I want to thank all the parents who have provided feedback and completed the consultation on the changes to the secondary timings and parent evening arrangements. Consultation has now closed and feedback and final decisions will be communicated to parents after the half-term.

This term, the Trust also asked parents, staff and students to complete a Trust-wide survey. This week principal’s have had a deep dive into our school data. Please look out for feedback and actions from the survey data next half-term.

Finally, after the half-term our Year 11 students will begin study leave. Today I want to take the time to wish them well on their remaining examinations and look forward to celebrating their graduation at the Prom in June.

Secondary Calendar

• Monday 15th – 23rd June: Year 11 GCSE Examinations
• Thursday 8th June:  Year 10 Careers networking P4 ( A band Citizenship) & P5 (B band Science)
• Monday 12th June: School Inset Day (School closed for students

Primary Calendar

• Monday 12th June: School Inset Day  ( School closed for students)
• Wednesday 21st June: Current Reception students will meet new Year 1 class teacher
• Wednesday 28th June: Current Reception students will meet new Year 1 class teacher
• Friday 30th June: Reception parent/carer workshop 1:30pm – 2:45pm

Dear Primary Parents and Carers,

We have been blessed this week with beautiful weather and look forward to more! The sun was shining, and the children were all enjoying their sports days. Sports days are a great opportunity for pupils to develop their character as well as their physical development. We are so proud of them all!

Up and coming dates:

29th– 2nd June: Half term

12th June- Staff training day (school closed)

21st June- Current Reception pupils to meet new Year 1 class teachers

28th June- Current Reception pupils to meet new Year 1 class teachers

30th June- Reception parent/ carer workshop 1.30-pm- 2.45pm

5th July- 3.00- 3.30pm  New Year 1 parent induction

5th July- 5.00-6.00pm Nursery Graduation

12th July End of term

Spiritual Insight workshop

Thank you to all the parents who attended the Reception Spiritual Insight workshop this week. We hope that those who attended found the workshop insightful. As co-educators and human beings at Avanti Fields we are committed the Avanti Way and would like to continue to build upon this week’s workshop. We will continue this journey with a follow up workshop on the 15th June 3.00-3.30

Influencers

please find link below for more information

influencers

Maths Equipment

Dear parents /Guardians,

Thank you all your support in your child’s education so far this year.

Can I just make a polite request that your child is fully equipped with the following maths equipment for their lessons.

Students should have the following maths equipment.

Pens – black, blue, green and purple

Pencils

Ruler

Compass

Protractor

Eraser

Scientific calculator

Also, can year 11 students have a clear pencil case whilst undertaking their summer GCSE exams.

Any queries, please do not hesitate to contact myself or the Mathematics department

Many thanks for your support in this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Bharat Parmar

Junior Maths Challenge

Please see below the winners of Maths Junior Challenge certificate.

May JMC Winners 2023

Year 11 Cricket

Well done to our year 11 cricket team on their performance in the cricket. We played Judgemeadow and City of Leicester in our group and we claimed victory against Judgemeadow which was a memorable way for the year 11s to end their time doing competitive sport at Avanti. A special mention goes to Dakshin and Ved who always step up as captains. They organise, manage and lead the team and fully take control of everything; Rutik who stayed in as batsman and scored 25 runs on his own as well as achieving a maiden over; Pratham for his calmness and focus as wicket keeper; Prem, Vaiden and Shiv put on great overall performances. Well done – a brilliant way to the end the year.

University of Leicester trip – English

60 year 8 students had the opportunity of visiting The University of Leicester as part of their English outreach programme. It gave students the opportunity to learn more about life at university as well as the vast range of courses that are available. The trip included a campus tour as well as a creative writing workshop based around the unit they have been studying on gothic literature.

Community Garden Fundraising

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.

Daljit Neer Concert – 27th May

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.

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.