Last Friday we took two teams of budding Year 10 mathematicians to the “Maths Feast” hosted by Sandown Bay Academy. The event is run by The Further Mathematics Support Programme, who encourage young people to study Maths and Further Maths at A-Level and beyond. Pupils were given a variety of non-calculator problems which tested their…
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On the Thursday 15th March The Island Free School took up the BBC school report challenge. Schools from all around the country were given the task of creating a professional, well produced news feature. Our pupils did extraordinarily well, taking a multi-media approach to the challenge. Our pupils not only put together a brilliant live…
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On Sunday, Mr Milton and Miss Fraser took pupils from Year 7 to attend the U12 7-a-side Hampshire Hockey Championships in Haslemere, to experience competitive hockey for the first time against some well-established mainland teams. Although nervous to begin with, the girls got stuck in and some great defensive displays from Bella M, Summer G…
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Saturday saw our first group of TIFS trail runners travel to the New Forest to run in the Maverick Inov8 Hampshire event, supported by Mrs Steele, Miss White and Mr Boyd. Pupils picked either a 6km or 13km route and were running in an open field with mainly adult competitors. For many this was their…
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Last Thursday, The Island Free School was abundant with storybook characters, writers and a whole array of weird and wonderful costumes, as part of this year’s World Book Day. Well done to everybody for all the effort put into their outfits. Be sure to have a browse through our photo album on our school Facebook…
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This evening, Isle of Wight Radio’s news bulletins will be read by our very own year 7 pupils, Summer G and Josie F. This will play out at 7.26pm, 8.29pm and 9.30pm tonight. Be sure to tune in!
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Yesterday, pupils took part in the Isle of Wight Secondary Schools U13 Indoor Athletics at Medina College. They participated as part of a team in a variety of track and field. There was an excellent display of performances as well as the support they provided one another when competing. At the end of the competition,…
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On Tuesday, three Year 8 pupils took part in the annual Rotary Club Youth Speaks competition at The Riverside Centre, Newport. As part of the English Gifted, Talented and Passionate programme, these pupils had been working hard in a weekly enrichment hour to create their speech on the topic of the world wars, and develop…
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Today, Years 8, 9 & 10 took part in an off-timetable day where they explored different aspects of GCSE study. For Year 8, this was in the form of a GCSE Taster Day, whereby pupils had the opportunity to get an insight into the different courses we offer beyond KS3. In the afternoon, Year 9…
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Yesterday, the annual individual cross country championships were held at Christ the King College. TIFS took a large contingent of girls and boys from Years 7 & 8 to compete against all other Island secondary schools. Despite bright sunshine, the bitter wind and muddy course created challenging conditions for our runners, however all pupils finished…
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