Category: Literacy
World Book Day
This year, World Book Day was all about stepping into the world of books—literally! Instead of dressing up as words, we flipped the idea on its head and took our books’ places, immersing ourselves in their stories. From Foundation 1 to Year 6, children embraced the joy of reading in new and exciting ways, enjoying…
National Storytelling Week
Last week, we took part in National Storytelling Week and we were so grateful for the incredible support from our parents in making the week such an enjoyable experience for the pupils in all classes. The children were so excited to hear the chosen story at the end of the day and it was a…
Inter House Poetry Competition
We are thrilled to share the success of our recent Inter-House Poetry Competition, held in honour of Remembrance Day. The students poured their creativity and emotion into their poems and drawings, resulting in an impressive array of entries that truly captured the spirit of the occasion. We are so proud of all the students who…
What a Wonderful Wordy World Book Day
What a day! Words upon words upon WORDS! The whole school has had a real blast this World Book Day! Each class has dressed to impress and shared their words and costumes with each other. It has been an honour to go to each class and hear the children share their words. I think we…
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…
Read Together
Our pupil shared reading programme – Read Together – started today, with the different years meeting their reading partner classes for the first time. It was such a beautiful afternoon to see stories being enjoyed and shared so animatedly outside.
World Book Day – Celebrating All Things Literacy
Our World Book Day celebrations started as soon as the children came through the school gates this morning. This year we asked the children to dress as a vocabulary word and the playground was buzzing with the sound of all the fabulous words being shared and the appreciation of the spectacularly creative costumes. Throughout the…
