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AchievingThroughBelieving

Issue 14 Spring 2016

Achieving Through Believing

Termly newsletter of news and events for parents, our patrons and supporters

Look Out For Augmented ContentExclusive Auras! only in VECLife!

Spring Term NewsAll the very latest

Plus

Carmel HouseEver wondered about

it’s history?See page 18

The Princess RoyalLIVABILITY

AWARDS 2016Page 4

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ForewordWelcome

Phone: 01202 763697

Visit: www.victoria.poole.sch.uk Follow us: Facebook/+VictoriaEducationCentre.uk

Mail: [email protected]

Our address: 12 Lindsay Road, Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset. BH13 6AS

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Kate BaldwinAssistant Headteacher

Connect to VEC

As this very short Spring term comes to an end we can look back on a busy and productive couple of months and look forward to the Easter break!

We have enjoyed a wide variety of events over the term including trips to see Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra perform Heroes and Aliens, theatre visits as well as many fundraising activities. We had lots of fun on National Number Day, raising money for the NSPCC by taking part in maths activities and then celebrated World Book Day in disguise! Classes entered a Story Bag competition, producing some beautifully resourced stories for our collection.

We also have Creative Arts Week to look forward to next week which is based on the theme of “Express Yourself”. Students can take part in a range of exciting activities opening with an interactive opera by English Touring Opera called Dust Child and followed by a week of activities including bee keeping, performance poetry, Remix dance and mini BSO workshops and closing the term with our renowned VEC’s Got Talent show.

Victoria did very well at this year’s Princess Royal Livability Awards with a total of nine staff winning awards and Paula Allcroft winning the overall award for Outstanding Staff Achievement. ������������������� �������������������������������������������������� �����creativity as well as up to date reports on what the students have been up to in the radio station, now available on the internet!

I hope you enjoy reading all the usual tales of trips out, adventures, fund raising and student achievements and hope that it continues to highlight the best of life at Victoria!

Wishing you all a restful, relaxing and fun Easter break.

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Contents

News Pages 4-11

Classroom Pages 24-31

Features Pages 12-23

Page 4: Thanks Stewpot + 2016 Livability Awards Page 5:����������������������������"�#�$%�&�����Web + Jess’s Jurassic Jaunt Page 6: With a Little Help from our Friends + Number Day Page 7: World Book Day 2016 + Pete Pays a Visit + Jake’s Jump for VEC Page 8: On the Wings with a Prayer + Thanks to Bev and Rory + It’s in the Bag Page 9: Eco News + Childen’s Home Celebrate Page 10: VEC runs a mile + Shiva on Show + Charlie’s Pie Surprise + Congrats to the Gregory Family Page 11: Lorraine + Dates for your Diaries.

Page 12: Hilary’s Lingo Lab + Creative Writing Corner Pages 14 and 15: �������������Pages 16 and 17: Carmel, House of Peace Pages 18 and 19: Sensory Corner Pages 19 and 20: The Sports Report Page 21: The Vibe Pages 22 and 23: Creative Arts news-round.

Page 24: Rainbow’s Round-Up Pages 25 and 26: Story and Spring Time Fun with Class JW Page 26: �'(��$����)����"�$%�&�����*����Page 27: LB in Wonderland + We are Going to Holton Lee /3 ����4�Page 28: Green Island Welcomes Spring Page 29: Pergins Spring Term Fund Raising Project Page 30: 5�(�����7�/5�8��7��������&�����4�Page 31: 9� (���&�����/%������:�����5������4�"�;��������<

Aurasma This issues Auras can be found on:Page 6: Number Day 2016Page 7: World Book Day 2016Page 10: Sport Relief 2016Page 12: Hilary’s Lingo LabPage 21: The VibeAnd of course “The history of Victoria School in 60 seconds below right.Just look for the Photos with the Aurasma logo

1. Download the Aurasma app onto your device. The app is free for all Android and Apple devices on Google Play and iTunes.2. Open the app and swipe through the start-up information until you get to a sign-up screen.3. Fill in the details with a user name e-mail address and a password and tap “Join”.4. Next you need to follow our Aurasma channel. Tap the “A” at the bottom of the screen to go to the Aurasma home page. Tap the spy glass icon at the bottom of the page and type “Victoria Education Centre” into the search window. Our channel should be the top result.5. Select it and then tap “follow”. You are now following our channel.M<����:��7���������������:�����������Q ��������:�����8���������<X<�3������������������������������������������������ ������������8�<�<�9� (������������Z�[���� ��������8�����������������������������������short Aura on our history.

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Latest news

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Thanks StewpotWe were very saddened in January to learn of the death of broadcaster and friend to Victoria Ed “Stewpot” Stewart. Ed last popped into school in October 2015 ��:���������8������8�������������������8�� ��new Fiat Ducato bus from the Variety charity. He has been a visitor many times over many years and was instrumental in raising awareness of the work we do at Victoria and also raising the funds which allow us to continue to do it. Ed loved meeting people and always had time to talk to staff and students alike. VIBE station manager Tony Rudd interviewed Ed last May, the result of which we have posted on our YouTube channel for you to listen to. We will miss him but will always remember the good he has done for us and the difference that has made to our students.

Ed with Victoria Students at Poole Quay in 1978

Presenting a cheque in school in 2000The Princess Royal

LIVABILITY AWARDS 2016This year’s annual Livability Awards evening took place on the 23rd February at the National ]8������������������^����� ��<�&_&�;��Princess Royal and Livability Patron made a special visit to present the awards which are held to celebrate staff, supporters and volunteers from around the charity.

;���������������7������8�����������������������8���5���:����(��'�������]8�����following Livability’s recent move to the area. Also in attendance, were the Mayor of Royal Greenwich, Councillor Norman Adams and the Deputy Lieutenant of Greenwich, Dr Pieter Van Der Merwe. Livability holds the ceremony every year to mark and celebrate the special achievements of staff, supporters and volunteers. Nominated by their peers, the winners are recognised as being people that go the extra mile in their work and service.

Victoria was very well represented this year winning no less than nine awards. Paula Allcroft 8����� ��������$%���������������������8���Outstanding Staff Achievement, collecting her

Paula’s Outstanding Staff Achievement is recognised

������8����;��^��������_����<�^� ��������that she was “honoured and thrilled” to receive the award. Trustees awards went to Headteacher Simon Brown, Head of Speech and Language Therapy Sarah Gilling, Senior Teaching Assistants Charlie Street and Alison Richardson, Project Infrastructure Manager Andy Price and Care Support Worker Hazel Noyon. In the Outstanding Team category awards went to Victoria School and Victoria Horticulture. Well done to all our award winners, it’s great to see you getting the recognition you deserve.

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We can now proudly announce that VIBE Radio /#����������� �����$�����������%��������4����now available on Mixcloud. Our student DJ’s are very excited that their shows are now available on the internet for all to hear. Pre-recorded shows, plays and stories are available for you to listen to wherever you are. You can listen without signing up for an account, but should you ����� ������8������� ����������� ������:���������when new shows are available. There is also a new Mixcloud tab on our Facebook page or you can listen from our website. Join Tony and our student presenters now for some great shows and of course great music.

VIBE Hits the Web

Running a marathon for Victoria on the 20th March /` ���������8�����������4�q����%�����������7������ �����������������������������������z����8�������������Q �����<�q��������7���������������������������8�������������{��������)��<�They plan to run the marathon along our beautiful Jurassic coastline which has some challenging stretches. At the time of going to press, Jess is pleased with the way training is going and having �������` ��������X������8���������7����8���������the challenge. Go Jess!

Jess’s Jurassic Jaunt

Kim (l) and Jess (r) hope to raise £1000 for Green Island

DGCC Captains Raise £8000^� ��*������������#��7��)������8����the Dorset Golf and Country Club visited ���3�:� ������������� ���������Q ��8������z�|<}z<�~������������� �7����:��nominated as the Captains charity during their tenure as the club’s Captains in 2014-15. The club, which is situated in Bere Regis, held many events including charity days and ��8��������������������� �������8 ������from Barclays. Money was also raised by the :��������8���{���<�~�������������� ��of money, which will go a long way, we are ��������� ���������%������������ ���system for use in our speech therapy and environmental control sessions. For some �8�� ��� ��������������8�� ������������� ����������� �����������������������88������Q ��7������������ ��������������8�accessing ICT with the use of their eyes. On

����������8 ����������������Q ��8����#��7��and Paul was Head of Speech and Language ;������*������������/������%��������������:�������4<�]��:���8��8������������#����������������� ���;&�')�9][�����golfers and bowlers of the DGCC.

Vicky and Paul with Sarah

Catch up with VIBE Radio now on Mixcloud.

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With a Little Help From Our FriendsBy Snow Kuhne

����� ����������������:������ ��� �����greatly. I’m sure as a school we would like to extend our gratitude to him and all the people who support the cause, and welcome him into the arms of Victoria. Personally I cannot thank him enough, he understood how much this meant to me and without hesitation offered to help. Thank you Stuart Holt, you my friend are a legend.

School friend Stuart Holt continues to support Victoria

Sometimes in life you meet someone who makes a difference, and I am so happy and grateful to talk about my friend Stuart Holt. We play rugby together and have become good friends over the years but recently Stuart made an offer to the school that was overwhelming.We had talked about my job, and when I ran ��z�)��������������������:���8���������offered to make up the rest of the money to ����8�������� �:����������Q ���������needed. I invited him in to Victoria to see how and who he would be helping and he was �������:��������������������������88����so much so that he decided to get even more involved.Through his company HOLT recruitment he has offered to support the school with therapy �Q ������������������� ����:����<�_�������money for whatever we need to support our � ����(������<����������������������:���8��Q ����������������������� �:����8�students as it is a Rifton Trike which is such ��������������������<�~����������������sleep system in the planning and a number of

Number Day 2016The 5th February was national NSPCC Number Day. Students and staff dressed up in their best “number wear” and took part in maths and number related activities. We sang number songs and raised money by constructing a line of loose change in the sports hall with ���������'�����5$���7������Q �������������the play hall. It was a great opportunity to get our students engaged with maths. For the ��88����������������������Q ������8� ��100% entries. In the end the winner had to be chosen by lucky dip with Mr Brown prevailing as champion number cruncher. Numeracy lead Carolyn Nelms thanked everyone for for taking part with such enthusiasm and our sports hall ���������������������8�����'*^��<

We had a lot of fun on number day

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World Book Day 2016

Jake’s Jump for VECVictoria student Jacob Whitehouse is getting a very special present for his 16th birthday this year. For some time Jake has wanted to make a parachute jump much to Mum April’s consternation! Well, as it’s a landmark birthday this year Mum has relented and with the permission of his Consultant Jake’s wish will come � ��/��������������4<�q ���������8������������(��deadline, the jump is set for the 26th March. Jake has also kindly decided that he would like to raise money for Victoria at the same time. We have set-up a just ���������������������������������������z�||z<�The money will be used to provide a covered walkway between main school and Carmel House, protecting staff and students from the elements.

Jake has always wanted to jump out of a plane!

Once upon a time it was World Book Day and the staff and students of Victoria School had a wonderful time dressing up and disguising themselves as characters from their favourite books. They had a costume parade in the morning ���������������������88�������������8�����dress. Some had their photos taken in our “Disguise Yourself” photo booth and took part in book themed class activities. Charlotte Olive and Jo Grant were the winners of the identity parade Q ��������8�������|X�� ��8���<��5����8������������������8���������������������������� ��lands,

and we all lived happily ever after…..Staff and Students always enjoy

dressing up!

As reported in the last edition of VECLife top � �������^���;�������������z������8���#�������to purchase the Omi Vista, a state of the art ��������������<����q�� ����^��������������������������������: ������� ��������������school and see for himself how we are using this great piece of technology. VEC’s own Mr music Mike Whitlock was on hand to give Pete the guided tour and introduce him to some of our students. Omi Vista has had a huge impact on our sensory provision at VEC. It’s easy to set up and very portable so all classes can access to it right across the site. The software is also editable and staff training is planned so that we can create our own resources to use with it. After a presentation with a few tokens of our appreciation he got to grips with the controls and the students

demonstrated just how much fun it is to use. From everyone at Victoria, thanks Pete for ��������������Q ���������������������making a huge difference to our students as a sensory experience.

Pete Pays a Visit

Pete met staff and students during his visit

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On the Wings with a PrayerLike Jacob Whitehouse intends, I have jumped out of a plane - but now I’m going to stand on one, alongside Viv Fendley. Hopefully on separate planes! We are doing a wingwalk in aid of Lewis Manning Hospice at Compton Abbas �����������zM�q ��<�~��������������������whether we can still hear Viv from down on the ��� ��Z����4��;����� �������������������“giving” number on it and I have included a link to the Just giving page and both Viv and I have paper sponsor forms. Imagine, so the day of your fundraising wing walk arrives. The weather is on our side and the ������������������ ����������� ���:������<�We’ve already been taught the ins and outs of what being a wing walker entails, so it’s time for the ground crew to get us into position and ������������������������������<�;����(��up to us. Nerves are sure to be rife as we taxi away ready for take off. Yes, the wind will most ���������:������ �����������(������������<�;��highlight for most people that dare to go wing

By Paula Allcroft

���7����8������������������������������ ��over the aerodrome. As you swoop in you’re just 100 feet above the ground perched on top of the Stearman plane. Now that’s what we call a charity wing walk experience! We would love you to sponsor us if you can, we both have sponsor forms with us most of the time otherwise donations can be made on:https://www.justgiving.com/Paula-Allcroft or by text by sending a text saying WWPA50 /��������� ���� �����������4���70070

Paula and Viv will boldly go on the 16th july

Our Story Bag competition which was tied closely to World Book Day was a great success this year. Staff and students put together props and materials to bring their chosen books to life. These are now in our story corner in the play hall for students and teachers to enjoy. Finding ��������������������8�� ��: �� ��q ������Headteacher Simon Brown and Assistant &���������)���$���������������������to two. This year’s champs are Green Island for their bag illustrating Hansel and Gretel and _���:����8�����������:���8���;��*�������Mermaid. Standards were very high this year so a huge thanks and well done to everyone who took part.

It’s in the Bag

Our Winners: Green Island and Rainbows

so looking forward to the jump as it’s part of my 50th birthday celebrations, but I ����������� �Z�_���(��z��years old and, of course he can’t wait to jump out of an aeroplane. Both causes are close to my heart. Rory and I

are hoping to raise enough money to make a difference in some way to both charities”. We would like to thank Bev and Rory in advance for supporting Victoria in this endeavour and �������������������������<�;��������������` ���������$��������XX|���zM���

Also bravely taking to the skies partly on our :���8�����������~���&�����Q ��������$���Vatcher and her son Rory who are taking part in a tandem parachute jump on the 10th April. Bev ����_�����������������������z����8���#�������and LEAF ( Leukaemia Educating & Fundraising �����4<�5%�3�8 ����������������� ����������and adults in Dorset and Hampshire affected by Leukaemia who are receiving treatment and have further needs. Bev comments “I am

Thanks to Bev and Rory

Bev Vatcher

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By Jen Williams

Sound advice from William

leaving their smartboard projectors on, so William Sabine has made posters to remind everyone to switch them off. We have also �����������������8���� ���������7�����students are doing a fantastic job of leading our meetings now. The students agreed to take it in turns and so far Akira, Charlotte and William have taken on the role. We hope you �������� ��������%���������������������8���some sun!

Akira spreads the word

Spring is here and the eco-committee have been preparing for our ‘Sports Mile’ sponsored walk. It will be a great way to raise money for other countries, enjoy our school grounds and ����7��:� ��������������<����������time it will be an opportunity for us to start our school strawberry growing competition. We hope to have a special strawberry day in the summer term when we will announce the winners and possibly enjoy some strawberry tastes too. Also along the walk each student �����7����/�������������:����4����8<Hopefully by the time you read this you will have your student’s leaf at home and will be busy working on the task written on the back. Classes were asked to think of suggestions for tasks and the response was great. Please let us know how you get on with your eco-tasks and any photos would be very welcome.Meanwhile we have had three eco-committee meetings and great enthusiasm from the students. We have noticed that classes keep

On the evening of March 17th, the residents of the Children’s Home enjoyed a celebration event to mark the end of the “Winter” section of their Sensory Outward Bound Challenge. Together with guests, they ate a lovely meal, then had an Awards Ceremony. The Westbourne Suite had been decorated for the occasion, and photos around the room were evidence of the varied experiences ������������: ��������������:�������silver and gold awards. Another award was for “WOW!” moments – when residents are ���������:������������Z�;������������signing, gaining independence skills, being thoughtful, and many other things. Everyone �������������������������������` ����:������ ���8���������������<�]�������������the Spring section of the Sensory Outward Bound Challenge…..

Children’s Home CelebrateBy Hazel Noyon

James Collects his prize

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We would like to say a hearty congratulations to Aaron and Vicky �������������:����8�������������<�5�����������5� ��������:����������q�� ������X<}�����������������M�:�z��<��� Introducing Amelia Louise

Neil Sackley, a reporter and presenter from BBC Radio Solent came into VEC to watch pupils using the Shiva software. The Shiva project had recently won a Times Higher Education Award. Amar, Sam M and Sam B demonstrated the software to Neil, each using the software to create their models in different ways: Amar used a touch screen, Sam M used his tablet computer and Sam B used an ��������������<'����������������������impressed. You can listen to the full interview again on our Youtube channel or by following this link: ��������<�� :�<������� :�`���]_'�

By Mark Moseley

Shiva on show

Neil Sackley from Radio Solent interviews Prof. Alexander Pasko

Class BE’s Charlie Street had a very special birthday treat this year in the shape of a giant pork pie! Staff and students in her class had the giant pie made through Paula Allcroft who trusted the task to The Crow Farm Shop in Ringwood. The result was a monster pie weighing in at just over one stone! Charlie thanks everyone for such a memorable gift and naturally, to divide it up, made a pie chart.

Charlie’s Pie Surprise

A happy Charlie with pie chart and pie

3�����������z������� ���������������#������<�] ����������Arts week will begin with a joint event organised by the Creative Arts department, the PE department and the Eco-committee. We invited all classes to take part in a sponsored ���7�/|��������� �������������� ���4������������������money for Sports Relief. Primarily we were raising money for sports relief but we also hope to raise awareness of health and exercise and to encourage the use and enjoyment of the school grounds. Check out the photo opposite with Aurasma.

VEC Runs a Mile

Congrats to the Gregory Family

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LorraineIt was with great sadness in January that we learned of the passing of former staff member Lorraine Maple. Lorraine started at Victoria ���*����:���z������������������������8������������������������assistant, encouraging and supporting students to achieve as much as they could. Many owe their progress into successful adulthood to Lorraine’s on-going and persistent input to their education and independence. Lorraine left us in July 2012 but many staff here still remember her time with us and kept in touch with her. Her friends from Victoria attended an uplifting service at St Clements Church in Parkstone where we were able to pass on our condolences to her family.

Dates for your DiariesThere is always a lot going on and it’s not always easy to keep up with those important events around the corner. Here are a few things coming up for you to add to your diaries so that you don’t have to miss out.

The CanAm car club have kindly chosen us to be the charity ����������������� ���������������� �������������� ������ ������� ��������������������������� ����� ��� ����������������������������������!����������������"��������� ������#� ������ ����� ���$���� ����!����� ���!��������

June 18th see pirates take ����%���&� �����' ����% ���( ����)���������� ����������������� ������������ ������������������ ������%�� ������%���������������������there.

"������ ��**���+ ����� ���������� �� ������ ������� ���� �$�����������������������������������������������,� �������������������������������������� ������� ��� ���� !�������������������������� ���������-� ��/��� ��� ������������������������� ������������������� ���� ��������!�����023�� ������������������!����*�������������#����������4 �)!�� ������� �������������� ���������� ��������������� �� ���������������������!����������� ��� ���������� ������ ����������������#�������!������� ������'�������������������������� �56�3�,���7�������������������������$��������!������������� � �� ���$���������������������� ����� ��/����� �- �9������� ������ ����� ���������� !��������������$� ��� �����!����� �������������������!���

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Features

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Welcome, Bienvenue & Wilkommen to a brand new feature in VEClife!Every edition Madame Stewart hopes to ����� ����� ���:����������������8��������from another language, usually with the help of a friend! Via the wonders of Aurasma technology, you can view short video clips and hear the language spoken with English subtitles making sure you understand. We hope that this will be an enjoyable way to share the fun of learning foreign languages and will enable you to listen, speak and learn with your child at home. To play along, all you

Lingo Lab

Join Hilary and Jaques for lesson 1

need to do is set-up your smart device with Aurasma (there are instructions on how to ����������������4�����������������8�q�Q ��������<�^���������������������� ��know how you get on and look out for more useful phrases in future editions of VECLife. Bonne chance, mes amis!

By Hilary Stewart

with Beth Kay

Creative Writing CornerDuring this half term the GCSE English Language group have been working really ���������������������������������Q ��<�It would be fair to say they have become experts! Senses, verbs, adverbs, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, simile, metaphor, �����������������������������������������are some of the key ingredients they put into their writing. If you need to brush up on your own creative writing skills and need some ideas on how to go about it, then either pop into a GCSE English lesson or stop one of the students in the corridor and they will be happy to share their tips with you.

One of their tasks was to create a description from this picture of a room. They were given no contextual information but just had to

use their descriptive writing tool kit.Read on for the original uncorrected results

As I creep into the cold mysterious run down �������������������:����������7� ��������feet. Wind hammers on the widow as though it was saying, ‘let me in’. Around me it feels empty but it is very cluttered….

Lottie It was a lifeless room, in the middle of the city. As I walked into the room there was the horrible smell of vermin, like old food gone off. I looked around the room, there was everything from an old wheelchair to plant �������������������������������<<

Charlie

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Connor������������������������������������decomposing room. Floorboards creaked and groaned as my wheels rolled over to inspect further. Feeling curious I take it all in and the �8�������8����7������� ������������� �to the point I couldn’t breathe. I hit a sharp ������8����:������������������������8��������������������������������������not touch anything. Rolling cautiously trying to dodge clothes scrunched and scattered �����������������������������8����������:������������ ��������<�*��7����I turned to focus on a window partly open ��������8������������� �<�%�����������and purr outside and the sounds of birds singing make me wonder what happened ���<�����������������8 ��� ��������:��7���and unloved, thrown on each other making me feel despair and sadness…..

EbonyThis room looks dangerous everywhere. The �����:���������(����7���8������������� �����up at the corners like an evil clown’s smirk. My heart is pumping fast, a shiver trickles ��������:��7<�����������������������������as if I were holding ice packs. Suddenly a cold gust of air past me like a lightening bolt. ��������������7�������� ���� ��� �������table which seems to be a decomposed rat. I have to get a closer look…..

JazzieSilence is in the room like you’re asleep. Walls are feeling bare and cold because they have nothing on. Wind howling against the windows. Being in the room makes you feel sick as everything is practically mouldy, Sad :��� ����� ���������� �����<��{ �����������your mouth…

RyanIt was so cold, I was dithering, because the window was open and the dust was making me choke. The tables were peeling. The lightbulbs were cracked because none of the lights were working. Wind came howling through the room, and it gave me goose-bumps…

LukeOpening the door, it was like I’d walked into another world, the place looked abandoned. ��������������������������:�����������������like they’d been thrown down, or fallen over… The paint was peeling off the walls, it wasn’t a pretty sight. The smell was another thing entirely.

SophieAs I walk in the lonely, dark, miserable room I can see the plaster peeling off the ceiling like ���������������<�;������7�����8��������:��������7���������:������8�������7���(��:�����followed.Howling winds sound like a ghost haunting me. I feel as cold as an iceberg as the wind coming through the window is hitting me fast like a lightening bolt.

The room is abandoned, howling winds blast thought the thin cracks. They whistle with sadness. You can hear the rain hammering against the roof and the crumbling plaster peels of the walls. 5������������������������������7��� ������������������������������������������������to get home. Hidden at the back is a Door It creaked as if something was there, the back room �����8��������� �������8�����������������������������������8��������<�;�����������7���(��hard to breathe.

�����7��������������������������������������� ������������<�������8�8��������8��������unopened and feel lonely. Rats scavenge for food but because of lack of food and the front door is shut they begin to eat each other. Sounds of an evil spirit slowly creep into the innocent room smothering it in darkens. Boxes of random stuff and staked on top of one another toppling over.

Robert

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Apps Amazing!������������� ��� ������������������~�������������������������������������������going to look at creativity and in particular some of the apps our students are using to express themselves artistically. The iPad, combined with appropriate apps, is an ideal device to support, foster and engage creative thinking, collaboration, interactivity, and learning. With its front and back facing cameras,microphone and portability, it is an engaging creative tool, even for the less naturally creative among us.With a bit of imagination the iPad can become an art canvas, an animation tool, a live instrument, amusic studio, a video editing suite, and much more besides.The option to add external devices via Bluetooth or its docking capability means the iPad can link to a guitar, a digital piano, synthesisers and other ‘controllers’. TheiPad can also offer an alternative means of recording, writing and presenting classwork, ����� ������ ��8 ��8�������� ������������traditional methods of writing and reading challenging. The following apps are spread across the whole spectrum of creativity and will hopefully help bring out the artist in all of you.

By AppleDescribing GarageBand’s extensive features would probably take the next four pages so I’ll keep it brief. If music is your thing then you need look no further as GarageBand has pretty much all bases covered. GarageBand turns your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio, so you can make music anywhere you go. Live Loops makes it easy for anyone to have fun creating music like a DJ, by triggering loops and audio effects in real time. You can use Multi-Touch gestures to play a piano, organ, guitar, and drums. They sound and play like their counterparts, but let you do things you could never do on a real instrument. Enjoy Smart Instruments that make you sound like a pro even if you’ve never played a note before. Plug an electric guitar or bass into your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch and play through classic amps and effects.

£3.99

Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.1 or later. Compatible with iPad and iPhone.

With Puppet Pals you can create your own ��Q ������������������������ �������real time. Simply pick out your actors and backdrops, drag them on to the stage, and tap record. Your movements and audio will be recorded in real time for playback later.Act out a story of Pirates on the high seas, ������������������������������������8���Wild West bandit on the loose. You can even combine characters however you want. The completed scene can then be exported to �� ����������������:�� ������������8�������in another app, such as Imovie. If you are ����������: ����{������(��^����/�z<��4��� �can access all options, including a range of characters and settings unavailable in the free version and the chance to use your own photographs as backdrops. You can also use images of yourself and crop the outlines to create puppets of yourself. Puppet Pals is intuitive and fun with the key ingredient being your own imagination.

Puppet PalsBy Polished Play, LLC

GarageBand

Instantly record a performance with support for up of 32 tracks but if it’s simplicity you want, GarageBands friendly user interface will have you playing like the greats in no time. You can then share your song using email, Facebook, YouTube, SoundCloud, or AirDrop for iOS.

£1.99Freeor

Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.1 or later. Compatible with iPad.

Doodle BuddyBy Pinger, inc. 79p

Freeor

This app offers a lot of fun ways to draw and stamp images either onto a preset background or a photo from the camera roll. As the name suggests you can doodle with �� ������������������� ������ �������������8����������7�������������� �����<�;����

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is a stamp tool which enables you to stamp clip art pictures onto your masterpiece and these come with sound effects which is a nice touch. To further personalise your picture you can also add text before saving to the photo album, sending to a friend by email or posting on Facebook. The one drawback on the free version are the pop up ������������������������: �8���X����� �����get the full featured app without them which is well worth doing.Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPad.

Ever wanted to be a comic book hero? Save ������������� �� ��Q ��� �����������Well, with Comic Touch 2 you can create and star in your very own comic. As with “I Can Animate”, take photos with your device’s in-built camera, import them into ����������������������:��7����������<�;���(����������;� ��������������������comic art styles from grunge, to halftones to classic with 20 combinations in total. The �������������zM������������������������professionally designed templates to start off with but more content is available as � ����� ���������� ���������X������<�You can then add your speech bubbles and �����������������88�������������������personalise your comic. It’s easy to preview exactly how your comic looks and when you are happy with the layout you can easily share it with family and friends or even send it to the printers to produce. All in all a great app to exercise your creativity.

Comic Touch 2By Plasq LLC Free

I Can AnimateBy Kudlian Software £2.29

�8��������������� ���������) ������*�8����(��I can animate is just the thing for you budding Nick Parks out there. With this app you can create stunning and exciting animation movies Q ��7�������������<�������� �����:����������of creating stop-frame animations to your iOS devices and then share them for all to see. I Can Animate has very useful features, you can capture frames to use on your built-in IOS camera before previewing them in the scrollable timeline. You can duplicate or reorder frames �����Q ��7��������������������������� �����`���as a whole. With standard and wide-screen ������������ ��������8 ���z����&{������<���you can’t go wrong.Compatibility: Requires iOS 5.1.1 or later. Compatible with iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch.

Talking PicturesBy Ivan Perre 79p

Talking Pictures is a clever little app that allows you to create up to ten touch activated ��7�������������������� ���������<�*������select an image and then draw around a particular object or area and you can then record sound which will be activated when that area is touched. You can use any image in Talking Pictures so it could be a family photo or a photo of your own drawing or design. With it’s easy to pick-up interface this is a great way to tell stories and develop your creative imagination. When you have ���������������� ���������������� �can then save it and email it directly to your friends.Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch.I hope you enjoyed my selections for being ����������������� �(��������������Z�����of these apps have been tried and tested :����:���Q ������������������7���<<<<<�� ��students. Take care and see you next time.

iMovieBy Apple

Used a lot by our older students for media ���`����������Q ����������������8��������������is no better streamlined movie editor for the iPad ���������<�~����� ����������������8����than its bigger Brother Final Cut, iMovie is nicely balanced for those that are absolute beginners and someone with a little more knowledge in this area. There’s not enough space to go fully into its many features so, simply put iMovie uses a simple tap and drag action to place clips into a timeline. From the timeline, you can trim your clips. There are also a good range of transitions, titles and audio options to complete your epic. 9� ���������������� �������������� ����� ��������8�����<Compatibility: Requires iOS 9 or later. Compatible with iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch.

£3.99

Compatibility: Requires iOS 7.1 or later. Compatible with iPad and iPhone, iPod Touch.

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����������� ������� ����Daniel Makinson Fox (inset)

Carmel House has sat nestled in a quiet corner of Branksome Park for over 130 years. As we go about our busy days around Victoria with so little time to spare, often, little thought is given to its origins and the lives lived out within its walls. As you would expect with a building this age its story is fascinating with a few twists and turns and

also a dash of mystery along the way.

Carmel’s story begins with Daniel Makinson Fox, a civil engineer from Hull in Yorkshire who ����:�������z�}�<�&����������������������engineer who built his reputation constructing railways through the mountains of North Wales and the Pyrenees. Through this work he was awarded the commission to build a railway ���*���^� ���$���������������������88���growing plateau with the state’s principal port. He was just 26 years old. The line was opened ���z�MX��` ����������������������������������deadline and budget. Fox had “Claremont” /�������&� ��(���������������4�: ������z��|�as a place to settle with his wife Mary and their family. Now in his 50’s Fox employed a cook, four maids, a groom and two nurses. Records indicate that in his 70’s he moved to London ���������������z�z�<

The next resident of Claremont was Reverend Edward Maude Scott who changed its name to “Birkdale”. Edward was well educated, attending Eton College and the Sorbonne in ^������������<�&������������������z�X|�����

became Rector of Orford Church in Suffolk in z�XX��������������8����|������<�

During his time there Maude Scott managed ���������z������8������ �����������������������������������z��M<�&���������������������z��z����������������$���7�������������8��������������������������<�&��then became Curate of All Saints Church in $���7����<�&����������z�zX��������: ��������Orford where he spent so much time.

;����������������8�$��7�����:�8������:������the Convent “Carmel House” was Joseph 5 ���<�&��� ���������� ������z��������was a wealthy man who had made his money in property development in the London area.

&��������� ���M������������������purchased the house and probably came here to be near his eldest daughter who lived

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Joseph Lucas with Wife Ann in 1895

“Claremont” in 1884. The house was �������������������������������

House of PeaceCarmel

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in the area. He was known as something of an eccentric with meticulous habits. He owned two Rolls Royce cars and a large collection of Majolica, Delft and Jacobean furniture which ����:�Q ���������$� ����� �%� ������{�������������� :��Q �����;��_ ������������ �� ����������������z��|<�

Birkdale was then empty for several years until z��X�������������Q �����:�������������order of nuns. The Nuns renamed the house �������������������������}���'����:���z��X�staying for 64 years. Life at Carmel was by no means easy for the nuns. As well as a strict regimen of prayer starting at 4.30am right up to 11.30pm at night, they had to work hard in order to pay their rates bill, taxes and fuel costs. They grew their own food from seed and made a meagre living by running a printing press for local people and businesses and producing hand painted cards. The Nuns also made Church vestments and shoes to sell.

Over the years the Nuns made many changes, ���������������/����������������������4����cloister and an enclosure wall selling 7 acres of land to fund them. One of Carmel’s most distinct 8�� ����������������������������������������all over Branksome Park. This was converted into a hermitage at one point and used by all the Sisters as a place of peace and prayer with a lamp burning in one of its twin windows. In the z�|���8 ���������������Q �����������' ���founded a graveyard in a peaceful spot in the trees with 16 of the Sisters being interred there. { ��������� �����8���z�X���������8���elderly Sisters needed permanent nursing and ����������������: ���/������{������ ���4<�With numbers dwindling and age creeping up �����*�����������������������z��z������should move on. Each chose a new home within the Carmelite organisation withSister Winefride being the last to leave in *����:���z�������������������7�:������������

the life of Carmel House. The remains of the former Sisters were exhumed and re-interred at their cemetery in Notting Hill. ;��*�8��: ���*��������Q ������������and the rest of the story is rather better known.

Having worked often in Carmel over the years I’ve always felt a sense of peace and contentment there which I like to think has been imbued in the very fabric of Carmel�� ��:�������������8�����������8 �������lives. There has been talk among staff and ���������8����� ����7���� ������������ ����around the house which has been described as very much a benign presence. One thing

is for sure, the Carmel Sisters would certainly approve of the work that is done in the house these days. To bring the story full circle, I recently heard tell about a grave stone in the grounds. I went to investigate one day and after clearing some undergrowth, and years of fallen leaves, I unearthed a marker for �{�����������q���z��z���<����������������������:����������7������������������that after all these years Carmel was still revealing it’s secrets. Acknowledgements��������&� ���:��&�����#������������*������ ����

Branksome, Illustrated London News, Wikipedia, Geni.co.uk, Flickr.

The mysterious marker

Sister Mary, one of ������������������

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Sensory CornerBy Nicky Hewitt

Sensory Stories in Drama Here in the Drama Department, we have been developing a new approach to our Sensory Drama classes. Mondays are sensory days and the studio is organised with a set and props to support all ��� ��������:�����8������*�������{�����������������;������������<�&��������������September 2015, these lessons have been developed in style, and the content for each term adapted so that we now run a Sensory Story for each class on a Monday. During the Summer of 2015, Nicky, the Drama Teacher at VEC, attended a training course led :��q������������/;��*�������^��`��4������������������������������8�*�������*�����<�;���� ��������������������:�������8����7�����8����������������7��������� �����������:��used to support it.

What are Sensory Stories? Sensory Stories are a special kind of story that can be written about anything you like. A sensory story partners concise text with strong sensory stimuli to convey a narrative. These stories have a simple form, of up to z�������������� �������������������������language. To accompany each sentence, there is a sensory experience that links to it. The reader says the sentence to the listener, whilst they explore the accompanying sensory experience or prop. Within each story, there is often coverage of all or most of the senses: taste, touch, smell, sight, hearing, vestibular and proprioception.When the story is told to the listener, the reader only says the words of the story and does not add in any other language. This allows a better link between the narrative and the sensory experience.

%����������������&�;�������������:�������8�*�������*�����<�By repeating the stories often, in exactly the same way, this allows the listener, our students, to become very familiar with the language and the narrative. This promotes communication and anticipation of what is coming next. The students can explore different sensory stimuli and show us their preferences, thus allowing future stories and experiences to be tailor made 8�������������� ����������� ���8�� ���������have similar sensory needs or preferences. Each student has their own set of sensory stimuli, so they can all experience them, at the same time, along side the correlating sentence. This makes the experience more powerful and �����������������������<�)���������Drama Technician at VEC, has been working really hard to create and maintain all of the sensory stimuli for the students. She has used lots of the ideas from Joanna Grace’s work and developed her own props too.

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Promoting communication and anticipation

Sensory stimuli conveys the narrative

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The impact of Sensory Stories at VECIn classes we have seen a really positive response to the Sensory Stories that we have been exploring. The vast majority of students are showing clear signs of anticipation of parts of the story and are communicating more often, in response to them. We have discovered the likes and dislikes of lots of the students and are better able to recognise when they express those opinions. The familiarity of the experiences linked to the narrative, is allowing some of the more able � ���������Q �������������������� ��������������������������������������������<

An example of one of our sensory storiesHere is one of the stories written for the students at VEC, with the accompanying sensory experiences. It is about an Indian Train journey:“The suitcases are heavy” hold a heavy suitcase“The train is coming” sound of approaching steam train“The train goes fast.... The train goes slow” travel round the room fast and slow“The sun shines through the window. The train is hot” hold heat pads“The waiter brings a drink of cool lemonade” pipettes of traditional lemonade to taste����������������� �������� �������������������������������������������smell Indian spices“Time to get off the train. It is raining. It is the Monsoon” trays and sprays of water “The train is leaving” sound of a train whistle���������� ����������������������������������������'����������� �*&All of the sensory props and experiences that we use are very cheap and easy to make. They could be easily recreated at home. There will be more information and opportunity to come and explore our resources, to inspire your own Sensory Stories and experiences later in the year, so watch this space!�8��� ����(������������ ��������� ��������7���q�����������(����:����/�������7�:����4�����follow her on Facebook and Twitter. On her Facebook page, she provides lots of photos and instructions on how to create your own sensory stimuli.

Joanna Grace’s website: http://jo.element42.org/, Email: [email protected]

With Hannah Powis

The SportsReportRotary Sports Leaders DayOur sports leaders took part in a two day event at the end of January in partnership with the _������� :<�]��; �������������������leaders were coached by Sue Todd on how to lead in a variety of sports including some old favourites, Table Cricket and Boccia and some new sports. The following day 6 schools came over to VEC where the sports leaders put their skills into practise leading all the sporting activities for the day! Well done to Joanne Sibley, Connor Ferris, Tom Truong, Hanna Baker, Spencer Owens , Ebony Robinson and Charlie Williams for a fabulous day enjoyed by all. Our Fab Sports Leaders

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S.W. Regional Boccia

Bournemouth Uni VisitOn Friday 22nd January the sports leaders attended a fantastic day held by the team at Sport BU. Whilst at the university the students were taken for a tour of the facilities, looking at the gym facilities and how adaptive these were. The day ended with a coaching session for the leaders provided by the Bournemouth University Hockey Coach. He took the students through some drills before giving them an opportunity to do some leading of their own. ;�����������������������������������:��������leaders where Hanna Baker scored the winning goal. We are now planning for Bournemouth University students to come to Victoria for a day of trying out some of the sports we like to play. A huge thank you goes out to the staff at Sport BU for making this trip possible.

Sponsored Push In order to fundraise for their trip to the Calvert Trust that is due to take place in May, some of Class CN completed a sponsored push this term. Charlotte Olive, Matthew Dean, William Sabine and Brandon Lee Real all put their rain coats on and braved the weather and headed down to Whitecliff to start the push. The students all made their way along the seaside path and got to the end location, Poole Quay. Thank you to everyone involved and family and friends for sponsoring the students! We are still awaiting all the sponsorship money and will let you know how much they raised when it is all in!

Some of you will remember that back before Christmas both of the schools Boccia �����Q �������8���������������8�$������tournament. The regional Boccia competition took place in Exeter on the 15th of March, both teams, Victoria A and B were drawn in the same pool. There was some fantastic game play and some great Boccia which resulted in both teams winning their semi �����������������������������������<�;���������������������������������Victoria A winning 4-3 and gaining a place in the nationals. Well done to Liam Drummond, Spencer Owens, Robert Ewins of Victoria A for winning the competition and Sophie ^�����������������������*���$�����8�Victoria B.

Pergins Swim 100 Lengths for Sport ReliefRobert Ewins, Alex Elliott, Hanna Baker and Charlie Williams swam alongside class team Hilary, Marilyn and Julia whilst Josh Houchen and Ebony Robinson assisted with lap counting. The team put in a fantastic effort and completed well over 100 lengths of the pool in under an hour. This was completed as part of a campaign the class had done to raise money for sport relief through different events held in January, February and March.

Esther receives some coaching

We did it!

That’s it for this edition. There are lots more sporting events planned for the summer term so check out The Sports Report in the

next edition of VECLife.

Team Boccia

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We’re on the Internet!

The

With Tony Rudd

Yes we’ve been busy Bees here at Vibe! We have been recording regular shows to be played on the MIXCLOUD website! So now people can listen in from anywhere, mums, dads, brothers, sisters and even your Great Auntie Ethel from Australia can listen in!!Log in to MIXCLOUD: VIBE RADIO AT VEC or follow the link from the schools website to hear JAKE AND BEN SPIRALLING OUTTA CONTROL, THE NO SHOW, SHOOT THE ROOSTER, WHEELER FORTUNE, RESI RADIO, FRIDAY CREW, FRIDAY VIBE, TOM AND CHARLIES WORLD BOOK WEEK SHOW and our new presenter LIAM DRUMMOND-BASS !! All this whilst putting your feet up and having a cup of tea in the comfort of your own living room!!

VIBE’s exciting new presenterDrama productions have been a plenty this term what with class LB’s Alice in Wonderland, LB’s 3 Billy Goats gruff, CN’s Jack and the Beanstalk and class BE’s Alternative Nativity in production in plenty of time before Christmas!!I’m also loving the student projects, BEN POVEY has written and narrated another story THE ALIEN CAT, AKIRA JACKSON has

competed in a TESTTONE DR WHO SPECIAL against a really nerdy Dr Who Fan known only ������']_�)�������Q ���������8����aplomb!! THOMAS HAZELTON from Class Explorers recorded his own Dinosaur story and it sounds great!!! He’s such a little star!!

The students also visited the BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA as they were rehearsing their “Heroes and Villains” concert and various reviews were conducted on the radio that contributes to their Arts Award! RYAN SKINNER also saw the BSO perform their set for RACHMANINOV and it has inspired his piano playing!!

The Radio Hero of this term though has to go to AKIRA JACKSON, his pure enthusiasm for radio and the jingle making process, lending his vocals to many voice overs on Vibe is excellent. He has ideas of his own and really shows he is committed to the Radio Process!! Go Akira!!And so to our new “Thought for the week” team, Matt and Amy!! A great new dynamic when it comes to the “thinking of the week” The best double act since Ant and Dec with a real knack of making the incredibly easy look exceedingly ��8�� ����������������(���7�������7������7��(�Go Amy and Matt!!

Jake and Ben now on Mixcloud

This term’s radio hero: Akira Jackson

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Sing, Dance, Act, Play.

With Belinda Ellicott

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BJO Perform Encore

BSO Heroes and Aliens

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Dancing Angels

For our Arts Award some of the students are creating their own pieces of music this year in groups, and so as part of our studies, we went along to the Lighthouse to hear the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal for one of their concerts. The � ������������8���������:�������������������Heroes and so it was fantastic to hear the theme from Star Wars, ET and Superman played live in a concert hall. It was also really interesting to see how the conductor stopped the musicians and made them practise certain pieces again to make sure they were all in time and playing together – something our groups can take back and use in their own work. It was also lovely to have one

of our parents playing in the orchestra so we could all wave and share the experience. The students have created radio shows about their experience which you will be able to listen to on MixCloud.

A fun day out

After last year’s successful visit from the $� ����� �q����]���������������delighted to welcome them back again on ���������3�:� ���<�������������8�������evening of live music played by top class professional musicians. We were brilliantly supported and were glad of the extra chairs ���������������Q ����Z�;�������������������|����������� �����7������7�everyone who supported the evening.

The amazing BJO raised £940

During the FoVEC Carol Concert this year some of our dance students showed �������������7�����:����������������angels and dancing while the Signing choir performed live. The students were beautiful and very professional despite having no rehearsal in the church before their performance. Well done!

This term the South West Open Youth Orchestra invited students from Victoria Education Centre to audition to become part of this exciting project. We are delighted to announce that Lottie Sharpe has been accepted to become part of the orchestra, and Philip Henderson has been offered a conditional place. For more information about the project see the link below:www.bit.ly/bbc-swoyo

SWOYO Hold Auditions

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CN Explore the Theatre

All Aboard The Polar Express

At Swan Lake with JW

As part of their Creative Arts studies towards their Explore Arts Award, Class CN visited the �����������������������$����$���<��They had a great time and the show was �������������������������������������������������Z��3������<

Matt and Jo Check out the programme

A Fine Festive Finale

We decided to hold our 3rd annual whole school Christmas party last December with a Polar Express theme. This tied in nicely with the termly theme of Travel and Transport. The event was run and organised by the Creative Arts Team and assisted by the Events Management students. All students were invited to attend and there were games including parcel slides, knocking down elves and pass the parcel. We had snow, letters to Santa, a puppet theatre and a chocolate fountain plus Jamie Jigsaw visited and created balloon sculptures for all the students. Our relaxation area complete with bubbles was popular and ticket punch art and train decorating was also a hit with the students. Everyone also went home

with a bell to represent the spirit of Christmas ` ����7�������<�~�������������8�������and everyone was really in the mood for the Christmas holidays.

Next term in our Dance lessons the theme is water and so we decided it would be a lovely plan to go to see a ballet based on the story of Swan Lake with Class JW. For some of our � �����������������������������������and so it was a really exciting trip. Our favourite bit was when the storyteller asked us to join in the mime with the Prince and ]����/��*����^�������4<�~������������real life ballerina who was in the audience too and showed her our swan arms.First time at the Theatre

This year’s end of term service at St Aldhelm’s Church was a bit different in that the whole school were involved. The house band of Mike, Harry, Aaron, Matthew and Connor accompanied us all in singing and signing all the songs whilst Amar and Sam Bird played beautifully on the soundbeam for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Isn’t He Lovely? All the students dressed appropriately for their section of the Nativity story and our older students provided the

narration to tell us the story. The whole service was rounded off by a fantastic rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas as you have never seen it before, performed by Class CN. A fabulous turn out from parents and supporters and a lovely way to end the term.

“Snowman” Tiago and Jess get into the spirit

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Catch-up

A look back at this term’s classroom activities

from Rainbows to Pergins

Classroom This issue

Rainbow’s Round-UpBy Beth Kay

Rainbows

Class LB

Green Island

PerginsClass BE

Lifeskills

Class JW

Furzey

Class CN

~������������� ������`����������������with class Rainbows. It has been lovely getting to know the students and staff. We have been �����������8���������������7����� ������������snow dough, tearing up toilet tissue and mixing it with grated soap and coca powder to make ‘clean’ mud for the Bear Hunt story, making our ����������/������������ �Z4�������������Tabby Mctat The Busker’s cat and mixing food colouring with condensed milk to create our own sticky paintings.

World book day was great fun! It was brilliant to see all the students dressed up. I couldn’t tell who was who for the day, staff and students alike! We had acrobats, ringmasters, mermaids, � ������������������������������������<���was good fun making our own book bag for the ‘Singing Mermaid’ and even better that we were joint winners of the book bag competition.

�������)�������:����: �����7�����������radio jingle which we listen to every morning before the story on Vibe radio. Ama has been has been working hard on her ‘VEC’s Got Talent’ entry, keeping it a surprise from us all until the performance. We have thoroughly enjoyed

Callie, Nathan, Honey and Asher sharing all their favorite things with us in Show and Tell. We look forward to sharing special things from the rest of Rainbows after the Easter holidays.

All of the class has had lots of successes in swimming, resonance and music therapy sessions over the last term.

The tiny room adjoining Rainbows is almost ��������������� �8 ������������������������lighting, a UV carpet and our very own sound beam and projection facility.

Spring has well and truly arrived in Rainbows as we have been venturing out into the school grounds, enjoying a sensory walk and making plans for the rejuvenation of the small garden adjoining the class.

We hope you all have a lovely Easter, from all the staff and students in Rainbows.

Dressing up for Book Day

Messy Play is Fun

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By Sally White

Story and Spring Time Fun with Class JW

Christmas seems so long ago now but our new term began well after children and staff returned from their festive break. Class JW began by planting bulbs in planters outside and pots inside. )�������7���������� �����������(��8�����of getting her hands dirty and actually proved to be a wonderful little gardener overall. Since then ��: �:������:�� ���������������8���������������������������������������������8�����blooming fantastic array of tulips outside.

;��������������*�����(�����������������������with our young students. They have enjoyed walks to the local library in Westbourne where we were made to feel very welcome and were able to choose some traditional and some not so traditional stories (you know what I am ��7�����:� ����(��� �&�����Z4�&����������������engaged whilst listening to The Three Little Pigs with sound effects and kept wanting “More!”

Tuesday mornings have been great fun with the class OT session reading and performing ‘Stick Man’ and ‘Aliens in Underpants’. The students have been able to work and play at the same time and so fun has been had by all. James and Naseem who love funny stories have particularly enjoyed themselves and often have us all in �����<�~����������� �������];��/�� �7���

����� ����4����������Z�&�����������������more!”As part of dance we were lucky enough to ���������� ����������������������in Southampton and see an interactive performance of ‘Swan Lake’ by Birmingham’s Royal Ballet Company. It was a rare treat and everyone enjoyed it. Class JW certainly know how to put a bit of culture into their lives.At the beginning of February our students celebrated the Chinese New Year with music

and making dragon puppets that looked just fantastic after they had been painted with yellow and red sparkly paint...nothing like a bit �8�������������������������Q ����ZValentine ’s Day came and went and what better way to tell your Mum you love her than to make your very own love heart chocolates....so we did. (Mums love chocolates if you didn’t 7���4������� ��������������8 ������especially liked watching the chocolate trickle into the mould. It didn’t even get really messy, well maybe just a little later on. Talking of getting messy, there was one other occasion /��� ������������:������������������ ���4�that involved a little messiness ….enter Brooke who knows how to do messy play in style. Oh dear it looks like a bit of chocolate may have fallen into her mouth by mistake. Never mind Brooke we will just have to do it all again next week. What a shame!

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“We’ll huff and we’ll puff”

Brooke enjoyed making chocolates

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as Gran

as Johnie

Abbie Graham as MumLottie Sharpe as Mickey

and Vera Lynn

“Johnies Blitz”

A Class CN Radio Play

Also Featuring

Brandon Lee-Real

Charlotte Olive

Matt McClean as Grandad

Tony Rudd as Uncle Harry

A VIBE Radio Production MMXV

Now Available on VIBE ON-Demand

We also recorded an audio version of a play called Johnny’s Blitz which you can listen to on

Mixcloud.

CN’s Blitz KidsIn Class CN we have been studying World War II this term. %����:����������������������(��~�����������:� ��������called Carrie and her brother Nick who are evacuated from London to the Welsh countryside. They went to stay with Mr Evans and Aunty Lou who lived above the shop they owned. We all had to imagine we were Carrie and write a letter home to Mum. Here are some extracts from the letters we wrote:“Leaving London was hard because I had to leave you and all of my things. The train journey was long”. :�������� �;��“I felt a bit cautious when I got to the hall because I was waiting for someone to pick me. A man and woman picked me. They have lots of food because they live over a shop”.:4� ������"����;“There is a man called Mr Evans who I am a bit scared of because he is very strict and does not like noise at meal times. Aunty Lou is nice and kind”. :)�����<� � !;

By Class CN

The Omivista has been tried and tested around the school and in Class JW it is proving to :���������� �����<�~������������������<������especially loves getting down on the wedge and listening to the water sounds in the realistic pond ����:�<��&�������������$���7������������how it’s done, showing interaction as well as ����������������������`������<<<����Q ���sweet really.

"��� and Brooke using OmiVista

At the end of February we had two trainee teachers join our class. They joined in everything from horse riding to swimming, World Book Day fancy dress to therapy sessions. Holly really enjoyed having Jonny help her make her Mother’s Day card. Ooops I think Holly’s hand may have slipped. Do you think Jonny has noticed?

SCITT trainee Jonny helps Holly

Class JW have had a great Spring term. It has been full of great activities and learning where the students have been able to show their abilities whilst having fun (the best bit).

Thank you to the parents who have helped to support them. We hope to have another amazing term after the Easter break...just with better weather!

Recently three of the students in Class BE went on a life skills trip to Primark in Poole. They impressed the staff with their driving and independence skills. They travelled to Poole on the public bus and shopped for an item of clothing for themselves. It was a very successful trip and all three of the students felt very proud of their efforts. Well done Danielle, Reece and Akira you were a credit to the school!

BE Hit the Shops By Charlie Street

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“Mad Hatter” Tony with the Gang

By Lisa BoyesLB in WonderlandThis term Class LB have been looking at the story of “Alice in Wonderland”. We have recorded our own play script with the help of Tony Rudd and then on Friday 26th February we hosted our own “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party” where the students invited VIPs and made food for everyone to share.Everyone had a fantastic time and the students ��������������������������������������������cut of their play!

Who is it?

;���������Q �����������������(�������� �����World Book Day 2016! Everyone looked ��������������� ������� ���������������disconcerting in Arne Class as there seemed to :����8�������������� ����ZZ��/���������X�%�4We all got to parade in our disguises to launch the day before heading off to various book inspired activities. Rainbows Class enjoyed story time in the drama studio, when the GCSE class popped in to share a book or two! Other classes worked furiously on their book bags for the competition. 3 ����������������������:��7�:���8���_�����Dahl’s The Witches, trialled ‘magical’ science experiments to see if they were worthy activities

By Kathryn Webb

for the book bag......who knew you could make a plastic cup sound like a duck or move a drinks can without touching it! All afternoon, there was much activity in the drama studio where a photo booth had been set up. Disguises in the form of wigs, hats, masks, glasses of every shape and colour were provided for students and staff to disguise themselves once more for the identity parade competition. The photographic results were displayed in the play hall the next day for all to guess. We discovered that the school’s best detectives are Charlotte Olive and Jo Grant!! Nothing gets past these keen observers.......you have been warned....

We’re Going to Holton Lee!3 �����������������������8��������8�������they have raised enough money to fund their residential trip at Holton Lee. We will be there for two nights 11th-13th April. The class and staff have been busy all through the Autumn Term making items to sell. We would like to thank everyone who bought from our stalls at the Christmas Fayre, after the Harvest Festival and Christmas Carol Service or even supped the soup we sold one cold October lunchtime. It has been a huge undertaking and we are all very excited about our forthcoming adventure!!������������3 ���������������:����: ���������during the Spring Term. In English we put our party planning skills to the test and invited many of our friends to a lovely ‘Beat the Winter Blues’ party complete with party food, games, decorations, music and dancing.

Household Shopping has been the focus of Life Skills lesson this term so we have been out and about visiting the Westbourne High Street and local supermarkets to practise our shopping skills. Tesco even invited us to take part in a tour and we had a brilliant afternoon exploring all areas of the shop including the bakery, the ��������8����������8����������������� ����and the highlight.........going up in the delivery lift (high enough to reach the top deck of the double ���7�������������������4<�;��7���������������team at Tesco for making us so welcome and giving us such an interesting and informative tour!

The Staff and Students celebrate

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Green Island have been welcoming Spring with some tidying up! Our ASDAN course on the environment asks us to improve an indoor and outdoor area, so we have scrubbed and polished the class using vinegar and bicarbonate of soda /��������:�����7�4�������������������� �� :��with new plants. Our composting efforts are going very well – so far we have not had to buy any, but are using the resulting soil from our bin outside class. We recycle all our suitable scraps from fruity snacks and food tech lessons. All very pleasing and eco-friendly.

~�������������� ����������������������$��7�Bag competition (along with our splendid sister �������_���:���4<�;��7��� ���)�����~�::��for organising the events round World Book Day. Although Cameron was rather nonplussed by Angie in a wig.

Our class communication work is paying dividends, and we have been especially proud of Amy’s efforts in making very clear choices during our morning greetings. Cameron is also beginning to use photo cards successfully to select drinks, people and ICT activities. Tiago’s guitar skills are so fantastic he is being entered in VEC’s got talent, along with Megan and some of her singing. We like to think she is a bit of a raconteur, as she passes comment on class activities, and makes the odd knock knock joke. It’s the way she tells ‘em.

*����������������������������������������Dubai, and then her grandmother in India. We are delighted she is back safe and sound. Andrew missed her and insisted on greeting her using his Cheaptalk most mornings, so we had to shout our hellos to her very loudly while she was away. Andrew has been completing several

challenges for his ASDAN Transition Award, including organising an Easter nibbles party for a friend from his former class. However, his funniest moment recently was discovering an old talking switch which alerted us to the fact “A baby has been born – in Bethlehem!” This has Andrew giggling hugely when he presses it in place of his morning greeting. Hope has been really enjoying using the Omivista – like a sort �8���������������<��*����������7�����������and sounds change. She is also very taken with our work on Light and UV in the MILE room.

As usual, many many thanks to the fabulous team of people who support the class: including, but not limited to, therapists, student support workers, ICT support, Andy in rehab, and to our supportive and lovely parents.

Green Island Welcomes SpringBy Margaret Humphreys

A young Elvis? No it’s Tiago

A touch of spring

Megan cooks up a treat.

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Pergins Spring Term Fundraising ProjectBy Hilary Stewart

Oral hygene with Jean HoustonThe glamourous Sophie

At the beginning of January, Class Pergins decided to do some fundraising for charity. After much discussion, we chose to support the Sport Relief 2016 charity as most Pergins students are keen sportsmen and women so this would give us the opportunity to do something active. Lots �8�����������������������: ������������������organise 3 events – a cake sale, a sponsored silence and a sponsored ‘Swim 100’ with the whole class team of students and staff aiming to swim 100 lengths of the school pool.

The cake sale was a great success. The range ����Q ������8�����7��������:��� �������������������������88������������<�~�����beautiful cupcakes, chocolate cake, ginger cake, crispy cakes and a very impressive coffee cake brought in by the visiting new Chairman of ����������/;��7��� Z4�~������������������ ������������8�: �� ��������7��7��88�� �����`��<

;����������:��7��8�����8��������� ����������our second fundraising activity – a sponsored silence. We had a couple of students absent that day, which made things a bit easier as boy, do Josh and Rob love to chat! Everyone else managed to be just about silent throughout our �<}����z�<}������������������������������8�control and team spirit.

Everyone likes cakes!

Josh and Ebony count the lengths

Finally, we completed our Swim 100 challenge on March 11. Students taking part in the water were Rob, Hannah, Charlie and ��������q ����/*;�4����������/;�4������������in the pool to do our bit. We had our poolside support team of Josh and Ebony, assisted by * ��/;�4���7������������8���������(���������keep track of the overall total and provide cold water drinks! All the swimmers did brilliantly with most exceeding their target total and really giving it their all. We had fantastic support from the PE staff – Sharon, Jason, Dan and Martin in the pool and Ali and Rhi poolside to assist. Andre also joined us in the water and we were cheered on by Class Arne, which gave us great encouragement. By the end of the session, we had collectively �� ���������8�z}M���������������������achievement for Pergins students. This total is also set to grow as a couple of students are adding to it in their individual hydrotherapy sessions.

We’ve had fun with all our activities and it’s been made even better knowing that we’ve made a difference to other people’s lives through the great work and projects that Sport Relief fund around the world.

Marilyn, Hanna and Julia in action

A great success

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In February, classes Arne and Pergins started a new Life Skills unit to ‘Make a simple meal’. As part of the preceding unit, ‘Household Shopping’, both classes had split into two groups to visit nearby Lidl and Tesco stores. Each group within the class had an identical shopping list. Arne students were buying ingredients to make a simple pasta bake, whilst Pergins bought items needed to cook a basic pasta Bolognese dish. The shopping trips were a very useful opportunity to look at the different products available at each shop and also to practise communication and numeracy skills, as each student had to purchase an item, paying for it and collecting change.Products were then taken back to school, where prices were compared and value for money considered.

Products bought, it was then time for the Team Tesco and Team Lidl in each class to go into battle in the kitchen to see who could produce the tastiest meal. Class Arne had the extra pressure of cooking for that well known gourmet and food connoisseur, Angus Collins!

On both occasions, the food tech room was like a scene from ‘Ready Steady Cook’ – two teams stirring, frying, peeling, chopping, draining and grating. In class Arne, Joanne was always busy and very good at washing up! Abi and Sophie grated cheese like professionals and Tom once again demonstrated his kitchen chopping while Liam and Josh went head to head at the hob!;������������ ������������������������and everyone took their meal portion home for dinner. Chief taster Angus had a very close decision to make, separating Team Tesco and Lidl in Class Arne but by a whisker, awarded honours to Team Lidl for perfectly cooked pasta. In class Pergins, ���������������������������� ���������Q ������������ ���������������differences – three colour and wholewheat pasta, added garlic and herbs.

All the students involved worked brilliantly and hopefully enjoyed developing their own skills and knowledge for a more independent future. Well done, everyone! Perhaps a pop up restaurant next!

Let’s Cook!By Hilary Stewart

Decision time!

The lads stir up a treat

Hanna prepares the ingredients

Joanne keeps a careful eye on things

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Class Pergins have been working hard in their Employability lessons this term, focusing on developing interview skills that can improve performance at college or job interviews. We’ve ���7������� ����������8�Q �����������������individualised answers to some and also learned about non-verbal communication strategies, pre-interview preparation and personal presentation. We were very lucky to have a visit from Julie Childs from local company, Poole Lighting, who kindly agreed to come and give students an insight into how she has developed a career ��������������:�����/�^4<�q ��������7������urge students to have high expectations, to work hard and to push themselves forward to achieve their dreams and ambitions. During the visit, Julie also conducted a short mock interview with one of our students, Charlie Williams. Charlie very bravely volunteered to do this with the rest of the class observing and wasn’t feeling one hundred percent on the ���<�&����������������������������Z�&��

You’re HiredBy Hilary Stewart

�������������������������������������������������<�~���� �������������:�������8���preparation we had done in previous lessons, �����������Q �������������7����������8�appropriate answers. Everyone (students, ��88���������������4��������������impressed and could really appreciate what a difference good preparation could make to their performance. And as for Charlie – the unanimous decision was, ‘Charlie – you’re hired!’

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