As the school year starts to wind down, we have a number of activities planned over the coming weeks, including the Leicester City Ratha Yatra this Sunday, our school-based Ratha Yatra festival day, the Pre-school graduation, as well as a range of in-school activities to celebrate and reward our pupils.

Last night we hosted our third annual Sports Award evening and it was lovely to see so many of our pupils recognised for their participation and contribution to extra-curricular activities. A full list of winners will be shared in next week’s bulletin, however I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Anaiya D for winning the Avanti Award.

Secondary Calendar

• Monday 1st July – Friday 5th July: Year 9 GL Maths & Science progress Tests
• Wednesday 3rd July: Y6 Transition Day
• Thursday 4th July: Ratha Yatra Festival Day (Non uniform, traditional wear), including festival day lunch menu

Primary Calendar

• Thursday 4th July: Ratha Yatra festival day lunch menu
• Thursday 4th July: Year 1 Induction (3:00pm to 3:30pm)
• Thursday 4th July: Pre-school Graduation (5:00pm – 6:00pm)

Summer Reading Challenge – Leicester Libraries

Summer Reading Challenge 2024

Dear all,

Marvellous Makers is this year’s summer reading challenge with Leicester libraries.

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

Starting Saturday 29 June until the 15 September, children aged 0 to 15 years can sign up to take part and complete the six-book challenge.  A prize of £100 of books will be awarded to the Leicester school with the highest percentage of children finishing the challenge (numbers recorded by Leicester libraries staff).

 In Leicester, we also have a challenge for adults to promote good role modelling.  Adults, you can participate by reading six books for a chance to win £30 worth of books!

Leicester libraries’ offer is enhanced with a range of free activities for the whole family, all designed to promote reading for pleasure and the joy of sharing books and stories.

To support schools, there is a short film and assembly presentation to use to encourage your pupils to take part in the challenge.

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

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

Leicester Libraries

What a wonderful week it has been! This week our preschool children went on a trip to the park, Reception and Year 1 learnt more about space through their Wonderdome experience and all pupils participated in the Festival of Ratha Yatra. Please see below some of the memories made from this week:

End of term events

11th/ 12th July

Primary enrichment days- We have booked in specialist coaches over the two days for pupils to learn specific sporting skills such as Archery. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing P.E kit for both of these days.

16th July

Class parties- each class will have their own party in the afternoon. If you would like to contribute any food/ drinks towards this event, please ensure it is ethos friendly and is packaged so that we can check for ingredients and allergies. Please bring all contributions on that day of the party.

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!

We will also have graduation photos for sale during the event at a cost of £3.00.

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.

Discuss and explore how children ‘help out’ with ‘jobs’ at home and in school. What would it be like to do these all the time and have no time for play or learning?

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

Primary School Calendar

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:

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 9: National Holocaust Centre visit

On 25/06/26 the History department took 50 year 9 students to the National Holocaust Centre. Here the students were involved in several workshops ran by the centre’s holocaust experts. Central to this were discussions around Jewish identity, why they were targeted and what the holocaust actually looked like for these people. Students also accesses their underground exhibition which gave them a walkthrough of the events and several testimonies from Holocaust survivors. The final part of the day saw us go through the memorial gardens an pay tribute to the children who were the victims of the Holocaust. The centre were very complimentary about how engaged and well mannered our students were and look forward to welcoming us back again in the future.

 Year 10: De Montfort University Trip

On June 20th, our enthusiastic Year 10 Design and Technology group was granted an exceptional opportunity to visit De Montfort University and witness their awe-inspiring degree show.

The students were exposed to a wide array of curriculums, ranging from the structural beauty of Architecture to the imaginative realm of Video production, the aesthetic appeal of Graphic design, the immersive world of Game design, the trendy domain of Fashion, and the intricate field of Mechanical Engineering, among others. They were able to explore a diverse collection of degree work spanning across the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years, as well as master’s work.

Our Avanti students had a thrilling time testing out student games, analysing art pieces, and even trying their hands at flight simulators. This allowed them to delve into various specialisms within the design field, while also interacting closely with the dedicated staff and students of De Montfort University.

This visit served as a golden opportunity for our students to witness the creative atmosphere of a university, where they got to experience innovative methods like Virtual Reality and Green Screens.

In summary, our students were exposed to a higher level of extraordinary work, which has undoubtedly inspired them to strive for greater heights in their future endeavours, especially in their forthcoming coursework.

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.

 Secondary: Ratha Yatra Festival

We are celebrating Ratha Yatra Festival on Thursday 4th July. Students are welcome to come in traditional dress for the day, appropriate to the festivity. Students not wishing to come in traditional clothes should wear school uniform. Students who have PE on the day may choose to NOT bring their kit if they want to remain in their traditional clothes.

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.

Science Tutoring Starting in September

Reshma’s Academy, an external provider of tutoring, is going to start Science Tutoring in September for all Secondary years. There is an offer to all those that sign up by the end of July of only £15p/h. To register your interest or find out more information please complete the form on this link.

https://forms.gle/P38Jc2qkepFFKxQV8

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 a number of classes for the community to participate in on evening and weekends.

Most exsisting 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 aspect with lots of new friendships being made,  please consider giving them a try, you have nothing to lose!

To register or find out more information for any of the classes please complete the form on this link:-

https://krishnaavantips.wufoo.com/forms/z1nqh0i70d8s885/

Limited spaces available on all classes.

For further information on activities please contact [email protected].’

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.