Children’s Mental Health Week
This year’s theme was ‘ Know yourself, Grow yourself’, encouraging children and young people to build self awareness. At OVS we work consistently through the year with the ‘Happy Confident…
News
There is always something exciting happening at OVS! A selection of our news stories may be found below. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram for your daily update!
Pancake flipping for Shrove Tuesday
Breaktime in the sunshine plus pancakes! Does it get any better?? This morning the whole school joined in races, flipping pancakes in a traditional race for Shrove Tuesday. Whilst the…
U11 Netball festival success
Derby Arena was the fabulous setting for the annual OVS U11 Mixed Netball Festival 2025. Six schools came together to play an afternoon of great netball. Excellent determination and fair…
OVS U9 Netball Festival 2025
The U9’s enjoyed a great afternoon of mixed netball today at the U9 Netball Festival. 6 teams competed and displayed impressive skill and determination, Congratulations to the OVS Rhinos for…
Yr 6 trip to the National Memorial Arboretum
As part of their World War 1 studies in Literacy, our Year 6 class visited the National Memorial Arboretum this term. They participated in an Explorer Day, with a guided…
Chess Champions 2025
Congratulations to our Junior Chess Champion LH and to SW, our Senior Chess Champion for 2025. Both finals were gripping and all competitors showed great strategy and game play. Well…
OVS Chess Championship 2025 is underway!
The annual chess competition is a really popular competition at OVS. We run Junior and Senior heats and many children will take on the challenge to test their strategic skills!…
Frosty fun in the snow
We all awoke to a wonderful, wintery surprise this morning! We were proud to open as usual and keen that the children who wanted to had the chance to play…