Wellesley Weekly

Issue 258 Monday 11th May 2015

Results
Cricket v Dover College: 1st XI Match drawn
Cricket v Dover College: 2nd XI Won by 94 runs
Cricket v St Lawrence: Colts Lost
Cricket v St Lawrence: Colts B Won
Rounders v SLC: U12A Lost 20-24
Rounders v SLC: U11A Won 16-3
Rounders v SLC: U11B Non- competitive game
Rounders v Northbourne: U10 Non-competitive game
Cricket v St Lawrence: U9 Lost by 36 runs
Rounders v Dulwich: U13 A Won 21-7
Rounders v Dulwich: U13 B Won 15-14
Cricket v Thanet District U12: 1st XI Match drawn (Smallwood and Miles
half -centuries)
Cricket v Kent College: Colts Match drawn (Bond 67no)
Cricket v Kent College: Colts B Match drawn

Matches This Week

Monday 11th May
Tennis v JKS: U13 girls (h) 5:30pm
Tennis v JKS: U12 & U13 boys (a) 4.15pm
Tuesday 12th May
JET cricket v New Beacon (a) 3:45pm
Wednesday 13th May
1pm: JKS U10 Rounders Tournament (a)
Cricket v JKS: 1st XI & Colts (h); 2nd XI, Colts B & C (a)
Rounders v Northbourne: U13B (h); U11A (a)
Friday 15th May
Summers Cup Cricket: Colts v Yardley Court (a)
Saturday 16th May
Cricket v Ashdown House: 1st XI & Colts (h)
Sunday 17th May
St George's Invitation Golf MWN
11.30 am Cricket: BOFs v Pedagogues (h)
School Last Week
Mark Reading
The first marks of term have been given and the standings are as
follows:
1st
Vikings
2nd
Saxons
3rd
Danes
4th
Romans
Special mention goes to the following pupils who have achieved the
highest set of marks for their year:
Amelia Lawton, Joe Dawson, Mia Vaughan, Ella Yu, Fleur Rex, Islay
Thornicroft, Ivan Borovyk, Zuha Animashaun, Eleanor Nieman and
Paige Davidson.
Rugby Award
Congratulations to Ben Falcon who was awarded with the
Canterbury Rugby Clubs U12 Player of the Year at the weekend.
Well done, Ben.
Junior House to Living Land
Junior House had a blustery but very enjoyable day at Living Land
on Wednesday. They were particularly impressed by the birds of
prey display and the dancing sheep but also learnt a lot about food
and farming in our local area.
Thanet Primary Schools U9 Swimming Gala
On Saturday five members of Junior House took part in the Thanet
Primary School Swimming Gala. Finn Crane (Backstroke), Harry
Heming (Breaststroke) and James Felton (Freestyle) all made the
final of their individual event with Ella Yu (Freestyle) and Ashton
Gifford-Groves (Individual Medley) finishing 3rd and 2nd
respectively in their final. The team also reached the final of the
three relay events they swam, with 4th in the boys freestyle being
the pick of their results. The Wellesley team finished a very pleasing

5th overall out of 18 teams. A big thank you to Natalie GiffordGroves who looked after the team.
IAPS National Swimming Finals
On Saturday afternoon Ci Gifford-Groves finished 6th in the final of
the 50m breaststroke at the National IAPS swimming
championships held at K2, Crawley. Having qualified strongly at the
regional event last term at Kings, she was pleased with her finish
against a very strong field. Well done
School This Week
Mime on Monday
No it is not a typo, this Monday we were treated to a silent Music
on Monday with Amos Wollen entertaining us with his prize
winning (Thanet Festival) mime performance entitled Dropped It.
Well done, Amos.
My Neighbourhood Competition
Rightmove is challenging 5 to 18 year olds to share photos of their
local area in My Neighbourhood, a nationwide photography
competition.
Enter the competition below for a chance to win some amazing
prizes for your school:
All pictures need to be taken in the neighbourhood, at home or at
school. There are three categories:

Places and Landmarks

People in context

Activities
To enter, simply attach your picture to an email to
jcl@wellesleyhouse.net.
Mr Latteur will choose and upload the pictures to the competition
website. A print of the picture will also be displayed in the school.
The deadline for entries is the beginning of July 2015 and winners
will be announced in September 2015.
If you want to look at sample pictures, go to
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/myneighbourhood/
Librarian Wanted
We are on the lookout for a couple of willing volunteers to help in
our school library for a few hours each week. The role would
involve reading with children and helping them to choose and find
books, as well as assisting our Block 1 librarians in organising the
stock and helping to make it an exciting and inviting environment
for the children. If anybody knows of someone who might enjoy
this, please contact Mrs McDermott hmcd@wellesleyhouse.net
Three- legged walk for Silas
Flo Roberts and Phoebe Flood are preparing for their three-legged
walk around Bewl Water Reservoir to raise money and awareness
for Silas Pullen, their friend, who died from a brain tumour in
December 2013. The girls have said that it is a big challenge and
they hope to laugh and sing their way round, which they feel Silas
would thoroughly approve of! Please support their cause via
www.justgiving.com/3legsforSilas
Block 3 to France
th
On Monday 18 May, Block 3 will spend the day in France. Can
parents please ensure their childs passport is with the office as
soon as possible and can weekly boarders please return to school
on the Sunday evening.
Sevenoaks School - International Baccalaureate Introduction
Sevenoaks School will be hosting a drinks reception at the Royal
Institute, London on Thursday 14 May for prospective parents and
Heads who are interested in learning more about the school and
the
International
Baccalaureate.
Please
RSVP
cal@sevenoaksschool.org if you wish to attend.
This week the kitchen will be serving menu 3.