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Wadham hosted its first ever house cross-country at the start of term. Over 170 students entered the event, which was a beautiful cross-country cross route through Bincombe Woods and around our school playing fields. Students were rewarded with house points for taking part, alongside their certificates, and the first three boys and girls in each Year group have gone down in history as the first ever record holders for their times, which will be the standard to beat next year.
Well done to everyone who participated in this event!
Watch this space for future house sports events…..

Overall winners
Year 10 Luke G & Claudia C
Year 9 Moken M & Faith P
Year 8 Jack R & Molly C
Year 7 Fletcher A & Olive C

Here's our amazing athletics team who took part in the school's county event at the Yeovil Athletics Ground - Well done to all that took part!

A great week of fixtures with over 50 pupils representing the school during the week commencing 13th May

It was brilliant to take two Year 9 Rounders teams to play Holyrood. 

We had four Cricket teams taking part in tournaments - with both our U12 boys and our U15 girls finishing as runners-up!

Next, we had our Year 7s achieve an awesome win in Basketball over Stanchester and our Year 10s beat Huish Episcopi in Rounders! 

Go Team Wadham! 

Here are some examples  of Year 9 felt art, with artwork in their handmade frames from recent Design and Technology lessons.

Great cross-curricular skills being put to good use, everyone! 

They all look fantastic and very colourful - Well done! 

Our Year 7's have been very busy in the workshops, creating  some fantastic Block Bots that show great skill and imagination.

We recently had a successful visit from Green Party Councillor Tim Eggins and Candidate Serena Wootton.

Students across a range of year groups challenged candidates on a range of issues such as education, the NHS, nuclear weapons and housing.

Well done for the direct and probing questions, and a big thank you to Tim and Serena for their time in visiting our school. 

Obi has had another bust term at Wadham!  Supporting a  number of students, here are Alfie and Gracie enjoying some cuddles and a walk in nearby woods. 

Well done Obi, and thank you for your kindness and affection.

We love having you here and look forward to your visits! 

Every Thursday this term, a group of our fantastic Year 9s have been taking part in an exciting collaboration between English and Science. Students have watched and taken part in live experiments, had talks by physicists and asked questions of professionals working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).

They have done this to begin crafting their own story based upon a scientific concept which students have been writing and redrafting. Once students finish these stories, they will be sharing them with local primary school students to inspire and interest them in Science and English. These stories will then be published in a book which students will receive.

This exciting project means that our students are getting to apply high-level scientific skills alongside imaginative and creative writing. We are incredibly pleased with how enthusiastically our students have engaged with this project and look forward to building upon their success.

Ten Tors is an extremely challenging event for 2,400 teenagers who navigate routes of 35,45 or 55 miles in groups of six in under two days. The event is coordinated every year by the Army with support from volunteers and civilian emergency services. This year's event was particularly tough as the temperatures rose over the weekend. The teams out on Dartmoor had no shelter and there were many cases of heat exhaustion. Below are photos of our Wadham students who completed the challenge this year.

Well done to Year 9 boys Alfred, Daniel and Vince, who completed their 35 miles, and Year 12 student Lara, who completed the 55 mile route.

We congratulate you all.