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The Big Plastic Count
The first meeting back after half-term saw Arun bring another load of batteries in for recycling. The Sustainability Council now affectionately refer to him as the “Battery Boy” as he has singlehandedly brought in over 600 batteries on his own. Quite an amazing effort! Aiden has also put together a collage showing how much his family…
The Lion King
Year 1 had a fantastic day out for our Spring Term school trip. We started off the day very excited as we hopped on the coach to head for the British Museum. We had the opportunity to explore the African exhibit. Each group had a tick sheet to help them explore the area, the children…
ISA Football Qualifiers
On the 8th of February 2024, the U11 A-team visited St. John’s school for the ISA qualifiers 5-a-side football tournament. In the groups stage we faced some good teams but managed to remain unbeaten throughout. After a tricky group stage, we finished third in our group. But due to the departure of Coopersale Hall School,…
Amazing Air Resistance
Year 5 have been investigating air resistance by running with a parachute, recording the time and comparing it to running without a parachute. Noah (5HG) felt the investigation went but it might have been unfair as groups had different amount of wind. Jamie (5HG) thought the investigation went well as we got accurate results and…
Blown Away
During Monday’s Team Building & Problem Solving Prep activity, the children worked in teams to keep a balloon in the air by tapping it. Each child was only allowed to touch the balloon with one finger. Team work and problem solving skills were needed to fight against the wind! Although five balloons were lost over…
U11 Netball v Gatehouse
On Friday 9th February, 7 girls from the netball squad travelled to Gatehouse School who were the runners up of the recent ISA National Netball qualifying tournament, to play a friendly netball match. It was a closely contested match with some superb netball and lots of goals from both teams. Avon House were narrowly beaten…
Your Voice Matters
The theme of Children’s Mental Health week is ‘Your Voice Matters.’ As part of RRS, it links to article 12, ‘You have the right to an opinion and for it to be listened to and taken seriously.’ This is something we are very passionate about at school and have fully embraced this week; promoting the…
AIM High Writing Day
A group of Year 2 Avon House pupils attended the inspiring AIM High Writing Day workshop by the author, storyteller and creator of Rastamouse Michael De Souza this week. They explored the construction of traditional nursery rhymes then developed and performed with flare, their own modern day rhymes. Every was full of excitement when they…
Stratford and East London Music Festival
Congratulations to the Avon House Choir who performed at the Stratford and East London Music Festival on Monday, held at St Mary’s Church, South Woodford. Twenty seven children from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 represented us and tried their hardest at this very competitive event, with six other choirs present from other schools in…
U11 Swimming Gala v Daiglen
On Friday 2nd February seven boys and seven girls were chosen to swim in some races against Daiglen school during their weekly swimming lesson at Loughton Leisure centre. All individual races were over 25m, featured three pupils from each school, divided by gender and all four strokes were showcased. Our boys team of Arvin, Keerit,…
