As I am approaching the end of my time at Wimbledon before venturing off into the scary world of adulthood, I’ve been reflecting back on all my precious memories I have. Some fun, some nostalgic, and some I’d rather not think about. As someone who has been here for almost 14 years, this school is dear to my heart. I feel I am in a good position to describe certain canon events that most of you will have faced, or will in your future years here. I’ll be ranking them from worst to best, in terms of how fond of a memory they are, or for how much you’d have to pay me to relive them (kidding). I promise there’s some happy events in there too!

January continues to crawl by: it’s dark by 4pm, always raining and somehow feels like it lasts forever. Add mock exams into the mix for Y11s and Y13s, and there isn’t much in its favour. As a result, everyone develops their own way of surviving the typical January blues.
So, here are my top 5 types of students managing January.

The Periodic Table consists of groups (columns), organising elements with the same number of electrons in their outer shell meaning they have similar chemical properties. Each group has its own characteristics – just like people. Now’s your chance to find out the group you most resemble! So, are you eager and enthusiastic like the Alkali Metals or are you more calm and collected like the Noble Gases?

During my numerous years at this school (14 in fact – I’m a wimby lifer), I have had the pleasure of being taught by many teachers. Spending so much of my life here, I’ve had a lot of time to think about all the subjects that I was forced to take, and I think that it is only right to give my opinions on a very important topic…. Who would win in the Hunger Games? Ok, probably not the kind of question you were expecting but I was thinking about what article I would like to write and the Hunger Games just sprang to mind.

After another wildly successful off-timetable day run by the amazing SLT, we thought we’d leave you with one final parting gift. Here’s a recap of this year’s Off-Timetable Day and House Music events, presented in the most chronically online way possible and summarised into 10 images you’ve probably already seen in a TikTok comment section.