NEWS

On Tuesday the 16th of January, our Year Thirteen Spanish class took a short trip to the Cervantes Theatre, a charming gem hidden behind a row of quaint café shops near Southwark. Quite different in size from the John Jenkins Hall, this small, homely theatre has a lovely, welcoming atmosphere that makes it stand out.

We were there to see a ...

This year sees Dance introduced into Wilson’s curriculum for Year Seven, and last Thursday 7C were the lucky class to be able to claim that they were the first Wilson’s students in 408 years to be taught Dance in the classroom. Mr Kavanagh, the Director of Drama & Dance, will teach all year 7 one hour of Dance every cycle for the whole year in ...

We have enjoyed our liveliest Activities Week for some years, with trips to France and Germany for Year 9 and to the Battlefields of France and Belgium for Year 10. Year 8 pupils have explored the local ecosystem with a stroll along the Wandle and visited RHS Wisley. Year 7 pupils had perhaps a quieter week, following their adventures in Bannau Brycheiniog ...

Since the school’s relocation to Wallington in 1975, there can be few school activities that have sustained such momentum as Drama. Three decades of memorable productions directed by Jeff Shaw are carved into school legend and this era has been followed, since 2011, by the inspirational direction of Ben Kavanagh. Mr Kavanagh’s plays and musicals ...

You may be wondering why sixth form students from Wilson's travel all the way to Cambridge for a classics trip. Well, for a very good reason: to see two Greek plays (Persians and Cyclops) performed by Cambridge university students. This was a very rare occasion, as it is unusual for them to perform two plays at the same time. As ...