Alice Wood, Author at Iron Acton

16th January 2020Newsby Alice Wood

Buzzards become Egyptologists for a day!

Buzzards class had a special visitor today. Egyptologist Ali Ball brought her passion and expertise to the classroom for a full day of workshops about the Ancient Egyptians. The children learnt so much throughout the day, and are now very excited to learn more about the topic this term.

2nd July 2019Newsby Alice Wood

Victory for Iron Acton in regional tennis finals

Four children from years 3 and 4 competed in a regional tennis competition after their successful qualification tournament. A few weeks ago they competed against other schools from South Gloucestershire, and after winning all their matches, they progressed to the regional finals held at the University of Bristol. There were 10 teams in the finals, from South Gloucestershire, North Sommerset, Bristol and BANES, and Team Iron Acton fought off all the competition to win the gold medal! The standard was very high which makes this achievement all the more impressive. Congratulations to Ruben, Rosie, William and Lucy. Well done!

28th June 2019Newsby Alice Wood

Brimsham Green Primary Sports Festival

Children in years 3 and 4 had a fantastic afternoon of sport in the sunshine yesterday. The event was run by the year 9 sports leaders at Brimsham Green Secondary School. The children got to try out a variety of different sports, including football, rugby, athletics, basketball and badminton.

18th June 2019Newsby Alice Wood

Falcons volcano experiment

Falcons class made our own erupting volcanoes in science yesterday, by mixing an acid and an alkaline to create a chemical reaction! This really brought our volcanoes topic to life!

3rd June 2019Newsby Alice Wood

Bristol Pirate Walk

Today Falcons class went into Bristol city centre for the afternoon. We were taken on a guided tour by Pirate Pete. He told us all about the history of Bristol’s pirates. What a fascinating way to end our topic on Beautiful Bristol! Our text topic for the final term is all about volcanoes.

19th March 2019Newsby Alice Wood

Falcons visit Caerleon

Falcons class went to visit the Roman Fortress and Baths at Caerleon this week to enrich our learning on our current topic. We visited the baths and discovered how the Romans used them for hygiene, exercise and relaxation. They even had under-floor heating! We then experienced a day in the life of a Roman child, including the learning of Roman numerals and some Latin words. Finally we visited the amphitheatre and barrack remains. We even saw the remains of a communal toilet!

19th December 2018Newsby Alice Wood

Falcons visit the Memory Cafe

Falcons class went to Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church yesterday morning to sing some Christmas carols at the memory cafe. We also brought in our favourite toys to share with them. It was so lovely to see the children interact with everyone.

7th December 2018Newsby Alice Wood

Tag rugby match ends in narrow defeat

Iron Acton played the first tag rugby match of the season against our partnership school, and arch rivals, Hawkesbury Upton. The children worked incredibly hard on a dark, cold December afternoon and came away with their heads held high, losing by just a few tries. The try of the match came from Theo, as he finished off a fine Iron Acton spell of possession at the start of the second half. Well done to all the children involved and thank you to the parents who came along to show your support. We look forward to more sports events after the Christmas break.

30th November 2018Newsby Alice Wood

Falcons Fantastic Ukulele Concert

Falcons class rocked our socks off this afternoon by performing to the whole school and parents. Since September, the children have been learning to play different notes and chords which they have used to play and sing a variety of songs on the ukulele. Some children even performed on the double bass. Songs included hits by Status Quo, The Jackson 5 and even Spongebob Squarepants! Thank you to Mr Davis for coming in to teach the children, and thank you to all the parents who came to watch.

28th November 2018Newsby Alice Wood

Falcons show off their African dance moves

Falcons class put on a fantastic performance of their Ghanaian street dance called Pacha. It is a traditional African dance, often performed by children, that the class have been working on for the past eight weeks. It was lovely to see the children confidently performing with huge smiles on their faces. Thank you to all the children and parents that came to watch.

Author: Alice Wood