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VI Form Weekly Blog

A weekly blog is posted here for parents/carers and students every Friday during term time. 

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  • VI Form Blog - 8 November 2024

    Published 08/11/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers, This week, my thanks go to the teachers who offered revision sessions during the half-term break and to the support staff who kept the building open, clean and accessible. It was encouraging to see that a good
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  • VI Form Blog - 18 October 2024

    Published 18/10/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers, As we approach our half-term break, I would like to highlight the courage and exemplary presence of mind demonstrated by a group of our students this week. As they were making their way home, they saw a pedestr
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  • VI Form Blog - 11 October 2024

    Published 11/10/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers Our routine fire evacuation this morning went off very smoothly. Thank you to the Facilities Team for the excellent pre-planning and to staff and students for their calm response, all of which helped ensure that
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  • VI Form Blog - 4 October 2024

    Published 04/10/24
    Thank you to everyone for making me feel very welcome at The Island VI Form this week. I enjoyed meeting staff and students, some of whom I saw in action this week in a Forensics Crime Scene and at STEM club. I was very impressed by their excellen
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  • Head of VI Form's Blog - 27 September 2024

    Published 27/09/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers Thank you to Jo Schooling and the student services team, students and staff for making the Year 12 Freshers Fair a great success this week. We had stalls from: Student Voice, SEND, Duke of Edinburgh, Couch to 5k
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  • Head of VI Form's Blog - 20 September 2024

    Published 20/09/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers, I hope that you are settling in well at VI Form and are enjoying a new way of learning. You are expected to spend at least 4 hours per week, per subject completing independent work during your study periods.
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  • Head of School's Blog - 13 September 2024

    Published 13/09/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers It was great to see so many students back this week and welcome Year 12 to their first full week of A Level/Level 3 BTEC lessons. I wanted to remind you about the expectations set out in the assemblies th
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  • Head of School's Blog - 6 September 2024

    Published 11/09/24
    Dear Students, Parents and Carers, Welcome back! I hope you all had a great break and are ready for the year ahead. It was great to welcome and enrol over 250 new Year 12 students this week. Please make them feel welcome and help them out if th
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 12 July 2024

    Published 12/07/24
    Dear Students, Parents and Carers Year 12 – Congratulations on finishing your end of year exams and completing work experience, if you were lucky enough to be out building your Career Capital. UCAS research and applications should be well
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 5 July 2024

    Published 05/07/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers As Head of School, it was a pleasure to welcome nearly 500 new and prospective students to The Island VI Form this week. If any of our future Year 12 students missed the pre-enrolment event on Tuesday, they w
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 28 June 2024

    Published 28/06/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers The Year 12 Trial exams start next week and I’m sure all of the months of revision will pay off. The exams are followed by a three day opportunity to complete work experience. If you haven’t signed u
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 21 June 2024

    Published 21/06/24
    Dear Students, Parents and Carers We are one week away from Year 12 trial exams and welcoming Year 10 students from Carisbrooke College and Medina College (each for one day) and future Year 12 students (for a morning) from across the Island. Pleas
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