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| 7 Jul 2025 | |
| General |
On Wednesday 3rd July the 2025 Year Group were welcomed into the Wellensian Association. Camilla Haule and Oliver Coling take up the baton of Year Group Ambassadors. Hearing Maddie Perring, OW 2019, talk about the strength of the OW community was particularly powerful. She advised the outgoing Upper Sixth to ask for help when needed and to keep in touch with their peers: “wherever you go, there will always be an OW”, she said - highlighted by the fact she is now living with another attendee Katie Sherratt, OW 2018. We’re also grateful to Harriet Perring, OW 2021, Hazel Rigby, OW 1993 and George Bunting, OW 1970, who presented pupils with their Year Books and Wellensian Association Membership token. It should be noted that it was a real family affair as Maddie and Harriet welcomed their youngest brother William, part of the 2025 cohort.
Later in the week, on Friday 4th July, Speech Day welcomed another glorious day of sunshine. From Stable Yard to Wells Cathedral to Cedars Lawn, and from percussion to brass to bagpipes, music could be heard all around the school. A highlight was the Reflections of School led by the School prefects. They created a moving and amusing montage of their very happy memories at Wells.
Later in the day, at the End of Year Service, there were tears as the 2025 Year Group processed out of Wells Cathedral and they gathered on Cathedral Green for a whole year photograph. The School Chaplain, Revd Tom Handy, OW 1998 led the service and the Very Revd Toby Wright, Dean of Wells, preached. Prayers were led by outgoing Head of School, Camilla Haule. The day was rounded off with a game of cricket and we were delighted to see so many OWs in attendance.
