Wellesley Weekly

Issue 252 Monday 2nd March 2015

Results
Rugby v Duke of York's: 1st XV Won 34-0
Rugby v Duke of York's: 2nd XV Lost 5-32
Netball v Dover College: 2nd VII Won 21-2
Netball v Northbourne: U11A Won 15-2
Rugby v Russell House: Colts A Won 35-0
Rugby v Thanet U11: Colts A
Netball v JKS: U11 A Lost 9-15
Netball v JKS: U11 B Lost 3-14
Netball v JKS: U11 C Lost 0-8
Matches This Week
Changes to the calendar will be highlighted in red
Tuesday 3rd March
Cross-country at Northbourne: U13 Boys and U13 Girls
2pm
Wednesday 4th March
U10 Netball Tournament at Ashford School
Rugby v Northbourne: 1st XV & Colts A (h); 2nd XV (a)
Netball v St Edmund's: 1st VII & 3rd VII (a)
Netball v St Faith's: U11 A & B (a)
Friday 6th March
IAPS U13 Netball Tournament Felsted (9.30am)
School Last Week
Wellesleys Got Talent
On Saturday night, the eight finalists performed their
variety of talents to three special guest judges and an
enthralled audience. It was a wonderful evening
enjoyed by all. Ethan Becketts solo placed him third,
the vocal trio of Sonia Lai, Honor Whiteley and Silvia
Courage took second place with Somewhere Only We
Know by Keane, and the winner was Freddie Bond
with his crowd-pleasing, glow in the dark, freestyle
drum solo. Well done to all the competitors who
entered, to the finalists and to Miss Routledge and Mr
Collins for organising such an enjoyable event.
Thanet Music and Drama Festival
There were some impressive performances by
Wellesley pupils, including first place in category for
Silvia Courage, Flora Kelsey, Zuha Animashaun and
Amos Wollen. Full details will appear on the website
shortly.
School This Week
Monday Music
Due to exams there was no music this morning.
Cross-Country
Congratulations to Ashton Gifford-Groves who came
4th out of 154 boys in an U9 Thanet Schools Cross-

Country race at Quex Park, Birchington on Saturday.

4L to Monkton Observatory
On Thursday this week, 4L will be visiting Monkton
Nature Reserve to look at the observatory. They will
find out how a telescope works and why the
observatory needs a revolving dome. They will also
learn about the relative distances of the planets in our
solar system, as there is a guided walk to scale set out
within the grounds of the nature reserve.
Lecture: Professor Sir Hew Strachan
On Thursday, we welcome Professor Sir Hew Strachan
to talk to the school about the First World War. Sir
Hew is a former governor and Old Welleslian. Schools
from all over Kent will be in attendance and parents
are most welcome. The lecture begins at 6.40pm in
the Old Hall.
Bandana Day
The children may wear Brain Tumour Trust bandanas
on Friday in memory of Silas Pullen. The school has
only ordered a limited supply for those children whose
parents are overseas and unable to order direct from
the charitys website. Although it is now too late to
order them direct, pupils can wear their own bandanas
to show their support and make a donation to the
charity.
Art Department Request
Block 4 pupils are creating artwork using recycled
materials. Miss Beaumont would be very grateful for
any unwanted brightly coloured plastic lids from food
packaging.
Friends of Wellesley Quiz
You will have received an email and invitation for the
annual Wellesley Quiz on 21st March. Further details
are attached to the email bringing you this newsletter.
Please contact Mrs Serena Courage at
serena.hanbury@googlemail.com to book your place.
Team Photos
This terms team photos are now live on
http://www.chkphotography.com
The gallery password is provided in the accompanying
email. The deadline for orders is Monday 9th March.
Exeat Parent/teacher meetings
Exeat begins on Friday at 1.30pm with parent/teacher
meetings for Blocks 1 and 4 in the Sports Hall.
This week the kitchen will be serving menu 2.