At the weekend, Kai from year 7 competed in the Island Scouts Archery Competition with tremendous results! The competition consisted of different categories, with Kai coming in 3rd place for Standard Archery but going on to win gold for his performance in Clout, (a form of archery in which archers shoot arrows at a flag…
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This July Our year 10 GCSE Geologists had the opportunity to travel to Pembrokeshire to visit sites of geological interest. Here are our daily updates from the trip by our pupils, Miss Allman and Mr Peace. Day 1: We arrived in the principality and went straight to Stackpole Quay where we looked at sediments from…
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Over the last few months, a number of our Year 9 GCSE PE pupils have been participating in a tennis programme delivered by The Youth Sport Trust called ‘Beyond the Baseline’. The programme aims to use tennis to help young people fulfill their potential, gain confidence and develop their leadership skills through tennis. Our programme…
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Over the last term, as part of our Year 9 enrichment programme, pupils have been visiting Rookley Lakes every Friday and taking part in water sports events organised by their Leisure team. It has been an amazing enrichment and we want to thank Rookley Lakes for making us feel so welcome and organising such fun…
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As a reward for exemplary attendance and behaviour throughout the term, pupils were selected to participate in our Ethos trip to the Isle Of Wight Aqua Park, Tapnell Farm, on Thursday. They participated in an afternoon of fun at the Aqua Park water based obstacle course. Pupils behaved exemplary and everyone had a wonderful time.
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On Friday, the TIFS Jazz Ensemble (accompanied by Mr Balch and Miss King) performed at Rhythm Tree festival, held at Thorness Bay. The 12 pupils from Years 8, 9 and 10 played a 30 minute set to a very appreciative festival crowd. Everyone was able to see other secondary school groups perform and also explore…
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Year 7 Rubeum pupil, Polly, has been celebrating a successful Summer term. Polly was voted for, and awarded, the 2022 ‘Player’s Player’ trophy at Vectis Football Club for her sporting enthusiasm and for being such a great team player. Polly also received a silver award for her Lemon and Violet Marmalade at The World Marmalade…
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Year 6 Transition Days – 12th and 13th July 2022. Over the past two days, we have welcomed Year 6 for their transition days ahead of them joining us in September. Tuesday saw pupils meeting their mentors for the first time before experiencing a range of activities from writing sessions in English, experiments in Science,…
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This week, our pupils have had a fantastic few days with our artist in residence Teresa Grimaldi. This is our second puppetry workshop for pupils to finalise their puppets for the Creative Biosphere Project. Matilda in Year 8 said “it was challenging but very enjoyable and different to anything we have done in our previous…
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Over the last couple of weeks, pupils from years 7 and 8 visited Brading Roman Villa. As part of their Latin classes they have been learning about Roman villas as part of their historical background work. Pupils received a tour of the villa and then undertook an evidence finding activity, where they learnt lots about…
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