Monday 17th September 2018 saw a ceremony to celebrate how far our school has come since it first opened its doors in September 2014. We have been in our beautiful new building for the past year, and with the 2018 cohort joining us, we are now full. To commemorate this important phase in the school’s…
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On Friday, Year 7 completed the annual TIFS Hike to round off their first very successful week of school. Each house was dropped off at various locations around the Island in the morning with a map, and tasked with finding their way back to school as a team. One by one, tired but happy, the…
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As the first year in our new school building came to an end, pupils, staff, friends and families gathered for the annual presentation of TIFS awards. Firstly, there were awards for each subject, presented by each Head of Department. Then the Heads of Year announced the winners of three trophies for their year group; Overall…
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The final week of term saw the return of our annual Summer Show, organised by Mrs Walker and judged by the Chale Show. Every year, pupils, staff, friends and relatives have the chance to demonstrate their creative, baking and gardening skills – and this year was no exception with hundreds of entries proudly on display…
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As the school year drew to an end, all year groups participated in our annual Sports Day alongside their mentors. Pupils engaged in a rotation of field events, track events, indoor athletics and sport challenges to win points for their house. The most engaging mentors and encouragement for their house came from Year 8 Rubeum…
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The results are in and have been finalised! This year, TIFS annual “Bonnie Challenge” proved to be the hottest yet, but also the fastest. Year 7 showed great determination and resilience to complete the run up St Boniface Down last Friday. Years 8, 9 and 10 lined the route and provided encouragement along the way…
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This week, a group of keen hockey players were lucky enough to attend the Women’s Hockey World Cup in London. The girls, along with Mr and Mrs Boyd, Mr Milton and Miss Sheen, had a fantastic day – a real once in a lifetime experience! They watched two matches; Japan V. New Zealand and Australia…
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TIFS Jazz Ensemble are “AWESOME!” Huge congratulations to our Jazz Ensemble, who performed at the Music for Youth Jazz Festival in Birmingham last week. Our dedicated music department, and everyone at TIFS are amazingly proud of all of them; not hard to be after their storming performances at both the Birmingham Fringe and Town Hall.…
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Last week, The Island Free School welcomed 125 new faces, as our future year 7 pupils visited TIFS for their exciting transition to Secondary School. After having a brief introduction from our headmaster, Mr Boyd, the children met their mentors and their Head of Year, Miss Allcock. With a mix of both nerves and excitement,…
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GCSE Art and Photography pupils were given the opportunity to visit the Tate Modern Art Gallery and Somerset House Gallery in London last Tuesday. They were encouraged to look for photographic opportunity during the walk from Waterloo station to the Tate Modern, encompassing sights of the London skyline and the Art Deco or Brutalist architecture…
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