Month: June 2019

Year 7 trip to Normandy, France 10-14th June 2019 We started from school at 5.30am in the rain, aiming for the fast ferry to Cherbourg at 9.00am.  We took a wrong turning and got caught in rush hour traffic on the M25, so missed our crossing and had to be booked onto the 2.45pm Brittany…

The annual Year 6 trip to Marwell Activity Centre near Winchester took place on 10-13th June 2019, with 33 Year 6 pupils and four staff in one of the wettest periods of weather for several months! We set off on the coach on Monday morning in high spirits and made good progress to our first…

The well-anticipated trip had finally come, The long drive to Cornwall had begun. A week of adventure and activity fun Regardless of weather, come rain or sun.   Monday came, down to the coast we go, Jumping into the sea from high to low. Surfboards out, time to go catch a wave Baywatch on standby,…

When you go out camping it is often best to prepare for the worst and then you can be pleasantly surprised that this green and pleasant land doesn’t always throw its worst at you. However, this is not a message that is always easy for first-time campers to heed. Despite unedifying weather reports, Year 5…

Back from their camp, Year 5 were each treated to an hour-long taster session of sabre fencing with our fencing coach, Dr K. First of all, they were introduced to the three safety rules before having the fencing footsteps explained to them. A game helped them secure this important skill and then it was protective…

What a fantastically different sort of a week we have enjoyed in Years 3 and 4! Having had a fairly normal morning of some English and Maths, followed by games before lunch, on Monday we all split into groups (Owls, Mice and Hedgehogs) and had a fabulous afternoon doing activities linked to languages. This involved playing ‘Grandmother’s Footsteps’ in Deutsch…

STEAM DAY with Pre Prep  Thank you to the Pre-Prep pupils for inviting me to help them to design three murals made of plastic bottle tops. Each mural has a different theme, which will then be put together. They are called ‘land’ ‘sea’ and ‘sky’.  All pupils worked well together and there were plenty of examples of good teamwork, plus a good…

Well, it was meant to be a quiet week but it was far from that! On Wednesday afternoon 14 Year 2s joined me and Mrs Konyu in the art room to make ‘Mandrakes’, a scary looking thing that sits in a flower pot. Brilliant Mrs K had prepared air dry clay, degradable flower pots, string…

Following the preliminary qualifying round earlier this year, Derek Guy was delighted to receive confirmation that 17 members of the Vinehall Swim Squad were through to the IAPS National Swimming Finals, held this year at the Olympic Pool Stratford. A long and busy day of swimming took place, with many competitors going through the heats and qualifying for…

As part of the swimming calendar, Vinehall swim squad took part in the IAPS regional swimming qualifiers back in February this year. With competitors swimming in a full programme of races, it all came down to timings to determine if they would qualify for the national finals held in June.  After a very nervous wait,…