This week has seen the school welcome a Challenge Partners review team on site. The review has gone smoothly and all parts of the school were seen throughout the visit, from Nursery outdoor provision to Year 11’s preparing for the upcoming mock examinations. In next week’s bulletin I will share some key highlights from the report with the school community.

Advance notice: Year 9 Parent Consultation Evening date change
Due to the planned industrial strike action on Wednesday 15th March, we have made the decision to move the Year 9 Parent Consultation Evening from Wednesday to Monday 13th March. There will be an early finish for all secondary students on Monday 13th March. We hope that giving a months advance notice will allow parents to make appropriate arrangements.

The school has organised for form group (secondary) and class (primary) photos to be taken on Monday 27th February. This is the first day after the half-term. Please look out for further details after the photos have been taken to place your orders.

Finally, you may have heard news that Mr Koorichh, principal at Krishna Avanti Primary School, will be moving to become the principal of Avanti Court Primary School from September 2023. Avanti Court is where Mr Koorichh began his Avanti journey and it is lovely to see him return to his roots next academic year.

Primary Calendar

• Tuesday 14th February: Nursery parent workshop 8:00am-9:00am
• Wednesday 15th February: Reception parent workshop 1:30pm-2:45pm
• Monday 27th February: Class photos
• 27th February – 3rd March:  Reading week
• 27th – 28th February: School book fair
• Tuesday 7th March: Gaura Purnima Festival Day

Primary parent consultation evenings will be held onsite and details to book your time slot have been sent.

Secondary Calendar

• Wednesday 15th February: Year 11 parent survey
• Tuesday 14th February:  PTFA Bake sale ( Year -11 prom fund raising)
• Thursday 16th February: Year 9, 10 & 11 Overseas Expedition Sign-up
• Friday 17th February: Non-uniform day (House colours/ Mental Health awareness)
  £1 donation towards school events
• Tuesday 7th March: Gaura Purnima Festival Day
• Thursday 9th March: Year 9 Options evening
• Monday 13th March: Year 9 Parent Consultation Evening (early finish for secondary pupils at 12:50pm)

Concerts – Bhavik Haria

The PTFA is excited to announce that tickets are now on sale for its upcoming Musical Weekend of concerts by renowned artist, Bhavik Haira.

There are two concerts. The first on Friday 24th  March,2023 is a Bhajans and second show on Saturday 25th March,2023 will be unique ‘Mehfil Evening’ Both performance will take place at the school.

We are proud to announce that three of our Avanti Pupils will join Bhavik on stage during the Bhajans concert. Riya K (KAPS), Niyam P (Y-9) and Miraya G (Y -11) all participate in Bhajans and Kirtans in their spare time, showing great dedication to our values.

please find below the link for booking tickets and further information on concerts.

Avanti Concerts March 2023 Digital PDF

As we approach the mid-way point of this term, I want to share with you more details about up-and-coming events.

Reading week

This will take place the week beginning 27th February. As part of this week, we will have a school book fair,  competitions and various reading events including a dress up event on the 2nd March. We are encouraging all children to come to school on the 2nd of March dressed up as their favourite book character.

Reading week is just around the corner. Before the end of term your child will go home with a free £1.00 book voucher and a reading competition. Remember vouchers can be redeemed at our school bookfair on the 27^th and 28^th February.

Competitions:

As part of reading week, we will have three exciting competitions:

Competition 1: Draw your favourite story book cover (children will be given the competition paper before the end of term) and send it back to your class teacher by 1^st March

Competition 2: Reply to our online Twitter competition post- send in a video showcasing your story telling skills by 1^st March!

Competition 3: Best dressed character for world book day

All winners will be announced on Thursday 2^nd March. Prizes to be won!

Reminder of book fair timings:

Holi event- 8th March

This event is an additional date for your diary. We would like all children to experience the traditions of Holi with a festival of colours event. As the event involves the throwing of powdered paint, we are kindly asking for all children to come in old clothes, preferably white to show all the colours. If your child is in uniform that day, they will not be able to participate.

Nursery morning children only

As the event is taking place in the afternoon, we are inviting nursery AM children to the event, however parents will be expected to remain on school grounds during the event. We will have a tea and coffee room for all AM parents who wish to attend. This will be at 2.00pm.

Ms Thakore

Year 9 Options Evening

On the evening there will be a subject fair in the main dining hall from 4:30pm – 6:30 pm and a short presentation in  the main hall which will be delivered 3 times throughout the evening.

The timings for the 25 minutes presentation are:

1. 4:30 PM
2. 5:00 PM
3. 5:30 PM

Parents are advised to visit the subjects fair prior to the last presentation as evening finishes at 6:00Pm. Head of Departments, subject Leads and teachers will be available during the subjects fair to answer specific curriculum and course questions.

A Copy of the options booklet has been emailed out all parents ahead of the evening. If you would like a printed copy of the options booklet, please ask your child to see Ms.Kholia.

we look forward to seeing you at the Y9 options evening.

NSPCC Business Challenge

A huge well done to some of our student leaders who took part in the NSPCC business challenge where they had £20 to think of an idea to raise as much money as possible. They raised a total of £535 and we were the first school to take part in the initiative.

Ms Kansara

Year 11 Prom

We are holding a bake sale on Tuesday 14th February,2023 to raise funds for our First Avanti Fields Year – 11 Prom. To support us please could you donate baked goods for us to sell. All baked good need to be ethos friendly and nut free.

Prom Committee

National Apprenticeship week and ASK Programme free events

As part of promoting Apprenticeship week from 6th – 12th February,2023. Once again the ASK programme are hosting a series of free events during National Apprenticeship week. Please find below the list of events and links to Eventbrite to register.

National Apprenticeship Week and ASK programme free events

TOP of the Bench Competition

Well done to our Avanti Chemistry team making it to the regional finals of the ‘Top of the Bench’ competition, hosted by the University of Derby. The girls were selected from the first round of internal chemistry tests open to all year 11,10 and 9 pupils. The top scoring pupils then entered the online RSC quizzes during their lunch times and girls were within the highest scoring in region. It was so great to see our girls dedication by giving up their weekend to represent Avanti Fields School. The students had to complete a range of activities throughout the day. They started with a team quiz, followed by a practical challenge and ended the day with a fantastic demonstration delivered by the staff at the University. Our students worked collaboratively, and it was lovely to see their team working skills develop throughout the day. We look forward to entering more Avanti Science teams next year in the Top of the Bench Competition and hope our Students experience the same level of success! Huge congratulations to Keyri A(Y 11), Veda P (Y 10) Dhiya B and Meisha P (Y 9).

We currently have a vacancy for a secondary teaching assistant and secondary examinations officer out to advert. If you, or someone you know, is interested in the post, please visit the Avanti Careers page: https://www.avanticareers.org.uk/

Avanti Fields will also have further recruitment opportunities coming up. If you know of anyone interested in joining our recruitment pool, please share with them this bulletin to have them sign up.

Communications – Wherever possible please use the contact form on our website to get in touch. This is detailed on the website at https://avanti.org.uk/avantifields/contact-us/. The appropriate member of staff will pick up the message and get back to you as soon as possible.

Absence

To report an absence to the school, parents should contact us by 8:00am (primary) and 8.30am (secondary) 

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0116 326 6813 (Option 1 to leave a voicemail) 

Please remember to state your child’s full name, tutor group and reason for absence. If your child is unwell, please could you give a brief description of the symptoms. 

All education research highlights how crucial it is to a child’s academic progress and wellbeing they attend school , on time, all of the time. Therefore, a reminder that it is important that families organise events or holidays outside of school time to ensure that their child is at school as often as possible.   

The school works closely with the Education Welfare Officer at LCC, and we do seek to ensure that any requests for authorised absence are dealt with on a case-by-case basis, in a sensitive manner. However, the school can never authorise a family holiday or a trip abroad to visit family members during term time.   

This academic year, families will have two weeks at the October half-term, three weeks at Christmas and two weeks at Easter for extended family holidays. Please do ensure that if booking holidays, they fall within the holiday periods.