Events
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10 / 16
Start: 08:00
End: 14:30
The ISA Regional Swimming Championships were held at the Garrison Olympic Training Centre on Thursday 16th October. ACS sent of a team of very excited and nervous girls. Most had never experienced such a venue before and I have to admit many of us would feel as daunted as they did. The girls were magnificent both in the pool as well as out.We did not have any fantastic results however you could never tell due the noise they made when each girl finished their race. Tiana Francis gained a creditable 3rd in the Yr 5 backstroke as compared to 6th last year. Lottie Fellows won her heat in Yr 5 freestyle and we await to see if her time is good enough to get into the Nationals. The yr 6 girls worked hard in their races and a special mention needs to be to said about Grace Jenner who stepped up to swim the butterfly leg of the medley relay despite it being her weakest stroke. The ACS team were a credit to both Mrs Cowle and myself and to the parents who sat through 5hrs of races, well done all! Start: 09:00
End: 15:30
 On Thursday 16th October all Prep school pupils and staff danced their way around the new drama studio led by visiting theatre group HotBuckle Productions. Years 1,2 and 3 watched exciting performances of The Gruffalo and The Emperors New Clothes and also explored their own imagined worlds through some interactive storytelling. The children’s own ideas for a play were brought to life as the three actors from HotBuckle improvised their way through the children’s stories about a kidnapped prince and a two legged pig! Start: 16:30
End: 18:00
Well the day had arrived - thier first league match. You could feel the nerves jangling at the start,both teams were so quiet!!! The following report was written by Amy, their captain. | ||
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10 / 22
Start: 13:30
End: 15:00
 Today the early years department made the most of the Autumn sunshine and joined together for an afternoon of creativity and fun based around the theme of colours. Children from each of the three classes were encouraged to participate in a range of activities that enabled them to explore different colours and their properties, whilst investigating the effects of colour mixing. The children particularly enjoyed the outdoor activities which included welly boot painting and bottle swinging, whilst opportunities to do marble painting, make a colour wheel spinner and explore light and colour on the OHP were firm favourites amongst the indoor activities. Start: 16:30
End: 18:00
U12A - This was both teams first match since their new teams were formed. The A team started with a great deal of nervousness. They initially went 4 - 0 down! At last they started to show the talent they had in team practices and managed to get it back to finish a 6 - 6 draw. Player of the match - Tabetha and Harriet | ||
10 / 23
Start: 09:00
End: 15:30
 Upper Prep children enjoyed some exciting art and design technology workshops on Thursday, when an inventor came to share his expertise with many of our pupils. The theme for the day was working mechanisms and models, and each class learnt about different ways of making things move or come to life. Year 4 explored designing and making through electricity, and were very proud when they got the opportunity to make their own working torches. Year 5 investigated moving toys from the past, before using levers and cams to make their own snapping crocodile toys. Start: 19:00
End: 20:00
The music department closed the first half term with a concert of chamber music featuring AS and GCSE pupils as well as music scholars. Parents and staff enjoyed a varied programme with music spanning four centuries on a variety of instruments. Sarah impressed with a performance of her own composition for piano and we look forward to hearing more from Les Six – a newly formed vocal group who gave a beautiful rendition of ‘The Long and Winding Road’. | ||
10 / 24
Start: 13:30
End: 15:30
 Although the weather was not promising in the morning, the school was on fire with anticipation for the House football Gala in the afternoon. There were two pools with each House having 2 teams consisting of all of Yr 6 and guests from Yr 5. In the pool matches there were some glimpses of scintillating stuff on the pitches with some of the girls showing up the boys. One pool match had to go to golden goal between Augustine Cherries and Paul's Bananas. Excellent and brave goal keeping by Katya kept the Cherries at bay. However some excellent lead up work Rebecca and Zoe saw Josh slot the goal that mattered. In the other pool Natalia and Rebecca H of the Chantal Marshes kept all other teams at bay to reach the final; and what a final it was. | ||
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11 / 4
Start: 13:00
End: 14:00
 On Tuesday 4th November, Mrs Parratt came to talk to year six about the second World War. she explained about all of the different types of gas masks for the different ages and about all of the different clothes. She had some volunteers: Eleanor and Harry got to dress up as poor evacuees. Sara was dressed as someone from WRVS and Grace had to dress in an evening gown. Izzy dressed as a bride in a dress made of parachute silk. Matthew dressed as a warden and had to put on a big metal helmet and had a whistle for when he saw any light on at nightime and had to shout "put that light out". Mrs Parratt was great fun and told us a lot of history that we didn't know before. It helped us to imagine what it must have felt like to be a child in World War II. | ||
11 / 5
Start: 14:30
End: 16:00
These games were friendlies but they are always competitive. The “Bs” charged gung-ho into the game with many chances did not score. Daneshill made a break and shot from a long distance and the ball squirted through Ivor’s legs to bring up the first goal. This made Daneshill confident, but the duo of Gabsie and Kiara knocked them back while Oliver and Tristan in the midfield fed Ben and Matthew up front. Matthew was tireless in his endeavour. However it was Ben who secured the victory with two well taken goals with final score Daneshill1 Alton 2. | ||
11 / 6
Start: 16:00
End: 17:00
 Musicians from the Upper Prep performed to an audience of parents, siblings, friends and teachers on Thursday 6th November in the first of this year’s Prep School concerts. The programme was wonderfully varied, with an excellent selection of short pieces. We began with a performance of Les Bouffons by the recorder ensemble, with the concert closing an hour later to The Drunken Sailor by the violin group. In between we’d heard many children perform, including both Maddy and Bryony on the harp, Katya on the cornet and Rachel’s Edelweiss on the trombone. | ||
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11 / 10
Start: 16:30
End: 18:00
U12A - The second match for these two teams. Once again this team started slowly with the lack of practice due to the half term break showing initially. but,once again they then got their acts together and started working as a team with improved passing and shooting. Indeed the shooters did a fantastic job with a guaranteed goal once in our attacking circle. Final result a win of 14 - 7. Player of the match - Harriet | ||
11 / 11
Start: 16:00
End: 18:00
This time this team started well and this continued through the game. All players were working more consistently and therefore creating more passing options. Once again the shooters were fantastic, rarely missing an opportunity. A win of 17 - 9. Player of the Match - Tabetha. | ||
11 / 12
Start: 08:40
End: 16:10
Start: 13:05
End: 14:05
 On Wednesday 12th November, Year 6 went for a stroll in the school woods to look out for some amazing autumn flora and fauna. We used our senses to create poems and prayers about the autumn season. Everything was beautiful. The colours were absolutely gorgeous. There were flashes of ruby red, gleaming gold and rich deep browns. We used great adjectives to describe the crushing leaves and the rest of the scenery. Everything was utterly stunning and we would love to do it again. Flora and Eleanor, 6W | ||
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11 / 14
Start: 12:36
The weather and pitch was poor. The team’s morale fair. Coach always grumpy and demanding. With these conditions how could the opposition fare against ACS. Alton started out in full command with Francesca having her shot squeezed passed the Dunhurst goalie. This was quickly followed by two further goals from Josh and Matthew. Solid defensive work by Harry “the Colonel” and Harry “Chippy” kept “Captain Jack” kicking leaves. Strong tackling, gaining possession and superb passing saw Alton with plenty of attacking moves. Sean White playing his first ever match played beyond his inexperience. Start: 19:30
End: 22:00
 Alton Convent School had much to celebrate in its seventieth anniversary year as was very evident at the Presentation Evening when the achievements of pupils were recognised. Mrs Sue Kirkham, the headmistress, began by mentioning successes in examinations - 84% of A level grades were at A or B, and at GCSE 30% of pupils achieved A* or A grades. She was however eager to point out that examination success was not the only measure of achievement. It was particularly fitting that the splendid new Creative and Performing Arts Centre had been completed and opened in the school's special anniversary year. | ||
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