TIFS 6 – 2 Ryde School Following on from last week’s win against Priory School, TIFS U14 girls hockey team were on dominant form beating Ryde School in an away fixture on Tuesday evening. Our girls began brilliantly, scoring two goals in the first 10 minutes. Ryde defended well for the rest of the half…
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On Saturday 8th October, The Island Free School’s U13 girls hockey and boys rugby teams travelled to Lord Wandsworth College near Basingstoke to participate in the annual independent schools hockey and rugby festival. The event attracts teams from across the South and offers coaches and players the opportunity to blow off the cobwebs in a…
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Thursday October 6th saw our cast of Julius Caesar attend their workshop at Medina Theatre as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival process. This was an opportunity to work with trained Shakespearian actors on performance technique and to allow us to share some of our developing performance and receive feedback in order to improve our…
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On Tuesday 4th October, 15 boys from years 8 and 9 travelled to Southampton to play in their first rugby tournament of the season. The standard of the competition was incredibly high this year with a total of 36 teams competing. TIFS had an impressive morning session after a 3-0 victory in their first match…
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U14 Boys Hockey: TIFS 4 – 1 Priory School On Wednesday afternoon TIFS U14 boys played their first match of the season against Priory School at Rew Valley Sports Centre. After a tight first half, TIFS boys changed tactics to stretch the game and were rewarded with 4 excellent goals all scored by centre forward…
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U14 Girls Hockey: TIFS 6 – 0 Priory School Following on from their unbeaten season last year, TIFS U14 girls’ hockey team have recorded their first win of the season after beating Priory School in a home fixture on Wednesday evening. TIFS dominated the game from the start in what proved to be a disciplined…
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On Monday 26th September 30 music scholars, together with Mr Hitt, Mr Balch and Miss Batchelor, travelled by train to London Waterloo and then on to The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. There we were treated to an amazing performance of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”. The venue was very grand, the singing was…
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On September 22nd, our PE GCSE pupils were visited by Team GB athlete Kimberley Murray, who is training for the Skeleton event in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Kimberley spoke to the pupils about how she got into this exciting sport, as she described her journey from growing up on the Isle of Wight to hurtling…
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On Sunday one of our Year 9 pupils, Ella U, competed in the British Novice Show Jumping competition. Ella, along with her horse “Common Field Mia”, finished in 1st place in the senior category. Congratulations to Ella for her wonderful achievement!
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After a wonderful start to the new term, today years 7 and 8 took part in our annual “School Hike”. The pupils and most of the staff were split into teams and taken to secret locations across the Island, where they were then tasked with using map reading skills to make their way back to…
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