This week will be our final Friday parent bulletin of the academic year. Next week parents will receive year group specific emails to confirm end of year and start of year arrangements and we will be sharing a celebratory newsletter on Monday 10th July to wrap up the year. On Wednesday 12th July, secondary pupils will finish early at 12:45pm and primary pupils will finish at their regular 2:45pm/3:00pm time.

Today our primary parents celebrated Ratha Yatra with a traditional dress day and also did a selection of activities linked to Ratha Yatra. Families are invited to join the city wide celebrations on Sunday. Please read further in the bulletin for details.

Next week a selection of our Year 9 pupils will be going to Wales for a Geography trip. In addition to this, we are looking forward to welcoming Year 6 pupils on Wednesday 5th July for their transition day. Although the 5th is a planned NEU industrial action day, we are able to continue with our planned transition.

On Wednesday 5th and Friday 7th July, there is planned NEU strike action. The school will partially close for Year 9 pupils (not attending the residential) and will remain open for Nursery, Reception, Year 7, 8 and 10.

Secondary Calendar

• Monday 3rd July – 7th July: Y9 Plas Gwynant Trip
• Wednesday 5th July : Y6 Transition Day

Primary Calendar

• Wednesday 5th July: Nursery Graduation
• Wednesday 5thJuly:  New Year 1 parent induction(3:00 – 3:30PM)

Nursery graduation

As mentioned in the Primary Calendar, we will be holding a Graduation ceremony for our Nursery children who will be moving to Reception next year. The Graduation ceremony will take place on Wednesday 5th July 2023, 5pm-6pm at Avanti Fields School.

Children will need to be dropped off to their class at 4.45pm via the normal entry gates and parents will need to sign in at the office. We kindly request that a maximum of 3 people per family to attend the event.

We look forward to celebrating with you all!

Beat the streets

All pupils will have gone home with their 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:

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

5th July- 5.00-6.00pm Nursery Graduation

12th July End of term

National Scientific Thinking Challenge:

In April, some year 10 students participated in a digital, thinking challenge during a science lesson. The challenge was coordinated by University of Warwick and they had links with other key Universities. The results are out, and we have some amazing results!

Bronze, Silver and Gold medals: these correspond to the results which are in the top 40%, 25% and 10% of all the entries this year. The marks for these boundaries are:
Gold: 28/34
Silver: 26/34
Bronze: 23/34

Here is some more information for you:

227 Schools of all kinds took part. State secondary, independent and grammar schools from across the UK and in Ireland and we were delighted to be joined by students who live in Portugal, the USA, Australia and Bulgaria, and Thailand.

The organisers processed results for 13,652 students.

The average (mean) student mark was: 20.8 / 34 (61%)

Avanti Field Schools students achieved:

10 Gold Medals

11 Silver Medals

24 Bronze Medals

Well done to all that participated and a special mention to our top scoring students:

94% Krit Sevak

91% Malwina Fudala

88% Nishaan Mann

85% Ayan Sawjani, Tiya Mistry and Veda Pentakota

82% Aksayan Umashangar, Krish Patel, Preet Parmar and Shaylan Mapara

Mental Health Webinar

We are delighted to share our NEW recorded webinars for both young people and parents/carers. Included is a specific webinar to support parents with children transitioning to secondary school this academic year

please see link below for further information.

NEW Webinars to support your mental health

NEW ParentCarer Webinars to support young people’s mental health

SCESS YP and Parent-Carer Recorded Webinars

Please do get in touch with your Schools Relationship Manager if you have any questions or would like to book in a call to have a chat.

Best wishes,

Danielle and Sophie

Sophie Peterman
Schools Relationship Manager – Schools and Colleges Early Support

Eurekas Competition 2023

Congratulations to Anika D (8Air) for being this year’s winner of the Eurekas competition with her entry “Newton’s Formula 1”!

Anika will be receiving the £1,000 grand prize and Avanti Fields School will receive the accompanying £250 prize.

Summer reading challenge 2023

Summer Reading Challenge 2023

Dear all,

The Summer Reading Challenge encourages children to use their local library and maintain their reading habit through the summer and aims to mitigate the dip in performance associated with a long break from reading, that many children experience in the new school year.

From 1 July until the 17 September, children 0-15 years can sign up to take part and complete the six-book challenge. Our offer is enhanced with a range of free family activities, all designed to promote reading for pleasure and the joy of sharing books and stories.

A Ready, Set Read! invitation bookmark has been sent for every child in primary school and, as an additional incentive, will offer a £100 book prize to the school from which the highest percentage of pupils complete the challenge.

For further information about our full programme of activities please visit leicester.gov.uk/summerreadingchallenge.

Promotional images for use on your digital screens are available to download from the Schools’ Extranet.

We hope you will join us in encouraging your children to keep reading this summer.

Leicester Libraries

AVANTI FIELDS SCHOOL

English Department Recommended Reads

Please see the link below  of English department recommended reads:

Avanti Fields Recommended Reads

PTFA

Ninja Warriors Session

Primay & Nursery : Saturday 8^th July

Secondary : Sunday 9^th July

The PTFA is excited to bring Avanti Fields pupils a fantastic, physical and fun activity which we’re sure youngsters will enjoy.

For more information on how to book your session, please refer to the email communication sent.

Rathyatra

You are all invited to come and celebrate Leicester Rathayatra, Festival of Chariots this Sunday 2nd July. Please see the attached flier.

This year marks the 30^th anniversary of Rathayatra in Leicester. The festival will begin outside ISKCON Leicester, 31 Granby Street with a tumultuous welcome ceremony called a pahandi, while the inauguration will commence at 11.30am.

Festival-goers are invited to hand-pull the 40ft chariot carrying the magnificent Deities of Lord Jagannatha (Krishna), his sister Subhadra, and Lord Balarama through the City Centre. At Cossington Park, there will be a variety of experiences for all the family, including a stage show, kirtan, children’s fun activities, and a free vegetarian meal for all!

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.