Today I had the pleasure of being part of the Head Boy/Head Girl interviews to confirm who will lead our student body for 2023-24. I am proud to announce that Pawandeep S as Head Boy and Anmol R as Head Girl for next year. Vabita P was successful in being appointed as Deputy Head Girl and Ahaan K as Deputy Head Boy. I want to say that the shortlisting and interviews were very difficult as we received a number of quality applications. I look forward to seeing them in action next year.

For the majority of our Year 11  students, today was the last day of GCSE examinations. Only 13 students have a Further Mathematics paper to complete next week. Staff and students alike are then looking forward to the Prom on Friday 23rd.

Secondary Calendar

• Monday 15th – 23rd June: Year 11 GCSE Examinations
• Monday 19th – 23rd June: Y 10 Work Experience
• Thursday 22ndJune- 23rd June: Collective Worship Trial  for (Y7 – Y8)
• Thursday 22nd June: KS3 Science Big Bang Fair Trip
• Friday 23rd June: Secondary Rath Yatra Festival Celebration (Non Uniform day – Traditional Clothes)
• Friday 23rd June: Y 11 Prom (19:00 – 23:30)

Primary Calendar

• Wednesday 21st June: Current Reception students will meet new Year 1 class teacher
• Friday 23rd June: Reception Rath Yatra Workshop
• Wednesday 28th June: Current Reception students will meet new Year 1 class teacher
• Friday 30th June: Reception parent/carer workshop 1:30pm – 2:45pm
• Friday 30th June: Primary Rath Yatra Festival Celebration (Non Uniform day – Traditional Clothes)

Dear Primary Parents

Ratha Yatra

We are approaching one of our Key festival dates: Ratha Yatra. The children will have a special lunch on the 23rd of June to celebrate this and will all participate in the ‘Festival of chariot’ event on the 30th June. The 30th June will be a non-uniform day. Pupils can come dressed in traditional clothes.

Beat the streets

All pupils will have gone home with there very own ‘beat the street’ cards . Please sign up to join the walking event and join the Avanti Fields school team!

Up and coming dates:

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

Summer Holidays and Food Programme:

Please find attached details of the Summer Holidays and Food Programme available to all children who are entitled to free school meals. The programme sessions will include a variety of activities, such as art, sport and music and a healthy meal will be provided each day your child attends.

This summer, you can register for up to four weeks of free programmes and places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Please register by Wednesday 28.06.23.

If you think that your child should be receiving free school meals and you have not applied, make an application online at freeschoolmeals.leicester.gov.uk

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Y-9 Perfect Team

We are proud to announce the following pupils who have been selected to join our existing Prefect Team. All year 9 pupils were given the opportunity to apply to become a new prefect. Mr Clampin as Head of Year 9 and Mrs Kensara and Miss Jones as Student Leaders, had the very difficult task of going through the application forms and selecting the pupils. Please join us in congratulating;

Rudra Khunti and Meisha Patel from 9 Aether

Shruti Patel from 9 Air

Anshh Dhagia, Mehek Dilip, Dian Manga and Ambika Patel from 9 Cosmos

Danisa Gopar from 9 Fire

Shristi Ashok, Ria Basra, Jush Brahmbhatt, Nihali Dulobo, Ria Majithia, Maya Parmar, Prarthana Shukla and Yashvi Sunil 9 Water

NHS Advise on Asthma/hay fever sufferers.

Please see below some important advice received from colleagues at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) to share with your school community regarding thunderstorms and asthma/hay fever sufferers.

If you could copy and paste this information and share via your usual communication channels with parents/carers, that would be greatly appreciated.

🌩️Thunderstorm Asthma

Whilst rare, thunderstorms can trigger severe asthma attacks in children (and adults) that are known to wheeze and in hayfever sufferers, as pollen is broken into even smaller pieces that can move deeper into the lungs.

There are lots of things you can do to help:

First – keep pollen at bay

Take antihistamine medicines if you or your child suffer from hay fever (symptoms include sneezing, cough, itchy eyes or skin, or runny nose). Keep windows closed, change your clothes and have a shower after being outside. You may find wearing a mask outdoors helps. Your local pharmacy can advise and provide the right antihistamine for your child.

Two – know your inhalers

Take your asthma steroid PREVENTER (usually a brown, pink or purple inhaler) inhaler regularly if you have been prescribed one. Always use a spacer, if you have one, to help medicine get to the lungs.

The blue inhaler can be used as needed if you have difficulty breathing. A child can have two puffs at a time (ideally using a spacer as in the videos below) – up to 10 puffs. If they improve and can talk in full sentences and can drink then you can monitor them at home.

If they continue to need more than 10 puffs in a four-hour period call 111 or your GP.

When to come to the emergency department:

If your child is still struggling after 10 puffs or any of the following symptoms occur, please attend the Emergency Department:

• Too breathless to talk
• Breathing rapidly
• Floppy or unresponsive
• Blue lips
• Grunting when breathing
• Muscles in neck and between ribs pulling when breathing

You can keep giving the blue inhaler until you get to the hospital.

More on how to use your inhaler properly here:

https://youtu.be/3QL0RNDboIU

https://youtu.be/bkRKd9oAXUA

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.

Musical Evening – Navin Kundra

If you’re still looking for that perfect gift, treat or celebration for Father’s Day or for yourself and the family, how about a musical evening by the renowned singer Navin Kundra.

The Avanti Fields PTFA has secured an exclusive discounted rate for Avanti Fields community – offering a £5.00 discount on the advertised rate.

The show takes place this weekend, Sunday 18^th June, at De Montfort Hall.

Award-winning singer and entertainer Navin Kundra returns with Voice of Legends 3: The 90s Edition – an epic music and dance concert for the whole family.

This show is perfect for those who wish to experience the magic of 90s Bollywood music with a western twist.

To book your tickets, please go to the De Montfort Hall website:

https://www.demontforthall.co.uk/event/voice-of-legends/

Use the code AVANTI5 to activate your £5 per ticket discount.

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.