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The Jolly Postman
Year 1 Pelicans and Cranes enjoyed travelling on a tube train, stepping back in time and experiencing the world of historic postal services by taking a visit to The Postal Museum on Wednesday. Spread over two sides of the same road, after the essential fruit snack Year 1 first enjoyed a workshop focused around ‘The Jolly…
Letters to Santa
Letters to Santa in the School Library at breaktime and lunchtime has been a very popular activity between our Year 6 and Early Years pupils this week. Pupils from Puffins (Nursery), Mallards and Kingfishers (Reception) have taken turns to share their Christmas wishes for Year 6 to write with them at the festive letter writing…
EYFS and Pre-Prep Christingle
The Annual Avon House EYFS and Pre-Prep Christingle service was hosted at All Saints’ Church this afternoon. The Ukulele Strummers, led by Miss Neel, performed ‘Feliz Navidad’, and we were given a warm welcome from Pastor Ella, who shared the story of the first Christmas. She was assisted by some Year 1 and Year 2 pupils…
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…
