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ISA A Cappella Competition
The Avon House Choir made their debut performance at this year’s annual ISA A Cappella Competition on Wednesday. Hosted by Leighton Park School in Reading and judged by Lisa Lynn, an award-winning performer and teacher and Pascal Blaschta, a performance artist, children from Years 4, 5 and 6 represented Avon House at a high standard,…
An Egg-Stra Special Achievement
After the success of the Christmas appeal back in December 2023, Avon House has yet again proved themselves to be charity heroes this term, collecting a whopping two-hundred and eleven Easter eggs for the local foodbank – the Epping Forest Foodbank, run by the Trussel Trust. Easter is the celebration of life – to spread…
What a Wonderful Wordy World Book Day
What a day! Words upon words upon WORDS! The whole school has had a real blast this World Book Day! Each class has dressed to impress and shared their words and costumes with each other. It has been an honour to go to each class and hear the children share their words. I think we…
Pirates v Mermaids
On Wednesday 6th March, the Year 2 children performed their production of Pirates vs Mermaids to their parents, having already performed to the school on Monday. It was a big undertaking, with lots of lines and fast-paced songs to learn! The children were so committed to their role and loved playing pirates and mermaids. They…
Reception Children Visit The Discover Story Centre
This week, F2 had a great day out for our educational visit. We went to Discover Story Centre in Stratford and explored the story of the Box Rocket. We explored a planet that we needed to find the special moon rocks to save! We saved the planet luckily and could make it back to school…
Women’s Rugby Takes Centre Stage
Sunday 3rd March saw a group of girls have a great day out watching Saracens Women beat Leicester Tigers 45-19 at the Stone X Stadium. The girls got to welcome the players onto the pitch by waving flags as part of the welcome tunnel. After watching the Saracen’s women power their way to victory, the…
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…
ISA London North Mixed Tag Rugby Tournament
On Thursday 29th February, Avon House hosted the ISA London North Tag Rugby tournament at The Woodford Wells Club. A total of sixteen teams entered from across the region and Avon House had two teams that participated on the day. Both teams did extremely well in the group stages, progressing to the knockout stages of…
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…
