We are constantly trying to improve the education that we offer students at Victoria College and are now at the stage in the school year where we need you to tell us how well you think we are doing and how we can improve the things that are important to you. Please spare 10 minutes to complete a questionnaire by using this link and logging on using the password provided below.

The case-sensitive password is: VCJ99802Pa

By completing the questionnaire, you will be telling us how you think we should be spending our time and resources, to make our College the best that it can be for your son. Each completed questionnaire is vital in finding out what parents think. Your answers will be treated in the strictest confidence and will make a difference to how we run the school and plan for the future.

Your son has also been invited to complete a survey which is available via the daily briefing. We would be grateful if you could encourage him to complete it. It is anonymous and will only take 10 minutes.

Thank you in advance for your help.

There's just one more week until the deadline for submitting your artwork for ArtEquals. We're very excited to see all your artwork - please ensure that when you hand in your piece(s), you attach this form fully completed (hard copies can also be collected from School Office).

Don't forget, it can be any medium, any size-painting, drawing, collage, photography, ceramics, textiles…

As well as raising funds for the future Victoria College Wellbeing Garden, students will be able to keep up to 50% of their sale proceeds at the ArtEquals exhibition and auction on Friday 30 June in the Great Hall!

Do you have an orchestral instrument lurking in a cupboard or loft at home that's not being used? With so many boys playing instruments we would like to ensure we have enough capacity for next year's in-take and wonder if you may consider donating it to our Orchestra Project. Please do let Director of Music, Mr Murton, know (f.murton@vcj.sch.je) if you would like to lend or donate.

Following Mr Falle’s efforts in running 2022km in 2022, we have continued our support of the Grace Crocker Family Support Foundation by engaging in their February challenge of walking, jogging or running the distance from Jersey to Southampton, with each of our Year groups taking this on either as a cohort or within smaller teams. The Foundation provides financial and emotional support to families of children receiving medical care, and more information can be found here.

To further support the Foundation in raising funds and increasing awareness of the support that they provide, we are once again organising a 'Fun Run' on Sunday 2 July at 10:00 on the cycle track at Les Quennevais. To find out more and register, please click on the link below:

Grace Crocker Family Support Foundation Fun Run Letter

Grace Crocker Family Support Foundation Poster

The College is delighted to continue to offer the pupils such a wide range of amazing opportunities next term on top of all the Sport, Drama, Music, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, CCF, academic clubs and trips that will also be running.

Please click on the link below to find out more about times and locations of clubs, how to sign up and details of a brand new exciting club!

Clubs & Activities - Summer Term

This is a choir for boys in Years 5-8 at VCP and VCJ. Our Foundation Choir has been established for a couple of years now, with both schools working in collaboration.  We are auditioning for new singers for entry from after May half-term and September 2023.

If you have a boy in Year 7 who would like to audition for the Foundation Choir, please complete the form:

Foundation Choir Form

Please find below the link to an assembly for Years 7-9 this week on the subject of Kindness. We believe that all students should feel comfortable and safe within our community; they have the right to learn, the right to be themselves and the right to be happy. Talking about this in relation to kindness in assemblies is just one of the ways in which we are embedding a Culture of Kindness and respect in all areas of life at Victoria College.

Kindness Assembly, Y7-Y9

Letters for each activity are in the process of coming out detailing important information relating to your son's Activities Week choice and information on making payment.

PGL Sussex

If your son is attending the upcoming Activities Week trip to PGL Sussex, please could you send his passport information to Marilyn Cox. (m.cox@vcj.sch.je)

This could either be a photograph of the passport ID page attached to an email or you could add the following information:

• given names as it is shown on the passport
• date of birth
• passport number
• expiry date (ensure it has more than 6 months to run).
• issue date

The letters explain any final payments still due for Activities Week.

Please contact Head of Clubs & Activities, James Townsend, if you have any queries (j.townsend@vcj.sch.je).

Year 7-10 will complete their End of Year Exams in the week beginning Monday 22 May. Please see attached letters with regards to revision materials and examination timetables.

Year 7-9 Exams Letter

Year 10 Exams Newsletter

Year 7 Timetable

Year 8 Exam Timetable

Year 9 Exam Timetable

Year 10 Exam Timetable

Please find below a list of key dates for your diary:

Training - Monday 19 June in school, all Year 9 doing DofE 

Practise Walk A - Tuesday 27 June, half year group in their DofE groups

Practice Walk B - Wednesday 28 June, half year group in their DofE groups

Friday 30 June - Preparation for the expedition in school for all Year 9 doing DofE. Should only need 3 lessons. (tbc)

Expedition A - Monday 3 to Tuesday 4 July, half year group

Expedition B - Monday 10 to Tuesday 11 July, half year group

Should any of these dates be problematic for parents, please do let DofE Manager, Mrs Blackmore (m.blackmore@vcj.sch.je) know so that she can allocate the correct expedition training and session for your son.

Bronze Expedition Checklist 2023

10 to Sixth Day is a day for Year 10 students to start considering their options after their GCSE examinations. Last week, Mr Falle spoke to Year 10 about the day and the subjects available to them on the day and he has since sent a letter to Year 10 via ShowMyHomework and their tutors.

Please find attached a parent letter about 10 to Sixth day, to include a link that needs to be completed by Year 10 students, with the support of their parents, by Friday 26 May.

10 to Sixth Day - Parent Letter

Please find attached a letter for Year 11 parents regarding the Sixth Form transition day, which takes place on Tuesday 27 June for all Year 11 students who wish to return to Victoria College for A Level studies.

Year 11 Transition 2023

A number of planned revision sessions are available during exam leave. The attached schedule shows revision sessions open to all students. Students may also attend smaller group or 1-2-1 sessions by prior arrangement with their teachers, and of course teachers can be contacted by email to offer feedback on any practice questions etc. A study room will be available for students who wish to work at College during study leave. Revision sessions will take place in classrooms in the relevant department areas and will be signposted accordingly.

Exams and Revision Timetable

Please note that students with afternoon examinations before Study Leave may choose to study at home in the morning of their examinations. Please email attendance@vcj.sch.je to inform us of your son's absence, which will be authorised as exam leave. Please check examination start times carefully and arrive in good time for the start of the exam.

Exam Clash. There are 25 students who have three exams on Wednesday 7 June and these have been re-arranged as per the attached schedule. After the Multiple Choice Chemistry exam at 11.30am students will all go into isolation for one hour before their History exam in the afternoon starting at 1.30pm. Phones will not be permitted in the isolation room, and it is also important to bring lots of food and drink as they will not be permitted to go to the Bistro or off site into town. Any queries, please contact Examinations Officer, Ms Liz Croft (l.croft@vcj.sch.je).

Examination Clash Information - Wednesday 7 June

Year 11 and 13 students should return their school books in the week commencing Monday 19 June. Mr Wooldridge will be based in the Temple for students to return their books, and students can speak with him in advance to confirm which books they have loaned out. Books not returned by Friday 23 June will be charged for at a rate of £20 per textbook and £10 per Library book.