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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 - 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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  • 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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