Friday saw our Year 7 & 8 boys hockey team visit Southampton to take part in the U14 Hampshire Championship. The boys played five games drawing three games out of five, playing superbly over three hours and placing 5th in the final results. Mr Milton praised the boys for their playing and dedication “I would…
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This Tuesday saw the start of an exciting collaboration between The Island Free School and The Ventnor Exchange. Students in the Arts Award Enrichment group will be working with Jack and Mhairi over a number of weeks on a puppetry project culminating in a performance of the Japanese folk tale ‘Peach child.’ Our first session…
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The Island Free School has now surpassed 10,000 uploads on Gigajam. We are now 6th place in the world rankings! Well done to all students!
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On Friday 29th Jan, 32 pupils from year 7 and 8 travelled to Twickenham to attend an open training session with the England rugby team. The day out was a success and our pupils got to see the countries best rugby players train for the upcoming six nations tournament. We were among 15,000 others spectating…
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This Monday saw our Year 8s taking their first steps into making the important decision as to which GCSE subjects they will choose. Spending the day off timetable the students explored a variety of new subjects such as Geology, Photography and Dance whilst developing their understanding of GCSE requirements of subjects like Music, Drama, Textiles,…
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On Saturday 30th of January 14 year 8 pupils traveled over to Southampton, accompanied by Mrs Riches, Mr Williams and Mr Boyd to perform at the Turner Sims concert hall alongside the Age of Enlightenment orchestra. Earlier in the term pupils travelled over for two days to rehearse and compose a piece with the orchestra…
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Dear Parents/Guardians, As you may be aware, from the 1st of February Island Roads will be carrying out essential maintenance and resurfacing works to a small section of Newport Road; the original works were not due to begin until mid-February however Island Roads have now brought this forward. These works are expected to take up…
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On Saturday 23rd January January our boys U13 A and B teams and our U12 hockey team played Ryde Private school at Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde. All three games were very closely fought with late goals deciding all three matches. Final results were: Ryde (A) 1 – 0 TIFS (A) Ryde (B) 1 – 3…
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The final part of our Shakespeare Schools is a review from the festival organisers. I am delighted to be able to share our feedback and once again congratulate the students on an incredible performance. Click here to view and download our review.
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The first round of the Schools competition was held at Medina on Saturday 12 December.Three trampolinists represented TIFS. In the Under 14’s Intermediate class, Faye Murray- Smith and Callie Hitchcock both performed two excellent routines each gaining 17th and 15th place. First to compete in the under 14’s at Elite level was Amy Hodgins. She…
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