This week I attended an AST leadership planning day to discuss the upcoming few terms, as there will be some changes at Trust level. It was reassuring to hear that school-based priorities and a number of core Trust improvement priorities will be unaffected. For summary, please see below the following timeline of changes:

• James Biddulf joining as CEO designate from May 2024, taking up CEO responsibilities from May 2024
• Nitesh Gor, current CEO, beginning to shift his focus to the Avanti Way and further developing spiritual insight within our schools from May 2025
• Mike Ion moving on from his role as Education Director from December 2024

A big congratulations to Mrs Rajpara for completing her HLTA qualification and to Mrs Bali for completing her NPQLL (Leading Literacy) qualification. Both Mrs Rajpara and Mrs Bali have been committed to their own professional development and I am sure will continue to use their knowledge to further enhance the outcomes for our pupils.

Reminder

A reminder that the school will be closed on the first Wednesday back after the half-term for the AST Ethos INSET day for all staff. 

Secondary Calendar

• Monday 5th February – Friday 9th February: National Apprenticeship Week and Assemblies
• Wednesday 7th February: Maths in Space trip – National Space Centre
• Thursday 8th February: Y9 Options Evening 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Primary Calendar

• Monday 5th February: Year 1 Castle trip
• Tuesday 13th February: Nursery parents workshop
• Wednesday 14th February: Reception Parents workshop

Number day

We have had a super fun Number Day today! The children have been counting and exploring number in so many ways 😊 The children have all dressed up in creative and amazing ways! Thank you all so much for taking part in this fund raising event and letting the pupils really enjoy this experience! The winners will be announced on Monday 5th February 2024.

RRSA Article of the Week

Every week, children will be learning about an ‘Article of the Week’. This will help our children to learn and develop an understanding about the Convention on the Rights of the Child articles.

This weeks RRSA focus: Rights to play

Article of the Week – Rights Respecting Schools Award (unicef.org.uk)

Here is an activity you can do at home:

Some people like to relax by dancing. Different cultures have different traditional dances. Do you know any? Why not try to learn a traditional dance with your parents/carers using the programmes from BBC School Radio?

Primary School Calendar

February

13^th– Nursery parent/ carer workshop 8.00am- 9.00am

14^th – Reception parent/ carer workshop 1.30pm- 2.45pm

19^th-23^rd – Half Term

28^th– AST staff training day, school closed.

We have an abundance of exciting events taking place throughout the academic year. 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

Holiday Club – Linden Primary School

This February half term we are running a holiday club at Linden Primary School. Families in the community engage with our clubs during the school break to keep their children active and for childcare provision.

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with Megan Aston – Area Director – Leicester City & Loughborough

Please see the links below for further information.

Linden Primary School Letter February

February_MultiActivity_Holiday_Camp Linden

Year 8 – Girls Cricket Team

Well done to the year 8 girls cricket team who came second in the tournament this week. We beat Crown Hills with 9 balls remaining and we just lost out to Rushey Mead who beat us by 12 runs. The girls were amazing and we have some very talented cricketers. Priyanshi took three wickets in the first over of the game which was incredible and some consistent performances by Yamee and Tashvi in the field. Our player of the match went to Nirali for her excellent performance overall.

KS3 Boys Badminton

The KS3 boys’ badminton team played in the East Leicester tournament at Crown Hill. They won all their matches and have progressed through to the semi finals. Stand out performances were from Anay and Upananda. Congratulations boys!

Children’s Mental Health Week

Next week is Children’s mental Health week , in tutor time next week all form groups will be provided with a tutor time activity to explore this year’s theme of ‘my voice matters’ along with the a PPT information assembly presentation from our NHS mental health hub team who visit us every Thursday with the sessions run by Demi , who is always happy to receive referrals and ensure that students concerns and voices on Mental Health and wellbeing are heard.

Train To Teach

Dear parents please find the information below about the teaching career if you are interested.

Train to Teach

 PTFA  

Garden Project Volunteers

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.