Welly - Academic Extension

Finally no @Cambridge_Uni experience would be complete without trying rowing @CityRC @WellingtonUK

Next up our Academic Scholars had a crash course in Developmental Biology with Prof Tim Weil looking at cell formation and modelling human disease using flies @CamZoology followed by a stunning tour of @PembrokeCollege @Cambridge_Uni @WellingtonUK

Our Academic Scholars grappled with the complexity of game theory with @ExponentialMind @Catz_Cambridge @WellingtonUK

A great first day in Cambridge with @WellingtonUK Academic Scholars a real mix of a academic challenge and touristy action with a bike tour of all the ‘must-see-sights’ and punting on the Cam

A fun, albeit rather competitive, finish to this year's Academic Scholarship Programme as our scholars collaborated acting as professional bank thieves to break out of police custody and take home the gold aka V&A vouchers @WellingtonUK. Lovely to welcome our incoming Third Form.

Thank you to @Welly_Master for formally awarding our new Third Form Academic Scholars their ties and pins in front of parents and grandparents at the Third Form Celebration Event @WellingtonUK

Congratulations to Tuppy (A) for 1st place and Harriet (C) for receiving an honourable mention for their to the @eshgsociety DNA Day essays. A huge achievement. They were chosen from 213 entrants from 22 European countries and both essays are published on the @eshgsociety website

We are thrilled to announce the remarkable achievements of our Fourth Form pupils in the Junior Physics Olympiad! Our pupils have truly excelled, earning the best results we have ever achieved in this competition. A special mention goes to Ana V, who achieved the highest mark!

Congratulations to Polina R who was awarded the Matt Oakman Prize for Academic Extension for her research into the impact of the inequitable distribution of the COVID vaccine @WellingtonUK

Interest rates, VAT on school fees, Tesla vs BYD, AI, TikTok and the upcoming elections just some of the topics discussed at last night’s Introduction to Economics workshop, our final of 14 New Subjects workshops for the Fourth Form @WellingtonUK

Congratulations to Art Historian Olivia R who has won a scholarship to attend a two week Art History course in Italy this summer. The award, run annually to commemorate the former President of the Arts Society, asks students to submit two short essays. ow.ly/bNtq50RGQsQ

Wonderful to recognise these pupil's excellent work, exemplary attitude to learning and commitment to academic pursuits beyond the classroom by inviting them to join the Academic Scholarship Programme starting with a summer residential at Cambridge University @WellingtonUK

This week our Fourth Form pupils have the opportunity to grapple with Number Theory, debate complex Philosophical questions and find out about Law as part of our Introduction to New Subject workshops ….

Great to meet so many interested and interesting students, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing their thoughts on nostalgia and whether it can be felt for something that hasn’t been experienced based on the pre-reading of Larkin and Causley’s poems ….

With huge thanks to both our Academic Scholars for embracing the Academic Scholarship Programme so fully and conducting themselves with such intellectual maturity and to @klausdodds for giving such thoughtful reflections on each presentation before awarding the prize ....

A huge thank you to @omniaelomrani1 for sharing her experiences of being the first Youth Envoy @COP27P and empowering our students to translate an interest about the environment into action at tonight’s Fireside talk @WellingtonUK

Congratulations to @WellingtonUK senior debating team Maria N, Phoebe R, Saffron E, Pippa H and Elia G for reaching the final of the Mace Competition at the Oxford Union, and coming in the top 50 out of 1000 participants, in the largest British Parliamentary school level debate.

At last night's Fireside talk four incredible women @giselleansley; @DarcyBourne; @morgan_a_lake and @Sunriserscrick's Lissy Macleod shared their experiences of competing at the highest level after @WellingtonUK. Plenty of inspiring anecdotes and amazing advice @WellySport

Heated debate between our lower sixth economists … should business pursue the sole aim of maximising profit for shareholders or aim to achieve a combination of outcomes including protecting society and the environment @WellingtonUK

Just launched this term's Junior Extension Reading groups to our Third and Fourth Form pupils with eighteen books to choose from including Adventure, Dystopian Fiction, Climate Change, Economics, Horror, Science Fiction, a Graphic Novel and much more @WellingtonUK @Welly_Library