Carrying hope for Cancer Fund for Children
Last week, VCB Prep girls came together in the most creative way possible to support the Cancer Fund for Children—by bringing Anything But A Bag to carry our school supplies!
From wheelbarrows and prams to shopping baskets and even toy trucks, the girls showed off their imagination and sense of humour, all while raising vital funds for children and families affected by cancer.
Thanks to everyone’s enthusiasm and generosity, we raised an incredible £580! Every penny will go towards providing emotional, practical, and therapeutic support to young children navigating the challenges of cancer.
A huge thank you to everyone who participated, donated, and helped spread the word. Your support truly makes a difference. 💛
Prep 7 trip to York
The Prep 7 residential trip to York is always a highlight for the girls and the accompanying staff. This year we visited the York Chocolate Experience, JORVIK, Flamingo Land theme park and a tour of York Minster Cathedral before having a little retail therapy. The girls were impeccably behaved and a real credit to the school. A lot of fun was had tasting chocolate and enjoying the hair-raising rides as well as many special memories made during their final term in Prep 7. Thank you to the pupils for making this such a memorable experience and to Mrs Henderson, Miss Nixon, Mrs Kane, Mrs Welsh and Mrs Baker for accompanying the class.
Action Groups Big Spring Clean
The sunny month of May saw our action groups come together to complete a big spring clean of our school grounds. The girls worked together to refresh the flower planters around the Prep, to complete a litter pick and create necklaces to sell to buy some more playground games.
The Next Chapter
Victoria College principal, Mrs Quinn, lead the Prep assembly yesterday extending a warm welcome to P7 girls who will be moving across to Senior School next year.
Special visitors to Prep
Victoria Prep had two very cute visitors yesterday when Mrs Carson-Hair brought in her miniature goats for the girls to see. Some of the girls took turns to pet the goats, help walk them on a lead and maybe even prompted a few requests to parents to have a pet goat of their own!
P4 Trip to Lisburn Museum
Prep 4 had a wonderful trip to Lisburn Museum today to explore topics around WW2 to include rationing, evacuation and the Home Front. The girls had a go at making a card gas mask, then dressed up as different WW2 characters. They even got to have our lunch outside in the sun before they headed back to school.
Singing success at Ballyclare Music Festival
Prep Chamber Choir recently competed in two classes at the Ballyclare Music Festival; the choral class and the hymn singing class. The choir sang Shenandoah and Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho in the choral class. In the hymn singing class the girls sang All Things Bright and Beautiful and Sandyland, winning a trophy in the hymn singing class and a commendation in the choral class.
Pre-School Bubble Workshop
Pre-school girls learned all about different bubbles today and the chemical reactions that create them. They learned why bubbles are always round, why a bubble can be popped with a dry hand and not a wet hand and why different experiments make different kinds of bubbles. But most of all they got to make a mess and learn that Science is great fun!
Swimming success at the Swim Ulster Primary Schools Cup
Prep 6 and 7 pupils, along with Year 8, represented VCB in the Swim Ulster Primary Schools Cup and Championships at Lagan Valley Leisure Plex. They won the OVERALL Primary Schools Cup for girls, beating 250 schools! Well done to our superb swimmers!
Hockey success
Congratulations to Prep 7 who played in the Belfast area tournament at Strathearn today. We finished first in our pool having won all our games. We progressed to the semi final where we beat MCB 2:0 and then won the final 1:0 against Strandtown. The girls will proudly represent Belfast in the McCloy cup on 8th April. Fantastic hockey from all.
