On Thursday, five of our riders represented TIFS at the annual Inter-Schools Team Dressage competition. This year’s competition was possibly the busiest since the competition began, with over 30 riders in each of the Prelim sections, meaning individual and team prizes were very hotly contested. Annabelle was the first TIFS team rider of the day…
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Our final Year 8 Further Education visit took place last week, with 8 Viridis heading over to discover Brockenhurst College. After a welcome from the Vice Principal, Viridis explored their Post-16 options with the Brockenhurst Careers Advisor. Pupils were super engaged, and it was fantastic to see them all really considering what they might enjoy…
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This week, as part of our Maritime History enrichment, a handful of pupils went to Greenwich for a tour of the National Maritime Museum. The group were privileged to have a personal tour from Southampton University lecturers John McAleer and Craig Lambert; who have both been working with the pupils during their Enrichment for 12…
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At the end of last term, 7TG, 8LE, 9JDM and 10LS spent the day on their Ethos Trip at Ninja Warrior in Southampton as a reward for great attendance and effort. The group had a great day climbing, running, falling and eating pizza! Mr Edgington, Miss Sammons, Mr Suter and Mr Gove were really impressed…
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Congratulations to Alfie G for some amazing musical achievements recently. Alfie passed his Grade 8 saxophone exam with a distinction, which gives him 30 UCAS points towards his future university entry. This is a remarkable result and it follows his previous successes at Grade 4, 5, 6 and 7, where he was also awarded distinctions.…
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On Wednesday 27th March TIFS hosted its second Futures Fair, which was a huge success! We had visitors from various Isle of Wight and mainland further education providers, as well as universities, the armed forces, uniformed services and island businesses. We even had some visiting members of TIFS Alumni! Alongside other career related activities throughout…
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This week the U15 Girls cricket team went to the Island indoor cricket finals at Medina. The first game saw them come up against CTK. After losing the toss we were asked to bowl first. CTK made a good start in the opening overs, but an amazing over from Anna saw the fall of 4…
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For the second year running we have been fortunate enough to take part in The National Theatre’s Connections Festival. This is a UK wide festival that sees companies of young performers stage brand new pieces of writing. This year we performed the play ‘Replica’ written by Titas Halder, an Island born writer. The play sees…
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Under the captaincy of Preston W TIFS came away with three wins and one loss. Game 1: 3:1 to TIFS (VS Cowes Enterprise college) A physical game against Cowes Enterprise College saw TIFS make some great ground with some excellent individual displays from the captain, Dylan W, Hugh L and Milo F. Strong carries from…
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This week’s Industry Insight visit saw a group of year 10s head to Yokogawa Marex in Cowes. Whilst there, pupils learnt about the important part their software plays in managing a safe environment in high risk chemical and energy plants across the globe. Pupils met the current apprentices and had the opportunity to ask them…
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