On Monday 20th March 58 Year 9 History students were taken to the Imperial War Museum London. The aim of the trip was to visit the Holocaust Galleries that were established in 2019. On arrival students were greeted by the fantastic staff at the Imperial War Museum and were given a brief introduction to the […]

We took 3 teams to the Central Bedfordshire and Luton Rotary Technology Tournament. Senior team Duncan Douglas, Ryan Loosley, Jamie Bradford & Rowland Omoraka Intermediate Team Henry Phillips, Evie Williams, Harriette Jones & Harry Perrera-Morris Junior Team Ewan Long,  Sam Calderbank, Kayla Johnson & Lily Turner The day started with the teams being given a design brief. They had to design and […]

To aid their understanding of the Holocaust and its impact on the world, History students in Year 9 attended a workshop delivered by the charity Protection Approaches on the 15th March. During the 2 hour session, students learned in detail about different groups that were affected in the Holocaust such as Jews, Homosexuals, disabled people, […]

Thursday 2nd March was World Book Day and the Vandyke English team embraced the day by dressing up as their favourite characters from texts that they teach. Characters from Macbeth, Lord of the Flies and poems about power and conflict could be seen floating through the corridors of the English block much to the amusement […]

On Friday the 24th February we welcomed our five feeder middle schools for a Year 7 masterclass in maths. Each school was represented by two teams of four. The competition consisted of 5 rounds of different mathematical skills and had to be completed within a strict time limit. All the groups worked wonderfully well; especially […]

At Vandyke we are always proud to report on our students’ sporting success outside of school too.  Here Year 12 student, Melissa Zawe, tells us about her experience playing netball for Saracens Mavericks. “I play with Saracens Mavericks in the NPL league, we play against all the other franchises and at the end of the […]