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New 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 […]

Olympic 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 […]

Sports 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 […]

The 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 […]

Olympic Torch Drops In

On the day the Olympic flame passes through Poole, Parkstone and into Bournemouth we have had a visit from one of the its bearers. Nathan Blackie attends Victoria’s athletics club and carried the torch 300 yards on the Dorchester leg of its long journey around the country. The staff were impressed and commented on how […]

The Princess Royal Visits VEC

We were honoured with a visit from Livability Patron Princess Anne on a ground breaking event for our new hydrotherapy pool. The Princess toured the School along with other VIP’s Harry Redknapp, Esther Rantzen and children’s TV presenter Chris Jarvis. HRH visited an art lesson and a hydrotherapy session. Student Kieran Collins did the official ground […]

Duke of Edinburgh Expedition

On the 5th July we took 5 students to the New Forest to start their Duke of Edinburgh expedition. We dropped the students at the start and they had to navigate their way to the campsite. The students did really well working as a team and using their map and compass. When they arrived at […]

VEC Chosen For Charity Scheme

VEC has been selected to take part in the Community Matters Scheme by John Lewis Poole. Every three months each shop selects three community groups to help. Customers then become directly involved in deciding how much each nominated group receives, by using a token to vote for the organisation they’d like to support.Each shop ha3 […]

A Visit To The Globe

As part of Creative Arts Week we took the cast of Romeo and Juliet to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. It was a fantastic day for all. The students got to perform a small section of their version of Romeo and Juliet actually on the stage of the Globe. This was a real delight for […]

VEC Benefits From Technology Grant

VEC now has access to state of the art adapted equipment that allows our students to make their own short films. The specially adapted filming equipment was purchased thanks to a grant by Awards for All. The grant also allowed students to take part in two training workshops where they learned how to use the […]