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ISA U11 Mixed Tag Rugby London North Champions
Last Friday, Avon House hosted the ISA U11 Mixed Tag Rugby Tournament at The Woodford Wells Club. Avon House faced some stiff opposition in the pool stages, winning three out of four of their matches. This meant they qualified for the cup in second place. Facing St Christopher’s (Pool 2 winners) in the semi-final was…
ISA U11 National Cross-Country Champion!
After qualifying at a regional event in Hemel Hempstead, Eva (6NH) and Oskar (6JM) travelled to Worksop College, near Sheffield, for the ISA National Championships of Cross-Country on Saturday. In a stunning setting, both pupils rose to the occasion with outstanding performances. After pulling-off with the leading pack in the early stages, Eva battled throughout…
Fairtrade Friday
Today we are celebrating Fairtrade Friday. The RRS Council took the opportunity to interview our lovely Catering Manager, Mrs Fairy, to find out what Fairtrade means to her and the special surprises she had in store for us on the day. When asked about Fairtrade Friday, children said: “Mrs Fairy asked everyone to look out…
Cavell Crowned Winners of Our Inter-House Music Competition
It was all to sing for in our Inter-House Music Competition this morning. Well done to everyone for taking part and a special mention to our solo and group performers. The House performances saw Morris singing ‘Don’t Stop Me Now,’ Pankhurst singing ‘We Will Rock You,’ Churchill singing ‘Celestial’ but it was Cavell’s performance of…
£550 Raised For RSPB
Our RRS Council have been braving the cold to sell RSPB badges before school every morning for the past 2 weeks. This morning, they were joined by RSPB area rep, Mr Wilkins, who came to help sell the badges and collect the funds raised. The RRS Council have raised an impressive £552.50 for the RSPB!…
Our Ultimate Rock Hero
We have been searching for the Ultimate Rock Hero as part of STEM Week using Times Table Rock Stars! On Monday, all children from Year 2 to Year 6 took part in a Times Tables battle against the other members of their class in the group stages of this fierce competition. After some very impressive…
Maths Mentors
Thursday was our ‘Maths’ Day as part of our STEM week. Our Year 6s, Year 5s and Year 4s were tasked with creating Maths games and puzzles to teach our younger children. After spending the morning researching and creating their games, the older children then got to work with teaching their games to the lower…
Faulty Towers
As part of our STEM Week, Year 2 were tasked with the engineering challenge of creating the tallest tower using only paper cups. Some of the best teamwork and ‘aha’ moments came from when the stack of cups crashed to the table which forced the children to rethink their strategies. The activity really tapped into…
Safer Internet Day
Tuesday’s Safer Internet Day saw the School having lots of open conversations about how we feel about using technology as well as some of the downsides of being online, from cyberbullying, spam, livestreaming and chat in games. Year 6 thought about the way they should respond to anything that upsets them and the children came…
Creating a Terrarium
During STEM week, Year 5 explored a number of challenges, including making torches from water bottles, creating a terrarium, studying climate change and finding solutions for air pollution, including their own prototype designs. It was a fun filled week that was enjoyed by all!
