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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…
Early Years Welcome Morning
We were excited to welcome new and returning faces to our Early Years Welcome Morning on Saturday 31st August! With a relaxed atmosphere that let parents from Foundation 1 and Foundation 2 connect with one another and their class teachers, children were introduced to the different play and learning environments that they’ll be in and…
Open Morning Friday 20th September
Our next Open Morning is taking place on Friday 20th September at 9am. Reserve your place at the following: Open Events | Private Prep School, Essex | Avon House School The morning starts at 9am with refreshments in the School Hall. Mrs Campbell (Headteacher) will host a talk at 9.15am including information on our extended…
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…
A Rather Wet Wimbledon
On Wednesday 3rd July, eight lucky and well-behaved children attended the 2nd round of The Championships at Wimbledon. Unfortunately, the weather was grey and showery with regular interruptions to play but this did mean that the party “got their steps in” and explored the grounds thoroughly taking in Henman Hill, court 18, the practice courts,…
Inter House Swimming Gala
The Prep School held our Inter-House Swimming Gala at Loughton Leisure Centre on Thursday 28th June. Whilst participation was mandatory our less able swimmers swam shorter distances, sometimes in the shallow end. Races were mixed gender and whilst only some races yielded medals, all races (and flotation events) contributed to the House totals. There were…
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…
Sports Leaders Course Complete
Adam from 3KI is the latest pupil to pass the Sports Leaders course. Congratulations to Adam and all the others who passed and received their certificates in Friday’s assembly. The other Sports Leaders to pass are Josephine , Jumana, Zak A, Eilidh, Eva H, Jamie, Imogen and Zak S. Well done everyone!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We joined eccentric inventor, Caractacus Potts, his two children, Jeremy and Jemima and their friend Truly Scrumptious on an adventure like no other in Avon House’s 2024 production of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ this week. With two performances on Wednesday and Thursday night at All Saints, the Prep Department did us proud learning lines, songs,…
