Today we have welcomed our mascot from France! His name is Ulysse and he has brought with him an array of correspondance from our partner school in France, including little gifts. The project comes from E-Twinning which is an EU initiative, promoting communication between schools in the European Union. The school is located in Beynat,…
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The Island Free Schools new online payment system is ready to go. WisePay allows parents/carers to manage school payments for school dinners, bus payments (500/501) and school trips/activities. Letters have been sent out today that contain your login details to access your WisePay account. Click here to navigate to WisePay
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Huge thanks and congratulations to the staff, governors, pupils and parents of our extraordinary school for organising such a fantastic open day on Saturday 17th October. Over 700 prospective parents, grandparents and pupils took the opportunity to visit the school and learn about the ethos and vision that makes The Island Free School such a…
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On Thursday 15th October, five students and two members of staff were invited to meet Mary Berry at local cafe shop ‘At Sarah’s House’. The group comprised of the students who spent time learning cooking skills there with Sarah and her team last year. Mary Berry was in Ventnor for a book signing, but took…
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In French Enrichment we have been creating videos to show our school to a partner school abroad. This video was created by Arthur Robertson. Arthur showed great talent in using the software on the iPads and helped other students with their videos too.
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On Monday 12th October 29 Year 8’s attended their cast workshop at Medina Theatre as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival. This is a UK wide event seeing over 1000 schools performing 30min adaptations of Shakespeare’s classic plays. The workshop was run by the Festival directors and allowed students to present an extract from Hamlet;…
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A reminder that our Year 6 open day is taking place this Saturday. Please come along if you are interested in the school and wish to find out what we are all about.
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The Island Free School has just reached the number one position on the weekly, and monthly Gigajam national leader boards. A wonderful combined effort between our Year 7’s and Year 8’s. Mr Smith commented “A terrific success for the school, now to stay at the top!” Well done to our students.
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The Island Free School is proud to announce that our October edition of Salve! has arrived. Please follow this link to view and download our school newspapers.
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On Wednesday the 7th of October two of our Music Scholars were given the opportunity to partake in a conference on anti-bullying. Cameron Tarry (Year 8) and Thea McLoughlin (Year 7) represented The Island Free School by taking part in workshops on self-esteem, gender identity and children’s rights. Miss Barry who accompanied both the scholars…
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