TIFS were drawn away to St. Theresa’s School, Effingham, Surrey in the last 32 of this national competition. This was always going to be a tough away day, the intrepid TIFS team left school at lunch for a 4:30pm start in darkest Surrey under the lights. The team worked tirelessly for each other during the…
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On 17th November, a handful of year 8 and 9 art pupils were invited to the Ventnor Exchange to help run and participate in a variety of different workshops. Whilst there pupils showed members of the public a variety of different art skills including: watercolour painting, wreath making, pom pom and sock monkey making, origami…
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A few TIFS pupils surfed up a storm at The Dave Gray Memorial Surfing Competition recently which was held at popular surfing spot, Compton Bay, on 13th November. Participants managed to compete in up to 3ft waves to dazzle the judges. Casper H. from Year 7 came second in the U14 class, with his sister…
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On Tuesday 15th November, The Island Free School’s first ever Young Enterprise company pitched their business idea to a team of local business owners and professionals at the first ‘Dragon’s Den’ activity of the competition. Although the team were nervous to present to the ‘dragons’, they pulled together and carefully planned their pitch. They then…
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On 9th November pupils from the Mental Health Ambassadors enrichment raised money for Movember charities. The ambassadors made a range of cakes and sold them during the two morning break sessions. They raised well over £100, which is a credit to their hard work and dedication to this worthy cause. Pupils had the opportunity to…
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We are delighted to announce that tickets for our school production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ are now on sale. Performances are taking place on Wednesday 30th November, Thursday 1st December and Friday 2nd December at 7pm. The show has a running time of approximately 1hr 30mins and a 15 minute interval. Tickets are priced at…
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On Thursday 10th November, 44 pupils went to Medina College to take part in the Island Secondary Schools Cross Country Relays. Teams consisted of 4 pupils from the same year group, who each had to run approximately 1km. All pupils were outstanding representatives of our school and put their best efforts forward in their racing.…
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During the weekend of 1st October, a handful of TIFS pupils from across different year groups competed at the Momentum Contemporary Championships in Preston. Our pupils were accompanied by the rest of the team who had 170 entries, over 150 recalls and brought home 70 trophies. Bessie R from year 7 placed in the following:…
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On Wednesday 12th October, Year 11 were visited by representatives from the NHS, who delivered a presentation on their exciting new training scheme available to school leavers who are interested in a career in healthcare. Pupils learnt about the different routes into working for the NHS, and the vast range of roles available in healthcare,…
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Under 14 HAMPSHIRE CUP (Hockey) – Southampton Sports Centre. TIFS entered the Cup competition for the first time in their history. Up until now TIFS haven’t played in the Trophy but it was felt that the chance to compete at the highest level in Hampshire would be taken this season, as a reflection of the…
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