Category: News
Last Litter Pick
The Sustainability Council braved the rain for their last Litter Pick of the year on Tuesday. Always looking to “feed the rubbish bag” the Council members found it a lot harder than usual because of the long grass which has been allowed to get out of control on the Green. Undeterred they still managed to…
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…
All Rise for the Magistrate
On Thursday, pupils in Years 5 & 6 had an audience with Dawn Roache, a friend of Avon House and a Magistrate (Justice of the Peace). She spoke to Year 5 about the dangers of social media and to Year 6 about the consequences of Cyber Bullying. These sessions were full of practical examples and…
London Pulse Netball
On Monday 15th April, 11 girls from Netball Club, along with Mrs Gleadell and Miss Ioakim went to the Copper Box in Stratford to watch London Pulse v Saracen Mavericks. It was a really close match with some superb netball played by both teams. London Pulse narrowly beat the Saracen Mavericks 45-43. It was a…
The Wind in the Knighton Woods
For this term’s WOW Day, Year 2 were introduced to our new text, The Wind in the Willows, as well as exploring a woodland habitat. We began the day by reading the first chapter of the book, where we were introduced to Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad. We then walked to Knighton Woods and investigated…
Wheelie Good Cycling Skills
Year 5 had the chance to demonstrate how ‘wheelie good’ their cycling skills are as they took part in our Bikeability course, a cycling training programme on Thursday. Gaining new knowledge and practical skills on how to ‘handle’, repair and look after their bikes, how to be safe and be seen when in the community…
Mother’s Day Celebrations
We had a lovely Mother’s Day treat last Friday and were so pleased that so many of you could join us for this special celebration. Year 1 Cranes led a wonderful Mother’s Day assembly where the children learnt about what Mother’s Day is and why we celebrate this day. They also shared their own unique reasons…
Worst Ever Litter Pick…in a good way!
The Sustainability Council endured their worst ever litter pick during today’s lunchtime. It was very apparent, said Miss Whitestone, that the Green was much cleaner than usual with far less litter on it. This of course is a good thing! The Council had to trek all the way up to the shops on the Broadway…
Come Rain or Shine
Our youngest learners have been out and about this week come rain or shine. On the Weekly Walk, our Nursery Puffins used what they have been learning about shapes this week to create their own natural representations. We had so much fun making our own shapes and naming them, as well as counting the sides…
Urdu Storytelling
As part of February’s Language of the Month, Mrs Yasmeen was invited by Miss Whitestone into classes from Years 2 – 6 to read to the children familiar stories in Urdu. The children welcomed stories such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You…
