TIFS were looking forward to this tournament, which had been postponed from October due to bad weather. Although damp the day was relatively dry and the girls got to play plenty of Hockey. There were 16 teams, split into two pools of 8 so that meant at least 7 matches. The TIFS team won 3,…
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On Friday 15th November, TIFS took a mixed squad of Year 9 and 10 girls to compete in The Hampshire Schools Hockey Trophy annual tournament held at Southampton Sports Centre. There were 8 teams split into two pools of 4 so qualifying for the semi-final stages would prove tricky, playing against teams of Year 11…
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TIFS 2 – 12 Priestlands School The Under 15 Girls’ Rugby match took place on Tuesday 12th November 2019 against Priestlands School. Despite losing 12-2, TIFS displayed courage and commitment throughout the match and never gave up. Each player gave 100% effort producing crunching tackles, excellent running and passing. The team await their next game…
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On 6th November 2019, Medina College kindly hosted the annual Island Schools Cross Country Relays. It was surprisingly dry but a bitter wind swept the very muddy course making it hard going for all the runners. TIFS took 32 athletes to compete in this event, with teams of four running one lap each. The standard…
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Over the past few days, The Island Free School has been taking part in different ways to reflect and remember the 11th November, 1918. On Thursday 7th November, 6 pupils across 3 year groups went to Carisbrooke Castle to take part in the annual Remembrance Service. The pupils listened to talks from the Archdeacon and…
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A squad of 11 girls from Years 8 and 9 travelled to a very cold, but thankfully rain free, Southampton Sports Centre last Friday, 8th November, to compete in the annual 7-a-side competition. This particular tournament attracts most of the top Hockey playing schools from across Hampshire and this year was no exception with 16…
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We have been invited to put Christmas trees into the Brighstone and Ventnor Christmas Tree Festivals. Our theme for the Ventnor festival is the Christmas Carol ‘Whilst Shepherds Watched Their Flocks’, so we would like to decorate the Christmas tree with knitted shepherds and sheep (we will recycle the angels from two Christmases ago). For…
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Congratulations to the entire cast and crew of Around the World in 80 Days. On the 17th, 18th and 19th October, Mrs McCarthy and Miss Allcock’s team assembled to deliver their rendition of Around the World in 80 Days. The commitment and consistency of the cast and crew shone through, and their performance was met…
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Thursday 7th November saw our cast of Macbeth boldly take to the stage to share their ambitious version of this Shakespearean classic. Performed as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival we saw Macbeth transported to the trenches of WW1. With the backdrop of war Macbeth’s ambition for power consumes him while Macduff and her suffragist…
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