Irish Minor Schools Swimming Championship Finals success
Huge congratulations to Cara and Ella Savage who both qualified and represented Victoria College at the Irish Minor Schools swimming championship finals held in the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin on Sunday. Both girls swam superbly and made the finals in their individual events and Cara was also part of the year 8 relay team who claimed bronze in the freestyle relay. A fantastic achievement and experience!
Heidi receives the Alan Sugar Award
Congratulations to P5 pupil, Heidi, who received the Alan Sugar Award from Friends of Prep for her wonderfully creative stall at our recent Entrepreneurial Me fair.
World Book Day
VCB Prep girls had a wonderful time and showed great imagination with their costumes when they dressed up for World Book Day recently.
Cadogan Station firefighters visit P1
Prep 1 had great fun meeting firefighters from Cadogan Fire Station this morning. The girls were able to have a close look at the fire appliance and were shown the protective clothing and boots worn by the firemen and even had a go at putting out a pretend fire with the water hose!
Entrepreneurial Me!
VCB Prep recently hosted a Friends of Prep event, Entrepreneurial Me! Pupils had the opportunity to showcase their creativity and business acumen by taking a stall, formulating a business plan as either a sole trader or with a business partner and displaying and selling their products on the night. The event was a huge success and all profits made by the stalls were kept by the stall owners.
The Great Fairtrade Bake Off!
Fairtrade and SNAG Group girls did a super job baking delicious treats (with a little help from parents!) with the treats having to at least one Fairtrade ingredient. The girls made posters and put them up around the school and decorated the hall with bunting. All the stalls were very busy with the money raised going towards our garden.
Wellbeing Week
For Wellbeing Week, IAG and School Council led a special assembly focusing on activities to keep our minds and bodies healthy using breathing and stretching exercises.
Compassionate Schools Award
As part of our Compassionate Schools Award, Mr Wilson from VCB’s Estates Team took time out of his busy schedule to make new wooden planters for our garden area. P4 visited him in his workshop to see the work that went into making up the planters with some girls having a go at helping him.
Prep 6 trip to Killinchy
Prep 6 enjoyed their day trip recently to Killinchy and Sketrick Castle. They learnt about the Ulster Scots dialect, had a go at playing the Lambeg drum and then travelled on to Sketrick Island near Whiterock, Co Down to visit the castle ruins.
Netball NI Blitz
Prep 7 participated in the Netball Northern Ireland Blitz on the 31st January. There were 15 teams in attendance and everyone got an opportunity to experience competitive match play on full size courts with fully qualified umpires and officials. We played 8 matches, won 6, drew 1 and lost 1. What wonderful results for our first netball outing of the season. Well done VCB!
