The Week Ahead

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Stewart Brown

Head of Senior School

We are lucky to have admissions officers share their perspectives and insights on university applications. The advice they give our students can provide them with a competitive advantage over other applicants. It is certainly worth listening very carefully and taking notes from their presentations. Our next visit from an admissions officer is Helene Kang from ICN Business School in France on Tuesday 8 November.

Please also see below for upcoming webinars: 
 

15 on the 15th (U.S.)  
Monday 15 November 9:45pm (CST)
Please click here to register.
 

OCAD University: Virtual Open House
15 - 26 November
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University of Bocconi: Fashion Management Open Class 
Tuesday 16 November 11:00pm (CST)
Please click here to register.
 

Destination Asia Pacific: Virtual University Fair 2021
16 - 20 November 
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Berklee China Event (U.S.) 
Berklee College of Music 
Friday 19 November 9:00pm (CST) 
Please click here to register.

Hatty Leung

Head of Sixth Form

Wellington prides itself on developing leaders and providing leadership opportunities for children throughout the school, not just to make a difference now but to develop the skills required for roles at university and beyond.

For the past three weeks, pupils from Y1 to Y10 have been taking part in a rigorous selection process to become School Council Representatives and, for the first time this year, House Captains, Deputy House Captains, Head Pupil and two Deputy Head Pupils.

School Council team

School Council representatives will lead on matters of ‘pupil voice’, listening to all pupils’ opinions about WCIH and working together to make a positive difference to our school and the broader community. Meanwhile, House leaders will work with staff Housemasters to organise and lead House events, creating a unique and lifelong sense of belonging to the House ‘family’.

To be elected to these positions, pupils were required to write ‘hustings’ speeches to present to their class or the whole school. For the coveted role of Head and Deputy Head Pupils, interviews with the school’s Senior Leadership and Pastoral teams also took place.  

The quality of applications was exceptional, with pupils showing a deep understanding of how our Wellington values combine to create outstanding leaders while also sharing ideas about how our school and pupils can affect positive change in our community and beyond.  

Please see below for the full results, and we are looking forward to seeing them all at our first school council meeting, where we will start planning the year.

Catherine Paradine

Assistant Head of Years 4-6

Catherine Rakotondradano

French and Spanish Teacher

 

 

Pupils in all year levels spent physical education lessons practising for the upcoming sports day on 16 November. Children are excited about the event and proud to be members of the Benson, Combermere, Hardinge, Murray and Raglan houses. The sports day encourages pupils to perform to their best ability and demonstrate the Wellington values of respect, kindness, integrity, courage and responsibility. At the end of the competition, houses will be recognised and awarded for demonstrating these values.

Timothy Schulze

Head of PE

At Wellington College International Hangzhou, performing arts is at the heart of our curriculum. We aim to provide opportunities for our pupils to find new passions, experience new disciplines and develop skills. Furthermore, through music, dance and drama, we can provide pupils with tools to enrich and support their journey to find themselves in this ever-changing world. 

Throughout the year, we provide our pupils with the opportunity to perform and share their skills. So if your child is a confident musician, dancer or actor, please email our performing staff and share some details about their skills and talents.  

Preparations are underway for our winter events at WCIH, and we would like to encourage our pupils to share their passions, skills and talents with us. Mr Perkinton, Ms Moon and Mr Montoya promote the children’s performances at our Winter Fair on Sunday, 28 November. We are also looking forward to supporting the pupils’ courage to perform individually at our Christmas concerts on 22 and 23 December.

Alejandro Montoya

Director of Performing Arts

Please click here to tune into our Dukebox radio throughout the week to enjoy various shows, including "Marty James breakfast show", "The big yellow bus show", "Motown/Rock shows", among others.

Do not worry if you missed any of the live shows, as you can access them on our exclusive "Listen again" service. 

Please have a look at some of the great content available in our Podcast section. 

Here are the most recent podcasts created by our pupils and staff:

Martin Bailey

Dukebox Presenter

 

 

Yesterday, four staff members, Nana, Fei, Will and Hilary, attended the 40th Anniversary celebration of - China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese in Xiaoshan.  

They presented the Wellington spirit and values in front of a large audience of government officials of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou city and many more friends from the local community who all have an international background.

Hilary commented,

At the event, they made connections with many organisations that wish to establish links with Wellington College Hangzhou further. In addition, the event aimed to welcome all Wellington staff into the local community to help our team build a strong sense of belonging, stay, enjoy, and develop the city together with the locals. 

On 11 November, pupils and staff gathered in the Atrium of Wellington College International Hangzhou to commemorate those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Special thanks to Mr. Matthew Perkins for the assembly and Mr. Craig Perkinton for performing the last post.