From the Editor

September. A time of beginnings and a time of endings. The end of summer brought no sadness, but instead happy memories and brilliant news of remarkable exam success for Wellington pupils – GCSE, IB and A Level passes at record levels. Congratulations and the best of luck to them all for the next stages of their academic journeys. But the start of autumn, and the beginning of the new academic year was, as ever, full of hope and anticipation for all that lay in front of the 1100 pupils who made their way up the Kilometre to make the school their own.

As Kipling almost said, ‘If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run, you’ll be a proper Wellingtonian’, and the last several months have proved that beyond doubt, with an astonishing range of academic and co-curricular opportunities and achievements. Festivals, lectures, dance shows, dramatic productions, service, concerts, Outward Bound, CCF and first-class sport all enthusiastically embraced alongside the daily backdrop of serious study, and if at times it was hard to know just where the staff and students found the space and energy to do it all, then the moments of sober reflection during Remembrance Week served as a reminder of the legacy and example that the current generation is so committed to honour and embrace.

It’s a busy school full of busy people, all keen to make the most of the myriad opportunities the College affords: let these pages act as a smorgasbord of Wellington today!

“If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run, you’ll be a proper Wellingtonian.”