A mixture of our year 7 and year 8 girls took part in their first U13 Football game this Wednesday against Ryde Academy. Despite this being the first time playing together the girls started superbly with Eloise.A scoring the opening goal within the first couple minutes of the game. The girls kept the pressure up…
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Today, The Island Free School walked to the Holy Trinity church to attend a Remembrance day service led by Gill Chaloner. After a wonderful introduction to the service, we sang ‘Jerusalem’ which was followed by Megan R’s beautiful rendition of ‘Keep the home fires burning’. Our school choir then gave us a wonderful compilation of…
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Some excellent blood splatter analysis going on in Forensic Science club, looking at how the angle and height of a blood drop affects the shape of the splatter.
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Today, The Island Free School welcomed Henry Owen- Gymnastics Welsh Champion and Olympic hopeful. Students walked to our sports hall and began the morning with a challenging gymnastics fitness course with Mr Owen. After the intensive fitness challenge, Mr Owen gave a wonderful talk of what it’s like being a professional athlete and the importance…
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Before half term, four members of ‘The Elderberries’ visited the school to present a donation cheque to our music scholars. The group, who sing 1960’s songs, took part in a variety show ‘Memories of Barry Brooke’ along with ‘Totland Old Tymers’ and members of Voxpop Choir. All were friends of Barry Brooke (a local man…
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On Thursday seven Year 7 girls travelled to Cowes Enterprise College for an indoor Football tournament. Despite this being the first time the girls had played together, they competed with great effort and attitude. A tough opening game against Medina ended in a 2-0 loss. Our final game against Sandown ended in a goal-less draw…
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On Tuesday 3rd November 32 intrepid students travelled to Medina College Newport, to participate in The Annual Secondary Schools Isle of Wight X-Country Relays. The weather was damp and the course muddy underfoot but this did not prevent all the pupils from completing their races. The format of the competition was for 4 pupils to…
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The year 7 students in Rosea and Flavi have made some really excellent representations of condensation, evaporation, melting and freezing using various difference methods. Mr Teague commented: “I have seen cakes, time lapses, photo tableaus and lots more fabulous representations. I have been amazed by the level of commitment and effort that has been put…
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On the last day of term all students were off timetable for the first R.E day of the Year. Students in Year 7 studied Christianity through the story of the Good Samaritan, considering ‘Who is my neighbour?’ through a series of short lessons. Students also visited the local church and were visited by a member…
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A huge well done to two of our year 8 students who participated in the Junior Great South Run 2015 last Saturday. Maisie did brilliantly, coming in 16th place with a time of 9.19 and Ella – who was running her first ever race – came in 60th position with a very respectable time of…
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