Archive Monthly Archives: November 2012
Footlight Performers Sparkle For VEC
Students of Wimborne’s Footlight Performance Academy challenged parents and grandparents to take their ballet exam, all in the aid of The Sparkle Appeal! 26 adults trained hard for 6 weeks culminating in a nerve wracking ballet exam earlier this month. Miss Leanne Dade (Manager of Footlight) who conceived the idea and trained the budding ballerinas […]
Read moreBuilding Begins In Earnest
Building work has now begun here at VEC on the new state of the art hydrotherapy pool. The diggers have moved in and the turf has been cut. To date, the old walkways to the sports hall have been demolished and the foundations are being dug. Students and staff alike are all very excited about […]
Read more£300 Raised For Children In Need
For this years Children In Need students were asked to come to school in “Civies” to help raise money for this worthy cause. Doughnuts and bacon butties were also sold to bump up the total. Thank you and well done everyone.
Read moreHarry Redknapp Drops By
School patron, football Supremo and QPR manager Harry Redknapp dropped into VEC this morning. Harry came by to check on the progress of the phase one hydrotherapy pool building works and to catch up with some of our students. Harry also met some of the construction managers from Morgan Sindall, the firm carrying out the […]
Read moreHalloween Bike Ride A Monster Success
A massive thanks goes out to the Black Sheep Bike and Trike club who organised a Halloween bike ride to accompany 2 of our buses, on 27th October. We passed through Burley, Mudeford, Christchurch and Bournemouth.We raised just under £250 from entrance fees and the sale of tea & cakes.Thanks to everyone that helped organise […]
Read morePoole Town Band Sparkle For VEC
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to the Poole Town Band who have raised a fantastic sum of around £300 for our Sparkle appeal. A concert was held on the 27th October at St Luke’s Church in Parkstone. The event was kindly sponsored by Druitts Solicitors of Bournemouth. In the Photo are […]
Read moreNew Drama Production Announced
Plans have just been unveiled of an exciting new drama production here at VEC. The play has been written by one of our students and is a heroic tale of honour and romance! It also promises a new dynamic approach to storytelling and acting. “The Firebird” is in early pre production so watch this space […]
Read moreOlympic Summer Ball 2012
The Summer Ball this year was a fabulous night full of fun, laughter, dancing and entertainment. Greg and Lucy were voted prom King and Queen with Lauren singing beautifully for the guests. Other highlights were an excerpt from Romeo and Juliet by Hugo, Lauren and Annie and a soundbeam musical interlude by Mike and Abigail […]
Read moreSports Day 2012
Did it rain? Yes. Was it chilly Yes. Did we let that bother us? No! Sports day 2012 can be added to the list of classics with staff and students exceeding last years high water mark in inventive costume design. The theme this year was olympic venues. The winners of the fancy dress cup were […]
Read moreThe Seen But Seldom Heard Project
‘Seen but seldom heard’ is a project that a group of KS4 and Post16 students have worked on during their LEAP sessions over the last summer term. Linking with Bournemouth University, the Media School and two professional poets, we embarked on a quest to bring performance poetry to the very heart of our school, and […]
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