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On Thursday 23^rd May, Year 10 Geography students visited Lyme Regis to conduct fieldwork for their physical investigation. Students produced their own primary data through field sketches, sediment sampling, and beach profiling to assess the extent to which Lyme Regis is affected by coastal processes. The weather was perfect for the trip - both classes came back with plenty of data which will prepare them for their Paper 3 exam at the end of Year 11. Most importantly, everyone enjoyed themselves.

We had 3 teams reach the area Rounders finals this year. We came in 3rd place for Year 8 and Year 9. We also gained 2nd place for our Year 10s in a very close-fought final.

Well done to all the teams who took part.

Our Year 9 and 10 Cricket teams had a great game against Preston, losing by just 1 run off the last ball.

With thanks to parents for getting in touch with the school to share student successes in Crewkerne's 5km and 10km races.

Firstly, it’s well done to Moken M and Daniel B for coming 2^nd and 3^rd respectively in the boys’ event, pictured here with their winners’ shields.

And in the senior 10km event, it’s a massive well done to Oli Willmott for finishing 12^th overall.

Superb work, gentlemen!

For the second year running, Moken M returned victorious from Portugal with the Portimão Box Cup, with a string of similar, impressive successes on home soil too!

In recent weeks, Moken has progressed through the National Schoolboy Championships, with wins in the Quarter Finals in London and the Semi-finals in Newcastle.

Despite a very strong performance in the final, he came away with Silver, losing to the reigning two-time champion.

His efforts have not gone unnoticed, and Moken has been selected to represent England for the first time in the upcoming Tri-nations Competition in Nottingham.

Well done, Moken, on all your hard work in the ring.

Wadham School is behind you all the way!

A group of Year 7, 8 & 9 students competed in an athletics event in Yeovil. They competed against other schools in 9 different events! They showed excellent effort and hard work, wonderfully representing Wadham School.

Some of our Year 9 and 10 girls had a fabulous visit to Numatic to celebrate 'International Women in Engineering Day'. They were treated to a tour of the factories, heard inspirational stories from women who had progressed up through the company and had a go at disassembling and re-assembling a Henry Hoover. We wish to say thank you to Numatic and their Women in Business group for inviting us to this brilliant day.

What a day!

Team Wadham were incredible at the athletics event, with so many of our students taking home individual medals as well taking home Year Team trophies.

Well done to them all, they should all be very proud of themselves and each other.

What an amazing day! A fantastic celebration event for our 2024 leavers - this year with students, staff and parents involved.

The weather was certainly on our side.

The day consisted of photos in the sunshine followed by the celebration assembly with speeches from Mr Burgas, Mrs Wright (Head of Year) and all Year 11 tutors. Records of achievements were distributed for all Year 11 students, ready to store their GCSE certificates.

A day to remember for all involved. 

A spectacular event this year for our annual Wadham Prom. Year 11 students looked fabulous, arriving in an array of vehicles at the Haselbury Mill in the glorious sunshine, including sports cars, tractors and trailers, horses and campervans. 

A truly special send off for the Class of 2024. 

A particular thank you to Mrs Liza Penny, owner of 'Penny Petals', for creating the most beautiful flower arch which provided a stunning backdrop for many photos. 

Marcus Brown from Fab Labs provided three fantastic workshops with a group of KS3 pupils. The workshops ranged from 3D Printing, laser cutting and sublimation printing.

Our Year 10s had a great experience at Yeovil College where they had a taster of college life. They all participated in at least two taster sessions, using the facilities on offer at the college. Thank you to Yeovil College for hosting this event, our students and staff had a fabulous time.

We took our Year 8s to Yeovil College for a 'My Futures' event. They all took part in some amazing sessions, including plumbing, sport, media make-up, graphics, dentistry, plus sessions delivered by local employees, such as The Newt, Leonardos and Thales. Hopefully, this day has inspired them to think about their future career ideas. 

On Friday the 5th July, Wadham School hosted the annual Design and Technology Tournament for the Rotarians of Crewkerne. The event was well attended by local schools with students from Key Stage 4. Working on a brief, the students had to design, make and test a pulley system. Wadham School entered 7 teams out of 21 that attended, from Year 7 up to Year 10. All our students were an absolute credit to our school throughout the day.

A huge well done to our Year 10 teams, who were placed first and third overall!

Some of our students had a fantastic day out at Wimbledon. The weather forecast wasn't good, but they managed to end up on centre court and saw some great play. A great day was had by all.

Our Year 7s were treated to a visit from Mark Carter from the NHS who explored how their favourite lessons in school could link to the vast array of jobs within the NHS. They heard about the less known careers-such as librarian, archivist, porter, music therapist, IT technician, to name a few. We look forward to welcoming the NHS back again in October for our Careers Fair.

Wadham School welcomed Sergent R. Sainsbury to deliver a career talk to our Year 9 and 10 students. He talked through the variety of careers and job roles within the army as well as the different entry and progression routes.

It was a great opportunity for our students to be made aware of potential opportunities they could consider in the future. 

This year our annual Awards Evening was hosted at Wadham School on Wednesday 10^th July with a wonderfully warm evening celebrating our students' progress and achievement. This was a real opportunity to celebrate and showcase student performances and give our thanks and farewell to a longstanding member of our school Governors.

Our guests were greeted with afternoon tea and cake, which provided a tasty and veritable feast whilst fundraising for the Camp Kenya Expedition. The background to this was a sunny early evening of musical entertainment and the opportunity to mingle and enjoy the festivities.

We were delighted to have in attendance our special guests, Mayor Brian Hamilton and Mayoress Carol Hamilton , along with Counsellor Alice Samuel and our Wadham Alumni guest speaker, Dr Justin Turner KC, who left us in 1981 and came back to delight us with stories of Wadham of the old and inspire our students with his uplifting and inciteful stories of studying at the Royal Veterinary College, being on the board at UCL and becoming a Judge.  We look forward to hearing more from Justin in the future.

The evening was rounded off with special thanks and a plaque from The Diocese of Bath and Wells for Governor Stuart Shepherd, who has retired following 27 years of dedicated service to Wadham School. Our thanks and gratitude to Stuart for all he has done for our school. He will be missed!

Our final award of the evening was a Staff Award, which is a new award for 2024, and we were proud to recognise Louisa Ridgley as our awardee. She was awarded by her colleagues for her unfailing ‘can do’ attitude and being a constant force in the Science Department.

Many congratulations on a thoroughly deserved award, Louisa!

Well done to the PE team and staff for creating such an incredible Sports Day. There was tug of war, capture the flag, assault course run, javelin, shot put, long jump, track events and more. The music was playing, and the school was on its feet! (Powell House were the clear winners of the Sports Day trophy 2024)

Our students that have remained in school have been having a great time taking part in various activities, from making Bottle Rockets, taking part in the Egg Drop Challenge, Egg n Spoon, Three Legged Race, Target practice, Water relay and Welly wanging. They also paid a visit to the Giant Land Snails in the Science block.