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  • Nocturnal Couture - Fashion Show

    Published 27/06/25
    On Wednesday 18 June, our current Year 13 Fashion and Textiles students showcased their unique garments inspired by insects and bioluminescence at Independent Arts.  Inspired by designers such as Galliano, McQueen and Van Herpen, each piece e
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  • LGBTQ+ History Installation for School Diversity Week

    Published 25/06/25
    As part of of School Diversity Week, we were fortunate to have Franko Figueiredo from Stone Crabs come in to work with a few our students in putting in place a permanent installation celebrating the local and national History of the LGBTTQ+ community
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  • Twilight Practical at the University of Southampton

    Published 25/06/25
    15 A level chemists attended a Twilight Practical workshop at The University of Southampton last week. The students extracted trimyristin from nutmeg by solvent extraction. They then went on to purify and analyse the chemical using rotary evaporators
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  • IOW Schools Debating Competition Winners!

    Published 16/06/25
    After a lively day of discussion and activities in Newport last week, The Island VI Form are the proud owners of the High Sheriff's Trophy: they won the Isle of Wight Schools Debating Competition, hosted by Newport Minster. Our team (L-R Adam,
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  • Gold DofE Expedition

    Published 13/06/25
    Congratulations go to one of our  Gold Teams for completing  their final Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition this week. They combined their three day practice journey and four day assessed expedition to complete a journey along the South Down
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  • Farewell to Year 13

    Published 20/05/25
    On Friday 16 May, we said farewell to our wonderful Year 13 students as they embark on their study leave period. We all got together at break time to share some cake and collect copies of the year group photograph.  As the exam season is
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  • Year 12 Geography Experiences

    Published 16/05/25
    It has been a very busy few weeks for Year 12 geographers. They have been undertaking coastal and urban fieldwork in Ventnor and Portsmouth. This is invaluable for them to gain experience of 'real life' geography linked to coastal manage
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  • Visit from Baroness Natalie Bennett

    Published 08/05/25
    Baroness Natalie Bennett visited students at The Island VI Form to talk about the work of the House of Lords, and their role in it, as part of the popular ‘Learn with the Lords’ programme. During the visit on Friday 2 May, Baroness Ben
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  • Prison Matters Talk

    Published 02/05/25
    On Monday 28 April, criminology students and our German visitors, were treated to a fascinating and captivating talk from Gordon Wakefield - a prison officer at HMP Parkhurst and advocate of PRISON MATTERS.ORG. Gordon presents with over 30 years in t
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  • A Level Geology Field Trip

    Published 02/05/25
    This week, our A Level Geology students have been fortunate to take their learning outside of the classroom as they embarked on a field trip across North Devon and Cornwall. The weather made the sites they visited even more stunning! In the first
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  • Classics Trip to Athens

    Published 02/04/25
    On Sunday 23 March, 24 Island VI Form Classics students embarked on an exciting trip to Athens. Over the course of five days, they managed to include visits to some of Athens’ most famous ancient ruins sites, such as the Acropolis, Agora of Ath
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  • Easter Quiz

    Published 07/03/25
    Thursday 6 March saw The Island VI Form Hall packed full of students, staff, family and friends for the Easter Charity Quiz, organised by Student Voice. The evening was another chance to bring our school community together, as well as raise some m
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