Month: March 2021

In this fun compilation video (as part of our extended celebration of World Book Day), several Vinehall teachers share some of their favourite books with you to demonstrate the pure…

Over lockdown, there are many people who have become digital experts out of pure necessity. Year 8 have been exploring their Photoshop skills with photomontage and drawing in the style…

This week we have been very busy sowing seeds in preparation for this year’s growing season. Year 5 have been sowing early peas in the courtyard, and making their own…

A theme of Voyages links Years 6 and 7   Year 7 has at last seen Odysseus return home after the Trojan War, having suffered hardship and deprivation throughout most…

Easter is one of my favourite times of the year.  The sun is starting to shine (though AWOL today!), the birds are tweeting, flowers are blooming and it is an…

After a whirlwind two weeks of rehearsals, our intrepid Year 3 and 4s were filmed on Thursday for ‘The Pirates of the Curry Bean’, a crazy musical full of terrible…

Cookery club This Wednesday the boarders made tortilla pockets. They were stuffed tightly with deliciously seasoned pork, salsa, cheese and salad. The vegetarian option was with taco beans. These were…

It was not a dramatic reading from the English Department! It was not bed time in the Boarding House. It was not even a most cunning attempt to forgo lessons…

‘Music is a shared language which opens up numerous channels of communication and a sense of togetherness that most of us have really missed’ (Tessa Marchington), so it has been…

For the last week of term we wanted to get the children enjoying a variety of sports. Lacrosse was introduced to Year 8 and was very popular. It was lovely…