On Tuesday, Miss Allman’s horse and pony care enrichment were very fortunate to have an online lecture and Q&A session with trainee equine nutritionist Sophie Oakley, from TopSpec horse feeds. The session focussed on the fundamentals of feeding horses and ponies, associated health conditions and how to formulate a feed ration. Pupils were also fascinated…
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As we head into the Easter break, a lot of pupils, adult family members and staff, will be busy starting to prepare entries for our Summer Show in July. Please see the images for this year’s schedule of classes. Happy planting, growing, baking and crafting!
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On Wednesday, the Year 9 Geology pupils enjoyed a visit from Lisa Kerley who is working with a series of museums on the Isle of Wight to develop relationships and ongoing engagement with schools and young people across the Isle of Wight. Lisa brought in several samples from Dinosaur Isle, including a magnificent Iguanodon pelvic…
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Over the last term as part of our Year 10 enrichment programme, pupils have been taking part in Girls’ Boxing. The pupils in the enrichment have worked incredibly hard to achieve their Preliminary GB Boxing Award. It has been amazing to see their skills progress over the weeks. They learnt boxing skills such as stance…
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As part of our Maritime history enrichment pupils visited the Shipwreck museum at Arreton, to consolidate some of their learning from this term. Pupils enjoyed looking at artefacts that have been found off the coast of the Isle of Wight and how these link to maritime communities. Pupils were also given an interesting talk about…
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The TIFS Year 8 cricket side played in a Tri Tournament vs The Bay and Christ The King. TIFS finished the tournament with one win and one loss, but it was superb to see the team’s hard work over the winter pay off with the players showing some real play quality. In game 1 TIFS…
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TIFS entered 22 pupils into 34 different classes for music at The Isle of Wight Music, Dance and Drama Festival this year, with many others entering independently for Dance and Drama competitions too. There were also independent Music entries for pupils who have lessons outside of school. Stand out performances from the first few days…
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“What I’m saying is. How do you prove that you’re a person?” “You would do a test.” To this group of teenagers it seems like the logical thing to do…but how… Magnets? Blood sample? Lie detector? Here is a sneak preview of our National Connections performance of Replica which takes place tomorrow (Tuesday 26th March)…
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Yesterday, the Mental Health Ambassadors ran a bake sale at school, which was a fantastic success. A huge range of cakes were kindly made, donated and sold by pupils, all in aid of supporting a very special former TIFS pupil, Cassidy. There was a great selection to choose from and a lot of satisfied customers,…
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On Wednesday the Year 8 netball team were invited to attend the U13 Independent School Tournament at Embley Park. This was the first competitive experience for the team, providing a fantastic learning opportunity. It was fantastic to see the team develop their defensive skills and attacking strategies of play as the tournament progressed.
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