Education

New Time For Story Time

Nov 18th, 2008 | By Anna Symcox | Category: Advertising, Council, Education, Events, Isle of Wight, News

Children’s Story Time at Newport’s Lord Louis Library is moving to a new time. The free half hour reading session for the under fives will now take place on Thursday mornings between 10.30am and 11.00am rather than its previous Saturday slot…



Island Education Plans Published

Nov 14th, 2008 | By Anna Symcox | Category: Community, Council, Education, Featured News, Islandwide, Isle of Wight, News

Following extensive public consultation over the summer the Isle of Wight Council has published its latest proposals for school reforms. A detailed report is to be presented at the council’s Cabinet meeting on 24th November when members will decide the next stage forward…



Use Savvy To Shop Safely For Christmas

Nov 14th, 2008 | By Amanda Johnson | Category: Advertising, Christmas, Education, Finance, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, Money, News, Online News

Next week sees the start of National Consumer Week and we would like to introduce you to Savvy the Elf, who wants to help you become a ” Savvy Shopper for Christmas”…



Island College To Open Sixth Form In 2010

Nov 12th, 2008 | By Citizen Media | Category: Education, Isle of Wight, News

The Isle of Wight College is pleased to announce that the first phase of the £83 million development project will be the opening of a Sixth Form Centre. The Isle of Wight Sixth Form College will offer a wide range of A Level subjects for school-leavers. The same exacting quality standards as The Isle of [...]



Naturezones Tree Week Competition

Nov 12th, 2008 | By Jenny Button | Category: Advertising, Campaign, Competition, Education, Environment, Isle of Wight Event News, Lifestyle

The Isle of Wight, Wildlife Education Trust Naturezones are to celebrate National Tree Week 2008 with tree planting events and a cool competition to win books from Waterstones…



Island NHS Support Mouth Cancer Action Week

Nov 11th, 2008 | By Alison Toney | Category: Campaign, Community, Education, Government, Health, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, News

On average one person dies of mouth cancer every 5 hours in the UK and the number of cases is on the increase. To help raise awareness of this killer disease, the Island’s NHS Oral Health Promotion Team will be at a number of venues on the Island throughout Mouth Cancer Action Week…



Island Parents Reminded To Return Admission Packs

Nov 7th, 2008 | By Anna Symcox | Category: Council, Education, Government, Islandwide, Isle of Wight, News

More than half the number of parents of children who are due to start a new school in September 2009 haven’t returned their school admission forms. The forms must be received by IW Council’s Admissions Office by 4.30pm on 28th November…



Libraries Require Modern Shake Up

Nov 4th, 2008 | By Vincent Woods | Category: Consultation, Culture, Education, Government, Lifestyle, Online News

In an online world, libraries should more than ever be at the very heart of our communities. This announcement by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, announcement came on the same day as a report from Skills Secretary John Denham on informal learning, which called for public buildings like libraries and museums to be opened for use by adult learning groups…