Ticket Booking

Tickets are now sold out for the first night but there are still some left for the second night - don't delay and book your ticket for some of the best entertainment of the year as Diarmid, Braithwaite, Dunlop, Bruce and Sartorius go head-to-head once again in an effort to acquire the title of 'House Drama winners 2023'.

To register, please follow the link below

House Drama Registration

Logistics

If your child is in Bruce or Sartorius House and is involved with the play, he will be expected to stay at school until the end of the House Drama performances. If you would like for your son to have a Domino's Pizza on Monday after school, please pay £10.50 to the following account:

Account Name: Victoria College School Fund
Sort Code: 40-25-34
AC No: 31237632
Ref: Son’s Surname + Bruce/Sartorius

Please fill in this Microsoft Form to confirm your order.
House Drama Food Order - Bruce and Sartorius House

Otherwise, if your son would like food, he will need to bring his own packed dinner.

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 - Why might children around the world struggle to access their rights?  

Year 8 - Should writing and spreading fake news be a crime? Why? 

Year 9 - Have you heard any stereotypes about LGBTQ+ people? Where do you think these ideas come from? 

For any student that did not receive their vaccination on Monday 9 October 2023, please find attached a list of drop-in clinics.

Nasal Flu Drop-in Clinics

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. Please note the sign up windows below for the two Clubs. In the interest of fairness, Y7 will be able to sign up slightly earlier. Boys may not sign up for both clubs, and priority is given to those who have not signed up to this club already this year. 

Y7 – sign up opens 12pm on Friday 13 October and closes on Thursday 19 October at 8pm.

Y8 & 9 – sign up opens at 5pm on Friday 13 October and closes on Thursday 19 October at 8pm.

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

• 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

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

Year 9 Interviews - Parent Letter

• Mrs Blackmore has been into 3 tutor groups so far; all the students that she has spoken to have lots of good ideas and have asked clarifying questions
• Progress has been very good, so thank you for the support you may be giving them. Mrs Blackmore has set the start date to September 3 2023 so if they have been playing football, studying a musical instrument or were doing volunteer work at their Church or Youth group they should be nearly 2 months into their chosen activity
• It would be good to get all the 80 boys completed on their 3 months activity by Christmas. These activities do not have to done at different times but can be completed concurrently
• If your son is not sure what to do or how the app works then encourage him to ask Mrs Blackmore. She is often in NB3 before and after school and most lunchtimes. Failing that, students and parents can email her at m.blackmore@vcj.sch.je
• It is extremely likely that the expedition will be carried out after the Year 9 exams at the end of June and beginning of July, so if you foresee any issues, please let Mrs Blackmore know as soon as possible, so she can try to accommodate requests. Thank you for your support

• Students should be uploading their assessor reports to complete this Award
• As Mrs Blackmore now has 80 Year 9s to start supporting, she will have less time to help Year 10. However, most students just need to upload the evidence
• Some are not passing because they do not have dates showing or even recorded. Thank you to parents for signing their reports, but they are not allowed by D of E. Mrs Blackmore has found a way to get round this, but it does slow the process down considerably
• If you have any issues or questions, please send your son to see Mrs Blackmore or email her: m.blackmore@vcj.sch.je

Please find attached 3 documents which may be useful for the Trident options selection process:

• Slides from Monday night's parents briefing
• Student selection guide which guides pupils through how to use the Skills Jersey database to make their selections
• A copy of their own placement form to be used if they have secured their own placement away from those on the database (please complete this along with the database option, so we have all the necessary information)

Please don't hesitate to get in touch with Head of Trident, Tim Hutton (t.hutton@vcj.sch.je) if you have any questions.

Trident Parent Information

Student Application Guide

Own Placement Form

Our students will soon be making important decisions about their course of study after GCSE examinations. Please save the date for our Sixth Form Open Evening which will take place on Tuesday 14 November from 5-7pm.

During the evening, you will hear a presentation from Dr Hughes, Mr Falle and current students in the HDT and will have the opportunity to speak to subject teachers both from Victoria College and from our collaboration schools - JCG and Beaulieu.

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