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The Wimborne and Ferndown Singers
The Wimbourne and Ferndown Singers with guests present a musical evening. Only £5 a ticket (Tickets available from Poole Yacht Club or choir members). All proceeds in aid of the Sparkle Appeal. For further information and to purchase tickets telephone 01202 672687 or email: gm@pooleyc.co.uk Poole Yacht Club New Harbour Road West, BH15 4AQ Poole, […]
Read moreRace Night
A race night is being held in the sports hall at VEC on Friday 15th March. Tickets are £7 which includes a buffet supper (card payments welcome on 01202 758309). Professional MC and Tote, 8 horse races with the opportunity to be a racehorse ‘owner’. Great fun! All proceeds will go to the Sparkle Appeal. […]
Read moreCharity Trike Ride
One of our students Ebony Roberts is doing a charity bike ride from Hengistbury Head to Sandbanks (7 miles) in aid of children with Genetic disorders on March 10th. The money raised will help to provide support for children and their families, specialist equipment and funding towards a wish list for effected children. The Ebony Robinson […]
Read moreQuiz Night
All Staff, Families, Friends, Governors and Supporters of VEC are invited to attend a Quiz Night here at VEC which is in aid of our I Pad appeal. This fun night out is being held on Friday 8th March from 7.30pm. Tickets cost £5 per head which includes a Ploughmans supper. Please bring your own […]
Read moreThe Sparkle Appeal—Smarties for Sparkle
The Sparkle Appeal—Smarties for Sparkle Dear Parents As an ongoing fund raising initiative for Phase 2 of the Sparkle Appeal, we are offering all families, staff and supporters a tube of Smarties and asking for the empty tube to be filled with 20p coins and returned to Sparkle. There is no time limit—take as long […]
Read moreNEW IPAD FUNDRAISER ANNOUNCEMENT
New technologies and their applications are constantly under scrutiny at VEC to see how best we can use them to augment our students learning and to better enhance their learning experience using newer more exciting ICT access methods. With the advent of the iPad revolution we have been keeping an eye on the development of […]
Read moreNew Radio Station for School
We are delighted to announce that the school has successfully bid for funding to equip a dedicated ‘radio station’ in school which will be officially launched in 2013. The funding will allow us to buy a state of the art studio that our students can use to create programmes, conduct interviews and showcase their own […]
Read moreCheque presentation from John Lewis Poole
Lisa and Miriam from John Lewis Poole presented a cheque to teacher Giles Northover and students Kieran and Jon. The amazing sum of £810.00 was raised by staff members bidding for returned and damaged goods. The monies raised will be used to extend and improve our successful work experience venture to give our students the […]
Read moreBuilding Work New Year Update
As you can see the building work on our new Hydrotherapy Pool is gathering pace and developing nicely. The windows to the old therapy office are due to be bricked up on Friday. Watch this space for further updates through the coming weeks.
Read moreFootlight Performers Sparkle For VEC
Students of Wimborne’s Footlight Performance Academy challenged parents and grandparents to take their ballet exam, all in the aid of The Sparkle Appeal! 26 adults trained hard for 6 weeks culminating in a nerve wracking ballet exam earlier this month. Miss Leanne Dade (Manager of Footlight) who conceived the idea and trained the budding ballerinas […]
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