Victoria CE Infant and Nursery School

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Flourishing in Learning and Love

"Do everything in love" (1 Corinthians 16:14)

27 February 2026

The Castle Way

Having returned from a relaxing half term, we launched The Castle Way for children to enhance our sense of belonging at Victoria. By having a clear set of guidelines to help make our school an even better place to be, the children are taking responsibility to remind each other what we should all be doing.

Reading Week 2-6 March

The National Year of Reading 2026 is a national reading celebration, inviting parents to:

Make reading part of daily family and school life,
Join school and library activities,
Support children in finding reading they love,
Help rebuild a reading culture across the UK.

As part of the National Year of Reading, the children will take part in a range of activities to deepen their love of reading, including World Book Day. We will be looking at their book choices and finding out what they like to read. This will help us get an idea of what books, comics and magazines the children would like to see in their classrooms and library. To find out further information click here and we also have included a link to a parent reading survey that we would really appreciate you completing.

Oracy Homework Conversation Starters

This week the oracy task to discuss is:

Which do you prefer Summer or Winter?

Do Everything in Love

As part of our weekly worship, all the children (and staff) decorated a heart for our hall display. We used the quote from 1 Corinthians 16:14 'Do everything in love' which underpins our vision as the focus. Each heart represents each child and how together we want everyone at our school to feel welcomed and loved. The range of pictures, patterns and decorations on the hearts were brilliant and we can not wait to put them all together in one giant heart.

Easter Service

We can confirm the date and time for Victoria's Easter service at St Peter's will be Monday 23 March at 2.15pm. We would love to see you there to celebrate with us through songs, readings and prayers.

Team fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

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Team Fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital

Two of Victoria schools parents Dan Larner (better known as Max's dad) & Sarah Bayley (better known as Olive's mum) will be taking on their biggest challenge yet and running the “London Marathon” for Great Ormond Street hospital. If you would like to donate to their Just giving team page and read their story, here’s the link.

Thank you so much to everyone that has donated so far, they really appreciate it! Now to get running!

VSA Update

A huge thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for the disco before half term - it looked like the children had a great time!
We have a number of great events coming up:

Family Football Day – Tomorrow (Saturday 28th February) (3pm kick-off)
We're really looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow to cheer on The Comrades as they play Tiverton Town FC.
Golden Tickets
Can you find one of Charlie's Golden Tickets? Buy a specially wrapped chocolate bar for the chance to discover a Golden Ticket hidden under the wrapper of selected bars for a fantastic book-themed prize! Please pre-order your chocolate bar by 5pm on 1 March. Chocolate bars will be handed out in school on World Book Day (5th March).
Maker’s Market – Thursday 5th March
Join us after school for crafts, cake decorating and stalls.
Big Outdoor Clean Up – Saturday 14th March (10am–2pm)
Roll up your sleeves and help tidy up the school’s outdoor areas for the children to enjoy. Whether you can spare one hour or longer, bring the kids and get stuck in. The more hands the better - and all volunteers will be rewarded with a well-earned hot dog! If you can help, please join the WhatsApp group via the link from your class rep.
Bingo Night – Friday 20th March
Eyes down for a fun-filled evening! It promises to be great fun. Tickets available online now.

Nursery Open Mornings for Prospective Parents

Our Nursery open mornings are now available to book. Come along and see our provision and meet the team. If you have friends or other family members who are looking for a school nursery, let them know about the tours as we would love to have them visit.

Wednesday 4 March at 11.00am

Click here to complete our online booking form.

Nursery Stay and Play

Friday 20 March 1.45pm-2.30pm

Come along with your child to have a taster of our Nursery.

Acorn - Sylvie for showing great resilience when working on her fine motor activities.
Ash - Mattis for settling so well into Ash class.
Oak - Teddy for his fantastic effort in phonics.
Beech - Nate for your fantastic 3D shape drawings!
Cedar - Bode for always answering questions on the carpet and focusing brilliantly in his independent learning.
Hazel - Olivia for always trying her beset when attempting any of her learning.
Rowan - Autumn for always being a kind friend.