Young Enterprise Partner School
WCB is proud to announce it has been recognised as a Partner School by Young Enterprise Northern Ireland. This prestigious designation acknowledges the school’s exceptional commitment to equipping students with the knowledge and skills they need to make informed financial decisions throughout their lives. We were delighted to welcome Young Enterprise to work with our […]
University Roadshow
Great to have Education Recruitment & Marketing #UniversityRoadshow delivering a presentation to our Year 14 students on Friday.
Year 12 Geography Fieldwork
Year 12 have spent the last two days practising their fieldwork techniques in the Crawfordsburn River. Students worked with diligence in their groups to collect primary data on key characteristics along the river profile. This data will be required for their Unit 3 Fieldwork exam next Summer.
Interview Skills Workshop
Many thanks to Beth and Tom from Ernst & Young for delivering a great interview skills workshop for our Year 13 students.
Maths Department Student Success
At the start of October, 4 sixth form girls represented the College in the Mathematical Olympiad for girls: Rachel, Olivia, Amy (Year 13) and Julia (Year 14). Year 13 and 14 Maths students also took part in the UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge. Well done to all our students but especially to Joshua and Poppy who […]
Work Plus visit
A combined group of Year 13 and Year 14 pupils were delighted to welcome Lucy and Andrew from Work Plus, who spoke about the options that an Apprenticeship may offer students at post-18. Lucy emphasised the top class learning an Apprenticeship can bring, without the associated fees of university study. She also noted the networking […]
Year 14 Talks Programme: PSNI Road Safety
The Year 14 Talks programme continued on Friday 6th October 2023 with a presentation by Constable Noel, a PSNI Road Education Officer. Constable Noel spoke at length on the issue of road safety and the need for young drivers to be aware of the numerous distractions that may inhibit safe driving. The talk was direct […]
McAvoy Partnership
Wellington College are delighted to have partnered with McAvoy Design through the Construction Industry Training Board’s ‘Adopt A School’ initiative. This partnership will be a great opportunity for staff and students to gain an insight to careers in the engineering and construction industry. McAvoy Design will work with Wellington College to provide: Our Year 11 […]
Junior Mathematical Challenge Success
50 of our year 8 and year 9 took part in the UK Mathematics Trust Junior Mathematical challenge. All pupils worked well and received certificates, but special mention must be made of those pictured who achieved either silver or gold certificates. Big congratulations to Faith G who achieved the highest in both year 8 and […]
Sentinus R&D Project
Since January Year 13 pupils Max, Lorenzo and Michael have been working on a Sentinus R&D project with engineering company eMS http://www.emsni.com Their project involved modelling voltage and measuring frequency. The panel of experts were very impressed by their project presentation and knowledge displayed during a tough round of interview questions.
