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In previous years the McMillan Coffee Morning has been one of the biggest coffee mornings of the year for our school and lots of fun on the day, whilst raising lots of money for McMillan Cancer Support. Sadly, we are not able to host a McMillan Coffee Morning here in school this year. However, like […]

This year we are fortunate to have newly decorated andrenovated showering and changing facilities for students.We are keen to both make the most of these and utilisethe time we have in PE to the best of our ability. We areasking that students continue to come to school in PE kitso they are prepared for lessons […]

As you may know, we have had our very successfulreward system in place for a few years now, in whichany member of staff can award a reward slip to anystudent who is demonstrating our school values.Following consultation with the student council, weare now starting a weekly Reward Slip Shop in whichstudents will be able to […]

Dear Families, What a strange year. We have all had to be really creative to keep meeting the students’ needs. This has been very hard but also introduced all sorts of new ways of working, some we will be keeping in the future. The students have been inspirational this year. They have, in the main, […]

We are excited to be working alongside the Isle of Wight Cricket Development team to start a cricket coaching session after school for our students in the new school year. The idea being that this club will then filter students towards Island Cricket teams. Whilst we are aware that things may change at this point […]

Last week, 10/11A made a trip to Nettlecombe Farm. We spent the whole day there. At first, some students were a little nervous about meeting the animals but by lunchtime, the whole class were participating in hand feeding. Animals we met included hens, sheep, goats, cows, donkeys, reindeer, peacocks and an emu! Behaviour was outstanding, […]

Our summer raffle was a great success because we received so many donations from local businesses and talented parents.  We wanted to say thank you for all donations.  Here is a list of the contributors if you are ever in any of the businesses please say thank you from us.10/11A Beauty Necessities                            £15 Voucher […]

I am delighted to tell you, that Brian Curtis from the Wight Aviation Museum has chosen Liam Cox and Katie Winchcombe, to be presenters on the Rocket Island Schools Project, filmed in July. Both students attended an online meeting with Brian, and because of their good presenting skills, he invited them to the Museum at […]

Before the pandemic, one of the highlights of the year was having our Celebratory Afternoon Teas, when parents and friends were invited and able to come into the school to enjoy the food and hospitality of the students. On Tuesday afternoon, it was so lovely and an absolute please to have our first afternoon tea […]