Dear Students, Parents and Carers,
Some key dates are coming up that I am repeating from last week:
– Year 13 Leavers Photo, Tuesday 7 May, break time in the main hall
– Year 13 Celebration Assembly, Wednesday 15 May, break time (9.50 to 10.35)
– Year 13 Study Leave starts Monday 20 May
– Year 13 Prom, Thursday 27 June, at Quay Arts. Tickets cost £30 and include food and the DJ. Tickets are available through Arbor (see reception if you are struggling to pay £30 in one go). ‘Plus one’ tickets will be available after 20 May, See Mr Mumford or Mr Cody to request these.
The Island VI Form had two teams taking part in the Young Enterprise IOW Finals this week, congratulations to both teams: Little Wight Box and I/O Magazine. Little Wight Box won the Best use of Marketing Award. Wild Wax Melts (Year 10 Carisbrooke/Medina) were winners in the IOW Grand Final and they also won the Dianne Butler Memorial Finance Award, an amazing effort! Insignia (Year 10 Carisbrooke) were runners up overall in third place. This means that both of these teams will progress to the Hampshire/IOW Final in Southampton on 15 May. Congratulations to all students and thank you to staff for their support.
Roadworks around VI Form:
Please plan ahead and add extra time for your journey so that you are not late for lessons or exams. As many of you know, there are currently temporary traffic lights on Medina Avenue whilst work is being done on our playground / car park. Island roads have also informed us that from Tuesday 7 May there will also be road restrictions and closures in place on Church Litten for approximately 2 weeks. Please see the document linked here for full details.
We have sent a letter to parents/carers today including information from the National Crime Agency. You may have seen in the news this week that they have taken the unusual step to issue an alert that has been sent to all schools to send out to parents/carers. The topic of this is about the increase in cases of financially motivated sexual extortion. This is clearly a very worrying increase and is linked to unregulated social media activity. Social media apps are a minefield and can be very difficult to navigate and supervise as a parent, with Snapchat being particularly problematic due to it’s disappearing messages. I am sure we are all aware that people who create an identity on social media are not always who they say they are. To help you understand how best to support your child with this, here is an infographic explaining all about Snapchat.
Have a safe weekend,
Mr Mumford
Head of School – The Island VI Form