Category: Trips

A group of Year 6s were invited to attend a Critical Thinking afternoon at Eastbourne College, on Thursday 6th March. None of us quite knew what to expect!  When we arrived, we were given a warm welcome and were put into groups with children from other prep schools. My group set off with a lovely…

As the children move on to their next learning journey topic they visited Bexhill beach and museum. What a wonderful day we had.  The weather was amazing and so we dashed off early and spent three hours on the beach in glorious sunshine.  We did a little beach clean, played games, drank hot chocolate and…

Reception completed their first ever school trip this week. Despite the weather, we had a wonderful time taking the train to Hastings to visit the library.  We bought our train tickets from Maggie at Robertsbridge station, who kindly showed us around the ticket office before we got on the train. Once we arrived at Hastings…

If you have not visited Bexhill Museum yet, it is well worth a trip.  Year 3 enjoyed a fascinating morning discovering more about Ancient Egypt.  The curator, Julian, is an expert on this topic.  After his interesting introduction with artefacts to see close up, there were three activities: designing a mask, decoding hieroglyphs dressed as…

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…

Year 3 popped out to visit Mountfield Church this week, as part of their exploration into local history.  They were lucky enough to have a tour and talk by Jackie Spriggs, organist and former vicar’s wife.  Harold Spriggs was also Vinehall school chaplain and their son was a pupil here many years ago.  Jackie is…

EAL Trip to the Tower of London On Tuesday Louise Payne and I took the EAL children on a cultural trip to the Tower of London.  Danny and George kindly dropped us off at Robertsbridge station, where we took the train to London Bridge.  From there we took a very pleasant but chilly walk to…

After a very early start on Friday (Mrs Payne and Mr Borrows woke us from the boarding house at 2am!), sixteen Vinehall children made their way to Gatwick airport for a 6am flight to Naples. When we left England it was pouring with rain and then as we flew over the Alps we saw snow…

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…

On Wednesday morning Year 5 went to Bridgepoint in Rye to look at the Hastings Tapestries Project. These are 27 panels made in 1966 by the Royal Society of Embroiderers, which represent 900 chronological years of British history from 1066 to 1966.  We were all very impressed by the tapestries; they are incredibly intricate and well…