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Can You Solve It?
One of our Tuesday’s club is called ‘Can You Solve It?’ Amongst many puzzles and problem solving scenarios, the children were asked to investigate how many interlocking cubes were needed to create a small structure from a given diagram. The children were asked to predict the number of cubes used and then check with their…
U9 Tag Rugby v Loyola
Monday afternoon saw our Year 4 team take on Loyola at The Wells. Loyola just pipped Avon House by two matches to one in 3 hard fought matches. Having the slope, wind, and sun in your favour proved the deciding factor in all 3 matches. Tyler and Gabriel proved to be our two most valuable…
U11 ISA London North Table Tennis
The boys and girls table-tennis teams applied themselves very well last Thursday at the ISA Table Tennis competition at Kings School, Harpenden. The standard was particularly high with nationally ranked players in both the boys and girls competitions. Easton and Tanure were the best performers in their respective competitions, while everyone else won at least two…
Young Voices at the o2
In a spectacular showcase of musical prowess and harmony on Monday 15th January for the first time representatives from the Avon House choir in Years 4, 5 and 6 performed at the O2 Arena, as part of the Young Voices Choir event. Nothing could prepare us for the sight, sound and energy of 8,500…
Miler Of the Week
As part of the Daily Mile, we will now be announcing the ‘Miler of the Week’ in Friday assemblies. The Miler of the Week can be awarded to a pupil for many reasons, from achieving a personal best fastest lap to showing perseverance to improve their fitness levels. It gives us great pleasure to announce…
New School Hall Floor
Year 2 Herons made sure the School Hall floor repaint that took place over the Christmas holidays was up to scratch as they took part in their gymnastics lesson this morning. The children took part in various gymnastic techniques which worked on their balancing and coordination skills.
What’s Your Superpower?
Welcome back for the Spring Term! Our Early Years and Pre-Prep Departments start the term with a ‘WOW’ day to launch their new topic of the term. Year 2’s Wow day became the Year 2 Pow Day (thank you Niamh for the name!) for absorbing their new topic ‘What’s Your Superpower?’ The children started the…
£750 Raised for Shelter
A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Morris Charity Day and to the children who took part in the 50p challenge. We are extremely proud to announce we raised a whopping £750 for Shelter. We had some very original and creative ideas for the 50p challenge ranging from a 50 second plank (Ehsaan…
What A Racket
The Racketball finals day was held on the last Wednesday of term. The eight regular attendees had been whittled down to 4 finalists after a 3-week round robin on Thursday afternoons. The 3rd and 4th place play off saw Bailey (6NH) use his power game to defeat Adam (6NH) 15/9. The final saw Issa (6JM) defeat…
12 Days of Christmas
Our “12 Days of Christmas” Extravaganza Day is well underway. The school has been transformed into a magical Christmas hub with pupils taking part in 12 themed activities such as our Partridge in a Pear Tree Quiz, 2 Turtle Doves Pairs Game, 3 French Hens Coconut Shy, 4 Calling Birds Kazoos Workshop, 5 Gold Rings…
