Last night we hosted our inaugural GCSE Leavers Evening where we began to build the ‘history’ of our school. It was a night to recognise the achievements of our first graduating class, but also to present our leavers with their official GCSE certificates. To begin building the legacy of our school, we recognised the following awards, where students will have their names engraved on shields and trophies as the founding cohort to pass through Avanti Fields.

• Head Boy: Anay P
• Head Girl: Tanisha P
• Educational Excellence: Hinal S
• Character Formation: Priya S
• Spiritual Insight: Sahil P
• Student of the Year: Tanisha P

The night also recognised current year 7 to 11 pupils who have been nominated for our half-termly virtue awards, leavers nominated for our virtue awards, and a significant number of students recognised for their high attaining and exceptional progress within their GCSE results. It was a fantastic evening full of joy, reunions with peers attending other schools, and remanences over our student’s journeys at Avanti Fields.

AST Relationships and Sex Education Online Consultation

Avanti Schools Trust is inviting all parents across their schools to participate in an online survey around Relationships and Sex Education. The consultation will be open until 15th December 2023. Please use the following link to provide your voice to the consultation: Relationships and Sex Education Online Consultation

Secondary Calendar

• Monday 20^th November: Y7 Science workshop: UKSA Space
• Wednesday 22^nd November: Flu Vaccinations
• Friday 24^th November: Eco Schools Roadshow Y8/ Y9
• Friday 24^th November: Y11 1:1 career guidance

Primary Calendar

• Wednesday 22nd November: Flu Vaccinations

Happy New Year! 

Primary children had a spectacular week last week with Diwali workshops, play and learning events. We hope that the festivities continued on at home and wish you all a happy new year!

Spring clubs:

Please register your interest in Spring breakfast club and Afterschool clubs by Friday 24^th November. We will then send out confirmation of place via email and assign you a payment on Parent Pay.

Interest forms:

Breakfast club: https://forms.gle/fPTxuWNaZVDYFZCo6

Afterschool clubs: https://forms.gle/iod5qryeHiJyVnHN9

Reception Baseline Assessments

 Earlier in the academic year all pupils in Reception completed their Reception Baseline assessment (RBA). Teachers use these assessments to inform next steps in teaching and support individual progress. As part of our early parents evening the teachers shared with you an overview on how your child has settled in, however, If you would like to know more about your child’s RBA please speak to the class teacher.

Primary School Calendar:  

We have an abundance of exciting events taking place next week. Please ensure you keep up to date with the Primary school calendar to ensure you do not miss out on anything: Calendar – Avanti Fields School

Key events coming up:

December

12^th– Nursery Christmas parent/ carer workshop 2.00pm- 3.00pm

-Whole school Christmas card workshop, Santa’s Grotto and Fayre 3.00pm- 4.00pm

13^th– Reception Christmas Carol performance and Christmas parent/ carer workshop 1.00pm- 2.45pm

15^th– End of Term (Last day of school for children)

Healthy Together Primary School newsletter

please see the link below

Healthy Together Newsletter- Primary Schools (Leicester City)- Edition Three

Healthy Together primary school newsletter, and the first for the 2023-24 academic year.

This newsletter contains information on free courses available to parents/carers/grandparents aimed at helping them understand their child and support their wellbeing, a link to the new healthy lunchbox game, Lunchbox Hero!, on Health for Kids where children attempt to get a score of 100% by filling their lunchbox with great food choices and details on the launch of the Healthy Together Helpline, a new way of families accessing support from a health professional.

IMMUNISATION SESSIONS AT OUR SCHOOL

The School Aged Immunisation Service from Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust will be delivering vaccinations at our school for the:

Seasonal flu vaccination for children –  reception to year 11
Wednesday, 22 November 2023

3-in-1 teenage booster + meningitis ACWY vaccination for young people (starting from school year 9)

14 February 2024

Human papillomavirus (HPV) and Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination for young people (starting from school year 8)

08 May 2024

Important changes and more information

• Introduction of self-consent for young people in year 8 and above where no parental response has been received.
• HPV – national change from two doses to one dose following guidance from the JCVI (the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

Healthy Together Secondary Newsletter

Please find the link below of the newsletter

Healthy Together Newsletter- Secondary Schools- Edition Three (1)

We are  delighted to share with you the next issue of the Healthy Together Secondary school newsletter, and the first for the 2023-24 academic year.

 PTFA  – Annual General Meeting

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

17^th December 2023

To be held at Avanti Fields School, Hamilton at 3:00pM

Please see a link to the PTFA AGM Letter.

Parent Teacher Friends Association (PTFA)

 PTFA  

Garden Project Volunteers

 Mansha Dance School – Kathak talk

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.