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…
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…
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…
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…
What a day! Mars rover prototypes, a plasma ball and an orbital well are just SOME of the things Year 5 were able to see and investigate on Tuesday on our educational visit to The Stem Centre. We were shown a fantastically scientific show by Ranvir and learnt about different types of matter and how…
Year 6 took a visit to Shakespeare’s Globe this Tuesday to supplement the work that they had been doing in their English lessons. After meeting our guide, who was an actor and director, we were taken for a talk on the history of the Globe in the courtyard, before entering the theatre itself. We were…
Last week during his Plume of Feathers surgery, Mr Evans was intrigued when Aubrey in Year 3 suggested that for her Bronze award in the “paint a picture of someone you admire” category, she’d painted a favourite of his from his Uni days, Siouxsie Sioux, having seen her at Latitude last year. Imagine how happy…
On Wednesday, Year 2 were extremely lucky to meet Florence Nightingale, the heroine of the Crimean War we are learning about this term! Florence told us all about her upbringing and her family, who did not want her to become a nurse. She talked about her travels and had the children pretend to be Greek…
Year 3 enjoyed finishing their longboat art project this week, assembling the different pieces and adding sails that gave the illusion of Anglo-Saxon raiders catching the wind on a wild sea. Richard said, “We painted the sea first then ripped the paper up. I didn’t like ripping my painting up, but I like my finished picture….
The Flamingos classroom was a hive of artistic activity this afternoon, as Year 2 have a special double art lesson to create new portraits of our house personalities to display in the Pre Prep. We can’t wait to see our new Mrs Pankhurst, Miss Cavell, Mr Morris and Mr Churchill up on the wall!