The cast of Around the World in 80 Days have been working hard this weekend at rehearsals for their upcoming production on Wednesday 16th, Thursday 17th and Friday 18th October. Tickets are now available on WisePay (£5 each) and we hope to welcome many of you for an enjoyable evening of adventure, chaos and hilarity!
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Today, 4th October 2019, our KS3 pupils were treated to a cake sale in aid of ‘Go Yellow Day’ for Mountbatten Hospice. A group of Rubeum girls planned, baked and sold delicious treats during break time and were able to raise a huge £174.43 in just 15 minutes. We must say a huge well done…
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This week saw 33 pupils attend their cast workshop as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival. This is our fifth year of entering the event and we are excited to be performing Macbeth. As always this classic production has our own interpretation. Pupils were able to share a section of work as part of the…
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Over the summer term pupils taking part in our Sugarcraft enrichment created woodland inspired cake toppers. Pupils used a range of skills including sculpting wired flowers and modelling and painting techniques. “The group have been a pleasure to work with and have demonstrated some fantastic skills. I’m sure you’ll agree they have produced some lovely…
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Please see below the latest information regarding privilege bus seat allocation for the 2019/20 academic year: Privilege Seat Information
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Today is a momentous day in the history of our school, marking the culmination of five years of hard work from both our staff and first cohort of pupils. Our school was set up in response to historic underperformance at GCSE in the South Wight. It is with great pride that we are able to…
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Over the weekend of Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July 2019, Riley H and his doubles rowing partner travelled up to Nottingham to race at the British Rowing Junior Championships. They were racing against the best British crews, in the air group. On Saturday, a wet and windy day, they raced the 1500m time trial.…
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Monday 22nd July 2019 saw The Island Free School’s annual Bonnie Challenge take place over St Boniface Down. It was another storming success this year with many of our wonderful Year 7s earning a place on the leader board. The breezy conditions up on St Boniface Downs set perfect conditions for the 1km race. Pupils…
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On Tuesday 23rd July 2019, Year 7 to 10 took part in Sports Day at Rew Valley. For year 7 this would be their first Sports Day taking part in all events and sadly, for Year 10 this would be their last Sports Day at The Island Free School. All pupils took part in four…
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On Friday 19th July, Georgie from The Paper Birds theatre company visited our school to work with our Year 10 GCSE Drama pupils on their devised exam pieces. The day was action packed and quite exhausting, but extremely useful and inspiring. Georgie had tailored the workshop completely to the pupils’ needs and to the individual…
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