On Friday, the TIFS Jazz Ensemble (accompanied by Mr Balch and Miss King) performed at Rhythm Tree festival, held at Thorness Bay. The 12 pupils from Years 8, 9 and 10 played a 30 minute set to a very appreciative festival crowd. Everyone was able to see other secondary school groups perform and also explore…
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Year 7 Rubeum pupil, Polly, has been celebrating a successful Summer term. Polly was voted for, and awarded, the 2022 ‘Player’s Player’ trophy at Vectis Football Club for her sporting enthusiasm and for being such a great team player. Polly also received a silver award for her Lemon and Violet Marmalade at The World Marmalade…
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Year 6 Transition Days – 12th and 13th July 2022. Over the past two days, we have welcomed Year 6 for their transition days ahead of them joining us in September. Tuesday saw pupils meeting their mentors for the first time before experiencing a range of activities from writing sessions in English, experiments in Science,…
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This week, our pupils have had a fantastic few days with our artist in residence Teresa Grimaldi. This is our second puppetry workshop for pupils to finalise their puppets for the Creative Biosphere Project. Matilda in Year 8 said “it was challenging but very enjoyable and different to anything we have done in our previous…
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Over the last couple of weeks, pupils from years 7 and 8 visited Brading Roman Villa. As part of their Latin classes they have been learning about Roman villas as part of their historical background work. Pupils received a tour of the villa and then undertook an evidence finding activity, where they learnt lots about…
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On Thursday 7th July, a group of Year 10 pupils visited Portsmouth University as part of our Careers Programme. The day began with an introduction to Higher Education, where they discovered that there are 50,000 university courses available in the UK. The group had the opportunity to hear from student ambassadors about their journeys from…
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As part of our careers programme, pupils from year 10 were selected to visit Arts University Bournemouth on Tuesday 28th June. The university, which specialises in the Arts, including Performing Arts and Creative Media, were showcasing their successful and highly inspirational graduate summer show. We saw some incredible pieces of artwork, sculpture, costume and more,…
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Yesterday three of our pupils Zara G year 10, Rufus H year 9 and Leona N year 8, took it upon themselves to arrange a magnificent spread of cakes and other baked goodies with the aim of selling these to fundraise for the World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) taking place in South Korea in 2023. In…
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Our Under 13 Girls played their first hard ball cricket match against Ryde School this week. TIFS lost the toss and were asked to bat first on a very dry wicket. Despite early nerves the TIFS team scored freely by running quickly between the wickets and also hitting a succession of boundaries. TIFS posted an…
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On Tuesday pupils from Year 10 had the opportunity to experience university life and captured a snapshot into studying at Chichester. They were greeted by Gabby and Chris who started with a fun activity – guessing what different celebrities had studied at degree level. Who knew Dwayne Johnson studied Criminology and Physiology?! A Q&A session…
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