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Another successful year from our Vinehall musicians at the  Hastings Musical Festival. The started with the Instrumental Concerto – a serious undertaking and enormous achievement for Isabel T, Alex W, Isabelle H and Zuriel N.  Not only did they have to learn and play with an orchestra (Mrs Sheppard on a second piano) but they…

Year 7 have been studying the Norman Conquest this term and, after weeks of hard work and determination in the classroom,  they finally headed outside to re-enact the battle. Given our wonderful location, right in the heart of 1066 country, it is only fitting that our young historians made use of the grounds to put…

For World Book Day 2019 the Prep school have been asking ‘Who’s behind the book?’ Teachers and other staff members were asked to bring in their favourite book and be photograhed hiding behind it. The children have used break and form times to fill in an answer sheet. It was wonderful to listen to their…

We ‘kick started’ our Super vehicles topic with a visit from Andy and his model Rocket train. Unfortunately, the gas wasn’t flowing through the piston so we had a good look inside and he is coming back on Friday for take two! We have enjoyed the wonderful weather and  built train tracks outside and then…

Year 5 were very lucky to have a visit from Leo’s mummy, who is a pilot, after Clara F asked the question ‘How do planes fly?’  Pupils have been learning about forces.  Mrs F gave us a lovely presentation and was very impressed with the children’s questions.  She also had her hat and jacket which…

Vinehall is delighted to announce that Dominic Britt has been appointed to the role of Deputy Head from September.  Dominic was quite exceptional at interview and impressed everyone during his two visits, with his French lesson, by his interaction with the children and his highly personable manner.  It was a long and rigorous selection process and Dominic…

Year 8 pupils headed off to London early on Thursday to get some first-hand experience of urban planning to support their studies in class about sustainable cities. Our first stop was to see the O2 to discuss brownfield development sites and how a venue such as the O2 can be a catalyst for further development….

On Thursday Maz from the Self-Esteem team came to speak to our Year 7 and 8 children. She was fun, pretty cool (well, Mrs Payne thought she was!) and, as one of our Year 8s said, “very engaging”.  In fact Mrs P has already received emails from parents to say how much their children enjoyed…

Write up on the Year 8 Trip to Canterbury Cathedral On 4th February 2019 Year 8 went to visit Canterbury Cathedral; we left at 8.25am to board the school buses and, after a quick head-count, we were off to Kent. The main purpose of the trip was to help our studies on our research topic,…

WOW! The Year 1 children made fantastic Pirates on Thursday; if we only had a boat to sail!  We started the day by singing sea shanties and creating our own verses. The children also created their own giant treasure maps to programme the Blue-Bots. Ships Ahoy! In STEM club we also evaluated and improved our…