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!…
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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…
School Council Car Wash
The OVS School Council car wash raised £36 yesterday. The money raised is going towards our current sustainability project which involves the regeneration of a vegetable and flower patch in…
Local choirs attend OVS Summer Choral Concert
It was an absolute delight to host a morning of music at OVS with choirs from Portway, Walter Evans and Derby Royal School for the Deaf. A highlight of the…
Winning ISA Midlands Athletics Team
We are so proud of the OVS athletes who competed at the ISA Midland Athletics meet this week. Everyone performed exceptionally well, showcasing not only their talent but also incredible…
Mission to Mars
The theme for STEM Day this year was ‘Mission to Mars’. The Pre Prep children worked in collaborative groups to complete a range of Space based activities; flying off on…
Prehistoric playtime!
Nursery have been finding out about dinosaur fossils this week. Our budding palaentologists made fossils with playdough and connected moving paper dinosaur skeletons! It was a roaring success!