Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2014 | Page 138

EDUCATION A huge range at Ryde School t: 01983 562229 S o what do you get if you choose the Ryde School experience? First, of course, is the culmination of the excellent preparation for public exams, but Ryde School is by no means an exam factory. Sometimes it is hard to see how students and staff fit in so much in a day. It is part and parcel of the excellent all round community cited by recent ISI inspectors. There's a huge range of extra curricular activities, all preparing pupils for life beyond school. Sailing regattas, cricket, rounders, tennis, athletics, sports days and Year 8 on French Exchange. There is also taking part in the Portsmouth Festivities, Adventurous Training with the CCF, the e: [email protected] Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award with students on expedition in Dartmoor and the Lake District. There was also the Music Tour to Italy, an enrichment week which included a reading retreat for sixth formers and Year 9s fusing art and words to create books and images for younger pupils. Others danced, sang and acted in three productions, Stella the Starfish in Fiveways, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in the Junior School and Guys and Dolls in the Senior School. And that's just a taste of some of the many things on offer! Plenty of opportunities to be part of something amazing.