Category: School News

This week at Vinehall, our key workers’ children have been embracing the tiny classes and the adjusted syllabus, and we’ve had some really fun times of learning and discovery. Children went pond dipping and then looked at the water under the microscope, discovering all sorts of marvellous creatures that cannot be seen by the naked…

Pre-Prep started World Book Day by listening to a story from Mrs Alderson, disguised as a shark with gleaming white teeth! The children were enthusiastic and proudly strolled back to their classrooms in their costumes. Nursery shared their favourite stories and then created their own books. Kindergarten explored the story boxes and saw what hidden…

Pre-Prep was full of excitement this morning when our children received a visit from Battle firefighters, Ben, John and the crew. Thankfully this was a planned visit as part of the children’s learning into “people who help us” The children all had the opportunity to climb up into the cab and see where the firefighters…

Our Pre-Prep children thoroughly enjoyed their pancake races today.  They had to don a hat, run with the frying pan and toss the pancake, continue around a cone and then run back to pass the frying pan to the next child in their team. There was a great show of collaboration and teamwork with all…

During half term, the Vinehall Equestrian team had a very successful day at the NSEA Inter-Schools Eventers Challenge Competition Qualifier at Petley Wood.  An Eventers Challenge Competition is a course of show jumping and arena cross country fences; the aim is to jump a clear round in an optimum time. This competition was a qualifier for…

The Vinehall Equestrian team were in action through the summer holidays with the children competing at the Rye & District Show.  Well done to Grace and James W and Willow and May A for all of your outstanding efforts. Grace won the Ridden Hunter Class and James came 2nd; Grace won the 60cm show-jumping; Grace…

Year 5 have been studying factories and the industrial revolution in history​ and took the opportuinty to get out of the classroom with a visit to world famous cricket manufacturer, Gray-Nicolls. This was the perfect opportunity to combine both History and STEM subjects in an informative and enjoyable trip. Here is a report by Faris…

At House assembly on Tuesday, three members of Paxton House, Arthur P, Finlay D and Monty G, presented an assembly to the house on the theme of ‘What is Advent?’ Members of the house were asked to find one of 24 numbered sheets of paper hidden round Mrs Gearey’s room.  They were then asked to…

Tuesday seemed like a beautiful day to go up to London so Paul Borrows, Henry Arnold and I took Year 8 to the Houses of Parliament for the day!  It’s always a huge shame that it takes us so long on a bus but when we finally got there we ate our lunch by the…

Back to the time of Lord & Lady Ashton with Mrs Chaplin and Year 3 Before Vinehall became a school in 1938 it was owned by Lord Ashton, a wealthy philanthropist who made his money from making cotton nappies!  This was just one of the little gems that Mrs Chaplin relayed to Year 3 when…