Category: News
Acquire, Develop, Master
Our Welcome Service was hosted at All Saints Church this morning and it was lovely to see so many family members attending. We were pleased to be able to present the council voting results in front of a large audience, to celebrate the latest extracurricular activities of pupils and to welcome in the new academic…
Council Voting
UNCRC Article 12 says children have the human right to have their own opinions and for these opinions to be heard and taken seriously – at Avon House we agree wholeheartedly with this. Pupils from Y1 to Year 6 have the chance to create their own manifestos over the holidays and present to their class…
An Adventurous Start to the Term
Our pupils in Years 3 -5 demonstrated their adventurous side through a series of challenging activities on their educational offsite visits yesterday. From grass sledging and aeroball (bouncing and scoring goals) to a sensory trail where they tested their courage and trust in each other by following a rope trail through an obstacle course while…
Superpowers for our Superheroes
To begin our new termly topic with a bang, Year 2 spent the day focusing on superheroes. We continued some conversations we had on Swap Morning before the Summer break, discussing what it means to be a hero and what superpowers we all have! The children came up with lovely suggestions like super curiosity, super…
Brand New Wraparound Care Provision
We are excited to announce that from September, Avon House will have a brand new, purpose built room, that will allow us to offer daily Wraparound Care opportunities from 7.30am – 6.00pm. Our Breakfast Club will run from 7.30am – 8.10am, providing pupils with a choice of a hot or cold breakfast. Our Tea Timers…
Congratulations to Cavell
The last weekly house points have been counted and added to scores from events during the academic year such as cross country race, inter-house music, poetry and reading competition, science quiz, sports day and the swimming gala. It was close at the top, but congratulations to Cavell for winning the 2024 Inter-House Cup! Cavell 5379…
Quiz Club National General Knowledge Finals at Oxford University
On Friday 28th June, four intrepid pupils, Azrael (Y3) Dinore (Y4) Niharan (Y5) and Zoya (Y6) attended the Quiz Club National General Knowledge Finals at Oxford University’s Examination Rooms. In this splendid setting were another twenty-eight eager and bright teams, some of which were furiously cramming right up to the start of the quiz. After…
Prep Photography Club
Prep Photography Club were keen to try the clip-on fisheye lenses at lunchtime this week, experimenting with how the playground, garden, library and their friends change with the ultra-wide panoramic view of 180°.
Father’s Day Butty and a Brew
Our ‘Butty and a Brew’ Father’s Day event was as popular as always this morning. Thank you to all the Dads, Granddads, Uncles and Big Brothers who came to share breakfast and a story with the KS1 children. A big ‘Happy Father’s Day’ to all the Avon House Dads for Sunday!
Building Bridges
A few children from the Prep School spent a week researching, painting pictures of, designing and building new bridges to span the River Thames. After a trip into London to look at existing bridges, they painted the ones they’d seen and made prototypes of their ideas out of rolled newspaper. After this, the children sketched…
