The Isle of Wight College has a proven track record of excellent success rates so why not head to their latest Open Evening to find out more about the courses and apprenticeships on offer and speak to tutors and career advisers.
The new curriculum will include boat-building, including specifications and designing prototypes; navigation electronics; celestial navigation; tides; admiralty chart conventions; shipping forecasts; practical boat-handling skills; and attending Cowes Regatta to celebrate the production of boats.
The 'Schoolroom in a Care Home' project by Independent Arts has already seen fantastic results that positively change the lives of young and older. Details within.
Continuing OnTheWight’s series about young Islanders doing positive things with their lives, we meet Cameron Palin. 16-years-old and involved in many causes important to the Isle of Wight community.
The closed ice rink in Ryde and the skating teams that now have to travel to the mainland every week on the 4am ferry to train were the feature of a BBC Inside Out feature last night. There's still time to catch up on iPlayer - details within.
Since being given a camera for his birthday, 13-year-old Luke, tries to go out every day to photograph something new. He says, “You don’t need lots of money to go out and just take photos and see the Island from a different perspective, just enjoy it and have fun trying new things".
If you’re considering education options for your daughter or son, take the opportunity to find out more about what Ryde School can offer. Meet teachers, pupils and tour this Island school with a global outlook.
The once-troubled, but now thriving Cowes Enterprise College is one of a handful of best practice case studies featured in Ofsted’s latest annual report.