Every year, the University of Southampton’s Mathematics department runs a code-breaking competition for secondary school pupils. There are a total of 9 challenges released over the Autumn term and pupils are able to work independently or in teams to decipher the codes. The competition has thousands of schools enter each year with cash prizes, laptops…
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Wednesday 9th September saw the return of The Island Free School’s annual Bonnie Challenge over St. Boniface Down. Year 8 rose to the occasion, having waited in anticipation for the event to take place, having missed out on the chance to take part in July. We had beautiful, sunny conditions for the challenge and everyone…
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We are delighted to welcome Miss Hart to the Year 7 Year Team, and she is looking forward to meeting all of you! Please click here to go back to Year 6 Transition page.
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On Thursday 20th August we welcomed back our 2015 cohort to receive their GCSE results. This year, unlike in previous years, pupils were awarded grades based on their work throughout the three year course and not through end of year exams. We are delighted to report that every single pupil in the year group has…
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Well done to everyone who entered the virtual Summer Show. We are delighted to tell you that there were more than 500 entries across the 35 different classes. The judges have studied all the photographs to decide first, second and third and were very impressed by the quality of the entries. The points have been…
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Well done to everybody who took part in this year’s Virtual Sports Day. Despite taking on a very different format to usual, staff were super impressed with pupils’ enthusiasm to the virtual event! This year, the Sports Day champions are…RUBEUM!
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To help you familiarise yourselves with some of the staff you will meet when you join TIFS, each of the Year 7 mentors have created a short video to introduce themselves. Click here to meet the mentors! Please click here to go back to Year 6 Transition page.
Read article Parents should have received a letter via email regarding our “Back to School” plans for September. If you have not received this, please get in touch with Miss Sparrow directly: [email protected] Please click here to go back to Year 6 Transition page.
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Another major TIFS event is taking place from Monday 13th July. The staff have created this motivational video to introduce the event…enjoy! SPORTS DAY CHALLENGES Challenges for TIFS virtual sports day are now live! Monday 13th July – Years 7 & 8 Wednesday 15th July – Years 9 & 10 Watch the video below to…
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Dear Parents & Carers, I am pleased to announce that we will be holding Transition Days. These are likely to take place on the first two days of the school year in September and will replicate what the transition days would have looked like in July. Your child will be able to have a taster…
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