“Mesmerising and exquisite”; just two of the words from the Shakespeare Schools Festival to describe last night’s performance of King Lear. 30 pupils from Years 8, 9 and 10 took to the stage and delivered this challenging text with such bravery and commitment that they were utterly compelling in their storytelling. The Shakespeare Schools representative…
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Before half term, the Year 9 Geographers headed west to a windy Freshwater Bay. We sat on the berm (a ridge at the top of the beach caused by destructive waves) before taking a closer look at the coastal features there; stacks, stumps, caves and the wave cut platform. We made sure that we avoided…
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On Friday 13th October, our English Gifted, Talented and Passionate pupils, and pupils from the creative writing enrichment, were given the opportunity to participate in a writing workshop led by published author, Sarah Holding. The workshop was based on Sarah’s exciting cli-fi trilogy: SeaBean, SeaWar and SeaRise, which deals with current climate change issues and…
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Last weekend, TIFS took two U13 girls’ hockey teams and an U13 boys’ rugby team to Lord Wandsworth College, near Alton, to participate in their invitational Sports Festival. The whole day is designed to hold as many games against various opposition from schools across the south of England, in a sporting and friendly way. A…
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RESULTS: TIFS (A) 7 – 1 Dorset House 4 – 0 Priory School TIFS (B) 1 – 0 Dorset House 2 – 0 Priory School TIFS (C) 4 – 0 Priory School 0 – 0 Dorset House On Thursday afternoon TIFS hosted an U13 Girls 7-a-side mini tournament. The opposition was Dorset House Prep School…
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On Tuesday 3rd October, the cast of this year’s Shakespeare Schools Festival took part in their production workshop at Medina Theatre. Sharing a section of this year’s performance of King Lear, pupils in years 8,9 and 10 worked with professional actors on the staging and emotion of this scene and proved they are well on…
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Intergenerational Project Presentation Last Thursday saw the culmination of a year long project/collaboration between The Island Free School, the Isle of Wight Heritage Service, and Carisbrooke Castle Museum. Its aim was to bring the young and older generations together, with our pupils interviewing people as old as 98(!) using museum objects as reminiscence tools. These…
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Today, pupils at The Island Free School were treated to a concert today by some of the members of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Musicians shared their stories with the GCSE Music classes and scholars, and invited the school Jazz Band to take part in a number. The sextet performed numbers by Miles Davis as…
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On Friday 15th September, Year 7 pupils and mentors embarked on their first ever TIFS outing – the annual 8 mile hike to school. Thankfully, the weather was pleasant and all groups made it back to school before the end of the day (just!) Rosea walked from Yaverland – with a slight detour from the…
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In the last week of term, TIFS Golf Championships were held at Ventnor Golf Club. Facing very blustery conditions, reminiscent of the previous week’s Professional Open Championship, all competitors worked tremendously hard to score points. Max S-P set a blistering pace all the way round, playing to his handicap and came out on top as…
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