The Year 7s and 8s took on the Island Free School last week and came out victors 36-5!

There was some excellent defence on display with debutant Nicholas, Ethan and Colby leading from the front. George and Jack led by example in attack throughout the match, scoring many of the tries.

It was a real team effort and the boys should be extremely proud of how they played and represented the school. It bodes well for next season!

Thank you to everyone who wore their mismatched socks on Monday to celebrate and support World Down Syndrome Day. 

Year 11 student, Chris, also raised £77 on the day for the local charity Rainbow Club Isle of Wight. The Rainbow Club does amazing work to support children with special needs and their families. Chris spent his break time selling sweets and rainbow wristbands whilst raising awareness. Well done Chris! 

Year 8 played in their first basketball tournament today (Tuesday 22 March) and, although results didn’t go our way, they were competitive in all of their games, playing some fantastic basketball.

Big shout out to Rory and Ashton for scoring huge 3 pointers. Well done boys, keep practising. 

Mr Williams

We were privileged to be able to take a group of year 9 students to Southampton University for a careers event this week. Whilst we were there, the students were shown around the university and able to talk to student ambassadors about life at university. It was really useful to be able to ask questions and see what a real university looks like. Most of the students were blown away by how big the campus was but also the range of courses and things to do.

During the day, the students competed against three other schools in challenges run by a company called UNILOC. These were designed to encourage communication and teamwork skills. In the afternoon the students had to design an app for future students to use to help guide them through making career choices. They had to identify the main features that would be most useful, design a logo and talk about how the app would function. Once they planned this they then had to present a five minute presentation to some course leaders and answer questions in a dragons’ den style format. We are pleased to report that Medina came in second place! 

The year 7 Boys headed over to The Island Free School (TIFs) for their first away rugby fixture this week. The game was well contested by both teams. It was great to see committed tackling throughout and some fantastic tries scored. Well played lads. 

Mr Dye

Year 7 took part in the Island Schools’ Basketball Tournament on Thursday (17 March). For all of them, this was their first experience at playing competitive basketball. They played really well and never stopped running. Well done lads!

Mr Williams

On Wednesday 2 March, the U13 girls A and B teams attended the annual 6-a-side tournament at Cowes Enterprise College. Both teams had a ‘Football Activator’ as a team manager who coached and encouraged them during their games. It was a chilly evening but all the girls gave it their all and their behaviour was exemplary. Well done girls!

On Wednesday 9 March, it was the turn of the U15 girls at their tournament. After a slightly timid start and a couple of position changes the girls got stuck in and matched the physicality of the other teams. They improved with every game but missed out on the medals. Amazing effort girls.