On Saturday 24th January the year 7 boys hockey team played their first ever hockey fixture. Their opponents for this fixture were Ryde Private school. The boys played two 7-a-side matches and, despite losing both games, the boys played well and improved throughout the games. Both teams are now working hard to continue developing their…
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The Island Free School is happy to announce that the February edition of Salve, our student newspaper, is now available. For the latest news articles written by our very own students please follow this link.
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Each Wednesday afternoon, as part of the enrichment hour, six students go down to Ventnor shop, to Sarah’s House to bake delicious things! This time pupils all learnt how to make brownies with Sarah, which were very chocolaty!!! Year 7 pupil Freya Drage thinks, “Cooking at Sarah’s house is great fun as you get to…
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In June 2015, over 80 students from our school will be heading to Italy for a tour of Rome and the ancient city of Pompeii. Mrs Boyd, one of the teachers on the trip, said: “This will be a four day extravaganza combining history, geography, Latin and modern languages – it’s a wonderful learning opportunity.”…
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For a small group of pupils during enrichment hour, a culinary spectacle takes place. This week the pupils made cheese scones. They had great fun learning what ingredients to use, making them and of course eating them! They tasted amazing. Stayed tuned for the next delicious instalment…
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Congratulations to Daisy Wylds for solving our latest Treasure Chest Challenge. We hope that she enjoys her sparkly new Kobo Reader.
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On the evening of Thursday 11th December 2014, The Island Free School hosted a candlelit carol service at Holy Trinity Church in Ventnor. The service was a huge success with a congregation of over 350 friends, family and community members packing out the Church. For once the term ‘not a spare seat’ was truly apt!…
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12 year seven pupils were rewarded for their contribution to school life with a trip to the Winter Wonderland at Hyde park, London on Friday 5th November. Pupils were accompanied by Head of year, Mr Peace and assistant head of year, Miss Stubbings. Miss Stubbings remarked – “A wonderful treat for some very hard working…
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On Saturday 6th December, The Island Free School hosted Ryde Independent school for the second of two year 7 boys rugby fixtures. An early kick off on what proved to be a very cold but sunny morning made ball handling hard as the players warmed to the game. Fumbles in the first few minutes led…
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Over the last two weeks, pupils have been visiting Brading Roman Villa. We had the opportunity to have a tour and a very informative talk about the villa. Pupils were also able to take part in an artefact handling activity where they got to learn lots about daily life in Roman times. Mrs Peace commented…
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