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Donating Bikes
This week, the RRS Council’s latest initiative to donate bicycles to a primary school in North London came to fruition. This links with Article 31 of the UNCRC, the right to leisure, play and culture. Bright and early, our dedicated council members gathered at the front of the school, ready to collect the donated bikes…
Carols by Candlelight
The annual Avon House ‘Carols by Candlelight’ service was hosted at All Saints’ Church on Thursday. The event brought together the Avon House community for an evening of music, festive spirit and the story of Christmas told in readings by Year 6 and staff representatives. With each year group in the prep department singing a carefully…
Too Close to Call
The Year 3 / 4 Boys’ Inter-House Football competition had all the ingredients of a really exciting “Match of The Day” programme. Each house won, drew and lost a match in the group stage as everyone finished on 6 points. Goal difference meant Morris and Cavell battled for 3rd and 4th while Pankhurst and Churchill…
U9 Tag Rugby Festival
This week saw the culmination of the efforts of our Year 4 Tag Rugby squad. They have been training hard every Friday for the last 6 weeks in preparation for the U9 Tag Rugby Festival at Akeley Wood Junior School in Milton Keynes. The day would see the children compete against other schools within ISA…
Quizclub Science Quiz
Today, two teams of four Years 5 and 6 pupils competed in the heats of the Quizclub Science quiz. In total 119 teams competed in this online heat with a team comprising Seren, Miles, Gabriel and Niharan finishing a creditable 43rd on 1415 points. We are pleased to report that our other quartet of Josephine, Seb,…
History Society V&A Museum Visit
On Friday 22nd November, the History Society visited the V&A Museum in South Kensington to bring their project on the history of shoes to a conclusion. Having been working on shoes from Egyptian times through to the current day, it was good for the pupils to put perspective on materials used to the style and…
Performance Assembly
The eagerly anticipated Autumn Term Performance Assembly took place today, with 12 acts eager to demonstrate their skills to the Avon House community. Our Performance Assemblies provide a platform for pupils to showcase their varied talents and as with previous year’s, this term’s standard was very high. The audience of children, teachers and parents enjoyed watching…
Would You Dare Approach A Tyrannosaurus?!
On Thursday, Sustainability Council marvelled at the beauty and richness of life through the VR experience, Life Chronicles. From the depths of the ocean to the tropical forests, the children travelled through the paleo-landscapes of the great geological periods and discovered the first traces of life in the Archean era (-3.5 billion years ago), the…
A Trip To The Docklands Museum
Foundation 2 went on a trip to the Docklands Museum. We travelled by tube from Woodford Station on the Underground to Stratford and then we had to take The DLR to West India Quay. It was exciting seeing all the scenery as we travelled on the tube. When we got there we ate our fruit…
Inter House Netball Competition
Last Friday, the eagerly anticipated Inter House Netball tournament took place. It was a great afternoon of Netball with all the girls from Year 5 and 6 participating. All four houses played each other in 6 very close matches. Morris and Cavell then played for 3rd and 4th place with Cavell narrowly beating Morris 6-5. …
