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On 22nd and 23rd March 2018, the Year 7 Drama Club put on a shortened production of Matilda; the award winning musical based on Roald Dahl’s book Matilda.

On May 1st 2018, the Ocean brothers, Jude and Greg, came in to talk to the Year 8’s during assembly. They told them all about how they

crossed the world’s second biggest ocean in only fifty-three days. ‘It was definitely a big challenge both mentally and physically’ said Jude. Their boat capsized and did a 360 turn but this did not deter them, even when their instruments failed and they were tired the pair had the strength to carry on. The inspiration for them completing this trip was Jude’s father, a sailor who sadly contracted skin cancer. Jude has fond memroies of his father and they wanted to do something in his honour, to raise awareness of skin cancer. In order that they raise as much money for charity as possible, they made the brave decision to do the trip without a support boat. They put their lives in danger for charity, and are are inspiring men. By Cleo W

THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE ISLAND FREE SCHOOLMAY 2018

THE OCEAN BROTHERS

Matilda

The Year 10 Ambassadors, who put together the whole show, were in charge of choreographing,

directing and staging, while Miss Allcock supervised. We interviewed Sienna H, who played the part of Matilda: Alice: Why did you decide to join this production? Sienna: I like drama and singing, which I already do outside of school, so I thought it was an amazing opportunity. Miss Allcock, who supervised said: ’It is really exciting to watch the pupils work so well together.’ Everyone who attended said that it was yet another great production put on by The Island Free School Drama department. Well done all!

By Alice M and Amy P

WELCOME Spring has finally sprung and, for the first time, we will see the results of all the hard work put in by the team who designed and landscaped the school campus.

Rather fittingly we also get to see the results of four years hard work by staff and pupils as Year 10 sit their GCSE mock exams.

I wish them all the best and look forward to sharing the fruits of their labour.

Mr Boyd, Headmaster

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On Thursday, 3rd May The Island Free School went head to head with Ryde School during the Island Schools Golf Championship 2018, held at Ryde Golf Club. Four competitions were held, and whilst Ryde School filled the winners’ spots overall, some pupils from our school achieved great places; Joel T, was runner up in Division 1 with 28 points alongside Harrison B, who narrowly missed out in a playoff spot for Division 2. The supporting staff, Mr Peace and Miss Healey, were impressed and proud of the pupils who have been working extremely hard for the last few months.By Beau E

Golf Championship

Due to the surplus in teacher applications at this time of year, we decided to ask Ms Turtle how

the process at our own school works. “We first work out how many new teachers we will need to join us when the new school year starts and advertise the available spaces for staff on our website, Facebook page and in local newspapers.’ ‘When we reach the closing date for the applications, we as the Senior Staff team all sit down together to discuss who we think is the best fit for the school.’ ‘After that we contact the candidates and offer them an interview, which involves them coming in and teaching a lesson of their chosen subject as well as meeting the pupils in and around the school, to see how they gel with the school’s ethos and to see how they work and interact with the new and the current teaching staff.’

‘They are then put into small groups where they are interviewed together by the senior members of staff.’ ‘When we are choosing who we should employ we look at GCSE results, A-levels and teaching degrees; while also looking at their recommendations. However, a major factor is also the pupils’ opinions. At the end of every teacher trial, the pupils are free to express their decision on whether they think that the interviewee is fit for the job.’ ‘Once we have chosen the new members of staff, we contact the people who we want to employ.’ We would like to say thank you to Ms Turtle for spending the time with us to explain this process, as we now know what it takes to become a teacher at TIFS.

By Alice M and Amy P

Interviews at TIFS

Trail Running On Saturday10th March 2018, a group of TIFS pupils went over to the New Forest. Mrs

Steele, Miss White and Mr Boyd supported the trip. Pupils picked either a 6km or 13km route and ran on an open field with mainly adult opposition. In the 6k run, Maisey K came

first overall in the women’s race followed closely by Ella G in fifth. In the men’s race, Sam F came first in his age group and third overall followed by Finley L in fourth. Other 6k runners include Noah D, Dylan W, Harvey J and Charlie N who all finished in the top 30. Well done! For the 13km events, Curtis P came first in his age category closely followed by Reef W and Aaron EL. Well done also to Mrs Steele and Miss White, who came in joint second for women and joint sixth overall. Finally, Mr Boyd, who finished fourth overall Well done to everyone who participated, including the long suffering running trainers! By Max W and Archie B

Miss Peters, Teacher of MathematicsWhy TIFS?

‘Why not? It’s the best school because it gives pupils bountiful opportunities and the staff are amazing!’

What subject would you teach if not Maths?

‘Art. (Shush 7 Rosea)’

Where have you travelled?

‘India, Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Spain, Cyprus and soon Crete.’

Could you survive in the wilderness for a month?

‘Absolutely! I spend a lot of time in a tent and I took a survival course.’

What animal best represents you?

‘Cat.’

If you could put your life into a photo what would it look like?

‘In a diner in a painting by Edward Hopper.’

Favourite word?

‘Discombobulated’

Interview by Calum R and Ronny M

On Thursday 15th March 2018, a group of Year 7’s & 8’s, recommended by teachers who thought they really deserved it, were selected to take

part in an activity in which they made a professional-looking report based on true facts; pupils then spent the remainder of the day rehearsing. Their efforts were not for nothing, however, as at the end of the day they got to record the finished result and upload it to our school website. Ms Travers and Mrs Boyd ran and supervised the project in the photography room. We asked Ms Travers what she thought of the day: “I think all the pupils did fantastically. We had loads of Year 7 & 8’s come and we managed to make more reports than ever before!” We also asked Ms Travers about why certain pupils were picked, and she told us; “We just asked for pupils capable in both English and Drama, and staff made some excellent recommendations.” By Ronny M and Sam S

SALVE! MAY 2018 3

TEACHER IN THE HOT SEAT

Warhammer is an enrichment run by Miss Kerley. The game itself consists of small

models that you can paint and collect, which are used on a large table-top battlefield. This widely celebrated game has led to many competitions, one of which pupils from our own school participated in. We competed against another Island school in one of these competitions, and we won. We are looking forward to seeing what we can achieve in the Warhammer leauge. By Archie B and Beau E

Warhammer Trip

On 20th March, two teams of excited Year 10’s went to Sandown Bay Academy for

the ‘Maths Feast’ competition. They were given non-calculator questions to test their amazing ability for the difficult subject. There were nine teams in total taking part, and our Year 10’s came in a superb second place, beaten only by Ryde School’s

A-Team. The event was run by the Further Mathematics Support Programme, who encourage young people to carry on studying maths outside of the normal curriculum. By Sam S and Ronny M

Maths Challenge

Quiz Corner WORSEARCH WONDER

RIBA UPDATECongratulations to all the lucky pupils that

created imaginative designs and brilliant models for achieving the shortlist for the RIBA competition. The pupils that were picked are as follows: Jack P, Thomas C, Ruby B, Beth L, Thea B, Mikey H and Taylor M. The designs came with great names like: ‘The Islands Eye Crossing’ - Beth L, ‘Medina Quay Under the Sea’ - Taylor M, ‘Rainbow Ride Glide ‘n’ Slide’ - Ruby B, ‘Big Red Balls’ - Mikey H, ‘Eiffel Wire’ - Thea B, ‘FANtastical Crossing’ - Jack P and ‘Docwa Bridge’ - Thomas C. I asked a few of the lucky pupils that got shortlisted what their favourite part of creating the model was. ‘My favourite part of making the model was designing a fan out of polystyrene.’ – Jack P. ‘My favourite part of making the model was probably painting the entire box.’- Thomas C. I also interviewed MsTravers, Head of Art, and asked her a couple of questions. What did you think of the quality of models this year? ’I thought they were superb models, they were very well made and very well created.’ What’s next in the competition? ’Next is an awards evening to find out who has won. The awards evening is on 18th May 2018.’ At the awards evening, some of our pupils’ models are going to be displayed. Those people are: Dee S B, Eva W, Beth M H, Josie F, Maisey K, Isla H and Millie H. Good luck to all that have been shortlisted.

By Ruby B

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YEAR 7 ROSEA Portraits Year 7 Rosea were set a homework based on thier current Art project, ‘Me and My Icon’. Miss Peters was very impressed with the whole class, so she deicided to share a couple. I think that we would all agree that it is hard to tell the photographic version from the hand drawn copies.

Well done!

By Eden D

Homework by Macey H and Milly H

PEACE’S PUNWhat do you call a pig who

does karate? A Pork Chop!

What do you call someone whocan’t stick with a diet?

A Desserter!

Here’s a Knock Knock Line-Up that’ll make you SMILE.

Knock Knock! Who’s there? Avenue! Avenue who? Avenue learnt my name yet?

Knock Knock! Who’s there? Lettuce! Lettuce who? Lettuce in! It’s cold out here!

Knock Knock! Who’s there? Will! Will who? Will you open the door or not?

By Ronny M

HIDDEN WORDS Can you find them?