Archive Monthly Archives: November 2016
Anti-Bullying Week
Anti-Bullying Week took place at Victoria and nationally last week with ‘Friendship’ being the key theme this year. Along with Lilliput Infant School and Longfleet Primary School we planned some themed activities reinforcing our ‘Respecting Charter’. Our Anti- Bullying Champion Sally Darby set up a ‘Friendship Tree’ in school and commented “Everyone had a […]
Read moreRickshaw Challenge
Student Ebony Robinson is back at school now having had a chance to rest up after her participation in this year’s Rickshaw Challenge for BBC Children in Need and helping to raise an astonishing £3.5 Million. Some of you may have followed her progress on TV or the BBC website. Reflecting on her experience Ebony […]
Read moreDuke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
A report on our Christmas Fayre is to follow (we are just awaiting the grand total raised) but some of you who visited on Saturday may have seen our stall highlighting the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme and the hard work and organisation our PE Team puts in. The team were out in force promoting […]
Read moreVictoria Christmas Fayre
Christmas has officially been declared open with this year’s Victoria Christmas Fayre kicking off festivities in grand style. It was an amazing day with lots of supporters turning up to visit the many stalls we had on offer this year. As the brass band played carols, shoppers snapped up gifts and sampled the delights of […]
Read moreChildren in Need
Our Staff and Students love Children in Need Day and not just because there are lots of cakes available. We’ve had a lot of fun today, raising money for this worthy cause, with some spotacular activities including a cake baking contest for staff. The entries were judged by our own Mary Berrys, Viv and Carol […]
Read moreCan-Am Car Club
The Victoria PE team were delighted to welcome our friends The Can-Am Car Club to our Boccia Club last week. They were visiting to present us with a cheque for £1000 which they had fundraised on our behalf. This amazing donation has been used to buy a new Boccia Ramp for the Club to help […]
Read moreJohn Lewis
Staff from John Lewis, Branksome paid us a visit recently to see for themselves where a donation of nearly £8,000 has been spent. The money was donated through a grant awarded from the ‘John Lewis Divisional Community Investment Committee’. A fantastic and much needed ‘Umbrella’ canopy made from colourful glass reinforced plastic was installed for […]
Read moreOccupational Therapy week
Occupational Therapy week is over and the last few days the team has been raising awareness at Victoria of the pivotal role that Occupational Therapy has in the day to day lives of our students. Parent’s and staff information sessions have been well attended and their ‘Oh Tea’ drop-in café has raised £65.70 for FOVEC […]
Read moreOperation Christmas Child
This year’s Samaritan’s Purse shoe box appeal in Victoria, which is run every year by Ingrid McCallum, was one of the most successful yet with a brilliant 128 shoe boxes collected. Operation Christmas Child is organised by Samaritans Purse which is an international relief and development organisation that works through local churches. Those that wish […]
Read moreOur Little Boy Starts Big School
Emily Sutton, VEC student Jenson’s Mum, has been blogging for Firefly Friends and has just had a blog published about Jenson’s first half-term here. It’s an interesting read charting her campaign to secure a place for Jenson and also, for our part, seeing the story unfold from a parent’s perspective. Our-little-boy-starts-big-school
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