Wellington College Belfast
Coordinates: 54°34′16″N 05°55′07″W / 54.57111°N 5.91861°W
Wellington College Belfast | |
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Una Discamus We learn as one | |
Location | |
Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
Information | |
Established | 1 September 1989 |
Opened | 1989 |
School board | BELB |
Principal | Nicola Connery |
Key people |
Vice Principals Dr Ian Drysdale, MEd DASE PQH (NI) Mr Maurice Girvin, BSc MSc PGCE DASE (Ed Man) PQH (NI) |
Wellington College Belfast (better known as Wellington College or WCB) is a co-educational grammar school[1] located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The current principal is Nicola Connery. The school was formed when, in 1989, the all-boys' Annadale Grammar School and the all-girls' Carolan Grammar School merged to become a single co-educational school.[2]
History
Wellington College was founded in 1989 after Annadale Boys and Carolan Girls merged. The school moved to its current location on Carolan Road in 2002, which included 2 new rugby pitches, a gravel pitch (markings changed from football/hockey to running, javelin and discus in summer/sports term), an astro pitch and a running track (track used in Summer/sports term).
Uniform
The Wellington blazer takes its blue colour from that of the British Army during the 19th century[3] which was the uniform worn by the Duke of Wellington during his service. The sports kit for Wellington was changed in May 2011.
Extracurricular activities
Wellington offers a number of extracurricular activities to its pupils. These normally run after school or during lunch time, and are generally overseen by members of the teaching or library staff. In some cases a specialist in a particular subject may be invited to take a course (e.g. In January 2008 Neil Best and Rob Dewey helped with rugby training)[4] Activities include;
- Scripture Union[5]
- Science Club[6]
- Art Club[7]
- Concert Band[8]
- Boy's Choir[9]
- Junior Choir[10]
- Senior Choir[11]
- Junior Brass Group[12]
- Senior Brass Group[13]
- Woodwind Group[14]
- String Trio[15]
- School Council
Awards
- 2005 International School Award [16]
- The school KLQ team won the Kids' Lit Quiz in 2007 at the world final in Oxford.[17]
Future Chef 2011
Christopher Marshall, (a then year 10 pupil) represented Wellington in the Northern Ireland Future Chef competition 2011. He won the Northern Ireland competition on Wednesday 2 February 2011. He was then entered into the Future Chef Final and travelled to London on 21 March 2011 for the competition, getting the chance to meet Ainsley Harriott and Brian Turner.[18]
BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
2011
Pupil | Year (at time of event) | Project | Award |
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Christopher Lynn | 9 | WCBinit: Optimising Litter Collection in the canteen | Highly Commended Award Eco Award |
Mitchell McKee | |||
Jordan Knocker |
Teachers involved:
- Yvonne Johnston (Head of Science)
- David Cardwell
Christopher Lynn, Jordan Knocker and Mitchell McKee were in the team. The boys conducted an experiment on how to cut down litter in the school. In October 2010, they found out they had got through to the final in the RDS in Dublin. In January, the three boys went to Dublin with science teacher Stephen Wilson, as David Cardwell was unable to attend on the first day and Yvonne Johnston had work in school. David Cardwell was in Dublin for the second and third day of the competition and Yvonne Johnston attended the exhibition on the final day. The boys' exhibition was on feature in the school foyer from January 2011 to April 2011, after which it was placed safely in storage. The exhibition was re-displayed in Science Lab 102 in August 2011.
2012
Pupil | Year (at time of event) | Project | Award |
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Hali Sharpe | 10 | All washed up | |
Courtney Henderson-Storey | |||
Rachel Gardiner | |||
Sarah Jackson | Changes in diversity and population size of woodlice species following disturbance | ||
Chelsea Anderson | |||
Amy Flanagan | 11 | Snail slime and muscle power-the secret of their success | Highly Commended Award |
Amy McNamara | |||
Olivia McCulla | |||
Evelyn Salt | ? | Remembering what we forgot | |
Gemma Hawthorne | |||
Erin |
Teachers involved:
- Yvonne Johnston (Head of Science)
- David Cardwell
In May 2011, Science Club members were given a new leaflet on the upcoming 2012 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Yvonne Johnston would like the event to go ahead and several pupils showed interest. Four out of five groups got through to the Final in January 2012. One group out of the four won an award, a Highly Commended award. On 17 January 2012, Lynn said he is likely to return after mentioning a project to Yvonne Johnston.
"Snail slime and muscle power-the secret of their success", "Changes in diversity and population size of woodlice species following disturbance", "All washed up" and "Remembering what we forget" were the 4 projects that got through to the Final.[21]
Notable former pupils
Name | Notable Accomplishments |
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Neil Best | Rugby player[22] |
Chris Brunt | Footballer[23] |
Brian Philip Davis | Filmmaker |
Iain Lewers | Field Hockey Player[24] |
References
- ↑ "Aims". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ "20 statements about the college". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ "Hussars". Kildare.ie. 26 March 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ "Extra Curricular | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Scripture Union | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Science Club | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Art Club | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Band & Orchestra | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Boys Choir | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Junior Choir | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Senior Choir | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Junior Brass Group | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Senior Brass Group | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Woodwind Groups | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "String Trio | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "2007 - Kids' Lit Quiz". Kidslitquiz.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ "Future Chef 2011 | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Galleries - BT Young Scientist 2010 | Wellington College". Wellingtoncollegebelfast.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition - RDS Dublin - Ireland January 9th - 12th 2013". Btyoungscientist.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Young Scientist listing" (PDF). Btyoungscientist.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ http://www.wellingtoncollegebelfast.org/sport/international-honours/neil-best/
- ↑ http://www.wellingtoncollegebelfast.org/sport/international-honours/chris-brunt/
- ↑ http://www.wellingtoncollegebelfast.org/news-events/news/former-pupil-stars-for-great-britain-at-the-2012-olympics/
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