Archive Monthly Archives: May 2013
Shhh! for IPAD Appeal
Victoria Staffer Viv Fendley has raised a whopping £300 for our IPad appeal by shhh!…….staying silent. Viv had to survive a full School day including leg pulling by Staff and Students without uttering a sound and managed well. “It wasn’t as bad as I thought, but raising so much money I thought are staff paying […]
Read moreVariety Bring The Sunshine to Victoria
A little bit of sunshine came our way last Friday despite the showers when a new bus was officially handed over from The Variety Club of Great Britain. Our students mingled with the VIP’s and sang the Sunshine Coach Calypso written by Anthony Bygraves son of the late great Max. Anthony himself was at hand […]
Read moreJWI Brings Magic To Shakespeare
Class JWi have been studying ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for their Shakespeare Challenge Arts Award. They have been having lots of fun improvising the story and making a soundscape of the magical forest. The music is the classes original composition using the soundbeam, and the voices are their own, speaking a selection of quotes and […]
Read moreJon Kirkpatrick – Runner up in Euro Music Competition
Posted for you today on our Facebook page is a video of JK’s entry into the Soundbeam competition. The competition was organised by Soundbeam themselves to mark their 25th Anniversary. With entries invited from all over Europe JK with the support of Digi Music Wizard Mike Whitlock actually came runners up winning £100 and no […]
Read moreDrama and performing arts update!
Student Ramon Hansford is performing his first public comedy stand –up/Sit down! gig at Centre Stage in Westbourne on the evening of Thursday 27th June. He has been working with a local comedienne Adrienne Coles, on a five minute set and will be performing with other local comics as part of the ‘Rib Tickler’ Evening […]
Read more"Lorax Pledge" Tree Planted
A beautiful Wild Cherry Tree has been planted today outside Carmel House. As per our promise to plant a tree as part of the Lorax production, which had a very strong Eco message, and our on-going commitment to our own Eco code, staff and students gathered to participate. The tree was planted in a lovely […]
Read moreVictoria Radio One Step Closer
Late last week Nigel Vernon-Dier from Synergy came in to put our radio station equipment together and provide the radio working group with training. The daylong session involved much of the skills needed to compile programmes, conduct interviews and record content. This brings the reality of a radio station here a step closer. Time is […]
Read moreHarry at the Royal Albert Hall
Victoria’s own Harry Bassett played to a packed house at the Albert Hall, London last Friday. Harry was invited by his tutor Colin Francis to join the Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra last year. 1500 students performed and the standard was high with Harry soloing in the Rocky theme. Well done Harry!
Read moreVEC IPAD-OMETER update
Wow! Wow! Wow! The total just in is a whopping £4204.92 Wow! This is a huge milestone in our appeal and has been raised incredibly quickly. We are bang on target to raise the £10,000 needed to fully implement Ipads across VEC. We cannot thank you enough. From our Students to our Friends, Staff and […]
Read moreAfter the amazing Lorax production
Today, after the amazing Lorax production, Matt Saunders the Drama Tech Assistant presented part of the monies raised to the School IPad Appeal and our Eco Team who will in turn pass this on to the Soil Association and Woodland Trust. All very good causes. The balance of the profits have been put aside for […]
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