Category: News
Black History Month
To the Avon House Community, Thank you for your support last night. The cultural food tasting event was a success with singing and dancing to compliment the whole event. Thank you to the working party, school caterers, staff and parents for your valuable contributions. Let’s hope that next year is bigger and even better!! Friday’s…
The Values of the Avon House Swan
At the beginning of the term, Mr Manning set the Prep a weekend homework to design new icons for our weekly awards. He was so overwhelmed with the responses that he had to get Mrs Mistry to help him decide a winner! “It was so encouraging to see how much the pupils know about our…
Prep Art Club
The Prep Art Club enjoyed taking part in Black History Month inspired graphic art this week. Drawing around their own hands and adding brightly coloured and bold geometric patterns within, the children talked about how geometric elements might symbolise unity, balance and continuity. Itai said, “My artwork was inspired by my family from Zimbabwe.”
A Record Breaking Harvest Collection
As it begins to turn colder with Autumn, Harvest celebrations are keeping us on our toes for certain! It was great to have your support this Harvest! We at Epping Forest Foodbank would like to say a HUGE thank you to all of your teachers, parents, carers, all of you wonderful students and of course…
Black History Month
October sees the start of Black History Month and I firstly wanted to say a massive thank you to our parents for taking part in the Heritage interviews. These have been incredible and very enlightening. We have been sharing these with our classes and there will be soon enough a world map display, displaying all…
Messy Marshmellows
During Monday’s Team Building & Problem Solving Prep activity, the children took on the legendary spaghetti tower marshmallow challenge! Working in teams, they had to build the tallest possible tower that could support a marshmallow. The children learnt that, in order to build a strong tower, they needed to create a sturdy base. It was…
School In A Bag – 20 Rucksacks Funded
‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ – Nelson Mandela Launching the 2023 Pankhurst charity day, Avon House had a visit from Luke Simon, the CEO of School in a Bag in our whole school assembly. He spoke passionately about the charity, the charity origins, the different places…
A Battery Boost
Sustainability Council is very proud of its Year 3KI representative, Aiden. Aiden has been focusing on boosting the school’s battery recycling collection, so he reached out to his neighbours and managed to collect over 100 used batteries in just one weekend! Aiden is a fine example of carrying out sustainability projects at home, not just…
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Thank you to those that attend this morning’s Macmillan Coffee Morning. We hope you enjoyed the teas, coffees, cakes and songs by our choir. We have raised £550 for the charity.
Cycling Proficiency
Our intrepid Year 6 cyclists were put through their paces as part of their cycle training this week. After a session on cycle maintenance, they were put through a series of tests at The Wells where they were able to show their cycle skills and safe handling. Some Year 6 children were invited back on…
