Category: School News

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…

Most people would agree that writing is difficult and writing to order can be even more challenging. Factor in a Monday morning in unfamiliar surroundings, with a sea of new faces, and you’ll quickly appreciate the considerable task facing our six intrepid Year 6 pupils who took part in a Writers’ Workshop hosted by Marlborough…

Year 4 enjoyed a fabulous half day out walking along the Cuckmere river.  They learnt about the features of the river and then used their new vocabulary back in the classroom to label a diagram. We walked to the mouth of the river and talked about the source which we think maybe near Harriet’s house. …

A selection of our senior artists embarked on a fantastic day of creativity, set in Eastbourne. The first stop was a delicious lunch at Eastbourne College where Vinehall pupils met Jayne Harriott, the Head of Art. We were given a tour of their excellent facilities and bumped into a few familiar faces from previous years….

Year 3 ‘stepped back in time’ on Tuesday this week and travelled all the way to Battle Abbey where they were met at the front door by a kindly monk called Brother James. Brother James talked about the Battle of Hastings, which was fought on 14th October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the…

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…

This year five young Vinehall poets have had their work recognised and rewarded by a panel of judges in the Satips Poetry Competition run for pupils attending independent schools across the country and abroad. Grace W won First Prize in the senior section of the competition for her skilfully crafted poem, ‘Perfectly Imperfect’, which was…

Vine James Roche and his wife, Lizzy Yarnold were our very special guests of honour at our end of year prizegiving service. James spoke, animatedly about his job, explaining how his role with BAR involved more maths than we had in all the textbooks in the school. He also explained how he wasn’t good at,…