Archive Monthly Archives: March 2019
Boccia in Exeter
As posted, we sent two teams to the South West Boccia Finals in Exeter last Friday. The students performed admirably, playing superb attacking and defending shots. Overall both teams won one match and lost two each which means that we will not be progressing to Sheffield for the National Finals. However, all students have competed at […]
Read moreBamboozle return to VEC
Today we enjoyed a visit from Bamboozle Theatre Company who presented another of their beautiful shows to students from Classes BK, HN and Green Island and some from FS, LB, Explorers and JW. The talented cast were Ben, Rosie, Gren and Amy. The show ‘Moonsong’ is a space-themed production, in which the audience are welcomed […]
Read moreVictory in Table Cricket
We are very pleased to announce that our table cricketers were victorious in both of their matches yesterday and qualified to represent Dorset in the South-West Finals later in April. The team batted superbly and scored over 300 runs in their final match and this was backed up with some alert fielding to enable the […]
Read moreThe Lord Taverner’s Dorset Table Cricket Championships at VEC
We welcome students and staff from Winchelsea and Corpus Christi schools today for a fixture in the Lords Taverner’s Dorset Table Cricket Championships. The winners from today’s matches will progress to represent Dorset in the South-West championships. We also welcome Dorset Disabled Cricket Umpire and England player Josh Courtenay who is officiating.
Read moreRed Nose Day 2019
Red is the colour today as Victoria supports Red Nose Day 2019. People across the UK are coming together today to raise money for Comic Relief, who support vulnerable people and communities in the UK and internationally. The staff and students are wearing red and we have had a cake and hot snack sale to […]
Read moreBowread Performance
We’ve had a delightful afternoon of music provided by the entertaining duo Bowreed. Bowreed are Fred Holden (fiddle) and Ben Trott (guitar). Bowreed are a dynamic fiddle and guitar duo who specialise in music from Ireland and Scotland. They have played at major folk festivals such as Sidmouth and Warwick, as well as for countless […]
Read moreVEC Gets Googled
Yesterday, Jenny and Daniel visited us from Google and The Parent Zone and shared their amazing ‘Be Internet Legends’ assembly with classes FS, LB and CN. Together we visited ‘Interland’ and completed challenges in ‘Mindful Mountain’, ‘Reality River’, the ‘Tower of Treasure’ and ‘Kind Kingdom’ to become Internet Legends! We learnt all about the 5 […]
Read moreWorld Book Day 2019
Thursday 7th March saw schools around the country getting into the literary spirit on World Book Day. The Students of Victoria had a fantastic day celebrating everything bookish. It was great seeing the students so engaged in stories, storytelling, art and sensory activities. Sylvia had a tough job judging the final entries from our classes, […]
Read morePergins Trip to the Vitality Stadium
As posted yesterday, a group of our students visited the Vitality Stadium as part of their Sports Leaders Module. The students visited the home and away changing rooms, the media suite, and sat in the home team dug-out. Here the students were presented with their certificates. We would like to thank Hannah, Jordan and Katie […]
Read morePergins trip to AFC Bournemouth
A group of students from our Pergins class are visiting AFC Bournemouth today for a tour of their stadium in Kings Park. During the first half of this term we welcomed Hannah, Katie and Jordan of AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust, who ran a Sports Leaders module here at the school. This trip is part […]
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