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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. …
A Visit From Bancroft’s School
It was a pleasure to welcome Mr Dickinson, Head of Lower School, and Ms Evans, Director of Marketing and Admissions from Bancroft’s School for an evening of critical thinking and information for secondary school transition last night with our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils and parents. Mr Dickinson and Ms Evans shared the extensive…
A Sense Of Belonging
Pre-Prep assembly had a ‘belonging’ focus this morning that involved our younger learners discussing what it means to belong to somewhere. Ms Lewis, Inclusion Lead, shared a wonderful story of a young man who didn’t quite feel he belonged in his school, and the things his teachers and friends did to help him and involve…
Strings Club Visit to The Barbican
On Thursday, Strings Club travelled to the Barbican to watch the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) perform Gustav Holst’s ‘The Planets.’ This is a seven-movement suite and each movement is named after a planet in the Solar System and its astrological character. The movements are: Mars, the Bringer of War Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury,…
