SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
The value of collaboration and partnership An activity week for Wellington College and local partner schools Over the final week of the summer holidays, Wellington College staff and students put together a week of fun activities for the students at local partner schools. The College ensured that the various activities on offer promoted the week’s key theme: the value of collaboration and partnership. These activities required and honed a broad range of skills and encouraged students to step out of their comfort zones and try something new. Bravery and balance were necessary for the low-ropes course, while students also got a chance to try their hand at choreography and performance during the dance workshop, and those more inclined to STEM subjects were able to design and build a car from scratch.
All activities were hosted in a picturesque outdoors environment and encouraged students to train their leadership skills and team build through collaborative working and creative thinking. The students displayed commitment and joyful enthusiasm throughout the experience and judging by this it can be said the week was an overwhelming success. In the past, all schools that have taken part in the activity course have reported the week having an extremely positive impact on the students, resulting in the subsequent academic year having a much calmer and more purposeful start for those that took part. Plans are being made for the same event next year, so hopefully the benefits of this extraordinary week will become standard for the students at Wellington College and its local partner schools in the years to come. www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk
