On Tuesday 21st July 2015, 17 students and 2 members of staff attended our final Ethos Trip of the year to reward excellent attendance. The group gathered excitedly at UKSA in Cowes before being shown to the 60ft yacht, “The Albatross”, on which they were to spend the day. Once aboard, students and staff were…
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We are delighted to announce that our July edition of Salve! is ready for your viewing. Please follow this link to view and download our school newspapers.
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On Friday the 10th July, Wroxall Primary School’s Year 3s came to visit The Island Free School for the afternoon. Wroxall students have been studying the Romans and came to find out about The Island Free School’s trip to Rome. 20 of our students designed a variety of lessons that they delivered – these ranged…
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Huge congratulations to all our year 7 pupils who have now completed their first ever end of year exam week. Last week pupils sat formal exams in all baccalaureate subjects (English, maths, science, history, geography and latin) and have completed moderated practical exams in all creative subjects. All written exams have now been sent off…
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On Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd July we warmly welcomed Year 6 for their transition days ahead of them joining us in September. Mr Boyd started our first transition day with our now infamous treasure chest. Setting students a cryptic puzzle in order to find the combination code. We had high hopes for an uncrackable…
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On Friday 26th June Kirsty and Ella flew the flag for The Island Free School, competing in the annual inter schools show jumping competition at Little Kennerley Farm, Godshill. Competitors from high schools across the island showed what a great level of riding talent we have here on the island. Competition was tough at the…
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The Island Free School celebrated another sporting success on Tuesday when the U13 girls cricket team became Island cricket champions with a resounding victory against Christ the King at Newclose cricket ground. The Free School elected to field first and skittled Christ the King out for a modest total of 42. After a shaky start…
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All year 7 pupils at The Island Free School were given an insight to the work of engineers at the RAF and BAE systems by three very energetic scientists. The children were captivated by the demonstrations that they were shown,these included lasers, virtual reality glasses, playing tunes on a theremin and the show was rounded…
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“The Island Free School on the Isle of Wight, has had a unanimous decision in favour of a new building in Ventnor. The new building will replace the old St Margaret’s Primary School and part of the Lowtherville Industrial Estate, in Newport Road.” See the full article by following this link
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22 students competed across the board in an array of track and field events at Sandown Bay Academy today. It was wonderful to see such talent amongst our pupils, and even better to see their hard work pay off. The TIFS team displayed fantastic sportsmanship and professionalism, representing the school impeccably. They all enjoyed a…
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