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A Visit from Zeon Richards
As part of our Black History Month celebrations, Year 6 were fortunate to have music executive Zeon Richards in to talk to them about ambition, careers and achievement. In his inspirational talk, Zeon spoke candidly about his passion for music from a young age, and how he used this as a driving force to get…
Black History Month
October sees the start of Black History Month and I firstly wanted to say a massive thank you to our parents for taking part in the Heritage interviews. These have been incredible and very enlightening. We have been sharing these with our classes and there will be soon enough a world map display, displaying all…
Arsenal Women v Liverpool Women
Girls of the Prep attended an opening fixture of the Women’s Super League on Sunday 1st October – Arsenal Women v Liverpool Women. Played at Emirates Stadium, the match was a record attendance for the WSL at 54,115. This eclipsed the previous record of last season’s Arsenal Women against Tottenham Women, of which the school…
Messy Marshmellows
During Monday’s Team Building & Problem Solving Prep activity, the children took on the legendary spaghetti tower marshmallow challenge! Working in teams, they had to build the tallest possible tower that could support a marshmallow. The children learnt that, in order to build a strong tower, they needed to create a sturdy base. It was…
Prep Sports Leaders
Monday saw the Prep Sports Leaders group deliver their first planned session to the Pre-Prep Ball Skills group at the Wells. The Sports Leaders had been tasked the previous week with planning a differentiated coaching session with the children from the Ball Skills group after school. The weather held and the skills being delivered varied…
School In A Bag – 20 Rucksacks Funded
‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’ – Nelson Mandela Launching the 2023 Pankhurst charity day, Avon House had a visit from Luke Simon, the CEO of School in a Bag in our whole school assembly. He spoke passionately about the charity, the charity origins, the different places…
A Battery Boost
Sustainability Council is very proud of its Year 3KI representative, Aiden. Aiden has been focusing on boosting the school’s battery recycling collection, so he reached out to his neighbours and managed to collect over 100 used batteries in just one weekend! Aiden is a fine example of carrying out sustainability projects at home, not just…
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Thank you to those that attend this morning’s Macmillan Coffee Morning. We hope you enjoyed the teas, coffees, cakes and songs by our choir. We have raised £550 for the charity.
Cycling Proficiency
Our intrepid Year 6 cyclists were put through their paces as part of their cycle training this week. After a session on cycle maintenance, they were put through a series of tests at The Wells where they were able to show their cycle skills and safe handling. Some Year 6 children were invited back on…
Councils Combine for Charity
The Sustainability and RRS Councils combined their efforts for the first and second of three planned second-hand uniform sales. Children from both councils had fun sorting through the uniform and laying them out ready for prospective bargain hunting parents. Business was brisk and frantic with some parents also making generous donations to the Moroccan Earthquake…
