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Queen Elizabeth I Hunting Lodge
On Wednesday 6th of November, Year 5 went to the Queen Elizabeth I hunting lodge. We started the experience with a huge feast on the ground floor of a Tudor hunting house, which had been refurbished to preserve the building. We examined the buffet and found a mistake deliberately put there; metal cutlery was not…
Fireworks in Creative Club
Pre-Prep Creative Club recreated the colourful spectacles they have observed in the sky during the past week, with their artistic interpretations of fireworks over a cityscape. Discussing the different effects of rockets, fountains, wheels and more, our pupils carefully used oil pastels to draw smooth lines and blend as they wanted. They were most excited…
Out of This World Workshop
Year 1 and Foundation 1 Puffins (Nursery), enjoyed a visit from Perform For Schools on Thursday, with a fun Out-of-This World drama workshop. We met Katherine, the little green alien, as she visited to save the galaxy from the Cruel Commander. There were plenty of performing arts exercises, space facts, galactic music and imagination as everyone…
Diversity Day
Avon House looked amazing on Thursday as we celebrated Diversity Day with pupils and staff invited to attend school in cultural outfits. From Indian saris, cork hats and Japanese kimonos to Cypriot traditional dress, thawbs and Scottish kilts, there were many colourful and interesting outfits across the Prep, EYFS and Pre-Prep. It was wonderful to…
Sports Council Bowled Over at The Wells
As part of their “play every sport at the Wells tour” the Sports Council used a lunchtime to try their hand at short mat bowls. Under the watchful coaching of the Wells club captain they soon found out what a difficult and skillful game it was! Zariyan in Year 5 said “I did get better…
A Lot Of Rubbish
Sustainability Council excelled themselves with their first litter pick of the academic year on the Green. There was an eclectic assortment of items picked up from the undergrowth and long grass. This included: a scarf, a straw and drink cans, along with all the everyday regular items discarded by people too lazy to use the…
ISA London North Swimming Gala Winners
On Saturday 12th October, twelve pupils competed in the ISA London North Swimming Gala at the impressive Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre. All individual races were over 50m distances and sadly there was no time for relays as the late afternoon was devoted to secondary pupils. Two pupils narrowly missed out on medals, Seren coming 4th…
£270 Raised for Cancer Research
Krishni (Head of Pankhurst House) and Ms Heath (Pankhurst House Leader) would like to send a very big thank you to all the parents and staff for their amazing book donations and support for the Pankhurst House Book Sale. Once again, everyone was so generous with the quality of the books donated. These contributions played an…
Igbo Assembly
Avon House was treated to a visit from Mr Nonyerem Udeh this morning, in our second whole school Black History Month Assembly. Mr Udeh took us through learning more about the language of Igbo – a language spoken by over 31 million people in Nigeria, some fun Nigerian customs, learning how to count to 10…
Collaborative Creative Quilt
Year 2 and Year 6 pupils joined forces over Black History Month on a collaborative creative quilt project inspired by the book ‘The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom.’ A powerful and moving story that educates children about the Underground Railroad and the unique role quilts played in guiding slaves toward liberty. Looking closely at…
