This week we celebrated National Thank a Teacher Day! It was lovely getting to share the wonderful messages from our community with the staff at Avanti Fields. Your messages were beautifully written and put a smile on many faces. Thank you!

This week we welcomed our new staff for their Induction Day. It was lovely to meet this group of enthusiastic and inspiring set of educators; we have staff joining in both primary and secondary, as both teachers and support staff. For new SLT and primary colleagues, they also had an additional induction day to support their transition into their new roles.

On Tuesday we were pleased to host our incoming Reception parents for an information afternoon, followed by a Stay and Play later in the week. We’ve also had our primary pupils on a visit to the Gurdwara today and are looking forward to the Year 11 Prom this evening. Our Year 9 adventurers to Plas Gwynant are coming back later this afternoon and we are excited to hear their stories from the trip next week.

T4 Education World’s Best School – Supporting Healthy Lives

Have you voted for Avanti House Secondary School in the T4 Education World’s Best School – Supporting Healthy Lives Award?

Our commitment to fostering a healthy, balanced lifestyle for our students has always been a top priority, and this recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire school community.

Let’s continue to promote wellness and inspire healthy habits for a brighter future!

Vote Here!
https://vote.worldsbestschool.org/public-vote-2024/entry/1341?hideNav&fb=open&fromGallery=true#

Secondary Calendar

• Tuesday 7th May – 26th June GCSE Exams
• Monday 17th June – Friday 28th June: Year 7 & 8 GL English & Maths Progress Tests
• Tuesday 25th June: Y9 History Trip: Holocaust centre
• Wednesday 26th June: Y10: Salter’s Chemistry discovery day: University of Nottingham
• Wednesday 26th June: Y10 Art Exhibition – Gateway College
• Thursday 27th June: Sports Awards Evening
• Friday 28th June: Y10 Art exhibition – Gateway college

Primary Calendar

• Thursday 27th June: Pre-school Induction (5:00pm – 6:00pm)
• Thursday 27th June: Reception Parent Workshop (1:30 – 2:45pm)
• Thursday  27th June: Rath Yatra Chariot Activity
• Thursday 27th June:   Reception & Y1 wonder dome experience event
• Friday 28th June: Primary Transition afternoon (12:30 – 3:00pm)
• Friday 28th June: New Pre-school stay and play session (1:00 – 2:00pm)

Pre-school Graduation Ceremony 

As mentioned in the Primary Calendar, we will be holding a Graduation Ceremony for our Pre-school children who will be moving to Reception next year. The Graduation Ceremony will take place on Thursday 4th July 2024, 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.

Please ensure your child comes dressed in their school uniform for the ceremony.

We kindly request that a maximum of 3 people per family attend the event.

We look forward to celebrating with you all!

Bake Sale – Ratha Yatra Festival

There will also be a bake sale in school for students on Thursday 27th June at break time and end of school for primary.

School Ratha Yatra festival will take place on:
Thursday 27th June for Primary

Please note: Price will be between £0.50 to £2.00 depends on the item.

Thank you

RRSA Article of the Week: Article 32

Governments must protect children from economic exploitation and work that is dangerous or might harm their health, development or education. Governments must set a minimum age for children to work and ensure that work conditions are safe and appropriate.

The focus surrounding these Articles is ‘World Day Against Child Labour’, which is on the 12th of June. This day is intended to promote and encourage the growing worldwide movement against child labour. You may want to talk about why children should be protected from working, especially in dangerous conditions. Some possible reasons include:

• Their family should have a good enough standard of living without them working.
• Children should be in education.
• They should have time to be a child and have all their rights.
• They should have time to rest and play, and to develop their talents

Here is an activity you can do at home.

Ask your family, grandparents or older friends if they had a job when they were children. What work did they do? How did their work impact their rights?

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

Primary School Calendar

June

27th- Reception parent/ carer workshop 1.30pm- 2.45pm

-End of Year reports

July

4th- Pre-school Graduation 5.00pm- 6.00pm

17th- End of Term

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

Summer Holiday Camps

At Premier, our Holiday Camps are designed to help your children get active, introduce them to new and exciting activities, and create a fun-filled experience they will remember forever.

We have so many different opportunities.

• Our amazing HAF offer (holiday and food camps)
• Our brilliant school funded holiday camps
• Our fantastic parent funded holiday camps

Throughout the summer we have many different holiday camps running throughout Leicester Please see links below for further information.

Abbey Mead Primary Summer HAF Letter For Parents

Falcons Primary Summer HAF Letter For Parents

Parks Primary Summer HAF Letter For Parents

Summer Multi Venue (003)

Summer Multi Venue

The City Of Leicester College Summer HAF Letter For Parents

Summer Term Parent / Carer webinar Information

We would like to invite you to attend a webinar series specifically tailored to parents and carers of adolescents. In collaboration with the Schools and Colleges Early Support Service, we have organised:

Weathering the storms of strong teen emotions webinar on Monday 24th June

Supporting young people who experience panic webinar on Wednesday 26th June

Transitioning to secondary school webinar on Tuesday 2nd July

How to support your young person with low mood webinar on Thursday 4th July

Supporting your young person with anxiety before they get their exam results webinar on Monday 8th July

Please see link below for further information on Summer Term Parents/Carers Webinar.

Summer-Term-Parent-and-Carer-Webinar-Information

Year 7 Reading Rampage 2024

Congratulations to the first Avanti Fields Reading Rampage group who took part in the celebration event on Tuesday 18^th June. There were a great selection of books this year and the students’ participation has been brilliant to see since they began in January. Well done to our award winner Diya G. who showed great enthusiasm throughout and well done to all of those that were involved in the additional tasks and competitions!

AFS INSIDER

Avanti Fields school is proud to present its very own Monthly Student Newspaper. The newspaper will be launched in the new academic year and promises to have some very exciting columns. It will engage  students and  encourage their creativity, improve general knowledge, journalist skills and reading. As well as help build self-confidence, independence, responsibility and commitment. The project will be headed by Miss T – SEND department  and Ms Rampersad from the Admin Office. The newspaper will be managed by selected students and the news per the student’s interest. Some of the columns will include, sport, hobbies, interviews, competitions, international and local news and columns promoting equality and diversity.  An application form will be printed and available in the admin office for interested students to complete from 24/06/24. The closing date for this is 12/07/2024.

1. The following are the  pre-requisites:
2. Commitment for the whole academic year
3. Sometimes  to stay in afterschool (twice a month)
4. Parental Consent

We look forward to our first edition of AFS INSIDER and your child’s participation.

Bake Sale – Ratha Yatra Festival

There will  be a bake sale in school for students on Thursday 27th June at break time and end of school.

School Ratha Yatra festival will take place on:
Thursday 27th June for Primary

Please note: Price will be between £0.50 to £2.00 depends on the item.

Secondary: School Rath Yatra Chariot activity has been arranged for Thursday 4th July 2024

Thank you

Year 10 GCSE Artist led Painting workshop

Our 10J Art GCSE class had a workshop with local artist Jemisha Maadhavji this week. Jemisha showed the class her painting process and challenged them to draw eyes using charcoal and create a realistic painting of an eye with acrylic paint.

To find out more about Jemisha and see her portrait paintings check out her website here  https://jemishamaadhavji.wixsite.com/painting or watch her on BBC iplayer here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001p33l?scrlybrkr=8d29cc53

Avanti Fields Art Department Exhibition: Summer 2024

Welcome to our first Avanti Fields online Art Exhibition. Over the final weeks of the Summer Term the Parent bulletins will feature an Exhibition of our student’s Art work. Each week we will showcase work from a different year group. We are proud to begin our series of online exhibitions with the work of our Yr11 GCSE students. This exhibition features at least 2 pieces of work from each Yr11 GCSE student. Over 2 years our GCSE Students produce at least one coursework unit, culminating in a final piece on the theme of Our World or Journeys. You will also see work from their Exam projects. Students begin their Exam for Art in January by responding to a theme given to them in the Art Exam paper. Over the following 10 weeks the students will produce a sketchbook of work culminating in a final piece produced over a 10 hour period around Easter time. The results of which can be seen here. The exam themes this year included Space, Gardens, Shopping and Celebrity. You might like to guess which pieces relate to which theme and what inspired the artists? The diversity of our student’s work can be seen in their personalised responses to given themes, the range of media used and the range of ability of the students. We are proud to enter the work of all our GCSE students for the exhibition and celebrate the diversity of outcome, experience and ability. Well done to all our Art students for their efforts. We hope you enjoy viewing the work.

Coming next week …. A selection of Yr10 Artwork from their ‘Our World’ project.

Every week we will upload exciting Art works from our Year 11 GCSE  students keep checking.

Thank you

Mrs Winter, Mrs Marshall, Mrs Walshe, Mr Westwood and the Art Students of Avanti Fields.

Join in the Joy at Ratha Yatra, Leicester Festival of Chariots

When: Sunday 30^th June 2024

Where: From Humberstone Gate, opposite Primark (new starting point), to Cossington Park, Belgrave

Time: Welcome ceremony 9.30am, Procession starts 11.30am at Humberstone Gate, Leicester City Centre 

Arrives Cossington Park 2.30pm for free festival

Hare Krishna Festival of Chariots returns to the City on Sunday 30^th June 2024.

One of the biggest and brightest processions in the Midlands, the vibrant festival will begin at Humberstone Gate with a tumultuous welcome ceremony called a pahandi. The inauguration will commence at 11.30am and the lively procession will travel from the City Centre, along the Golden Mile, and into Cossington Park where there will be a variety of experiences for all the family, including a stage show, mantra meditation, children’s fun activities, and a free vegetarian meal for all!

You can support this commuting event with a donation at this link
https://iskconleicester.enthuse.com/festivals

Thank you

Community Activities @ Avanti Field

We have some exciting new classes starting in June – 

Circuit Training with Faye Alexander, Monday’s from 24th June- Absolute beginners 6pm – 6.45pm. Advanced 6.45pm – 7.30pm. 1st class Free

‘Children’s Garba’ (5-15yrs) From Sun 2^nd June. 1^st Class only £1

‘Fitness Class’ Adults From Wed 5^th Jun, 1^st Class FREE

‘Unity Flow Yoga’ Sat 10am – 11am From 8^th June,  1st Class FREE

‘Unity Strong Yoga’ Mon 6.30-7.30pm From 10^th  June,  1st Class FREE

Most existing classes are either Free or £1 for your first trial class.

We are investing to bring you these opportunities, the feedback we have had from participants has been amazing not just from a physical and mental health point of view but also from the increased social interaction it has brought,  please consider giving them a try, you have nothing to lose!

To register for any of the classes please email [email protected]. Limited spaces available on all classes.

*** Unique ‘Parkour Ninja’ Class coming soon’***

Details on flyer, we are taking registration/interest for this class currently that will run on Sunday’s. We anticipate these sessions to get full very quickly so if your child is interested please register early!

For further information on activities and register an interest in upcoming classes please contact [email protected].’

Summer Mela 

‘PTFA are organising a Summer Mela on the 23^rd June, it is a free event with lots of activities and will be held outside this year (weather permitting), Hot Potato Food Truck will also be there to provide tasty food for you to buy, please Save the date. If you are interested in a stall at the Mela or want to help the PTFA on the day please email [email protected].

The PTFA are proud to announce a production of Poetry, music and comedy. The performers are from India and first time in the UK after successful shows in the USA. Part of ticket sales will go to the school. Prices are from £7.50. 26^th July. 8pm. Doors open at 7.00pm.  A show not to be missed!

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.