Weekly Newsletter

Avonmore Primary School

Weekly Newsletter

6.07.18

Careers Speaker Week was a huge success!

The children were visited by speakers from a range of varied backgrounds. We had an exciting range of speakers including an editor, a grime artist, graphic designers, a lawyer, a yoga teacher, police officers and others. The children asked thoughtful questions and became even more aspirational with some planning where they would like to do their work experience when they are in secondary school. Thanks to Miss Webster for taking the time to plan such a fun range of speakers.

EVENTS NEXT WEEK

NO MORE ACTIVITY CLUBS THIS TERM
AVONMORE PLAY CONTINUES UNTIL THE END OF TERM!

Day	Event
Monday	Nursery Sports Event - 9am Year 5 Sports Day - 2.30pm
Tuesday	Sports Day (not Nursery and Reception) Year 5 to Orchestra Festival at Hammersmith Town Hall
Wednesday
Thursday	Blue Sky Thinking workshop for parents - 9am Year 6 production - 4pm
Friday	Reception Sports Event - 9am

Learning around Avonmore this week

The Nursery children were really keen to visit their new classroom to spend time with their new teacher Ms.Carroll and their new learning assistant Ms.Charkaoui during the whole school 'Transition afternoon'. They also met their new classmates who will be joining Avonmore in September ... so much to look forward to Nursery.. exciting times ahead!

Reception have been recording and using marks when playing Maths Mastery games this week. Some children used a tally chart to record their scores and some wrote down the number of times they won the game.

Year 1 had a wonderful trip to the theatre to see We're Going on a Bear Hunt Live with Ms Bourke, their teacher for next year.

Year 2 have had a great week going to the theatre and meeting their year 3 class teacher! They also wrote some very persuasive letters based on the book 'The Day The Crayons Quit'. Great work Year 2!

Year 3 have been very busy improving their writing skills by using adverbs and fronted adverbials. They have also been focusing on data and pictograms in maths.

This week Year 4 have continued to develop their tennis skills in PE. A Wimbledon champion in the making...

Year 5 concentrating hard on making their delicious chutney.

Year 5 chutney for sale!

Year 5 have been busy making delicious chutney. They will be selling it on Wednesday 11th July between 11am and 1pm at Wholefoods Fulham, 2-6 Fulham Broadway, SW6 1AA. Please come and support them!

STARS OF THE WEEK
Reading Star : Safa
Sports Star : Michaela
French Star : Marcus (Year 2)
Reception Star : Laith
Year 1 Star : Max
Year 2 Star : Zaky
Year 3 Star : Yasmina
Year 4 Star : Mounir
Year 5 Star : Ahmed
Year 6 Star : Andreas

SPORTS DAY

The Battle of the Houses is on the horizon!

Tuesday 10th July marks our KS1 & 2 Sports day and we can't wait! Make sure you represent your house team as best you can.
Check below to see what colour your house will be wearing:

Rosa Parks: White
Nelson Mandela:Green
Florence Nightingale:Blue
Martin Luther King:Red
Malala:Yellow

We will be leaving the school at 9:15 and parents should meet us at Holland Park. It will be a very hot day so please make sure you bring plenty of fluids, and protect yourself from the sun with a hat and some sun cream.

Coach McCann is very excited to be racing against all your parents and carers in the adults race!

Year 6 End of Year Production

Year 6 will be performing the Jungle Book on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th July. We are asking that if you have very young children or babies that you attend the full dress rehearsal on Wednesday 11th at 9 am.

The performance on Thursday 12th July will start at 4 pm.

Try this week's experiment here and see what happens to your ice cubes. take a picture of yourself carrying out the experiment and we will share it in assembly.

Last Day of Summer Term - Thursday July 19th

We will be celebrating the end of a glorious year at Avonmore with a summer picnic for the whole school. Parents, carers and other family members are warmly invited to join us from 12 noon onwards.
School will close as usual at 2pm for the summer holidays.

Attendance continues to be a whole school priority for Avonmore- we are not yet in line with the national expectation of at least 96%.

The last few weeks of school are just as important as the first few weeks. The children get to take part in lessons that support them in preparing for the challenges of the next academic year, trips, workshops and productions that celebrate all they have achieved this year and teaching and learning continues right up until the last day of term so it is hugely important that children attend every day to get the most out of the remaining weeks. A big thank you to those children and parents and carers who have worked hard to get to school on time every day.

CLASS	ATTENDANCE THIS WEEK	ATTENDANCE SINCE SEPTEMBER
RECEPTION	85.9%	93.7%
YEAR 1	92.5%	94.5%
YEAR 2	98.7%	94.6%
YEAR 3	95.7%	96.3%
YEAR 4	96.9%	94.6%
YEAR 5	99.3%	95.7%
YEAR 6	97.6%	95.3%
WHOLE SCHOOL	95.9%	95.1%

We have been speaking to all the children this week about the importance of sun safety in the hot weather. Please do send your child to school with a hat even if they are in Key Stage 2 as we have had a few cases of heat stroke. Click here for further advice about heat stroke and how to avoid it.

SCHOOL GATEWAY FOR CLUBS AND DINNER MONEY PAYMENTS
School Gateway sign up information:
Download the app: If you have a smartphone, please download School Gateway from your app store (Android and iPhone). The app shows the same information as the website PLUS you can send app messages to the school for FREE – this will also save the school money when we send text messages.
OR
Visit the website: www.schoolgateway.com and click on ‘New User’. You’ll receive a text message with a PIN number. Use this PIN to login to School Gateway

NEW UNIFORM NOW AVAILABLE!

We are delighted to announce that the new school uniform is now available to buy from our online supplier Stevensons. Please have a look at their website here

Donation from Olympia Trust

We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to a very generous donation from the Olympia Charitable Trust, we will be giving every child a free set of uniform for September.

If you need any more information about the new uniform, come and speak to the office.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Friday 25^th May 2018	Last Day of Summer Term 1 School finishes at 2pm
28^th May – 1^st June 2018	Summer Half Term
Thursday 7th June 2018	Year 3 Class Assembly - 9am
Thursday 14^th June 2018	Reception Class Assembly – 9am
Thursday 21^st June 2018	Year 2 Class Assembly – 9am
25^th – 29^th June 2018	School Journey for Year 6
Thursday 28^th June 2018	Year 4 Class Assembly – 9am
Tuesday 10th July 2018	Sports Day in Holland Park
Thursday 12th July 2018	Year 6 Production - 4pm (Full Dress rehearsal Wednesday 11th at 9am)
Thursday 19^th July 2018	Last Day of Summer Term 2 School finishes at 2pm
Tuesday 4^th September 2018	First day of Autumn Term 1
Friday 19^th October 2018	Last Day of Autumn Term 1 School finishes at 2pm
22^nd – 26^th October 2018	Autumn Half Term
Monday 29^th October 2018	INSET – school closed
Tuesday 30^th October 2018	First day of Autumn Term 2
Friday 21^st December 2018	Last day of Autumn Term 2 School finishes at 2pm

Welcoming New Staff

On Wednesday for Transition day we welcomed all new staff who are joining us in September. Below is our full class teacher list:

Year 6 Victoria Henman
Year 5: Grace Lieberson
Year 4: Rebecca Keel
Year 3: Joe Large
Year 2: Johanna Bourke
Year 1: Deborah Cole
Reception: Ciara Caroll
Nursery: Kerry McCarthy

Our Leadership Team is also growing:

Head of School: Maya Wittleton
Deputy Head: Kate Webster
Assistant Head: Dan Brown
Senior Teacher: Gemma Mullins

NEW UNIFORM NOW AVAILABLE!

We are delighted to announce that the new school uniform is now available to buy from our online supplier Stevensons. Please have a look at their website here

Donation from Olympia Trust We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to a very generous donation from the Olympia Charitable Trust, we will be giving every child a free set of uniform for September. If you need any more information about the new uniform, come and speak to the office.

Donation from Olympia Trust

We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to a very generous donation from the Olympia Charitable Trust, we will be giving every child a free set of uniform for September.

If you need any more information about the new uniform, come and speak to the office.