Sensational Singers Take Festival By Storm! It has been an immensely successful week for The Island Free School’s talented vocalists, who have competed in an array of classes at the IOW Music, Dance & Drama Festival. TIFS got off to a flying start when Year 7 pupils Ada K-S and Emily C won their Vocal…
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TIFS beats Ryde School in last ball thriller! On Tuesday 7th March, the U15 girls’ cricket team played Ryde School in an exciting match at the Schools Indoor Cricket Semi-Finals. TIFS batted first and performed well, scoring a modest 66 runs. Ryde batted next and played impressively, and despite losing wickets at regular intervals, a…
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On Thursday 2nd March, there was an abundance of literary characters at TIFS as pupils and staff dressed up for World Book Day. Each member of staff awarded a Golden Ticket to the pupil they considered to have the best costume. Also, pupils competed against each other to guess which character each member of staff…
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Yesterday, the GCSE Drama classes travelled to Chichester to attend a matinee performance of “Running Wild” at the Festival Theatre. This was an adaptation of a Michael Morpurgo novel. Set in Indonesia, this production used life size puppets of elephants, orangutans and tigers along with highly creative use of set, lighting and sound to create…
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Future film-makers head to the London offices of The Guardian Earlier this month, a handful of Year 9 pupils visited The Guardian Media Education Centre in London. The workshop provided an introduction to editing techniques and climate change issues, and linked to a number of curriculum areas including Photography, Geography and Science. The pupils gained…
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On Thursday 9th February, the whole of Year 8 visited Fishbourne Roman Palace in Chichester as part of their Latin curriculum. The site was discovered in 1960, and pupils had a very interesting day viewing the palace’s intricate mosaic floors and walking around Roman-style gardens. They also attended a workshop lead by the museum staff,…
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On Wednesday 8th February, Riley H, Nadia B and Amber N represented TIFS in Youth Speaks; a public speaking competition held by the Isle of Wight Rotary Club. They presented an articulate and eloquent speech on ‘The Inequality of the Education of Girls’. They achieved a highly respectable 2nd place, and Miss Barnes was extremely…
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On Tuesday, 40 pupils from Years 7 and 8 were chosen to represent TIFS at the Island Cross Country Finals at Christ The King College. Despite the clear, sunny weather, our runners faced a very muddy terrain! Everyone put in a fantastic amount of effort, and at the end of the afternoon, 9 TIFS runners…
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On Tuesday, two teams of Year 7 girls competed in their first ever netball fixture. Both teams played friendly matches against mixed teams of Year 8 and 9s from Medina College. Both teams made a tentative start but made substantial improvements in performance by the end of the fixture. The pupils grew in confidence, focused…
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TIFS A 1-0 Ryde A TIFS B 0-2 Ryde B Last Saturday, the Under 13 boys’ hockey teams took on Ryde School at a sunny and relatively warm Smallbrook Stadium. The A team’s match was most definitely a game of two halves. TIFS boys started promisingly, with slick passing and movement forcing Ryde onto the…
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