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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 - 17 January 2025

    Published 17/01/25
    It has been another fantastic week at the VI Form with lots going on. Year 12 and 13 have been busily completing some BTEC and vocational exams and Year 13 reports are being prepared to send home. As a VI Form, our attendance stands at 88%. Thi
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  • VI Form Blog - 10 January 2025

    Published 10/01/25
    Welcome back and I hope you all had a lovely, restful holiday! I am really excited to be part of the VI Form community, helping steer students through this incredible part of their life journey. If any of you would like to have a meeting with myself,
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  • VI Form Blog - 20 December 2024

    Published 09/01/25
    As I write my last Weekly Update, I’m reflecting on how much I’ve enjoyed my time here at the VI Form. Everyone has been very kind, and I will miss my daily chats with staff and students. I hope that the New Year brings lots of good thing
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  • VI Form Blog - 13 December 2024

    Published 15/12/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers, Our Christmas Quiz was a great success! A big thank you goes out to the Student Voice Team, Ms. Lowthian and Mr. Cody for having organised such a wonderful event. There was an excellent turnout, with 22 teams c
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  • VI Form Blog - 6 December 2024

    Published 09/12/24
    Welcome to the first week of December! I hope that you are all underway with your preparation for Christmas. My name is Phil Pearce-Jones and, as you will have seen from the letter from Ms Croke, I will be assuming the role of Head of VI Form from Ja
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  • VI Form Blog - 29 November 2024

    Published 29/11/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers Parents and Carers of Year 12 students received a letter earlier this week about the forthcoming Study Day, which will take place on Wednesday 4 December. Instead of coming into the building, students will be gi
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  • VI Form Updates - 22 November 2024

    Published 22/11/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers This week, I was privileged to see both the STEM Club and a Duke of Edinburgh expedition preparation session, in action. The consistent commitment and dedication of staff together with lots of student enthusiasm
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  • VI Form Blog - 15 November 2024

    Published 15/11/24
    Dear Students, Parents & Carers, Our VI Form Open Evening, which we held yesterday, was a huge success. Heartfelt thanks go to all the people who worked so hard to make it both informative and enjoyable. Our students donned their orange shirts
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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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