Principals Update
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We are reaching out to invite volunteers to join our Breakfast Club at Avanti Fields Primary School and Krishna Avanti Primary School for the upcoming Summer Term and the 2025–26 academic year.
The Breakfast Club runs daily from 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM during term time. We are looking for enthusiastic and caring individuals to help support our primary children and ensure they begin their school day in a positive and welcoming environment.
Breakfast Club volunteers would be asked to support with the setup and pack away of Breakfast club and work with staff to run the club. To accommodate different parent schedules, we would welcome parents who could support at any of the below times:
- 7:15 AM – 7:45 AM
- 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM
- 7:15 AM – 8:15 AM
While we ideally seek volunteers who can commit from Monday to Friday, we are also open to more flexible arrangements to suit your availability.
If you are interested in volunteering or would like further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via this form:
https://avanti.wufoo.com/forms/r5rl1jx08vbo3x/.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to make a meaningful difference in our students’ daily experience.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Calendar Updates
Secondary Calendar
- Monday 5th May: Bank Holiday school will be closed
- Wednesday 7th May: Secondary: HPV Vaccination (Y8 – Y11)
- Thursday 8th May – Friday 23rd May : GCSE Exams
Primary Calendar
- Monday 5th May: Bank Holiday school will be closed
- Thursday 8th May: Spiritual Insight Workshop (online)
- Friday 9th May: Primary: Y1 – 1 class temple trip
Primary News
Primary News
Welcome back!
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to the summer term! We hope you had a restful break and are ready for the exciting journey ahead.
The summer term is always a special time in the school year—a term where pupils really grow, build confidence, and refine their knowledge. It’s a joy to see how much progress they make, both academically and personally, during these final weeks.
We have lots of enriching learning experiences and events planned, and we’re excited to continue supporting your child as they finish the year strong.
Please continue to work with us in partnership to help every child thrive—we truly value your support and collaboration.
Here’s to a fantastic term ahead!
Kindest Regards
Ms Thakore
Earth Day Celebration:
We’re thrilled to share that our Earth Day celebration was a great success! The children enjoyed a fun-filled day of meaningful activities, including planting with the help of our wonderful PTFA, litter picking around the school grounds, and creating their very own Earth Day pledges.
It was fantastic to see everyone getting into the spirit of the day, especially with all the creative and thoughtful outfits the children wore. Thank you for your support in helping make this day both educational and enjoyable!
Easter Raffle Draw Winners:
Dear Parents and Carers,
The Easter Raffle Draw was held on Monday 7th April, and there were more than 20 prizes, each containing many items. It was so lovely to see how pleased the winners were with them!
Thank you so much for supporting the raffle, whether it was through buying tickets, donating, helping, or just asking how it was going!
This was the first PTFA Primary event. Please do keep an eye out for any future events you can take part in and enjoy so that we can continue to run more Primary events going forward.
Thank you once again.
PTFA
Avanti Fields
Online Spiritual Insight workshop
As part of the Avanti experience, we host Spiritual Workshops designed to support all parents and the wider community. These sessions offer a wonderful opportunity for you to connect with others, gain deeper insight into spirituality, and meet one of our PRE (Philosophy, Religion & Ethics) teachers, Mr. Gajjar.
We warmly invite you to join us for this engaging session.
Please find the flyer attached, which includes the link to join the meeting online.
Topic: Ancient Wisdom travels to the west
Meeting ID: Meeting ID: 382 279 886 675
Passcode: yo2f7am6
We look forward to seeing you there!
Sports day
As stated in the academic calendar week beginning 19th May 2025 is Primary sports day events. On the day of your child’s sports day please ensure they come to school in their normal P.E kit. If you would like to attend your child’s sports day please sign in at the school office on time to join in the fun!
20th May Pre-school Sports day 10.00am -11.00am
20th May Reception Sports day 1.45pm- 2.45pm
21st May Year 1 Sports day 1.45pm- 2.45pm
22nd May Year 2 Sports Day 1.45-2.45pm
‘Afternoon’ Pre-school Parents information only: If your child attends ‘afternoons’ only you will need to complete the following form to confirm your attendance for sports day: https://forms.gle/mDH7JFShtCHajHbV6
This is a parent and child event; therefore, parents are required to stay during the whole event. Once the event is finished parents will need to take their child back home and return at the normal time of 12.00pm.
The deadline to submit the form is 9th May 2025. If you do not complete this form on time, you will unfortunately not be allowed to attend the event due to staffing ratios.
Reminder : Parents’ Consultation Evenings for the Summer Term, will take place on Tuesday 13th May and Thursday 15th May.
We have decided to hold the meetings in person so that you can see your child’s learning environment and some of their work. Each meeting will last no longer than 10 minutes to ensure that every parent has an equal opportunity to speak with the teacher.
The meeting will cover the following points:
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How your child has progressed since the last consultation and how well they have settled in
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Areas where your child is excelling
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Your child’s next steps and how you can support their learning at home
To book a time slot, please click on the link below.
https://avanti.wufoo.com/forms/r1ln9rfh0wk00p3/
please submit your form by Thursday 8th May 2025.
Please note: Only one slot is allocated per child. Be sure to select the correct slot on the form. If your circumstances change and you are unable to attend at your chosen time, please email to the school. Do not submit another form, as this will block other parents from booking their slot.
Pre-school: This week pre-school enjoyed a food sensory workshop, the children were blind folded and had to guess which fruit/vegetable they were eating. We enjoyed using our senses to guess the food.
Reception: This week Reception enjoyed participating in Earth Day activities. We went on a Litter Pick to clean our environment, and made sure we put all the rubbish in the bin. We also did lots of planting; we planted bulbs, tomatoes, lettuce, beetroot, salad, radish, and many more flowers!
Year 1:This week, Year 1 children celebrated Earth day. They learnt about how to take care of their environment and made pledges about what small changes they are going to make to help the Earth. We linked what we learnt to Article 24; we have a right to access adequate health, food, water, education and a clean environment. The children also walked to their forest school and discussed how they will help to water the plants and make sure that the forest looks neat and clean. Happy Earth Day!
Year 2: Scientists in action! They planted cress seeds and explored how light and water affect growth — all while learning how to carry out a fair test. Who knew science could be this much fun?
Stars of the week
All pupils who were a star of the week joined the ‘top table’ for lunch. A huge well done to: ……..
RRSA Article of the Week
Article of the Week – Rights Respecting Schools Award (unicef.org.uk)
RRSA Articles of the Week
Week 1: Right to Education
Article’s you could explore which link to this topic: 28
Article 28 (Right to Education) – All children across the world have the right to access primary education for free, and secondary education must be available to every child.
This week, we focused on why education is so important for children and young people. We discussed that:
- It gives you skills to improve things and help people.
- It helps you form opinions and views about things.
- You learn things, gain knowledge and pass exams.
Here is a linked activity you can do at home:
Teachers and learners go together! So, now think about what makes a good learner. Imagine you are talking to a younger brother, sister or friend who is about to start school. Describe to them how to be a really good learner. You can invent a cartoon character to represent this good learner.
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. Please help them learn this Article of the Week, and what this means.
Primary School Calendar
May
5th – Bank Holiday
13th / 15th – Parents evening 3.00pm- 5.30pm
20th – Pre-school Sports day 10.00am- 11.00am
20th – Reception Sports day 1.45pm- 2.45pm
21st – Year 1 Sports day 1.45pm- 2.45pm
22nd– Year 2 Sports day 1.45pm- 2.45pm
26th– 30th – Half 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
Secondary News
Great Art Exhibitions in Leicester.
There are a great range of art exhibitions currently open here in Leicester. The vast majority are free to visit. Please check out these links to find out more. We can highly recommend the
retrospective of Leicester based artist Satta Hashem that reflects his Iraqi heritage at the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery.
Parent & Carers Webinar
Spring term Webinar series for parents and carers for Summer Term.
Please see link below for further information on above parent & carer webinars and some on demand webinars as well.
Parent and Carer Webinar Information summer term 24-25
Reminder: This week’s Webinars
| Supporting your young person through exam time | Tuesday, 29th April 5-6pm.
Parents and carers can register here. |
Tests and exams can be a challenging part of school/college life for young people and their parents or carers. Supporting young people through exams is all about reducing stress, optimising wellbeing and putting good study processes in place.
Parents/carers play a vital role in helping their young people maintain a positive outlook in the run-up, during and after exams are over. This webinar will offer advice to parents and carers around communicating with their young person at exam time, help them to spot the signs of stress and offer strategies to support their young person in managing exam stress in a healthy way. |
| Emotional based school non-attendance (EBSNA) – practical tips and strategies to support your young person | Wednesday 30th April 12-1pm.
Parents and carers can register here. |
Feelings of worry and anxiety are something that everyone experiences from time to time. It is not uncommon for young people to worry about school. For some young people, however, that worry can become so significant that they may have difficulties in attending school.
If their young person has high levels of anxiety and is finding it difficult to attend school, they may be experiencing EBSNA. School non-attendance is a term referring to reduced or non-attendance at school by a young person. Rather than the term ‘school refusal’, the term EBSNA recognises that this avoidance has its root in emotional, mental health or wellbeing issues. This webinar focuses on young people who have early emerging presentations of EBSNA. It offers advice on how to support their young person, understand the anxiety cycle of avoidance and suggests practical tips and strategies to help their young person overcome their difficulties. |
Learning Communication & Interaction Team (LCI)
SEND Support Service
Parent Autism Workshops: For families of autistic pupils in years 1 to11. Training will be delivered in Hindi only (suitable for Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu speaking parents and any parents who understand the Hindi language)
Dates: Thursday 1st May, Thursday 8th May, Thursday 15th May and Thursday 22nd May 2025
Time: 9.30-12.00pm
Venue: Belgrave Sure Start, Cossington Street, Leicester. LE4 6JD
Families (of no more than 2 adults) can sign up.
Book via this link: https://send-leicester.bookinglive.com/book/add/p/636
Deadline for applications: Tuesday 29th April 2025
For further information please see link below:
Brigade Uniform Order
May Bank Holiday offer for parents ordering online.
Offer: 10% Discount on all orders
Date: Saturday 3rd May – Monday 5th May
Promo Code: BANKHOL10
Website: https://www.brigade.uk.com/parents/
Community Activities Update
Pilgrimage yatra to India
Namaste and Hare Krishna dear parents,
☀️We are excited to announce our 3rd annual pilgrimage to India during the Oct half term holidays.☀️
This time, the yatra is going to Mayapur and Jagannatha Puri for 12 nights, during the auspicious month of Kartik!
Mayapur is the birth place of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and is home to the largest Hindu temple in the world – The temple of the Vedic Planetarium! It’s right on the banks of the Holy Ganga river and many wonderful temples. Jagannatha Puri is home to the very ancient deities of Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra Devi, amongst many other sacred places. It is also a famous beach holiday destination.
We will also visit the world renowned Konark Sun temple and one of the 12 main Jyotirlingas, the Bhuvaneśvara’s Lingaraj deity of Lord Shiva!
These trips are catered for families of young and old, with something for everyone. We will be staying in the best accommodation possible in Mayapur and a 4 star hotel, right on the beach in Jagannatha Puri Dham! All meals are freshly prepared, to the highest standards and most dietary requirements can be catered for!
This year, we have a very special offer on for teenagers to come on the trip without their families, incase their families can’t attend. We want to facilitate their spiritual and illuminating experience in these holy places, during this vulnerable and impressionable time of their life.
Both the yatra trip leaders are DBS checked and have been teaching for the past decade. Teenagers will be able to join the trip for half the normal price!
Checkout the attached poster and this Google form link for more info and to sign up: https://forms.gle/nGR28VKwHqrCZpeaA
You can also email [email protected] for any questions or queries.
Looking forward to this spiritual journey with you and making a lifetime of sacred memories!
Thank you,
Kishori and Birju Jani
Community Activities @ Avanti Field
Get Moving, Stay Fit, Feel Amazing!
Join our Dance, Fitness, Sports, and Yoga classes to boost your energy, improve flexibility, and stay in shape—all while having fun! Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, we have something for everyone. Most providers first class is free or low cost.
✔️ Dance – Groove to the rhythm & express yourself!
✔️ Fitness – Burn calories, build strength, and feel great!
✔️ Sports – Train, compete, and unleash your potential!
✔️ Yoga – Find balance, peace, and flexibility!
Why wait? Take the first step towards a healthier, happier you. Sign up today!
To find out more or register for any of the classes please use the following link:-
https://krishnaavantips.wufoo.com/forms/z1nqh0i70d8s885/
If you would like to suggest other classes you are interested in or know of a coach/teacher that is looking for a venue to host sessions please email [email protected]
PTFA News
Gujarati Comedy Drama by Avanti Fields PTFA
We are excited to bring you a delightful Gujarati Comedy Natak that promises laughter and entertainment for whole family! It’s a show you won’t want to miss.
We warmly invite Avanti Fields parents and their families to join us and enjoy this fun-filled drama.
Book your tickets now and be a part of an unforgettable evening! (£15 for front rows and £10 for everywhere else)
Book your tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/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.
