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U11 Boys Football v Chigwell
Last Friday saw our U11 boys team travel to Chigwell for a football fixture. Up against a strong and organised side, AHS knew they would have to be at their best to compete with this school, and they were. Avon House led 3-1 at half-time with a hat-trick from Keerit (6NH). Rire added a fourth…
Anti Bullying Assembly by Year 6
As part of the School’s commitment to Anti-Bullying Week, Year 6 have been working hard on rehearsing their Anti-Bullying assembly to help inform and educate the whole school. In the assembly, a pupil who is being bullied gets support from their friends to do the right thing and use their voice to tell the teacher…
ISA London North Cross Country
Abbot’s Hill School in Hertfordshire hosted the ISA London North Cross Country. Avon House was represented by pupils that performed best at the Inter-House event that was held in September. In tough conditions, all pupils gave it their all and everyone should be proud of their performances. In their age-related races, the following pupils placed as…
Make a Noise with Kindness
It’s Anti-Bullying Week and Years 1-4 were treated to an amazing and thought provoking theatrical assembly from Open View Education today, with the Anti-Bullying Theatre Show, ‘Make a Noise with Kindness.’ The children met puppet friends Philip and Millie, but when three of Milly’s friends start to bully Philip, she has an important decision to…
Year 3 Visit to BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
This week started with a riot of colour and light for Year 3 when they visited BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chigwell, as part of their RE topic of Hinduism. Guided by a passionate Mandir volunteer called Dhiya, they were treated to an interactive information session about the festival of Diwali and a performance from…
World Kindness Day
Well done to our Year 5 classes who spread a little joy today by drawing and making cards for residents in a local care centre. The residents of the care centre said that: “the beautiful pictures and letters have touched their hearts and made them feel loved and appreciated. The residents have been overwhelmed by…
Happy Diwali
Year 3 created rangoli patterns in the playground this afternoon, carefully working as a class to create large patterns outside their classroom ‘home’ door for everyone to see at home time. Avon House would like to wish everyone celebrating this weekend, a very Happy Diwali!
F2-Year 1 Inter House Connect 4 Final
On Wednesday, the F2-Y2 Inter-House Connect 4 Final took place with an excited six class finalists. The children all gave their best, concentrating their hardest as they played and some even tried to help their opponents to place their pieces in better positions! The grand final was between Hari in Kingfishers and Benji in Herons….
U11 Mixed Tag Rugby v WGPS
Our tag rugby team faced Woodford Green Prep at the Woodford Wells on Tuesday. Avon House scored the game’s first try in what was a dominating start by the home side. However, WGPS fought back to lead two tries to one as the game entered the final five minutes. A resilient attitude saw AHS score…
A Double Win at ISA National Art Competition
We are very happy to announce that we have won 2 x 1st place prizes in the ISA National Art Competition 2023. Well done to Nia (Year 3) for her sketchbook work from Year 2 and to last year’s Year 1 classes for their Tinga Tinga inspired art piece. Mrs Mistry is very proud of all…
