Month: November 2019

There was a truly magical ‘Battle for Narnia’ on Thursday evening in the Chaplin Theatre.  First the Year 5&6 pupils performed ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, taking us all on the exciting adventures of the four evacuees – brave Peter (Henry P), sensible Susan (Elizabeth O), naughty Edmund (Albie G) and sweet Lucy…

Our wonderfully talented Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 came together to present their Christmas play “A special kind of present”. With children pondering their Christmas list, Father Christmas and his elf, Gappy, were on hand to make suggestions. All kinds of wonderful presents were suggested – from racing cars, to teddy bears, sweet lollipops…

Year 3 popped out to visit Mountfield Church this week, as part of their exploration into local history.  They were lucky enough to have a tour and talk by Jackie Spriggs, organist and former vicar’s wife.  Harold Spriggs was also Vinehall school chaplain and their son was a pupil here many years ago.  Jackie is…

For the last two weekends the U13, U11 and U10 gymnasts have competed at the ISGA National 2 Piece Championships which were held at the Royal Masonic School in Hertfordshire and the IAPS National Championships at Kent College Pembury. The U13 team were first to compete at the 2 Piece Championships.  Ottoline G, Daisy F,…

Following the 2018-2019 academic year FOV were delighted to send over £3000 to Rwanda Aid as our chosen international charity.  This is money raised from the various events that have taken place at Vinehall over the year, including the Secrets Room and Summer Fete. We have received this response from David Chaplin, a former Headmaster…

In year 7 we have been studying gas exchange systems in the human body. As part of this, the pupils are required to know the basic structure of the heart and the circulation of blood around the heart and lungs. So it was, literally, “hand on heart” this week! Phil Smith  

Four pupils were invited to attend a life drawing session at Hastings Court residential care home on Thursday 21st November 2019 and worked alongside some of the residents who are living with Dementia.  This event has come about through a lottery funded grant for a community initiative called ‘Drawing Life’, which aims is to bring…

Amongst the excitement of Maths week, Year 5 and 6 all had the opportunity to challenge their mathematical problem solving skills in the annual Primary Maths Challenge.  In its 20th anniversary year the children had to solve a variety of problems on number, shape and logic.  One example was: What is the smallest possible number…

In what can only be described as an action packed term of sport, the Vinehall pupils have once again excelled on the sporting front. With nearly 100 hockey matches, 80 football matches, two gym competitions, three swimming galas, 25 rugby matches and 20 netball matches, weekly PE and swimming lessons from Nursery through to Year…

Set 8S have been studying Romeo and Juliet in class, so when we found out that a version of the ballet was being screened in Hawkhurst, we had to go. Director Matthew Bourne brought his visionary mixture of modern dance and classical ballet to Prokofiev’s piece, and set it in modern times in a mental…