Earlier in the year, Year 3 pupils entered the Inner Wheel's competition to produce bookmarks in support of the RNIB’s talking books appeal, and thus it was that we found ourselves heading off to Alton’s excellent public library on Tuesday morning, to see an exhibition of all the entries and attend the prize presentation. Arriving a little early, we had chance to explore the children’s section of the library and it was lovely to see Year 3 settling down contentedly to read and share books. Alton’s Inner Wheel President, Mrs Pam Conway, said how impressed the judges had been by the standard of all the entries, and we were delighted that our own Maisie came 2nd overall, receiving Green Dragon vouchers as her prize.

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The view from the B team:

On Tuesday 5th March there was a netball tournament held at the school. Everyone was very nervous and excited, but we all knew that we would have a great day.
First match: against the Alton Convent A team. We won the toss and got centre pass but unfortunately lost the game.
Second match: against Andrews Endowed. One of the easier wins.
Third match: against Medstead. An easier team but they played very well. We won after a hard fought game.
Fourth match: against St. Margaret’s. An extremely good team and the eventual winners of the tournament, so we did well to only lose by a small margin.
Fifth match : against the Alton Convent C team. Everyone on both teams was very tired so no-one was really playing as well as they had in the first few matches. We eventually won after a tough match.
Places: 1st : St. Margaret’s
2nd: Alton Convent A team
3rd: Alton Convent B team
4th: Andrews Endowed
5th: Medstead
6th: Alton Convent C team
Player of the tournament went to Harriet E for being a great Goal Attack and scoring 23 out of our 32 goals. Harriet N scored the other 9 goals. We all had a great day.

On 4 March the IV and V year GCSE Drama students visited The New Victoria Theatre, Woking to see Peter Shaffer’s ‘Sleuth’. The play is wonderfully crafted and we appreciated the twists and turns of the plot. The set was a really detailed depiction of the Drawing room of a Manor House, with staircases and landings it was in fact typical of the settings of a traditional murder mystery play. Sadly for us the lead actor was unwell and his substitute, while trying hard to step into the shoes, was non-the-less disappointing. Never mind; there will be more theatre visits to come!