Global Citizenship

The Global Citizenship programme helps Wellington pupils learn more about themselves and the world around them, serving others to make positive change on a local, national and international level.

To broaden our perspectives this year, we welcomed back the ‘Big Gold Box’, a shipping container outfitted with technology to elevate a video conference call into the more intense experience of seemingly talking with others in the very same room. Our pupils, and pupils from some of our partner state schools, were invited to enter the box and to talk with changemakers based around the world.

Our pupil volunteering is also back in full force. This includes intergenerational friendship at St Brendans Care Home where our Fifth Form pupils and Ms Brown’s dogs visit to lead crafts and companionship; and the painstaking refurbishment of Crowthorne’s ‘Millennium Mural’ which has naturally eroded over the past 20 years. We have kept up a steady presence in support of the St Sebastian’s food project, with staff covering for our pupils over the holiday periods to keep this vital community resource operational. And the Outdoor Group has once again welcomed local state primary school pupils to the College site to benefit from the skills that our pupils have gained to lead groups of children in low ropes climbing or paddling on Swan Lake.

Big Gold Box ProjectTes Award Nominee 2023 for Best Use of Technology