By IsleOfManAdmin on Friday, October 23, 2009Filed Under: Education, Isle of Man
Isle News, 23 October 2009 – LOCAL actors were given the chance to hone their film skills at a recent workshop held at King William’s College by UK specialists – and supported by the Isle Of Man Arts Council.
The aim of ‘Screen Actors Workshop’ was to introduce actors to screen-acting techniques to help the [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Saturday, October 10, 2009Filed Under: Isle of Man, Sport
Isle News, 10 October 2009 – Thirty three members of the King William’s College ‘family’ took part in the school’s annual Stableford Golf Competition which was held recently at Castletown Golf Links.
The Men’s competition was won by Mike Pigott, with a score of 39 points; Duncan Donald finished as runner-up.
Playing at Castletown for the first [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Tuesday, October 6, 2009Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Education, Isle of Man
Isle News, 6 October 2009 – Isle of Man businesses and individuals are being asked to ‘Buy a Brick’ for the new performing arts centre at King William’s College.
Margaret Mansfield, Barrovian Foundation Manager, commented: “We are delighted to launch our ‘Buy a Brick’ scheme – our first brick was bought by our Chief Minister Tony Brown MHK [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Friday, September 25, 2009Filed Under: Education, Isle of Man
Isle News, 25 September 2009 – King William’s College pupils have had a once in a lifetime experience this week, swapping their classrooms for lessons inside a space capsule!
Isle of Man-based company, Excalibur Almaz, has brought the spacecraft over from the recent Moscow Air Show and put it on display at the Castletown school. It [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Friday, September 25, 2009Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Education, Isle of Man
Isle News, 25 September 2009 – King William’s College will hold a screening of silent movies tomorrow (Friday 25th September 2009), as part of its Organ Festival weekend.
Two films will shown in the Chapel of St Thomas – ‘The Boat’ starring Buster Keaton and the ‘Big Business’ starring Laurel and Hardy – and will be [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Wednesday, September 2, 2009Filed Under: Education, Isle of Man
Isle News, 2 September 2009 – King William’s College pupils have enjoyed a summer adventure study trip to Osmington Bay, Dorset.
The Upper 4 pupils took part in field study trips of the Durdle Door and Lulworth Coastal formations, as well as team-building activities such as zip wire, giant swing, abseiling and survivor.
Dr Sarah Welch, Principal [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Friday, August 28, 2009Filed Under: Education, Isle of Man
Isle News, 28 August 2009 – Pupils at King William’s College are celebrating after achieving an impressive set of GCSE results this morning, Thursday 27th August 2009.
For the second year running, one pupil has gained a superb result of all A* grades. Catriona Cox, who is 16 years old and from Santon, attended St Thomas’s [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Friday, August 21, 2009Filed Under: Education, Isle of Man
Isle News, 21 August 2009 – King William’s College pupils are celebrating another year of success in the International Baccalaureate.
Sixty-two pupils in the Upper Sixth Form — a record number of candidates — took the examinations in May. One hundred percent of pupils have achieved full certification, with 60 being awarded the Diploma.
The average score [...]
Isle News, 13 July 2009 – Two pupils at King William’s College are celebrating after winning places on a prestigious residential music course this summer.
Flautist Giverny McAndry (15) and violinist Callum Finch (17), will take part in the National Schools Symphony Orchestra summer programme. It is being held between the 12th and 19th July at [...]
By IsleOfManAdmin on Thursday, July 9, 2009Filed Under: Education, Isle of Man
Isle News, 9 July 2009 – King William’s is celebrating another year of success in the International Baccalaureate. 62 Upper Sixth pupils—a record number of candidates—took the examinations in May. When the results were published on July 6th, 100% achieved full certification with 60 being awarded the Diploma.
The average score achieved by College pupils was [...]