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Weekly Updates from The Island VI Form 18 September 2026

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18 September 2026


Weekly Updates from The Island VI Form

It has been a real pleasure this week to see how well Year 12 and 13 students have been settling back in. Around the college, some really purposeful lessons have been taking place.

School photos happened earlier on in the week for Year 12 and these will be available to purchase soon - students were given a card with details of how to do this.

I would briefly like to give a couple of reminders about attendance. Good attendance is classified as 95% attendance or above. We measure our attendance on being in lessons rather than being on college site. All students should be attending their allocated tutor slot at 10.45. This slot is vital for giving information on post 18 options, PSHE, exams and safeguarding matters. If a student is going to be absent they must either email - vi-student-services@theislandviform.org.uk or call in with the reason for their absence otherwise they will be marked as unauthorised.

Our trips are already underway this week, starting with Thursday's Science trip alongside information sessions on Oxford and Cambridge. If you haven't joined a college club yet, explore the options available and get involved with our college's enrichment activities

Have a lovely weekend

Phil Pearce-Jones - Head of School


Huge congratulations to our Humanities Teacher, Miss Lowthion, on completing an incredible challenge at the weekend - abseiling down the Spinnaker Tower! 

Miss Lowthion took on the challenge to support Age UK Isle of Wight, raising vital funds for the charity. She has already raised an amazing £1,000+, but if you are able to offer any further sponsorship, you can support her via her JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/vix-abseil-spinnaker-tower

Well done, Miss Lowthion! Thank you for showing our students the importance of courage, determination and stepping outside our comfort zones to achieve great things.

 


Nasa Live

On Friday afternoon students at the Island VI Form were able to take part in the NASA Live Event. Broadcast by the Imperial Space School in London the students were able to watch several NASA astronauts and engineers discuss their role in the Artemis mission aboard the Orion space craft. Around 40 students had the opportunity to interact with these scientists and find out more about this ground-breaking endeavour. This was a wonderful opportunity for Island students to reach out i9nto the vastness of space!!

Dates for your diary

UCAS Creatives Trip - London
All Day
14
October
October Half Term
All Day
from 19 Oct until 30 Oct
19
October
School Closed - Development Day
All Day
02
November
Open Evening
5:00pm – 8:00pm
12
November

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