Thank you for the many generous donations and messages of support. Students and staff had a lot of fun throughout the week whilst remembering the College's history and heritage. The final amount raised is still to be finalised, but we estimate that we have raised  £10,000 for the Victoria College Foundation, a record amount. 

To enable parents to have a better idea of what our KS3 students are studying in their PSHE lessons and to spread these conversations out of the classroom and into the home, we would be delighted if you could adopt our dinner table discussions into your weekly schedule.

Each week there will be questions that you can ask your child, that will link into their learning from PSHE that week and hopefully prompt interesting conversations. This term in PSHE Year 7 are exploring the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Year 8 are exploring media literacy and Year 9 are considering masculinity.

This week's questions:

Year 7 - Joint PSHE, how did you find your joint PSHE this week ? What were the challenges? What were the successes? 

Year 8 - Do the positives of social media outweigh the negatives? 

Year 9 - What effect can social media have on body image? How might selfies and photo filters affect the way we feel about ourselves? 

If your son needs to bring medication of any kind to College, it must be handed in to the staff in the medical bay. It will be kept there in safety, until your son needs it. This includes aspirin, paracetamol or ibuprofen, as well as more specific medication. Please keep us informed if your son is taking a course of medication that might require him to take doses during the day, so we can support.

Due to high demand, Motion Studio Animation club have offered us two club slots next term. Starting after half-term, we will have Wednesday after school from 3.35pm to 4.35pm and Friday lunchtime 1.05pm to 1.55pm.

Sign up will be via our new co-curricular portal, SOCS. Details of when sign up will be available will be in next week's newsletter. The club costs £66 for 6 sessions and the payment process will be confirmed after sign up. 

Victoria College choir and the Harmony Men are joining forces in November to perform a charity concert.  We are aware that there are fewer men engaged with singing in Jersey's choirs, theatre groups and as soloists, and we are therefore looking to re-generate that interest before It's too late.

We are sure you remember singing the College Carmen, or songs at sports fixtures: singing together is an integral part of team building.

We are inviting you to join us for a concert finale comprising three meet and greet evenings during which we will put together a song for a concert where we hope to have over 100 men singing together. We will showcase our project on Thursday 23 November at our November charity concert, “100 Men Aloud” with The Harmony Men and The choirs of Victoria College, but would also like to use the opportunity to make a recording of a song for the Christmas Appeal here in Jersey.

We are offering 3 meet and greet evenings at which we will rehearse together. We all know the health benefits of singing; the gauntlet is cast; please send an email to the Director of Music, Francis Murton (f.murton@vcj.sch.je) or complete the form here if you are interested in taking part:

100 Men Aloud Sign Up

Tickets are now live for Victoria College's 152nd annual House Drama event! Don't delay - book your ticket for two of the best evenings of the year to see Diarmid, Braithwaite, Dunlop, Bruce and Sartorius go head-to-head once again in an effort to acquire the title of 'House Drama winners 2023'.

We have an excellent range of plays again this year, and we would welcome you to join us to support our superb casts as they aim to both entertain and raise money for our House charities!

Thank you all for your wonderful support! Please register for one or both evenings via the link below:

House Drama Registration

• Dick Moore talk, 'Coping with your adolescent' - Tuesday 31st October, 7-8pm, Great Hall. For more information and to register, please click here.

JCG Sixth Form students are hosting a joint Year 7 and 8 Disco from 6-8pm on Tuesday 31 October. Nightingale and Curie Fry Houses are organising the event in aid of their House charities, Philips Footprints and Parkinson's UK.

Please find below the link to purchase a ticket for the event, with tickets available for £5. This event will be staffed by VCJ and JCG staff and Prefects.

Year 7 & 8 Disco - Sign Up

Please find the link below to next year’s Activity Week programme scheduled to take place in the last week of the Summer Term from Monday 15 to Friday 19 July 2024.

Please read the booklet carefully with your son and complete the final online registration listing your 3 choices (information found at the end of this booklet) by no later than Wednesday 1 November 2023 if you intend to select an off-Island trip. The final deadline for all other on-Island entries will be Friday 12 January 2024.

Activity Week Programme 2024

The School Nursing Team will be visiting the College on the morning of Monday 9 October 2023 to administer the flu vaccination to students in Years 7 to 11. Please may we ask that consent forms are completed and returned to the school office as soon as possible.

Flu Vaccination Consent Form

Please find below the link to a letter about Careers Guidance meetings taking place with all Year 9 students: 

Year 9 Interviews - Parent Letter

In Year 10 all pupils across Jersey take part in the Trident Work Experience scheme. At Victoria College, students will be on placement from Monday 3 - Friday 14 June 2024.

There will be an assembly in school for students on Monday 9 October to launch the scheme. This will be followed by an online parent launch meeting at 6pm on the same day when you can find out more about the programme, how you can support your son during the selection and planning phases and also ask any questions. Please use the link below to join the meeting:

Trident Parent Meeting

We are fortunate at Victoria College to be able to offer, within our Sixth Form programme, a broad range of co-curricular courses and activities that enrich the experience of our students and offer useful additions to the boys' CVs and UCAS forms.  Please find below a link to a letter about the Sixth Form Enrichment Programme.

Enrichment Parent Letter

Please see attached a letter detailing an opportunity provided to our Sixth Form students by the Neil Hussey Heart Charity. Please note the limited places available, and the closing date for applications of Friday 20 October.

Neil Hussey Charity Parents Letter