Archive Monthly Archives: May 2015
Making the Change
Another interesting and relevant workshop organised by The Dorset Parent Carer Council in June. The workshop is free.
Read moreVisually Impaired Sport Festival
Dorset Football Association, in partnership with Sport England are running a six week Visually Impaired Sport Festival at Everyone Active Rossmore (Poole) in June and July. The aim of the six week sessions is to encourage partially sighted young people to give sport a go! By bringing a variety of different sports into the local […]
Read moreJohnny runs the London Marathon
As reported in the March edition of VECLife Johnny Real ran for us in this year’s London Marathon. Yesterday Johnny popped into Victoria to present his Brother Brandon with an amazing £844.95. Johnny’s motivation for taking on this challenge was his Brother Brandon and on his just giving website he had this to say: “Brandon, […]
Read moreSwimming Gala
This year 12 VEC students from all across the school attended the annual Dorset swimming gala. There were some very close races throughout all the different disciplines, front crawl, backstroke and freestyle. All the swimmers did well and received medals. Our roll of honour reads: Tyler Powell 1 silver James Bloor 2 silver Brandon Lee-Real […]
Read moreGrand Shaftsbury 10km run
With little more than a week’s training… some more dedicated than others, staff members Kitty Dean and Sean Mogg along with their friends Jon Skipton, Adam Burt and Tom Purcell took on the challenge of the Grand Shaftsbury 10km run. Kitty and Sean were rumoured to be taking odds on who would finish on top, […]
Read moreVista Nova School
Victoria has been developing strong links with the Vista Nova School in Cape Town, South Africa. Our partnership started last year as part of an international themed term and our students had the opportunity to meet their contemporaries face to face via Skype. Our friendship has developed rapidly with both schools keen to work closely […]
Read moreThe Can-Am Car Club Car Show
Calling all car enthusiasts! Victoria School supporters The Can-Am Car Club are holding a car show on the 31st May. A great day out for all the family is promised with many clubs attending with stalls and trade stands. See the poster for full details.
Read moreVets visit
This morning Sam and Georgia took our school rabbits ‘This One’ and ‘That One’ to the vets with Deana and Amy. The rabbits’ claws had grown too long and so it was off to Vets 4 Pets, Moordown for their manicure! ‘This One’ and ‘That One’ were very well behaved and the friendly veterinary nurse […]
Read moreNational Boccia Championships
Following on from the regional tournament Alex Elliot and Liam Drummond both qualified for the National Boccia Championships in Sheffield which took place at the end of April. With some of the best players in the country in attendance the standard was extremely high. Both VEC players played very well, Liam had a great game […]
Read moreStaff member Lauren Williams donates her hair
On the 9th May staff member Lauren Williams will be cutting and donating her hair to the LITTLE PRINCESS TRUST where it will be used to make wigs for children who have lost their own hair due to cancer treatments. The Little Princess Trust is an organisation that provides real hair wigs to both boys […]
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