Liverpool to visit the Beatles Story. The French students have really enjoyed attending lessons with their […]

Year 13 A Level Religion, Ethics and Philosophy students attended a Zoom dialogue hosted by the Inter-faith forum. We heard from Ben, a Zen Buddhist, and Micah, a secondary school teacher who identifies as both Catholic and Jewish. Students asked some fantastic questions, such as “how does meditation benefit you?”, “do you lean more towards […]

Sadly, it was our last lesson with Hannah this week. All the students have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the culture of Brazil and Portugal. Hannah’s knowledge and experience, of life in Brazil have been inspiring. However, this week she brought a ‘taste of Portugal’ with her; ‘Pastel de nata’. This is a traditional Portuguese pastry best […]

Today we have welcomed pupils from St Vincent’s, Navigation, The Willows and Cloverlea Primary Schools to share our love of languages! Our very talented Wellington students have been teaching them a little bit of a language they speak; many of which are home languages. These include Ukrainian, Albanian, Greek, Tamil, Cantonese and many more! We […]

Students celebrated International Pi Day on Tuesday 14th March (3/14 when using the American date format). They took part in a teacher treasure hunt where over 50 members of staff were wearing digits of pi around school. In addition, our winner of the pi recital competition was Stephanos Farquharson who was able to say pi to […]

On Wednesday this week 24 students from Year 8, 9 and 10 took part in the Shakespeare Schools Festival, a national event where students of all ages and abilities perform a 30-minute version of a Shakespeare play on a professional stage.  On the back of last year’s spectacular Romeo and Juliet, this year we opted […]

As a school we have taken part in Neurodiversity Celebration Week. This involved a tutor takeover in which students were shown a presentation explaining neurodiversity and the challenges that many young people who are neurodivergent can face; but also celebrating our differences. We have ended the week with students and staff wearing a brightly coloured […]

The GCSE students completed their final practical examination this week, the visiting examiner watched an array of different extracts from ‘Shakers’ by John Godber to ‘Find Me’ by Olwen Wymark to name a few. The students have spent the last 12 weeks preparing two extracts from their chosen plays. The student’s commitment and dedication has […]

This Friday we took almost the whole of Year 7 to Chester Zoo, and despite the cold weather they had an amazing experience! We set off on three double-decker coaches and managed to get all of the students in by half past 10, even those who had made an illicit ‘detour’ through the gift shop […]

This Tuesday all 280 of our Year 7 students were off timetable, in the hall and on a mission! They had to work to a brief: adapting, scripting, designing, building, performing, filming *and* pitching a pilot for a new children’s TV show based on a myth they have read. Some focused on Anansi, some on […]

This week we received 40 fillets of Wild Alaskan Salmon from the Fish Heroes programme organised by the Food Teachers Centre. As part of the programme, 250 schools nationwide will be receiving a free delivery of Salmon. With the cost of living and rise in food prices, this is a very generous offer and Wellington […]

A massive well done to our Year 11 Food group this week, and also Olivia Williamson in Year 12 who is doing Level 3 Food Science and Nutrition, on completing your practical assessment for your qualification. I don’t say well done often enough and I am so proud of all the effort each and every […]

The U14 boys received their North West hockey runners up medals this week from Mr Beeley and had a chance to discuss the team, their stats and plans for the future of hockey at Wellington. I’ve never known them so quiet! Miss Richards

Thank you to Mrs Gibson who shared with us how Patrick, one of our incredible A Level students from last year is getting on at University. Patrick began his undergraduate degree in September at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and is currently playing bass in a band for a vocalist called Faye Donna Francis. […]

We were delighted to hear about 4 of our pupils who took part in this week’s home performance at the Lowry of a new play “Tuesday” by the Lowry Young Company as part of the National Theatre Connections Festival 2023. Alex Stockton-Hine, Isla James, Gracie Roberts and Joe Allan were all members of the cast […]

The Year 8 Boys Rugby 7’s team played in a tournament at Chester RUFC on Monday and acquitted themselves very well. The lads won 3 of the 5 games they played and lost 2 of the games by narrow margins. Player of the Match was Oliver Brown who was outstanding in all departments finishing a […]

This week we have moved our Battle Hour from Thursday to Tuesday due to staff commitments on a Thursday after school. We had three gaming tables on the go at once and the dice were rolling thick and fast! Our generals Jasper Welton, Colum Parker, and Joseph Stockley fought on bravely against the staff armies […]

Congratulations to Daisy who competed this week at British Ice Skating Young Stars and out of 20 girls placed 3rd with an amazing skate. Well done Daisy! Mrs Dunne    

Well done to Reuben Clarke (Year 9) who was cast as a great voice over character called Lionel in a new animation “Mums Spaghetti” which was recorded at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield in August last year. Reuben attended the industry premier in London last week where film was a huge success and […]

The REP department took part in a multi-school webinar for International Women’s Day. 20 students across Year 9 and 10 heard from a diverse group of female speakers who discussed their own personal experiences of being a woman within their faith or belief, whether that be Catholicism, Sikhism, Hinduism or Humanism. Students asked some fantastic […]

Congratulations to the Year 9’s and 10’s who took part in the United Kingdom Mathematical Trust challenge held on Thursday 2nd February.  There were lots of certificates to hand out and Joshua (Year 9) qualified for the next round – grey kangaroo challenge – taking place on March 16th.  Well done everyone and all the best […]

The Year 7 girls played their league match against North Cestrian sporting their newly arrived football kit. The girls were super excited to play in it “Sir, It’s so comfy and warm”. It certainly helped as they beat North Cestrian 12-0! Mr Tomlinson

Congratulations to Ben Eckersley and Oliver Freer for being our first two students to achieve their gold badges! Mr Tomlinson

This week the students learnt all about how the ‘Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro’ is celebrated. Did you know that the main celebrations take part in the ‘Sambadrome’, a 700m long purpose-built parade area, with capacity for 90,0000 spectators? The students were really enthusiastic, and we were amazed to hear that one of our students has […]

The puppies kept Cruella really busy this year – but at least there was more than one of her! Wellington staff threw themselves into the dressing up once again as you can see; a special mention must go to Maths (Wizard of Oz), History (very educational human “book covers”), and SEN departments – it was […]

This Wednesday, we took our (lovely) Year 12 English Language & Literature A Level students to the Light Cinema in Stockport to see National Theatre: Live! There was an afternoon showing of Clint Dyer’s recent staging of Othello (unbelievably, the first directed by a person of colour). Despite the fact they won’t study the play until […]

Students have been enjoying a variety of book-inspired language activities this week. Some Year 8 classes listened to “Les Trois Petits Cochons” (The Three Little Pigs) being told and focused on their French pronunciation to prepare them for writing and reading aloud their own fairy-tale. There were some excellent stories and the enthusiasm for story-telling […]

On Wednesday, eight of our Year 10 Mathematicians attended an outreach interactive problem-solving day at Manchester University.  The day began with a roadshow of puzzles, followed by 2 extended activities.  During the first session, the students were introduced to Maekawa’s theorem and Maomi mapping through the familiar activity of origami; and in the second session, […]

This week the Languages Department welcomed Hannah Conway from the University of Manchester. Hannah is in school every Monday lunchtime for the next four weeks teaching students’ beginners Portuguese. Hannah speaks Brazilian Portuguese, having spent her year abroad there. The sound is very melodic. The students thoroughly enjoyed the session and were keen to learn […]

Congratulations to the 15 boys who played a day of superb hockey competing against teams from across the North West. The team was captained by Albie Sutton who took charge from the back. Throughout the day they played 6 games, winning 5 and only losing 1, 1-0. Owen Moss scored a flick and the top […]

Well done to all the students who contributed to the LGBTQ+ History Month Poster competition. The winner of the Waterstones Voucher was Ruby Smith (TBN), with a close runner up Mabel Bryce-Kisby (SHG), and the crowd favourite was Abbie Simpson’s (SCE) cartoon poster. Miss Hollis  

Wellington school is looking forward to World Book Day, next week on the 2nd of March; staff are dusting down their costumes and students are (hopefully!) finalising their designs and getting ready to bake a “book related” cake. The WBD token has gone digital this year; there is a link on Classcharts announcements so students can […]

Our Young Scholars visited Manchester University on the last Friday of term for their graduation event following the completion of their disease detectives programme. The students got a question and answer session with the students at the University, a tour of the uni, a quiz about universities and then were awarded with their well deserved […]

The Year 9/10 girls team played Sale Grammar on Wednesday in a spectacular display of skills and teamwork. We knew some of our opposition were very strong but we underestimated our own level of skill and almost shocked ourselves! The game began with some lovely wing play and lead to crosses into the D which […]

Congratulations to Emily Girdlestone from Year 8 and Orla Mawby from Year 7 who have been selected to be part of the North West U.13 hockey squad. They have both worked really hard to be part of this group and we look forward to hearing how they get on in their competitions. Miss Richards  

Chetham’s School of Music must have heard of the amazing talents of our students as they have contacted me this week to share details of their Summer Music Course.  Chetham’s is the UK’s largest specialist music school and this summer they are re-opening their facilities to support additional music education for young people across the […]

Please find a flyer attached on a Jazz Camp for girls organised by Trafford Music Service. For more information on the course then follow the link on the flyer. And as always if your daughter gets involved we’d love to hear about it. Mrs Moorhouse Jazz camp for Girls

For the first time since 2019 the History and Politics department were able to take pupils on their annual pilgrimage to Parliament. The group may have departed in darkness, but the sun was shining upon arrival in Westminster, and Parliament was glistening following Big Ben’s refurbishment. The tour took in both houses of Parliament, central […]

Well, what a fabulous week it has been.  Students have had tutor takeover assemblies by the 6th Form Leadership team and Kooth. Staff have hosted numerous lunchtime activities promoting wellbeing from mindfulness colouring, crafting and meditation, to Yoga and dance.  It’s been a lovely week to end the half term.  A huge thank you to […]

On Friday, Year 9 were off timetable doing a STEM day on the theme of ‘sustainability’. Activities included building re-usable rockets, testing different biofuels, foods of the future (including trying different insect proteins!), water pollution, making bio-polymers, and constructing structures with limited resources. Students then heard from industry experts about this growing sector as a […]

This week has been very hectic in Design and Technology, getting the many projects completed for the end of the rotation. In Cooking and Nutrition lessons, this has meant completing an assessed practical. Pupils in Year 8 were challenged to plan, prepare and cook a Mediterranean dish that would be suitable for teenagers. Year 9’s […]

The Year 9 rugby team played at TMVRUFC on Wednesday in a tournament organised by Sale Sharks. They had two games and played some good hard rugby. All the players acquitted themselves well winning against Sale Grammar School and drawing against Broadoak in a closely contested match. Player of the tournament was Noah Harrington who […]

The Year 7 Boys Football team have become Wellington School’s first boys football team to reach the Greater Manchester Cup final! An outstanding performance from every player ensured that they defeated Cheadle Hulme High School 2-1 at their home pitch. Every single member of the team, as well as those who regularly attend training have […]

On Thursday, Miss Baker and I visited the Broomwood Primary to teach about the different types of volcanoes to Years 3 and 4. The students learnt first of all about the different types of material released during an eruption before making models of composite and shield volcanoes using play doh. The students needed to use […]

English Half-Term Heroes At the end of each half-term, every member of the English department nominates their ‘Half-Term Hero’ from all of the students that they teach. Each Hero is selected for their demonstration of the attributes that make them successful learners. They receive a certificate, a badge and a place on our Wall of Fame to […]

In the final week of the half term we put on one of our all-time favourite Science experiments: making soda snakes! Students made up a base of sand which had sugar (the fuel) and bicarbonate of soda (a source of carbon dioxide) which they then soaked with ethanol and ignited. The results are always worth […]

With parents evening over with on Wednesday, the way was free for old grudges to be settled and new armies put to the test. Two games were played with a fresh mix of commanders: Jasper Welton (Imperial Guard) vs. Joseph “Hive Mind” Stockley (Tyranids), and Luka Taylor (Death Corps of Krieg) vs. Colum Parker (Space […]

Back in December Wellington marked UN International Human Rights Day in collaboration with the charity RFK Human Rights. A group of Year 10 pupils passionate about defending and promoting the importance of human rights produced a presentation which was delivered to all pupils in tutor time. They also launched and ran a competition for pupils […]

Silver DofE Our Silver DofE Award launched this week and places are now available for our Year 10 students who completed their Bronze expedition last year. Please find details on Class Charts and on ParentPay or see me. If you would like to progress your DofE to the next level please act now as applications […]

This is the latest careers bulletin from the English department. Take a look at some of the many careers where studying English can take you.  Mrs Simpson

To help Year 11 students hone their narrative and descriptive writing skills in preparation for their English Language Paper 1 mock exam, each Year 11 student took part in our ‘Future Writers’ competition, crafting either a piece of narrative writing or descriptive writing for their entry.    The standard of work across the year was […]

Plenty of fun was had during the Year 9 taster session for GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition this week. Pupils had the opportunity to find out all about the GCSE course which is a fun mix of scientific investigations, practical tasks and learning about where our food comes from and how we can ensure our […]

On Monday 30th January, the History Department took 46 Year 10 pupils to Sale Waterside Theatre to watch the Doctors Show; a production based around the Health and the People GCSE course. We all enjoyed watching a Medieval operation, seeing some Medical heavyweights demonstrate their breakthroughs and the guidance around improving exam technique. It was a really […]

In January, approximately 50 students from Wellington qualified for the Oxford University Computing Challenge by coming in the top 10% in the country in another competition. The OUCC tests students in programming skills that go beyond the normal curriculum for their age group. Everybody who took part did very well, but Lewis Goodwin (Year 7, […]

Michael Sandbach in 7R has excelled himself this week! He was asked to write a letter to a local MP arguing that a four-day school week would be beneficial to pupils and what a beautifully, well-written letter it was! Well done, Michael!

On Thursday, Access Sports came to school to offer a ‘taster boxing session’ for our students in the Hive and Hubs. All those involved loved the experience and have now been offered a 6-week boxing course to take place after school! Mark (Access Sports) coaches at the local gym in Timperley. He will be setting […]

Date: Thursday 2nd Feb 2023 Due to Year 10 parents evening we had to postpone our usual Thursday Battle Hour, but all of the usual generals turned up at lunchtime to hang out and get some friendly trash talk in about each others’ armies. Others were busy in the club at lunchtime with their modelling; […]

I was contacted this week by the mother of a former A Level Product Design student, Ben Lavin, with some wonderful news.  Last September, Ben moved down to Bristol to start his new job as a Design Engineer for Dyson based in the ‘Future Concepts’ department.  He’s already been in several new concept progress meetings with […]

I am super excited that 5 of our Year 10 Psychology students, Amelie Tan, Elodie Jourdain, Isla Rebbeck, Leila Bieniasz and Evie Caddens are lucky enough to be involved with this once in a lifetime research programme at such a young age.   #BeeWell is a programme led by the University of Manchester, the Greater Manchester […]

On Monday 30th January we had the launch of our new Wellington Wellbeing Leaders/Kooth Champion scheme.  It is our vision that the young people will be the voice of the school.  The team will meet with myself and Kooth once per half term to share concerns around mental health but will most importantly play a […]

Thank you to Mrs Woodward who has started rehearsing with our newly formed string group. Rehearsals take place from 8.20 on Friday mornings in Room 18. All string players are encouraged to attend and join in – with the added bonus of breakfast treats! Here’s a quick sneaky peak at the piece they only started […]

Well done to the Year 9 girls who are through to the final of the Greater Manchester cup after beating Crompton House 8-2 in the semi-final. The girls were comfortable, confident and showed an array of different skills to see them through to match. The night saw some spectacular goals from Ella Bradley, Leah Johnson, […]

On Thursday 26th January Mr Vernon and I accompanied 7 students from Year 7- 9 to perform in the Trafford Holocaust Memorial Service at Sale Waterside Theatre.   The group performed a piece telling the story of Irena Sendler. Irena Sendler was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during […]

This week, Year 9 students have had a week of assemblies aimed at demystifying the Key Stage 4 options process and encouraging them to think beyond school for perhaps the first time. On Monday, Mr Fenwick explained the subject choices available to students and gave details of how the process works. Further details can be […]

On Wednesday 8 Year 10 students took part in the Youth STEMM secondary school showdown quiz as part of the Norwich Science festival. All students performed very well but a particular well done to Ben Mudd, Oscar Robinson, Daniel Chadwick, Bernard Kwong and Felix Medford who came 4th out of 28 teams! Miss Tierney  

Stir- fry has long been a staple of the Year 7 curriculum as a dish that is very colourful and demonstrates many of the recommendations of the Eatwell Guide. This rotation it has lined up nicely with celebrations for Chinese New Year and a number of Year 7 classes have made their own stir-fries this […]

This week 36 Year 8 students competed in the Faraday engineering challenge. The students had to design, make and present a prototype of a device to be fitted to a drone. Well done to Mikey Bailey, Ellie England, Eesha Nair, Elizabeth Leigh-Valero, Tobey Prince and Leah Saward who came first with 80/100 marks. The competition […]

On Wednesday, the English department hosted its annual Shakespeare Masterclass to assist Year 11 with their English Literature revision. Over 200 students attended a class on Macbeth or Much Ado About Nothing, gaining renewed insight into the play that they are studying, which will no doubt benefit them in their upcoming mock exams (and indeed […]

Due to technical issues there were no photos from the club this week but several of the members were busy on Thursday with various aspects of the wargaming hobby! Michael Sandbach has continued to build members for the club’s Tau Kill Team – these are now primed and ready for painting next week! Louis Wolfenden […]

Last Friday we celebrated Lunar New Year in School. A fantastic event, as the pictures show!  Thank you to Mrs Weilin Chen, mother of Alex, for helping us plan the event and the Zheng family who own the Wok Inn in Timperley for the delicious food!  Thank you to our amazing musical performers – Athena, […]

Do you want to be a journalist? What skills do you need to be a social media manager? How would studying English help you to become a web editor? This is the latest careers bulletin from the English department. Take a look at some of the many careers where studying English can take you.  Miss […]

The boys displayed a super team effort this evening, winning the game 4-0 and showing excellent composure on the ball. With a couple of last-minute additions, Oliver and Benjamin, who slotted in nicely, they played with a calmness to behold. Albie Sutton (C) talked calmly to them from the back and encouraged everyone on the […]

We would like to wish all of you – in particular our Chinese and Hong-Kong students a ‘Happy New Year’ as Sunday marks the Year of the Rabbit in the lunar calendar. In addition to the wonderful event being hosted by Mrs Jaunbocus-Cooper tonight, we will delivering a Tutor Takeover activity next week: Oi-Lam Tang […]

This week our Science Clubbers have been busy raft building and have put their rafts to the ultimate test! Pupils have carefully selected equipment and designed their rafts; additional challenge was introduced by limiting the number of floating objects for each group to use! We have been blown away by some of their creativity and […]

This week our Year 12 Business students visited London as part of the department’s enrichment programme.  The highlight of the first day was a visit to the Museum of Brands to investigate the importance of brand image and sustainability. The students took a journey through the history of branding, before redesigning the packaging for a […]

On Wednesday, 14 of our pupils travelled to BTH for the EXCITE festival where they played against three other schools: Ashton on Mersey, BTH and North Cestrian in a dodgeball competition. The night consisted of playing 3 x 2-minute games against each school. The pupils showed lots of enthusiasm, engagement and thoroughly enjoyed it. The […]

The Year 7 rugby team competed in a tournament at TMVRUFC on Wednesday. The lads played some good rugby even though the weather conditions were difficult. Zachary Cheung was Player of the Match but Cullen O’Brien and Kavelle Johnson-Mason deserve a mention for their impressive running and hard tackling. Mr Burgess

On Monday this week, students in all year groups had an assembly taken by this years Sponsored Walk chosen charity, Papyrus. The charity outlined their aims and vision and explained the vital work that they carry out in order to raise awareness and understanding of the issues surrounding Young Suicide Prevention. Students will have a […]

The Year 9 girls played hockey against Sale Grammar on Monday running out 4-0 winners.  In a very one-sided game, they dominated for the vast majority of the game, not allowing the opposition much possession. A debut in goal by Rachel Miles was unfortunately uneventful! MOM Holly Simms. Dr Davidson  

The SEND department welcomed Lorraine Howells and Justine Bailey from Trafford’s Parent/Carer Forum into school, as part of the Autism in Schools project that Wellington are proud to be taking part in. Parents were asked to join us to discuss what is working well and how we can work together to improve the experience of […]

This week’s Maths club had an environmental twist as students recycled spare maths worksheets to create Columbus cube towers.   The tallest tower was 6 cubes high but unfortunately adding a seventh cube proved too much, and the tower collapsed.  A lot of creative fun was had by all, teachers included! Mrs Fairbairn

REP students throughout the school have had the luxury of two trips this week! On Monday, Mr Brown, Miss Crump and Miss Hulme, alongside 44 year 8 students, went to the Altrincham and Hale Mosque (after a little walk in the rain). Whilst there they learnt more about the five pillars of Islam and how […]

Wellington welcomed Year 5 pupils from local primary schools to a Maths Challenge, the evening of Tuesday 10th January. 13 teams from 8 different primary schools competed to be crowned the “Wellington Primary Maths Challenge Champions 2023”. The Year 5 pupils were assigned a (brilliant) Year 12 mentor who assisted them through each round of the […]

A narrow loss tonight against a very evenly matched opposition. The Wellington boys played some strong hockey but just couldn’t find the back of the goal. There was plenty of action up and down the pitch and in both D’s with Henry Hatfield making some super hand saves. We conceded a short corner right on […]

Many thanks to Tony Collier who delivered an assembly to our sixth form students to raise awareness for Prostate cancer and Men’s mental health.  Tony spoke of his incredible fundraising achievements since receiving his terminal cancer diagnosis. As well as running the London Marathon, he ran 970 miles for 970 people who lost their lives […]

Thursday 12th January 2023  

Year 7 students have been taking part in a table tennis ‘ladder’ tournament, throughout last term, which concluded last week with Cyzarine Chu winning the tournament without losing a game.  Well done to all involved.  A doubles tournament starts this week and will run throughout this term. Dr Davidson

Well done to our LRC ” legends” who have been awarded the prize for the most books borrowed this term. Grace Hardington in Year 7, Elizabeth Sant in Year 8 and joint winners, Aimee Stanton and Harvey Hannon in Year 9. Particularly popular at the moment are football themed books (don’t know why?) by Tom […]

In the first week back after the Christmas break Warhammer Club was busy with students (and some of the teachers) showing off their new models and the progress made over the last two weeks. This lunchtime was busy with gluing, painting, planning and designing scenery pieces. Thursday Battle Hour was postponed until next week due […]

On Thursday 30 Year 11 students visited Jodrell Bank Observatory. The visit was fascinating, and they were able to show off their Astrophysics knowledge whilst learning more about astronomical objects such as pulsars and black holes during talks on the work being done at Jodrell Bank. Hopefully this has inspired some of the students to […]

Year 10 sociology students had a great morning out on Thursday delivering an incredible 95 hampers to Wyncourt Nursing Home and Timperley Nursing Home.  It was cold, but the students had a great time wishing the workers and some residents a Very Merry Christmas from us all at Wellington school.  I would like to thank […]

We hope you enjoy our staff Christmas video. Merry Christmas from The Drama Department.

This half term 8HPY have been talking about Community. We have discussed: What is a community? Who makes up our school community? and What can we do to help others in our local community? Students decided to collect selection boxes and donate them to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. On Wednesday, we delivered 19 selection boxes. […]

This week, our pupils studying Spanish learnt about traditions at Christmas in Mexico. Our Foreign Language Assistant from Mexico, Carla, introduced a very informative presentation in Spanish about the festive customs in her home country. The pupils learnt about what happens in big Mexican cities, learnt new words such as “posadas” and “colación”, which are […]

A big well done to our Year 7A team who had the last of their league fixtures last night. Although the results didn’t go in our favour the girls demonstrated some excellent play across the court and had excellent enthusiasm and team spirit! There are plenty of friendly fixtures and the tournament coming up after […]

On Thursday we had ‘breakfast with the boss’ to celebrate the successes and achievement points earned by our KS3 pupils. This reward is for the top 10 students with the most achievement points in each year group. Students must have a 100% ratio, so all students involved have not received a single negative last term. […]

Thank you to all the students, family, friends and staff who braved the cold on Wednesday to join us at our Carol Service at Christ Church Timperley. This was our first service at the church since 2019 and I fully agree with Mr Beeley that it was good to be back at the Church. The […]

Year 10 D&T Textiles students have been completing a Design & Make project to develop their skills to prepare them for their GCSE Non-Examination Assessment.  The project aim is to design a fashion corset for a high-profile event or occasion.  Students have identified a client, investigated their needs and requirements.  They have analysed existing products […]

The Year 8/9 athletics team travelled to Sportcity, last Friday for the Greater Manchester indoor athletics competition. Pupils competed in a range of different events throughout the afternoon; 60M, 200M, high jump and long jump to name a few.  The standard at the competition was very high with athletes from different clubs over Manchester. Our pupils […]

On Monday a depleted Team Vixen re-entered the Dragon’s Den to present their profits to Francis House.  After a busy few weeks, giving up lunchtimes and evenings to make and sell their Christmas Activity Kits, the team were proud to have raised £216.35 for a worthwhile cause. Although they did not win the competition the […]

On Wednesday our Year 7 Enterprise club ran our first Christmas Market.  Selling a variety of products including snowflake candy and sweet cones, as well as the traditional tombola and ‘name the penguin’ competition, the teams were very busy.  I was impressed by the way they organised themselves, created their own stalls and the confidence […]

On Friday 9th December, the History Department braved the cold to take 49 Year 7 pupils to Warwick Castle. We learned all about the Castle’s early life as an Anglo-Saxon fortress, how it then developed into a Norman Motte and Bailey in 1068 and eventually how it became the Stone Keep you see today. We […]

At the end of each half-term, every member of the English department nominates their ‘Half-Term Hero’ from all of the students that they teach. Each Hero is selected for their demonstration of the attributes that make them successful learners. They receive a certificate, a badge and a place on our Wall of Fame to recognise their achievements. […]

Mrs Thomson, Mrs Firth and I took 39 KS4 pupils to the Trafford Centre for a Christmas reward trip. Part of our roles as Director of Key Stage and Pastoral Managers is to reward pupils for their effort and commitment to their studies. We, as a Key Stage, focus on Attendance, Behaviour and Currency (academic outcomes […]

7R have worked tirelessly hard this year and their teachers decided they deserved a treat! On Thursday morning – after a call from Lapland – a special delivery came into Mrs Sheehan’s English lesson where pupils all received a goody bag full of books connected to their current studies… from Horrible Histories to Greek myths. Even our Y13 English […]

Well done to Logan who, this year, has been taking part in a National Karting Championship. Logan managed to finish an incredible 4th out of 28 participants after the championship concluded last month. He has had a great year and is looking forward to competing again next year. Here is a picture of him with […]

It was lovely to welcome an ex-student into school on Tuesday morning. Matt Loizou left Wellington in 2016 and is now a professional football coach and tutor. Matt left Wellington after Year 11 to join Interactive Sports which is based around sports coaching and sports science. He must have impressed as he was immediately offered […]

This Friday is the CAFT Christmas Cracker, a fun packed on-line event with games, raffles and music. It is completely free and there are prizes to be won on the night too! Please click below for details. The CAFT Christmas Cracker! | The Childrens Adventure Farm Trust (enthuse.com)

Once more, staff and Sixth Formers did us proud in their festive/sparkly/woolly knits. We also had a Christmas pudding bobble hat, light-up earrings and a Christmas tree tie! We raised over £200 for ‘Cash for Kids: Mission Christmas’ (£200.83 to be exact in terms of donations to school but we’re also aware that lots of […]

We were delighted to welcome the BBC into school on Thursday where CBBC presenter and former Strictly Come Dancing semi-finalist Rhys Stephenson was the headline act. Rhys spoke to Years 7 – 10 about his early life and the route into his career in the media. Students were happy to put Rhys on the spot […]

As you know we have been collecting items for the South Trafford Food Bank. The Sixth Form have been working really hard, they have been visiting tutors to collect the goods and have been sorting all the contributions generously made by our Wellington community. A huge thank you to all who were able to contribute […]

10Y1 have worked incredibly hard to consolidate their understanding of Act 2 of Macbeth by completing a clock of knowledge; each segment focuses on a different aspect of the act, such as blame, guilt and daggers! Very well done to everyone, but especially to Ben Mudd, Martha Adams, Leila Bieniasz and Oscar Charnley, who produced […]

In November, Computing students took part in the annual Bebras Challenge. They answer questions which focus on computational and logical thinking. Every participant received a certificate, with those in the top 25% in the school receiving a distinction and the top 50% receive a merit award. Students who were in the top 10% nationally are […]

This week our Year 13 A Level Business Studies students took part in a Tutor2U Strong Foundations workshop in the Trafford Centre.  The workshop provided an interactive, intensive and engaging learning environment where students developed their exam technique and revised key exam theory. The workshop is designed and delivered by experienced AQA examiner presenters, all of whom […]

On Wednesday 7th December, eight Year 11 mathematicians attended the Advanced Maths Support Programme ‘Taking maths further’ event at Manchester University.  The students completed ‘Apprentice’ styled tasks that centred around the manufacturing of toy fish mobiles which included working with moments, considering the statistics involved in quality control and the logistics of packing.   The […]

This was our penultimate week of Science Club and it certainly went off with a bang! The theme was combustion and after a short reminder of the Fire Triangle (fuel, oxygen and heat) the science department brought out a variety of exciting (and very educational) reactions, each more explosive than the last! Methane bubbles were […]

Thank you to all staff and pupils who have “shopped” at the Scholastic book fair in the LRC this week; we have earned over £80.00 of new books as a reward! So happy reading over the holidays (books are certainly on my Christmas wish list). Ms Gilbert

On Tuesday our Year 11s and Sixth Formers attended a talk by Matt Leigh from the Greater Manchester Learning Partnership Network. Matt is a leading provider and expert on all levels of Apprenticeship and spent time informing our students of the possibilities available to them post-16 and post-18. We have seen a steady increase in […]

On Monday, 30 students from Yr7-10 were lucky enough to take part in defensive training session and Q&A with England Netball and last Seasons Manchester Thunder Captain, Laura Malcom. Every student gave each activity their best efforts and showed real progression in the quality skills and drills that were delivered. It was an excellent opportunity […]

Team Vixen have been busy selling their Christmas Activity packs in aid of Francis House and are currently busy securing further sales opportunities including to staff, local primary schools and local businesses. The team recently took part in an evening sales event run by Manchester Airport to promote and sell their Christmas Activity Packs. They […]

On Thursday 1st December, eight Year 12 maths students attended a problem-solving event run by the Advanced Maths Support Programme at Manchester University.  It was a fabulous day in an impressive building, the Whitworth Hall.  Throughout the day, the students worked on intriguing and challenging questions, all of which could be solved using familiar techniques but […]

Thursday afternoon saw 26 pupils from all years, head to Crossford Bridge in Sale for the cross-country schools’ championships. The pupils raced in very cold and muddy conditions and were still determined to finish the race strong! An extra well done to Emily Bushnell, Jess Jones, Jo Wiggan, Oscar Cooper and Lewis Neli who are […]

Christmas came early to the LRC this year (is it too early to put up the tree?) when every Year 7 received a free book to take home and keep as part of the Bookbuzz scheme. Members of 7R thought it was “exhilarating” and “very exciting” to get a book they could keep, for ever, […]

On Wednesday 30th November, Ike Alterman gave up his time to speak to Year 10 Historians and 6th Form students. Ike is a Holocaust Survivor. To a packed Adshead Hall filled with around 140 pupils, the Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham and Nihal Arthanayake of BBC 5 Live, Ike spoke poignantly about his life before, during and after the […]

The U14 girls football team had a great trip out to Cheadle Hulme on Wednesday night in their quarter final of the Greater Manchester Cup. The girls had an outstanding game and played some fantastic football. This was the best I’ve seen the girls play in a long time. The referee came up to me […]

The teams are busy preparing their stalls for our first Christmas ‘Market’ on the 14th December.  Lots of interesting stalls ranging from Christmas decorations to a lucky dip stall, sweets/cakes to a name the penguin competition. There will also stalls run by our 6th form Young Enterprise business and Year 10 Enterprise students.  All teams […]

Well done to the Year 8 girls hockey team who played their second Trafford tournament this week. They faced strong opposition but that didn’t stop them from racing up and down the pitch and jumping for joy when they scored! All the girls fought really hard and worked so well as a team. Congratulations to […]

The Year 10 team showed their character and resilience once again to overturn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 win. The match was played on a very soggy home pitch against a tough opponent in Audenshaw on Wednesday evening. The travelling team had a fantastic goalkeeper that kept them in the game for the majority […]

Our Year 7 and Year 8 Science Clubbers have been discussing matters of the heart this week! We got our hands on some lambs’ hearts from the local butcher (which would have gone to waste otherwise) and the students have used scalpels to dissect and explore the different parts. They have enjoyed the opportunity to […]

Full course GCSE REP students took part in an online workshop through the Faith and Belief forum on Thursday. Students had the opportunity to listen to Muslim, Christian and Humanist speakers and to ask questions about their worldviews. The quality of the questions asked were fantastic, which ranged from ‘what are your views on LGBTQ+ […]

Busy searching for a powerful magical artefact in the ruins of an abandoned fort, Captain Bribarro pricked his ears at the sound of an alarm from one of his state troops; orcs were nearby and moving swiftly for a delve in the nearby hillside! Whether these green brutes had tracked his search party carefully for […]

Over the past few weeks at Geography club, students in Key Stage 3 have been training to compete in the GA Worldwise Quiz, hosted at MMU Business School.  Well done to all those who took part in the weekly heats. It was a tough decision, but after a few final rounds, the team was decided. […]

On Tuesday our Year 10 Enterprise and Marketing pupils visited Old Trafford with a focus on branding and the role of social media.  Following a tour of the museum, the pupils participated in a talk showing a good understanding of the topic and asking some interesting questions.  The pupils also had a stadium tour including […]

Our Year 10 pupils visited Cadbury World last week to develop their understanding of how businesses operate.  Pupils took part in a tour explaining how the chocolate is made, even having a go at tempering and writing with chocolate, as well learning about how the organisation was founded.  This was followed by a talk investigating […]

This week 39 Year 11 GCSE PE and Sports Studies students spent 2 nights away at High Adventure in North Yorkshire. We had a group rock climbing and a group cycling working towards scores that could be used as part of their practical GCSE grades. We all had a fantastic time during the day and […]

This week, Year 9 Historians have had the opportunity to handle some artefacts from the First World War. We were very lucky to be able to borrow a loan box of items from the Imperial War Museum North and every Year 9 class had the opportunity to study these items in a History lesson. It was great […]

We have been fortunate this year to be awarded two places for our sixth form pupils (Ava Conyers and Abi Court) to be part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. This is a project offered by the Holocaust Educational Trust, that enables pupils to learn more about the history of the Jewish people, anti-semitism and […]

On Tuesday we welcomed 41 employers and providers of further education for what is our largest internally held careers event of the year. Year 11 were off timetable for periods 1-4 so they could attend a series of workshops and interact with our visitors who had erected stands in the Adshead Hall. Workshops from Get […]

45 Year 9’s visited the People’s History Museum on Thursday, to support their new Democracy scheme of work. They explored interactive exhibits about the Peterloo massacre, the Suffragettes, and disability rights in the modern world. They were a credit to Wellington – well done Year 9! Miss Hollis

To celebrate Maths Week last week, Year 7 battled out a fierce Times Tables Rockstars competition from Monday to Friday. Having taken the lead on Tuesday, JAB pulled further away from the chasing pack for a resounding victory. Well done 7JAB! Mr Rispin  

Thank you to all the Sing and Sing with 7s members who came on Saturday for their first major public community event in over 2 years. It was fantastic to see so many of you there dressed in your Christmas finest. Thank you also to all the staff and parents who came to support them. […]

With no resolution to last week’s conflict the three forces of Space Marines, Imperial Guard Death Korps and Tyranids had withdrawn, regrouped and prepared to re-engage. Although it initially appeared that an alliance would form between the two Imperial forces, in a bid to eradicate the xenos threat of the Tyranids, the sudden register of […]

Unfortunately, we were forced to cancel the first Bronze DofE Information Evening on Tuesday as a result of worsening issues with our water supply. Thankfully we are over this now and tickets are available, for Year 9 students, on the alternative date of 30th November 2022. We are still approximately 75 tickets down on pre-cancellation […]