Today, pupils at The Island Free School were treated to a concert today by some of the members of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Musicians shared their stories with the GCSE Music classes and scholars, and invited the school Jazz Band to take part in a number. The sextet performed numbers by Miles Davis as…
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On Friday 15th September, Year 7 pupils and mentors embarked on their first ever TIFS outing – the annual 8 mile hike to school. Thankfully, the weather was pleasant and all groups made it back to school before the end of the day (just!) Rosea walked from Yaverland – with a slight detour from the…
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In the last week of term, TIFS Golf Championships were held at Ventnor Golf Club. Facing very blustery conditions, reminiscent of the previous week’s Professional Open Championship, all competitors worked tremendously hard to score points. Max S-P set a blistering pace all the way round, playing to his handicap and came out on top as…
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Rosea Crowned Sports Day Champions! At the end of term, we held our annual Sports Day for the entire school. It was touch and go with the weather at first, but thankfully the torrential rain finally eased off, allowing all five houses to go into competition with one another. Pupils took part in an array…
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On Thursday 27th July, the whole of Year 7 competed in the annual TIFS Bonnie Challenge; a difficult yet fun and energetic race to the top of St Boniface Down! Our older year groups cheered on the runners, waved flags and encouraged them by running alongside for the final stretch. All runners took on the…
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Yesterday afternoon, TIFS pupils, staff and family wowed the Chale Show judges at this year’s annual Summer Show. With a total of 1200 entries, including a record amount in the produce section, our show is now officially the second largest show on the Island. There were also new classes such as the ‘flower arrangement in…
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Yesterday, in glorious sunshine, pupils, staff, friends and families gathered on our Rew Valley field for the annual presentation of TIFS awards. Firstly, there were awards for each subject, presented by each Head of Department. After a delightful musical interlude from our Brass and Jazz bands, Mr Peace, Mrs Steele and Mrs Breach each announced…
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Yesterday, 74 pupils took part in the second annual TIFS Wimbledon event, kindly hosted by Ventnor Tennis Club. The display of tennis throughout the day was of exceptional quality, and pupils demonstrated great sportsmanship throughout; cheering each other on, being respectful in both victory and defeat and being excellent ballboys/girls. The event took a mirrored…
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On Tuesday 18th July, TIFS hosted ‘Identities’; an evening of performances at the Ventnor Winter Gardens. The event was the result of collaboration between the Year 9 GCSE Dance and Music pupils, with additional performances from various musical ensembles. Choreographers commissioned musicians to create original compositions for their chosen theme idea and thus a series…
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Last week, a group of pupils, staff and governors were lucky enough to attend the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on two days. The first group of Tennis Ambassadors had the opportunity to attend the iconic event for the Men’s Quarter Finals. Highlights included getting to meet Novak Djokovic, getting their tickets signed by him and watching…
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