Category: The Arts

It was truly wonderful to see a packed church for our annual carol service and to feel the power of the congregational singing!  The Vinehall carol service is the highlight of the musical year and always produces memorable performances from the children.  The Juniors’ performance of ‘So Many Stars’ was spellbinding; the Chamber Choir’s performance…

The changing seasons during the Michaelmas term provide a wealth of musical opportunities and form the basis of so much of our repertoire.  We shared our Harvest celebrations with a huge audience of grandparents who listened to the children’s performances of ‘For the Beauty of the Earth’, ‘Sing of the Lord’s Goodness’, The Parable of…

It has been a busy few weeks for the Drama Department (ie me!) As well as frantic last-minute rehearsing for the two C S Lewis plays, ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ (Years 5&6) and ‘The Horse and his Boy’ (Years 7&8), I have been privileged to attend two excellent and very inspiring courses….

Earlier this week the Vinehall Chamber Choir visited the Conquest Hospital in Hastings to perform a selection of carols. The children sang beautifully under the Rose window and their performance was enjoyed by many of the patients and their families. This performance was an excellent prelude to the Carol Service which takes place at St…

Four pupils were invited to attend a life drawing session at Hastings Court residential care home on Thursday 21st November 2019 and worked alongside some of the residents who are living with Dementia.  This event has come about through a lottery funded grant for a community initiative called ‘Drawing Life’, which aims is to bring…

Following their art taster day at Eastbourne College we received the fired pieces back for display. Well done to you all for your wonderful pieces.

Year 7 spent Tuesday at the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne, having a tour of the galleries including Allan Grainger’s photography exhibition, “Downland Gloaming”.  Grainger is a local photographer whose moody shots of the local landscape on the South Downs capture the magical essence of dusk, the time between day and night. The focus of…

It has been a very busy few weeks in the Art Department with the start of new topics and numerous trips.  Half of Year 8 visited The Hastings Contemporary for a tour and a printmaking workshop; the other half had been to the same gallery during the Summer term. Potential art scholars then went to…

A big thank you to Eastbourne College for providing an excellent day of arty activities. Taking a group of Vinehall students, our visit started with a great lunch to fuel our workers and then a look at the Towner Gallery exhibits and the very colourful exterior of the gallery by Gotz.  There was a collection…

Year 8 Art Trip To The Hastings Contemporary / Phase 2 During the Summer Term, half of our present Year 8 pupils attended a visit to the ‘Jerwood Gallery’.  Now called ‘The Hastings Contemporary’, the gallery offered a tour and an artist’s workshop by the illustrator Ed Boxall. The pupils were asked to consider the…