I want to take this opportunity to wish our year 11 students the best of luck as they begin their GCSE examinations next week. Students are well prepared, with staff providing master class sessions prior to each exam. I know that parents of year 11 students will be almost as anxious as their children, especially as we will then have the summer to wait for the first set of GCSE results for the school.

Secondary Calendar

• Monday 15th – 26th May: Year 11 GCSE Examinations
• Tuesday 16th May: Year 9 Assembly (General career Talk)
• Tuesday 16th May:  Year 7 Knife Crime workshop
• Wednesday 17th May: Year 9 University of Leicester  Trip – Spanish
• Wednesday 17th  May: Year 10 Careers Parent’s information evening
• Friday 19th May:  Year 8 Knife crime Workshop
• Wednesday 24th May: Vaccination HPV ( Year 8,9,10,11)
• Wednesday 24th May: Year 8 University of Leicester Trip – English

Primary Calendar

• Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th May: Parents Evening
• Tuesday 23rd  May: Nursery Sports Day (1:45 PM)
• Wednesday 24th May: Reception Sports Day (2:00 PM)
• Thursday 25th May: Reception Spiritual Insight Workshop

PTFA

The Severn Trent funding we have secured pays for most of the infrastructure works needed for the project but we still have to route a water source to the site, buy lots of tools and equipment, seeds, plants and lots more. We have secured some additional funding from the AVIVA ‘Save our Wild Isles Community Fund’ but we need your help on this Crowdfunding Opportunity.

For the next 6 weeks Aviva will match every £1 donated to the project on a 1:2 basis, so if someone pledges £10, Aviva will add another £20 to the project, creating a total of £30 (Upto £5,000 and then on a 1:1 basis thereafter)

Any contribution large or small will be hugely appreciated, the link to donate is below. If you are considering making a large donation, please email us on [email protected]

Avanti Fields Community Garden / Allotment Project: https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/avanti-fields-community-garden-allotment-project-1

Please share this link with friends, family and business contacts as every pound donated will make a difference to what we can achieve.

PTFA Committee

Avanti Fields PTFA, Pukaar News and Leicester Times brings you a live concert by Daljit Neer on the 27th May at Avanti Fields School. Daljit is a famous personality who is esteemed in the world of Punjabi music, he is also a TV/Radio broadcaster and rose to prominence with the BBC Asian Network. Daljit will be a paying a tribute to his dear freind and legendary artist Sardool Sikander. Come and enjoy a beautiful evening of Punjabi music which will be a family event with a mix of Punjabi, folk and Hindi songs.

Tickets are selling fast and are available at Sada Punjab, Main Street, Humberstone Village and Desi Sweet Centre on Uppingham Road.

We hope you can come and enjoy the concert.

Many Thanks

PTFA Committee

Dear Parents/ Carers,

The Westerby Group has kindly offered to host a free information evening for our Staff, Parents and Carers, please see details below.

Thursday 18th May,23 at 18:00 PM

Venue: Avanti Fields School

Avanti Fields School cannot endorse or recommend any of the products or services offered by the Westerby Group.

The Westerby Group are delighted to extend an invitation to you all to attend a free Seminar on topics around “Securing your family’s financial future”.

The evening Seminar consists of 3 presentations on valuable information concerning.

Pensions, ISA’s, Investments & Savings

SIPP (Self Invested Personal Pensions & SSAS         (Small Self-Administered Schemes)

Inheritance Tax, Protection and Wills.

The Westerby Group is comprised of 2 Divisions.

Westerby Investment Management and Westerby the Pension Specialist.

Westerby Investment Management established in 1987, to provide specialist and independent advice to private and business clients in the UK and internationally.

Westerby The Pension Specialist was founded in 1996 and is a specialist provider of trustee and administration services for SIPP & SSAS Pensions.

To register your interest and secure your place for the evening please click on the link below to see the evenings agenda.

Securing your family’s financial future Tickets, Thu 18 May 2023 at 18:00 | Eventbrite

PTFA Committee

Dear Primary Parents and Carers,

Next week we will be having our parents’ evenings. Please speak to your class teacher if you have not booked a slot to see if they can organise a time to meet you. Working closely with parents and carers as co-educators, is part of the Avanti Way and will support your child to thrive!

Sports day reminder

As stated in the academic calendar both Nursery and Reception children will be having their very first sports day event. If you would like to attend the event, please sign in at the school office on time to join in the fun!

Reception sports day: 24th May 1.45pm

Nursery sports day: 23rd May 2.00pm

Please note: If your child attends mornings only you will need to complete the following form to confirm your attendance: https://forms.gle/DXw6gWV7EKUQU1Qa7  This is a parent and child event and so you will have to stay at the event the whole time. If you do not complete this form, unfortunately, you will not be able to attend the event. The form will close on the 17th may

Spiritual Insight workshop

All Reception Parents are invited to attend a Spiritual Insight workshop on 25th May at 3.00pm. Mr Gajjar will be lead this interactive session, sharing examples of what our pupils experience. He will be also be available for any questions afterwards. Mr Gajjar leads PRE in Reception and has a wealth of knowledge and experience and is working closely  with the primary team to develop Spiritual Insight across the curriculum.

Big Bang Fair

Congratulation to Year 9 pupils Dhiya B, Jahnavi K, Prabhleen K and Jency C.

After working hard in the STEM competition club, their entry into the National Big Bang Competition has secured them a place in the finals. Their project on sustainability will now compete for The Energy Institute Climate Change Special Award and they will represent the school at the Big Bang Fair in June.

Best of luck girls!

Knife Crime Awareness week 15.05.23 – 19.05.23:

As part of the national Knife Crime awareness week, we have been given the opportunity for Year 7 and Year 8 to take part in workshops with the Police to raise awareness around knife crime and the impact of knife crime on individuals and their families.

Students in Year 7 and Year 8 will complete a 45 – 55 min workshop with PC Phil Smith-Lester with an opportunity to ask questions. Please see attached further information regarding these workshops.

please refer the link below for further information.

Knife awareness parents information guide

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.