Category: News
Buzzing Bees
The Sewing Bees have been busy again this term creating ‘egg-citing’ eggs for Easter. Not edible ones of course! but bright felt fabric eggs with lots of decorations. A very satisfied and proud group of ‘buzzing’ designers. Well done everyone, Mrs MacDonald is proud of you all!
What A Load Of Rubbish!
Last Friday, the Sustainability Council gave up their lunchtime to complete a litter pick on the green near school. Armed with rubbish bags, litter pickers, gloves and welly boots the children were amazed at the variety of litter they managed to collect. The collected rubbish will be washed, sorted and recycled by Mrs Mistry for…
Puffin’ Along
Our Puffins were out and about in the local area this week, on their very first school trip together. Puffing down to Woodford Station over two days, they had a rail-y exciting time getting a train to Loughton, keeping track all the exciting different views and objects on the journey. Hopping onto the big red number…
Dream Factory Assembly
It’s the turn of Churchill House to lead the end of term fundraiser and this year, Churchill has chosen the Dream Factory charity. This morning, we had 2 visitors from the Dream Factory who came into school to talk to the children about their charity and the work that they do. Dream Factory makes the…
Protecting BSL
This week (Monday 13th – 19th March) is British Sign Language Week. This is celebrated every year in March to commemorate the first time British Sign Language (BSL) was acknowledged as a language in its own right by the government. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Protecting BSL.” Pupils at Avon House have enjoyed learning…
Easter Egg Collection for The Trussell Trust
Our staff, pupils and parents have been donating Easter Eggs for The Trussell Trust over the past two weeks. This year, The Trussell Trust asked for pupils to add a note, their name, a prayer, anything they like, to their donated egg. Thank you to everyone that has contributed! Our School Caretaker (Mr Frederick) will…
Holi Art
Whilst the rain prevented us from holding our Holi celebrations in the school’s playground, it didnt stop our Art of Art’s Sake Club who created their own colourful Holi pictures today.
Quiz Club National Championships
On Monday 6th March, two teams from Avon House travelled to St Cedd’s School in Chelmsford to compete in the qualifying round of the Quiz Club National Championships. The teams were made up of four children across Years 3-6. The children faced some stiff competition, however, Avon House B Team got off to a flying…
Inter-House Pancake Tossing Competition
Mrs Fairy and the catering team were up all night making not only pancakes for the pupils for dessert for lunch today, but also a whole batch for the pupils to use in our Annual Inter-House Pancake Tossing Competition. The competition took place in our Pre-Prep Playground with every child participating. The competition saw the…
Belonging
In this morning’s Assembly, we reflected on the importance of Belonging and discussed the importance of feeling accepted and comfortable in our communities. We shared a story about the journey of a young flamingo who didn’t want to be pink. Our pupils then gave very insightful answers about what belonging means to them: ‘It is…
