Category: Charity

We were delighted to return to school and receive news that not one, but two of our children had been growing their hair with the purpose of helping others. Over the Christmas break Elizabeth G and Zara S  had large amounts of their lovely long hair cut short. Both girls donated their hair to the…

The Hospice in the Weald will be delighted to know that £132 was raised this week at Ashton House’s Cake Sale. House members and their families had made a wonderful array of sweet and delicious goodies, many of them blue to represent their house colour and the whole Prep School enjoyed a lovely morning break…

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…

Vinehall children and staff celebrated our differences by coming to school on Tuesday in odd socks.  It is a very clear and visual illustration of how each of us can be similar but not everyone is the same!

On behalf of the charity committee, we wanted to say a huge Thank You to everyone for all your support for the children’s charities last year.  We had various events that included non-uniform days, a talent show, a cinema night, a cake sale and a capture the flag competition.  Please see below the totals raised…

Inter-House Capture the Flag 2019 Tuesday 2nd July saw Vinehall’s first ever inter-house Capture the Flag competition and goodness was it competitive! The aim of the day was to make as much money as we could for our three charities – Macmillan Cancer Research, the Red Cross and SUDC. All children in Years 3-8 were…

Over the last few months Vinehall pupil, Faris, completed a charity swim for Diabetes UK.  Swimming the equivalent distance of the English Channel over a three-month period, he raised £240 for the charity to help raise awareness of diabetes in children. To complete the distance Faris swam 1500 lengths of a 25 metres pool, managing…

Following the cake sale earlier this term, David Chaplin, former head of Vinehall and founder of Rwanda Aid visited the school to collect the proceeds of the sale. Sarah KB, Freddie O, Noah P, Ludo G, Connie S and Josie F presented Mr Chaplin with a cheque for the grand sum of £707.60. Mr Chaplin…