Archive Monthly Archives: June 2018
National Sports Week at VEC – Day Five
It’s Grand Prix time and as the sun continued to shine down our students were on the course early to get a feel for the conditions. As usual competition was fierce and because of the weather there were a few more pit stops than usual. To help set the scene our special guests for the […]
Read moreSporting Bears Donation
Peter Egerton from The Sporting Bears Motor Club presented a cheque to FOVEC (Friends of Victoria) for £725 this morning and Paula, Chris and student Sam were on hand to gratefully receive it. The money was raised during our recent Car Show and Vintage Day when the club offered rides in their awesome cars. Victoria […]
Read moreNational Sports Week at VEC – Day Four
Day 4 of National Sport Week, and we’ve had a chance to catch our breath as the school took part in a giant version of the board game Frustration. We welcomed Steve and Shelby from Exmoor Zoo who brought a whole menagerie of creatures to amaze and delight our students with. After lunch we met […]
Read moreNational Sports Week at VEC – Day Three
Engarde! National Sports Week Day 3 and it was fencing and team games this morning. Students are being coached by Alan Sheriff from the British Disabled Fencing Association and are really enjoying the chance to spar with each other. We are also staging throwing events and on the sports pitch its team games with Simon […]
Read moreNational Sports Week at VEC – Day Two
National Sports Week continues and today it was handball in the sunshine with Coach Liz Roberts from Poole Phoenix. The students loved this fast paced sport which had been adapted for our wheelchair users. Map reading and exploring in the grounds made for a fantastic activity as the students tried their hands at orienteering. ‘Balloon […]
Read moreNational Sports Week at VEC – Day One
National Sport Week Day one and what a beautiful day to kick off a week of sporting activities at Victoria. Racket sports have featured heavily this morning with Tennis, Squash and Badminton sessions run by top coaches. Students had the opportunity to try Table Cricket and there was a Motor Activity Training Program session held […]
Read moreNational Volunteers Week
It’s National Volunteers Week this week and we have been thanking our amazing volunteers over cake and a cuppa. We are so grateful for all they do in virtually all departments at Victoria, selflessly giving their time to help us make a difference in the lives of our students. Thank you, you are all superstars!
Read moreGCSEs at VEC
It’s exam time and that often means a time of uncertainty and stress for those taking them so we would like to say ‘good luck’ to all students sitting exams and particularly the thirteen students who will be taking their GCSE exams over the coming weeks here at VEC. Simon Brown, Headteacher, said: “We are […]
Read moreBSO Music Day
We welcome our staff and students back today after what we hope has been a great half term holiday. The first major school event is the BSO Music Day this coming Friday. We have a whole day of music planned with concerts by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Our students will also be able to experience […]
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