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The aim of the Friends of Vinehall is two-fold – to host and support the social events that make up the Vinehall community and to raise money to support the school’s “wish list”, Rwanda Aid and local charities. The FOV committee is a friendly group of parents who meet once a half term to plan…

Screen time – how much do you compromise? Compromise has been our pastoral theme this week and during form time we have been discussing the various issues we have to compromise on at school.  5P and I have also been talking about how we try and compromise over the amount of screen time we are…

On Tuesday, we launched the Year 7 theme of Conflict by taking the children to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.  The children began by exploring the decks of HMS Victory, undoubtedly the Navy’s most famous warship having served as Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar.  We started the tour in the open air on the Quarter…

Thematic Curriculum – Conflict Following on from our trip to Portsmouth Historical Dockyard, the children will be learning more about Lord Nelson and HMS Victory later in the term.  However, we think it is essential that children’s understanding is based on a chronological narrative, so to begin the theme of Conflict we are returning to…

On behalf of the charity committee, we wanted to say a huge Thank You to everyone for all your support for the children’s charities last year.  We had various events that included non-uniform days, a talent show, a cinema night, a cake sale and a capture the flag competition.  Please see below the totals raised…

Life is full of challenges. We know this as adults, of course, but even the very youngest children have obstacles to overcome. We begin to learn the skills and strategies that enable us to prevail – courage and resilience, as well as a willingness to recognise our own limitations and the benefits of working with…

The Gym Squad put on a magnificent display last weekend, showing off their exciting tumbling skills and well executed routines. U8 Champion Felicity M proudly showed off her winning routine, with Year 8 gymnast Mia G and ISGA 4 Piece National Champion Charlotte W performing their individual floor routines beautifully to Jess Glynn’s Thursday and…

The last few weeks have been very busy indeed for the Friends of Vinehall and their ever supportive Class Reps. Following a request from Mr Powis to hold an end of anniversary year celebration, it was decided to put on the very first “VineFest” at the end of Sports Day. After the recent heavy rain…

Year 3 have spent the last two weeks learning two texts from memory. They performed these at our final assembly in a packed theatre in front of their parents, Year 2 and the whole Prep School. The first piece, ‘Oran Mor’, or ‘How the world began’, a Celtic myth, created some beautiful atmospheric moments of magic. The children…

As the Year 2 children move up into the Prep School, an end of term concert is held to entertain the parents and showcase the spectacular talent of our youngest children. The children wear their smartest clothes and, with an array of musical and poetical performances it is safe to say that the children did…