Category: The Arts

Year 8 pupils practised their digital skills in Photoshop.  Their topic theme is ‘Identity’ and they were inspired to create some colourful profiles to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. Tracey Konyu

Years 3&4 had a wonderful morning in the outdoor classroom.  Such a beautiful day and the children were really engaged in making their dream catchers.  They were very helpful to each other … #collaborative.  They cooked bread on the fire and used our new tin plates.  What a wonderful way to spend a Friday. .

Art Club Marbling Saturday Art club members were experts at marbling by the end of each session.  They did not use expensive marbling inks but food colouring combined with shaving foam in an aluminium tray. The results were fantastic; however all pupils are under strict instruction not to deplete the stocks of shaving foam and…

Year 3 visited Bexhill Museum for a wonderful morning of activities related to Ancient Egypt, which they are exploring in their Humanities lessons.  The children were able to study artefacts which were over three thousand years old, including clay pots, jewellery, bone needles and flint blades.  The curator, Julian, who is an expert in this…

Focus on Life Skills, Mindfulness and Children’s Mental Health Week ‘Peace is every breath.’ Thich Nhat Hanh    When introduced to the concept of mindfulness or meditation, beginners may wonder: Do you just sit there and do nothing? Don’t you get bored? What does meditation look like? Is it sitting cross-legged, fingers and thumbs touching, and humming…

At Vinehall we celebrate our Global Outlook.  We are curious about the whole world and aim to equip children with the linguistic skills and knowledge for travel, work and further study.  All our children begin learning French from Nursery upwards, with opportunities to add Spanish and Latin later in the prep school. French In Pre-Prep…

Thursday 27th January marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day and, on this annual day of commemoration, the United Nations urges countries to honour the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programmes to help prevent future genocides. This week, in Year 7’s English classes on…

Year 4 had an amazing day at Leeds Castle last Friday, helped by the most glorious frosty winter’s day, a beautiful setting and a fabulous group of Vinehall children. It started with the workshop, where the ladies from Leeds Castle took us through the Ages in a play, in which we all had roles and…

What Happens at Art Club? The answer is … a great deal.  I believe that the photographs speak for themselves and show the range of subjects covered. From knitting to collage; from academic drawing to weaving.  It is all there and if it isn’t … it will be. Tracey Konyu

Marcus Rashford may recently have made reading (and writing) cool but there are a lot of distractions in today’s world to getting stuck into a book.  Social media, gaming, prep, household chores – there are many things which may hold children back and stop them from reading. We are encouraging all children in the Prep…