Neurodiversity Celebration Week
This week was Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Here at Wells our Upper Sixth Wellbeing captains Freya G and Thomas C-B along with pupils Bird C and Georgia A (Year 9) planned activities for the Senior School. These included making a video for pupils and social media (which you can watch on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn), as well as activities during Tutor time to promote information and understanding of what neurodiversity is and isn’t. The highlight of the week was the assembly on Thursday where Bird and Georgia gave speeches about their experiences as neurodivergent pupils. We are so very proud of them for their hard work, honesty and bravery for not only standing up in front of the Senior School, but also sharing personal and at times difficult experiences. It was a truly remarkable event which has and will have a lasting impact on us all. We are very proud of our wonderful and diverse community we have here at Wells Cathedral School.
“I happen to be a violinist, above grade 8, an ice skater, an actor, and also a part of many different diverse communities. If I was not neurodivergent, would I still be able to play the violin? Of course, same with skating and acting. However, my synesthesia allows me to see patterns and colours in the notes I play, my ADHD helps me to hyperfocus whilst skating and my ASD allows me to look at a page of lines once or twice and then commit them to memory. But I still find it impossible sometimes to focus in practice, I get anxious going to the ice rink, and I find it incredibly overwhelming going to so many rehearsals for plays. Everyone in this room also probably feels like that sometimes; if we didn’t, the world would be boring, blank and empty.” – Bird
“We don’t need you to feel sorry for us, just to understand and see our strengths as well as our weaknesses.” – Georgia
“There will always be someone who does not accept you for who you are. Don’t let that person be you.” – Anonymous
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“I happen to be a violinist, above grade 8, an ice skater, an actor, and also a part of many different diverse communities. If I was not neurodivergent, would I still be able to play the violin? Of course, same with skating and acting. However, my synesthesia allows me to see patterns and colours in the notes I play, my ADHD helps me to hyperfocus whilst skating and my ASD allows me to look at a page of lines once or twice and then commit them to memory. But I still find it impossible sometimes to focus in practice, I get anxious going to the ice rink, and I find it incredibly overwhelming going to so many rehearsals for plays. Everyone in this room also probably feels like that sometimes; if we didn’t, the world would be boring, blank and empty.” – Bird
“We don’t need you to feel sorry for us, just to understand and see our strengths as well as our weaknesses.” – Georgia
“There will always be someone who does not accept you for who you are. Don’t let that person be you.” – Anonymous
Download the FREE Wells Cathedral School app to easily keep up with the parts of Wells that interest you, interact with our social media feeds, access useful links more! We highly recommend enabling notifications to stay informed about the many wonderful things happening at our School.
