Principals Update
A very warm welcome back to all of our pupils, staff and families. I hope that you have had a restful summer holidays and that your child is excited to begin the academic year. All students have settled back into their school routines and we have had a positive and productive first week back.
We would like to welcome Mr Arbham Giga (Assistant Principal, Pastoral) and Mr Gurdeep Khabra (Associate Assistant Principal, Character Formation & Enrichment) to our school and also look forward to Mrs Kalpana Patel stepping up to lead on Teaching & Learning as Assistant Principal.
Parking at Avanti Fields
We kindly request that secondary parents do not park on the school grounds to drop off or collect their children. Please use the park and stride from Tesco Hamilton to help reduce congestion around our school site or encourage your child to walk/cycle on their own. Even dropping your child along Bhaktivedanta Marg and then completing a U-turn increases the congestion around the school site.
For our primary parents, to help reduce congestion, we ask that you drive further around the car park to take spaces closest to school, rather than the first spaces as you enter the school gate. This will allow more cars onto the school grounds to help reduce the congestion when cars are reversing in/out of the parking spaces.
Please see below a number of reasons why considerate travel to school is important:
- The school has over 1100 pupils and limited drop off/collection parking bays – we now have approximately 170 primary aged pupils
- Onsite parking bays should prioritise the safe travel to school for our youngest learners in Pre-school, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2
- Congestion is not pleasant to sit in, whereas parking at Tesco won’t generate any road rage
- Parking at Tesco means that you can drop off 10 minutes earlier and collect 10 minutes later than our start times, as students will need that time to walk to school, allowing working parents more time to travel to/from work
- Emergency vehicles are not able to access our site when traffic is at a standstill, as the road is not wide enough for 3 vehicles (one parked, one coming in and one going out)
- Early morning congestion delays staff arrival to school and impacts on the safety of children at the start of the day (pupil-teacher ratio)
Key Dates
At the end of last academic year, we shared with parents a letter with the key dates for this academic year. Please see below copies of each.
2024-25 Academic & Term Dates – Pre – School
2024-25 Academic & Term Dates – Reception
2024-25 Academic & Term Dates – Y1
2024-25 Academic & Term Dates – Y2
Key Information for 2024-25 – Year 7
Key Information for 2024-25 – Year 8
Key Information for 2024-25 – Year 9
Calendar Updates
Secondary Calendar
- Monday 2nd September: School photos : Individual (Siblings optional)
- Tuesday 3rd September: Y7 Parents information Evening (5:00 – 6:00pm)
- Tuesday 3rd September: Y8 Parents information Evening (6:30 – 7:30pm)
Primary Calendar
- Monday 2nd September: School Photos: Individual (Siblings optional)
- Friday 6th September: Reception: Reading Workshop (2:50pm – 3:20pm)
Summer Reading Challenge – Leicester Libraries
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.
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
Primary News
Welcome!
Welcome to the first edition of this year’s parent bulletin. What a wonderful start to the term it is has been! See below some of the first memories made for the academic year:
Reception:
Reception have had a fun-filled first week back, and have been learning all about the deities in our classrooms. They have been drawing beautiful pictures for them. They have also been matching numbers to their amounts.
Year 2:
Reception parent reading workshop
This is a reminder to all Reception parents and carers that we will be holding a reading workshop on Friday 6th September at 2.50pm. Please come through the main Reception to attend. We look forward to sharing all information regarding your child’s reading journey with you!
Archery Enrichment day
We have specialist sports coaches in on the 20th September to support all Reception – Year 2 pupils to explore the skills of Archery. Please ensure your child is in P.E kit for this day.
RRSA Article of the Week
Article of the Week – Rights Respecting Schools Award (unicef.org.uk)
Primary School Calendar
September
6th– Reception Parent/ carer reading workshop 2.50pm- 3.20pm
October
1st / 3rd – Parents evening 3.00pm- 5.30pm
15th– Pre-school Diwali parent/ carer workshop 8.00am- 9.00am
16th – Reception Diwali parent/ carer workshop 1.30pm- 2.45pm
18th– Year 1 Diwali assembly 8.15am
18th– Diwali dress up day
Secondary News
Secondary School clubs
This academic year we are excited to bring various interesting afterschool clubs. Secondary School Autumn Term clubs timetable and booking information will be communicate soon through emails next week and we clubs will begin from Monday 9th September.
• £40 paid on a termly basis, with payments due in the final week of the preceding term.
Community Activities Update
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
Community Activities @ Avanti Field
Community Activities @ Avanti Fields
We have a number of classes for the community to participate in on evening and weekends.
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 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.
**HIMALAYAN HEALING RETREAT**
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**What to Expect:**
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PTFA News
PTFA Events:
Dear Parents/Carers,
Avanti Fields PTFA is thrilled to welcome back Bhavik Haria to Leicester this September for a truly special concert, ‘Yaadein’ – A Musical Evening of Remembrance. This heartfelt tribute show honours the memory of loved ones through a beautiful mix of Bhajans and devotional songs, performed by Bhavik and an exceptional lineup of musicians.
Join us for an evening of pure devotion, peace, and love, perfectly timed to coincide with Shradh 2024, a period dedicated to remembering and honouring departed loved ones.
Seating is limited, so we encourage you to secure your spot soon to avoid disappointment by booking on the following link:- https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/avanti-fields-ptfa
We look forward to sharing this memorable evening with you.
NAVRATRI 2024
It’s almost time for Navratri – which means sorting outfits, learning the latest dance moves, and ensuring you’ve got your matching pair of dandiya sticks!
While the PTFA can’t help you with all of that, we CAN make sure you’ll have an amazing time at our special Navratri events; four evenings of Garba and Raas Mahotsav at Avanti Fields School. Friday 4th, Saturday 5th, Friday 11th and Saturday 12th October.
We hope you can join us as we all dance away in celebration of Mataji and all that Navratri signifies.
We’re delighted to announce tickets are now on sale! Book early to avoid disappointment- the links and QR codes are in the attached poster. And here’s the link too
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/avanti-fields-ptfa/e-qyelag
***AS A SPECIAL OFFER TO AVANTI PUPILS AND THEIR FAMILY, WE ARE OFFERING ALL FOUR NIGHTS FOR JUST £8.00 PER PERSON FOR THE FIRST 100 TICKETS SOLD!!***
(Secondary Students will need to bring their valid ID each day to prove eligibility and must be in attendance with accompanying family, we will validate primary pupils with the school, this offer is open to both Avanti Fields and KAPS and is on the first 100 tickets sold).
To take advantage of this offer please email [email protected] with pupils name, year group and the number of tickets you require and we will give you details to make payment and issue tickets directly to you.
And if you’re coming along, take a deserved break from the kitchen and eat at the event, with delicious food from our catering partner, Hot Potato Shop, which will be selling mouth-watering items during our events.
See you there!
PTFA Committee
Avanti Fields PTFA
Contacting the School
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.
