Category: Extra Curricular
Quiz Club News – We are Oxford Bound!
On April 28th, two teams of our enthusiastic scientists competed in the online Quiz Club National Science Semi-Finals, going head-to-head with 46 other schools. The pupils showed remarkable dedication and commitment, finishing in 7th and 8th place. Their impressive performance secured them much-coveted places in the National Finals, which will be held at University of…
Avon House host the London North ISA Tennis Tournament
On April 29th Avon House hosted the London North ISA tennis tournament at Woodford Wells with five other schools, Sherrardswood, Gatehouse, Normanhurst, Norfolk House and Kingshott competing in a round-robin event. Teams of five players each played their respective opponents in match tiebreaks, first to ten points. At the conclusion of the team event, two…
Rainforest Encounters: Year 4’s Wild ZooLab Adventure!
On Wednesday 29th April, our Year 4 pupils were treated to an exciting and hands-on workshop from ZooLab as part of their science learning on habitats. The session gave the children a unique opportunity to explore a range of fascinating animals, many of which come from rainforest environments. Pupils were able to see, and even…
Prep School Debate at Forest School
On Tuesday 3rd February two teams of three pupils attended Forest School to take part in a series of three debates against teams from Forest, Chigwell, Bancroft’s, St Aubyns and Snaresbrook Prep. Two topics, one championing AI as a cure-all for the world’s major problems and another opposing keeping animals as pets, had been communicated…
Cub of the Year Award
One of our Year 5 Pupils Rohan was awarded the “Cub of the Year” Award. Rohan was cited for his “exemplary behaviour”, for taking on a role of responsibility within the Cubs’ group and for his overall commitment to the Cubs. He has also recently achieved the Chief Scout’s Silver Award – the highest award…
Inspiring Pupil Fundraising
Our pupils Huxley and Aubrey did a sponsored walk last year and raised over £1000 to save several acres of Rainforest with the World Land Trust. Steve Backshall is one of the figureheads of the charity and he was at the 02 doing Deadly 60 live last week. The World Land Trust had selected Aubrey…
Little Chefs Club
We launched Little Chefs Club this week with lots of big smiles! Our first session was all about creativity and skill-building as the children made fun “sandwich faces”, practising their cutting and spreading techniques to create faces with different emotions. We used our new and amazing kitchen in The Hub, giving the children a fantastic…
