GCSE Art and Photography pupils were given the opportunity to visit the Tate Modern Art Gallery and Somerset House Gallery in London last Tuesday. They were encouraged to look for photographic opportunity during the walk from Waterloo station to the Tate Modern, encompassing sights of the London skyline and the Art Deco or Brutalist architecture…
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TIFS entered the Mardi Gras Parade in Ryde on Saturday. The theme this yeat was ‘Global Biospheres’ and we had been allocated the Fitzgerald River Biosphere Reserve in Australia. Seven pupils represented the school on this very hot occasion and were a credit as they danced their way from Ryde School to Eastern Gardens.
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Year 10 pupils travelled to the IOW Zoo on Wednesday 13th June for a day of ecology and conservation education. The group were met by Tracy Dove, the zoo’s education co-ordinator, who gave an informative talk on general ecology, and relayed to the pupils the differing conservation projects the zoo are working on in Madagascar…
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Vote for Taylor or Beth for this year’s Young Designers’ Award As part of the Young Designers’ Award 2018, young people from across the Island have competed to design a new and exciting way across the River Medina as part of the regeneration plans for Newport Harbour. From these entries, our very own Taylor M…
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Last week, TIFS girls’ and boys’ cricket teams took part in the IOW School League Between them, our teams played a total of 13 matches, and won an astounding 12 of these! Our U15 girls’ team also participated in the Hampshire Softball League, hosting Mountbatten School from Southampton. Both the A and B teams managed…
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TIFS narrowly lose out to Ryde School in golf battle! On Thursday 3rd May, Ryde School and The Island Free School took part in the Island Schools Golf Championship 2018, held at Ryde Golf Club. The weather provided perfect conditions for the competition so now it was down to the pupils to show their stuff.…
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Last Thursday, 8 boys and 8 girls from Year 7 took part in a ‘mini tennis tournament’ at Sandown Bay Academy. The event was split into 4 pools and the students ran their pool with and ambassador from SBA. The event was excellent and all thoroughly enjoyed it. Dee SB, Beth MH & Noah F…
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Following their performance at the Music For Youth regional festival in Southampton last month, our Senior Jazz Ensemble has been invited to play at the national festival in Birmingham in July. This is an outstanding achievement and they will play a 12 minute set at the 1000 seater Birmingham Town Hall.
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TIFS ladies perform superbly at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton! Following their success in the IOW finals before Easter, TIFS represented the Island last week at the Indoor Cricket Regional Finals held at the home of Hampshire Cricket, the Ageas Bowl. The U13 girls played on the Tuesday and were drawn against various teams from…
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Last Friday, we hosted the IOW U13 & U15 Indoor Cricket Final, which this year was an all-TIFS event for both age groups. The first game was won by a very strong Year 9 team. The second game was a much closer affair between two mixed Year 7 & 8 teams, and Team 1 edged…
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