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Vine James Roche and his wife, Lizzy Yarnold were our very special guests of honour at our end of year prozegiving 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,…

After 35 years of teaching History at Vinehall, we said goodbye to former deputy Head, Geoffrey Whitehead today. AGW, as he is more often known, has begun a very well deserved retirement from teaching. He will,  however, remain a familiar face at Vinehall running the Vinehall International Classical Concert series see here He has been…

We enjoyed a family fun afternoon at our Pre-Prep Sports Day. With lots of different races, there was something for everyone to enjoy. Thank you to all the helpers and a big WELL DONE to all our children – they tried their best, like Terry Tortoise, and showed very good sportsmanship. The parent races were…

Year 4 pupils had a fantastic experience on Wednesday when two guests came to their PSHE class.  Midwife Jo Gould and expectant mum Rebecca Wainford came to talk to the children about how babies grow inside their mums. Jo explained all about how the umbilical cord is the baby’s lifeline and how it leads into…

Year 6 had an unusual experience on Tuesday – sitting in on an “arti”, a Hindu service in which statues of gods are blessed. The service was in the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, a magnificent, intricately carved white marble temple in London. We all learned a lot from being at the service, as well as having…

Year 7 enjoyed another very successful residential stay at the Château de la Baudonnière in the Manche region of Normandy, not far from the Brittany border.  This is the 12th time Vinehall pupils have stayed in the verdant surroundings of this secluded château with its peacocks, little black sheep, rabbits, ponies and poultry grazing the…

Last Friday was the finale of a week of fun-packed activities for Years 3 and 4, who had a cracking time at “Kidzania” at Westfield in London.  Kidzania is an “indoor city run by kids”, where children can earn kidZos (Kidzania’s currency) doing various ‘jobs’ and then enjoying the opportunity to spend their hard-earned wads…

Bawdsey Manor, the birthplace of British radar and the venue for a highly enjoyable week of glamping with Year 8. The weather played ball and a combination of adrenalin filled activities, some well-deserved downtime and plenty of chips at meal time, meant the entire year group were kept fuelled and busy the entire week. A…

Jolly delicious chocolate cornflake cakes made and eaten by all! Unexpected chemical reactions in the Science labs! And Unexpected Historical fun too! New Languages learnt with games and English games too. Indoor art, craft and debating. Outdoor classroom fun with fire, marshmallows, dough and hot chocolate Really fun Arts afternoon with handbells, DT and Beach…

Year 5 went to Camp in Bodiam for 3 days last week, where we had an exciting time and did everything from six mile walks to soaking Mrs Sheppard and Mr Arnold in a water fight.   After setting up our tents on the first day (which took quite a long time) we played around…