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The last few weeks have been very busy indeed for the Friends of Vinehall and their ever supportive Class Reps. Following a request from Mr Powis to hold an end of anniversary year celebration, it was decided to put on the very first “VineFest” at the end of Sports Day. After the recent heavy rain…

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…

To celebrate the end of our 80th Anniversary Year Vinehall came together to bury a time capsule in our wonderful grounds. We were delighted to be joined by Richard Tilden Smith, a Vine whose Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather had built the school. Collated by Liz Powis, the capsule contained images, thoughts and memorabilia provided…

Holmewood House Under 8 Floor and Vault Gymnastics Championships Vinehall’s youngest gymnasts enjoyed great success last weekend when they competed at the U8 Floor & Vault Championships. This event was hosted by Holmewood House; they had over 60 competitors taking part. The gymnasts all performed a floor routine to music and a handspring to flatback…

Ready Steady Cook For the last two mornings the Year 8s have been doing Ready Steady Cook as part of their post CE enrichment programme. There was a choice of ingredients on a table in the middle of the room and in teams they had to create a dish in one and a half hours….

With the wonderful weather we are (finally) having we thought it would be a nice idea to take the camera out to capture some of the Year 4 boys enjoying our grounds.

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,…

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…