AS Geography Magilligan Residential 2023
We arrived on Wednesday morning and were brought into the classroom with Natalie, our leader for the day, who introduced us to sand dune succession. After lunch, we travelled to Umbra Sand Dunes, which is one of our AS case studies and studied succession at seven different sites. Using quadrats to identify different plant species, […]
Year 14 Talks Programme – Kate Nicholl (Alliance)
On Friday 24th February 2023, as part of our series of invitations to our local South Belfast MLAs, Wellington College hosted Kate Nicholl from The Alliance party to present a talk for our Year 14 pupils and undertake a Question & Answer session. Ms Nicholl spoke about her early years in Zimbabwe and her subsequent […]
Year 14 Talks Programme – Matthew O’Toole (SDLP)
On Friday 10th February 2023, as part of our series of invitations to our local South Belfast MLAs, Wellington College hosted Matthew O’Toole MLA from the SDLP to present a talk for our Year 14 pupils and undertake a Question & Answer session. Mr O’Toole spoke about his upbringing in Northern Ireland and his working […]
Why does my hot chocolate sing? BT Young Scientist Competition
Three of our year 10 pupils, Maxwell, Jackson and Jack were invited to showcase their project on frequency of sound, entitled ‘Why does my hot chocolate sing?’ at the BT Young Scientist show at the RDS in Dublin. Accompanied by Mr Cardwell, Senior Leader, they heard from the Irish President, Michael D. Higgins, were interviewed […]
Oxbridge offer
Congratulations to Laoise Corrigan, Deputy Head Girl 2022, who has received an unconditional offer to read Music at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. Laoise studied A Levels in Music, Performing Arts, History and English Literature, gaining 4 A* grades. Laoise is a past pupil of Loughview Integrated Primary School. We are very proud of Laoise’s […]
Year 14 Talks Programme – Action Mental Health
On Friday 25th November 2022, Mr Hugh Roarty from Action Mental Health visited the college to provide a talk on mental health for our Year 14 students. Hugh outlined key ways to help maintain mental well-being and noted the professional support available for anyone who needs help. The Year 14 agreed that the talk was […]
Year 14 Talks Programme – NI Blood Transfusion Service
The Year 14 Talks programme welcomed a presentation by Ms Sarah Sloan of the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service. Sarah spoke about the importance of giving blood and allowed our 6th Formers to reflect on the necessity of such a service. The talk was very informative and provided a clear focus for our pupils on […]
Year 14 Talks Programme – NIE
The Year 14 Talks programme continued on Friday 11th November 2022 with a presentation by Ms Zara Bolton from Northern Ireland Electricity Networks (NIE). Zara spoke about career opportunities and the recruitment process within the NIE. The talk was very interesting and provided further career options for our pupils to consider.
Year 10 Geography Field Trip
Year 10 Geography classes made their annual fieldtrip to Murlough and Newcastle in September. They spent the morning on the beach collecting data on pebble size and shape, followed by the sampling of a variety of plant species in the sand dune succession. The data they have collected will be used to complete their fieldwork […]
WCB Year 14 STEM Ambassadors
The Year 14 students enjoyed their training with STEM Hub NI. They are now qualified as STEM Ambassadors and can conduct their own STEM research and projects with primary schools and Key Stage 3 classes.
