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International Education Week

Next week is International Education week. International Education Week is an opportunity to promote the importance of building an international dimension into the education of young people in the UK at primary and secondary levels. Here at Victoria we have a full timetable reflecting these values. Our students will have the opportunity to prepare and […]

It’s Bonfire Night

Its bonfire night and our residential students have been very busy making a Guy. Using odds and ends and bits and pieces our impressive Mr Fawkes is now ready for the residential bonfire and fireworks party tonight. Class JA’s George Kettle has been busy making the rounds of the school and collected quite a sum […]

Dyslexia Awareness Week

This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week. This is an annual event that aims at not just raising awareness, but also showcasing the amazing achievements that people with dyslexia have made. This year’s theme is “Dyslexia Matters…” and will cover everything from creating a dyslexia friendly environment, supporting and encouraging those with dyslexia, and the BDA’s […]

Wear it Pink 2014

Things around VEC were decidedly pinkier on the 24th October as we did our bit for national wear it pink day. Some of the outfits were so pink we needed sunglasses. As usual our great staff rose to the occasion and although no official total has yet been released it’s looking odds on that we will […]

Car Clubs

We are pleased to announce that we have just been named as one of the supported charities of both The National Can Am Car Club and The Bay 2 Bay Cruisers. The National Can Am Car club is probably one of the oldest American car clubs in Britain. It was formed in the early 60s […]

VEC Car and Bike Show 2014

Despite some pretty awful weather last Saturday, we are pleased to announce that the first VEC Car and Bike show was a great success with a good turnout. Some excellent vehicles were represented and a stunning £235 was raised from donations and the raffle. A massive thanks to all who gave up their time to […]

Bike Ride Story

Steve Toomer (Chloe’s Dad) popped in today to kindly present us with a cheque for £618.45. Steve recently took part in a three city European bike ride which took in London, Amsterdam and Brussels covering a total of 340 miles with 130 participating riders. We are very grateful to Steve for his efforts on our […]

Carmel has a facelift

Staff, students and visitors may have noticed that Carmel House has had scaffolding around the front for the past couple of weeks and may be wondering why. Well, Bridport based “Stonemasons of Dorset” have been in working on sections of Carmel’s stonework. Carmel House was built way back around 1885 and being south facing has […]

Oily Cart

The amazing Oily Cart Theatre Group have been with us for the last three days. The students and staff alike have been enchanted by their “Bounce” production. Using trampolines, video projection and live music with a Middle Eastern flavour they explored “bounce” in all its forms from gentle to exuberant, carefully adapting their performances to […]

A New App

Alphataire is a brand new App for smart phones and tablets that is being launched on 31st October, it is a word game that you can play on smartphones and tablets and will be on PC’s too in the future. The App has been developed by Richard Ellicott (Husband of Teacher Belinda) and it costs […]