On the 20th of November, Nursery Management Today hosted its 19th annual national NMT awards at the Hilton London Metropole, where the 2021 national winners were announced. Tops Day Nurseries couldn’t be prouder as Hannah Jennings, Senior Nursery Manager at Tops Newport, won the Nursery Management Today award for Nursery Manager of the year 2021. […]
Team Racing On Saturday Brading Haven Yacht Club kindly hosted a team racing event between Ryde School, Winchester College and Radley College. With perfect conditions the teams were able to get 9 races in a round robin plus the final under the capable hands of Race Office, Chris Wilkinson. The skilful boat handling and tactics […]
We love nothing better at Cowes Primary School than to make our learning experiences real! Our children in Year 1 and 2 thoroughly enjoyed their 'Food Fun Quest' session making delicious fruity kebabs and Reception class made fruit smoothies whilst Nature Quest in Year 2 have been exploring our secret garden and school grounds for […]
Tops Day Nurseries based at 1000 Lakeside Business Park in Cosham have recently piloted a ‘Real Nappy Scheme’ in a bid to reduce the amount of disposable nappies and baby wipes being used in day to day practice. The early years education provider asked parents to stop bringing any nappies or wipes into the setting […]
Summer is here and that means that Summer School is back. It was a roaring success last year and we can't wait to welcome all the children back. Running from 19 July until 13 August, you can book online to secure your child's place. Fun packed days of games, activities, arts and crafts for children […]
Lanesend Primary School were so lucky to have the opportunity of pizza making, hosted by students from the Isle of Wight College. All of the children were able to take part over two days, Covid secure in their year group bubbles. Headteacher Caroline Sice said “After a year of restrictions it is so fantastic to […]
Lizzie Westbrook, Year 3 Teacher: “As part of our ongoing link with Afton Ward we were asked to create some colourful butterflies as part of ‘Dementia Awareness Week’. It was a very chilled afternoon which also included positive messages for staff and patients to read. We then had a ‘GoTo’ meeting with staff from the […]
Does your school or organisation need some help with fundraising after a challenging year? We want to help! We are launching a new website in May, with this we are launching a NEW and IMPROVED fundraising scheme, specifically set up to help schools, nurseries and clubs to raise funds to spend however they like and […]
The allocation of Isle of Wight primary school places has been announced today (Friday), with 99 per cent of Island parents gaining a school of their choice.Hundreds of pupils across the Island will find out today which primary school they'll be attending from September. Every child, for which an application was submitted to the council, […]