This week and next our Year 11 students begin to complete important modules within both their Drama and Art curriculum that will contribute to their overall GCSE grades. We wish the students well in their examinations. Tonight we are also hosting a parent workshop around supporting with examination stress.

50 students in Year 10 will be returning from their Belgium Avanti Quest retreat later this evening and remaining Year 10 pupils worked with the Heartwize Resuscitation team on Tuesday to learn CPR.

Our primary pupils have begun curriculum based activities that build up to the Easter holidays. Students have begun to make Easter bonnets, which will be judged next week. Nursery and Reception parents will also have another opportunity to participate in parent workshops next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Leading into the Easter break, I would like to share a piece written by Mr Gajjar, Head of Philosophy, Religion and Ethics. This time of year is important to many people from various religious backgrounds. It is not just Easter that is celebrated in the spring; Ramanavami, Ramadan and Vaishaki are also celebrated.

Aspiring to follow the ideal…

While we break for Easter, here are four celebrations that bring us together to deepen and nurture our spiritual insight:

Each celebration and observance encourage one theme – how might I become of ideal character? We might not reach to the same heights of realisation as these amazing personalities, it’s nonetheless a useful question to ponder as we break for Eater holidays. Wishing you all a reflective time over this Easter break.

Pradip Gajjar
Head of Philosophy Religion Ethics
Avanti Fields School

Secondary Calendar

• Thursday 30th March – 31st March: Year 11 GCSE Art Exam
• Wednesday 29th March: PTFA Easter raffle and bake sale

Primary Calendar

• Monday 20th – 29th March: Easter bonnet competition
• Tuesday 28th March: Nursery Easter workshop (14:00 to 15:00PM)
• Wednesday 29th March: Reception Easter workshop (13:30 to 14:30PM)
• Wednesday 29th March: PTFA Easter raffle and bake sale
• Thursday 30th March: Height and Weight measurement
• Friday 31st March: Non uniform Holi event

Concerts – Bhavik Haria

Dear Parents, Carers

Our musical weekend starts in just a few days! We’re really excited to be bringing renowned singer Bhavik Haria to our school for two live concerts.

We’re delighted that we’re nearly sold out, and would love to push those final tickets so we can say they’re ‘House Full.’ Friday’s programme is a devotional evening of Bhajans featuring live music including Flute and saxophone.  And Saturday’s show will be a journey through Bollywood and Ghazals at a unique Mehfil night.

If you haven’t booked your tickets yet, please do so, using this link: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/avanti-fields-ptfa

We’d love your support in making our shows a sellout!  And remember, all profits will go back to the school and for the benefit of our children.

And we want to thank our sponsors and donors too, who have helped to keep our costs down, which means even more funds for our school!  Our humble appreciation to:

Kabhi Kabhi Sweetmart

Pukaar Group & Leicester Times

Westerby – The Pension Specialist

Rubicon/Barr Group

Rakhee Gandhrokia, Not Just Travel

Jalpur Millers

Suchak Events

Kanakben and Dilipbhai Bhatt

Shreeya & Shyam, St Margaret’s Express

And we also want to say big thank you to all of our pupil and parent volunteers, helpers, and well-wishers including the Hanuman Sevak Group and Haveli Volunteers.

We would hate for you to miss out on these fantastic events,  please do book!  We look forward to seeing you on Friday and Saturday!

PTFA Committee.

PTFA – Easter Raffle and bake sales

Dear Parents, Carers

The PTFA will be holding one of our popular Easter raffle and bake sales to raise money for school projects on Wednesday 29^th March.

After the Valentines sale sell-out, we’re bringing our Bake Sale to celebrate Easter And you’ll be dough-ing the school some good too as all profits go to school projects.

There will be a variety of baked treats available for pupils to purchase and eat straight away and also to take home for the rest of the family to enjoy.

We are hoping more of you will help us too, if you would like to bake some treats (Ethos compliant with no eggs or nuts) to support the PTFA or alternatively, donate some money towards PTFA supplies please email us on [email protected]. 

Thank you in advance for your support.

Kind regards

PTFA Committee

Easter Raffle 2023- Secondary

Bake Sale Easter 2023- Primary

Easter Raffle 2023- Primary

Bake Sale Easter 2023- Secondary

Dear Primary Parents and Carers,

It has been great week. Nursery children continue to learn about people who help us and even had the opportunity to meet paramedics and a real ambulance!

Holi

We will be re-scheduling the Holi event on the 31st March. 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.

Competition time! As we get closer to the Easter holidays, we will be holding an Easter bonnet competition. All entries must be bought into school on the day of your class’s Easter parent workshop.

Earth day celebrations

We will have a non-uniform day on the 21st April. This is a chance for children to dress up in a way that represents the beauty of the world we live in. Wearing green/ blue or even dressing up as plants or animals, we are looking forward to seeing the array of creativity! Please support the school by donating £1.00 for this dress up. All donations can be given on the day to the class teachers.

All funds will support with outdoor learning and planting.

Reminder of important dates:

28th March– 2.00pm- 3.00pm Nursery Easter parent/ carer workshop

29th March– 1.30pm- 2.45pm Reception Easter parent/ carer workshop

31st March– non- uniform for the Holi Event

21st April– non-uniform day- Earth Day celebrations

24th April- Nursery experience event- meet the pets!

28th April- Reception experience event- trip to the farm

EXAM INVIGILATORS: GCSE Summer 2023 examinations

The summer GCSE examinations for our Year 11 students will begin at the end of March starting with the art exam, followed by the Spanish speaking exams in April and the full exam timetable from 15^th May – 21^st June.

We are seeking to appoint a team of invigilators during the GCSE examination period to support our staff. Invigilators should be available for either an AM, PM or full day sessions and should have availability across the examination season. Invigilators will be paid £10.50 / hour. If you are interested in this opportunity, please complete this form: https://avanti.wufoo.com/forms/afs-recruitment-pool/

WORLD BOOK DAY 2023

There have been lots of activities taking place over the last few weeks in conjunction with World Book Day, including the first ever Scholastic Book Fair which was very popular as well as all students being gifted free World Book day titles by the English department. All Year 7s received ‘A Dragon Realm Adventure’ by Katie and Kevin Tsang, Years 8 & 9 received ‘Boot It!’ by A.M. Dassu and Years 10 & 11 were gifted ‘Being an Ally’ by Shakirah Bourne & Dana Alison Levy.

It has been amazing to see students enjoying these books in their English lessons and we hope they continue to enjoy them at home! All students also received a £1 book voucher which we hope they have been able to use to receive another free £1 book or use as part payment towards a book of their choice.

World Book Day Competition Winners

Well done to all the students who entered this year’s World Book Day competition! There were some amazing entries and all students will be awarded Achievement and House points.

Please find winners below for each task:

Task 1: Cover and Blurb

1^st: Shlok S 7 Earth (60 points + Prize)

2^nd: Harjas K 9 Earth (40 points)

3^rd: Dhriti N 8 Water (30 points)

4^th: Abhay K 7 Water (20 points)

Task 2: Description of Character and Picture

1^st: Dian M 9 Cosmos (60 points + Prize)

2^nd: Smita P8 Air (40 points)

Task 3: Short story titled, ‘My life was about to change’

1^st: Tasha C 7 Air (60 points + Prize)

2^nd: Amara B 7 Water (40 points)

3^rd: Dian M 9 Cosmos (30 points)

4^th: Dhvanee V 9 Earth (20 points)

5^th: Prisha P 7 Fire (10 points)

Vrindavan and Haridwar Dham on yatra (pilgrimage)

Hare Krishna Everyone!

We’re very excited to announce that we will be taking a group of visitors to Vrindavan and Haridwar Dham on yatra (pilgrimage) from 15-26 Oct 2023! That’s 11 nights during the Oct half term break!

Once you land in India, everything will be taken care of for you! 🤗

This yatra will be specially catered for families and children so as to make it easier and more enjoyable for them to connect with the sacred and holy land of Bharat!

Our priority is to take KAPs and Avanti Fields parents, staff and children (who will have grown up together in a sense) and give them a chance to have this joyful spiritual experience together.

We’ll be visiting many holy places and hearing about the significance from special guests and local Sadhus!

I can guarantee it’ll be a spiritually enlightening and transformative experience, one that will leave deep positive impressions on the mind. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for our children to establish connections with the spiritual gifts of India and to solidify our Dharmic identities while making life long friends and memories!

Spaces are limited and the flight ticket prices will keep increasing (which you have to book yourselves). Before I open it up to others, I’d like to give priority to Avanti Fields families.

If you are interested, please get in touch ASAP for more info on 07872469754.

Sincerely,

Mrs Kishori Jani (Sanskrit Teacher)

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.