Principals Update
I always love the end of the school year; we have so many uplifting activities that remind me of the joy of working with young people and their families. Yesterday we welcomed our incoming Year 6 pupils for their transition day, and Ms Kholia and I also had an opportunity to welcome their parents and prepare them for the changes that secondary school will bring. Following this, I had the pleasure of attending the Pre-school graduation. This is a fantastic event to wish our youngest learners the best on their next steps in education. Uplifting songs and lots of food for pupils and parents was a highlight.
Launch of New website
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new school website! This new platform is designed to provide you with easier access to important information, updates, and resources related to our school community. (website will be live on their new domain by Monday 7th July)
Please see link: https://www.avantifields.org.uk/
Our new website features a fresh design, updated content, and several new tabs that include the latest news, events, announcements, academic resources, and much more. We believe this platform will serve as a valuable tool for keeping you connected and informed about all school activities.
Please note that the website is still being updated and refined over the summer. As with any new platform, there may be areas that need improvement. We truly value your input and encourage you to explore the site and share any feedback or suggestions you may have. If you come across any outdated information or errors, we’d greatly appreciate you letting us know through our school’s email. ‘Please also clear your browser history/cookies as an earlier version of the site might still pop up when you navigate the new links.
Request for Recommendations: Gujarati Teacher for Upcoming Academic Year
As we prepare for the upcoming academic year (2025-26), we are planning to continue offering Gujarati language lessons for our students after school. To ensure the continued success and quality of the program, we are currently in the process of identifying a suitable Gujarati teacher.
We kindly request your support in this effort. If you know of any qualified and experienced individuals who may be interested in teaching Gujarati—whether within our school community or beyond—please do share their contact details with us. We welcome recommendations of teachers who are passionate about language instruction and have experience working with children. Please email [email protected].
Your support and input are greatly appreciated as we strive to provide enriching language learning opportunities for our students.
Uniform Donation
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We hope this message finds you well.
As part of our ongoing commitment to support families within our school community, we are pleased to announce a Uniform Donation Drive. We warmly welcome donations of unwanted school uniforms, which will be distributed to families in need to help ensure all students have access to the clothing required for school.
If you have any clean, gently used trousers, skirts, shirts, cardigans, ties, PE kits and blazers that your child has outgrown, we would be grateful if you could consider donating them. We kindly ask that all items be washed and in good condition to ensure they are ready to be passed on.
We would like to make a special request to our Year 11 students and their families to contribute uniforms that are no longer needed, as these donations will make a significant difference to students starting fresh or those who require additional support.
Donations can be brought to the Main Reception/Admin Office by Thursday 10th July. ( During school hours)
Thank you very much for your generosity and support in helping us build a caring and inclusive school community.
Lost Property Display
We will be arranging a Lost Property Display on the following dates and times:
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Wednesday, 9th July from 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM
Students can collect any lost property during these times outside the main reception office.
Please note that any unclaimed items will be donated after 11th July.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Last day of school arrangements for Secondary students: Friday 11.06.25
As we come to the end of the academic year, please note the following arrangements for the last day of term on Friday 11.07.25:
- The secondary school day will finish at the end of Period 5b (14:40).
- Students will be escorted off-site by staff at 14:40 to ensure a safe and orderly dismissal.
Please ensure your child:
- Empties their locker in advance of the last day and takes their padlocks and locker keys home.
- Checks the lost property for any missing school uniform or personal items.
Any remaining items left on-site after the end of the day on Friday 11.07.25 will be disposed of.
Thank you for your continued support throughout the year. We wish you and your family a restful and enjoyable summer break.
Calendar Updates
Secondary Calendar
- Monday 7th July: Sports Ambassadors Charity Event
- Monday 7th July – Friday 11th July: Athena STEM residential – Loughborough University
- Thursday 10th July: Winning House celebrations
- Friday 11th July: Last day of summer term (Secondary School finish at 14:40pm)
Primary Calendar
- Friday 11th July : Last day of summer term
Primary News
Preschool Graduation
As we wrap up the school year, I want to share how proud I am of every student’s growth and achievements—from our youngest pre-schoolers to our older children. We recently celebrated our preschool graduation, and seeing those little ones take such a big step filled me with joy. It’s been wonderful to watch all our students learn, explore, and grow in so many ways this year. Thank you to all the families for your support and partnership in making this a successful and memorable year for everyone.
Celebration Assembly – Attendance
This week we celebrated the children who have had 100% attendance since the beginning of the academic year, in a special assembly! We invited parents/carers in to celebrate this special achievement with us too. We are so proud of all of our superstars, and can’t wait to celebrate even more children in the new year! ⭐️
End of year class parties
Children will be joining in with class parties on Thursday 10th July 2025. On this day children can come to school in their party clothes to celebrate. Ethos friendly snack donations are welcomed for the party such as crisps, biscuits, drinks, popcorn and savoury snacks. Please give any donations to your child’s class teacher.
Breakfast club
We are excited to invite your child to join our brand-new Breakfast Club, which successfully launched this term at Avanti Fields. The club runs every weekday from 7:30am, offering a warm and welcoming start to the school day.
Children attending the club will receive a healthy breakfast and have the opportunity to enjoy board games, puzzles and other fun activities with friends before lessons begin. This provision is completely free of charge and families are welcome to book as many days as they wish.
To sign up, simply log in to the clubs section in your Arbor account and select the days you would like your child to attend.
We hope this new initiative will support your child’s well-being and help them start each day positively and ready to learn.
Pre-school: This week, Pre-School have been developing their problem-solving and collaboration skills. As a team, they participated in a sand challenge, where they had to choose a suitable tool to move sand from one container to another in just one minute! The children also became inventors, using their creativity and imagination to design and build their own unique constructions with various materials, showing great curiosity and innovation.
In addition, our Pre-School children who are starting Reception had their graduation. We had a wonderful time celebrating their achievements and performing songs for our families. We are so proud of all they have accomplished and wish each child the very best of luck as they begin their exciting journey into Reception!
Reception: The children had an amazing time inside the Wonder dome Planetarium, where they explored the wonders of our Solar System! They learned fun facts about the planets, from tiny Mercury, to giant Jupiter, and we even sang the Solar System Song to help remember them all! Can you name the 8 planets in our Solar System? It was a fun, star-filled adventure that left everyone dreaming of space!
Year 1:This week in Year 1, we have been using our skill of collaging in Art and Design to make a creative picture. First, we snipped and pasted different materials together to create a background for our image. Then, we used shapes and arranged them in a way to create our own picture e.g. a car, flowers, animals, building etc. We also enjoyed colouring our pictures in by using oil pastels! Can you create your own collage at home?
Year 2: Year 2 have been learning all about position and direction—making quarter turns, half turns, and moving to different locations. Can you do a quarter turn or a half turn? Give it a go!
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 5 – Article 31
Article’s you could explore which link to this topic: 31
Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities according to Article 31 of the UNCRC.
We will be focusing on Sports Day and how we felt last term, taking part in a special whole-school event. You may want to ask your child about their favourite sport, or their favourite activity during Sports Day. Was it the egg and spoon race, or relay race? Did they enjoy the parent races? What is their favourite memory.
Here is a linked activity you can do at home:
How do you like to spend your free time? Think about what your ideal weekend would be like. Where would you go? What would you do? What activities would you participate in? What rights would you enjoy? Create a comic strip showing your dream weekend and share it with your class.
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
July
11th– 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
Story Garden Summer reading challenge by Leicester Libraries.
The story Garden reading challenge encourages children to use their local library and maintain their reading habit throughout 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.
From 28th June to 14th September, children age (0-15years) can sign up to take part and complete the six-book challenge. In Leicester adult challenge also been encouraged to be a good role modelling. Also, libraries in Leicester offers range of free activities for the whole family, all designed to promote reading for pleasure and the joy of sharing books and stories.
Leicester Libraries offers the £100 book prize and certificate to children as part of above challenge to the school from which the highest percentage of pupils complete the challenge. Children will receive certificate from their local Leicester city library.
Children are encouraged to bring their certificates to school in the new academic Autumn term and can submit to their relevant class teachers.
For further information about full programme and activities please visit:
leicester.gov.uk/summerreadingchallenge
Summer Holiday Club 2025 by Primary Sports Education
July 21st – 25th, July 28th – August 1st, August 4th -8th
Venue: Krishna-Avanti Primary School, 9am – 3pm. Ages 5 -11 £20 per day.
please see link below for further information on activities and booking.
Premier Education Summer Holidays Clubs
Please see link below letter from Premier education summer holidays clubs.
Premier summer holiday information
Summer
Is Your Child Safe from Measles? Check Before the Summer Holidays!
Keep Your Child Safe from Measles This Summer
Measles is a serious illness that could be prevented by having both doses of the MMR vaccination.
It spreads very easily, especially in schools, parks, and busy places. Cases of measles are rising in the UK, increasing the risk to children and communities.
Measles can make children very sick. It can cause a high fever, rash, cough, and sore eyes.
Some children get very ill and may need to go to hospital. Measles can have serious consequences, sometimes fatal, to help prevent children and those around them from becoming unwell with measles this summer please check your child’s Red Book or with your GP Practice to see if they have been fully vaccinated.
The MMR vaccine protects your child from:
✔ Measles
✔ Mumps
✔ Rubella
The vaccine is safe and has been used for many years all over the world.
Children need two doses of the MMR vaccine for full protection.
If your child has missed a vaccine, it’s not too late.
You can ask your GP or school nurse for help.
Before the summer holidays, check:
- Has your child had two doses of the MMR vaccines?
- If not, contact your GP and book a catch-up appointment.
Help protect your child, your family, and your community.
Let’s keep everyone safe and healthy this summer!
Useful link below
Secondary News
Sports Ambassadors Charity Event – 12 Hours of Sport
Our Year 10 Sports Ambassadors will be taking part in 12 hours of sport on Monday 7th July. They will be raising money for Rainbows Hospice which is a local charity in Loughborough who cares for hundreds of families every year who have a baby, child or young person with a serious or terminal illness that means that their lives will be shorter than most.
Please support them by giving what you can using the link – Thank you
https://www.justgiving.com/page/vershika-kansara-4?newPage=true
Junior Maths Challenge
Following on from the Junior Maths Challenge, three students qualified to the next round, the Junior Kangaroo. Well done to Niya, Bhavvshankar and Manreet. Below are the results for the Junior Kangaroo Challenge:
Avanti Summer Art Exhibition
Celebration of our Year 7 artists
In year 7 our students are introduced to print, clay, collage and a whole host of other art media. They study contemporary and historical artists, designers and illustrators such as Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild things are), Picasso, Dhruva Mistry, Mark Hearld & William Morris. Inspiration comes from the world around us, our imagination and emotions and an appreciation of a range of cultures from across the world. We hope you enjoy a selection of artwork here all from Mr Westwood’s Yr7 classes. You can see some of our student’s African Mask ceramics in the display cabinet in reception. Well done Year 7!
Elmer is Coming to Leicester this Summer!
Visit an amazing interactive exhibition of the work of the iconic children’s illustrator David McKee (Elmer, Mr Benn, Not Now, Bernard) at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery (New Walk). Full details in link:
Event Details – Leicester Museums
STOMP Elephant News from the Art Department
Our elephant will be at Peppercorns Café Abbey Park for all to see as part of the STOMP Summer trail.
If you go along to see it, please do take a photo to show us next term & we will publish some in the newsletter with your permission
Our students have been joined by some of Leicester’s most famous artists, musicians, comedians and actors in designing a LOROS elephant. See these articles below to find out who else has joined us in being creative for LOROS (Kasabian anyone?!) and remember you can donate to our fundraising target of £1000 by October by using our just giving page or by buying some of the crafts made by our students that are available to buy from our reception or at breaktimes in the canteen or from Mrs Winter’s art room Monday- Wednesday.
Kasabian star designs elephant to join LOROS Hospice’s Stomp Round Leicester art trail
Stephen Graham, Greg Davies and other celebrities create mini artworks for LOROS Hospice
Parent & Carers Webinar
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
Mental Health Support ( MHST)
please see link below for further information on MHST summer offers
Face July Newsletter
Please see newsletter from Face below:
RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2025
RSPCA is excited to announce the Animals/Wildlife Young Photographer Award 2025 (age 18 and under) a free-to-enter competition that share love for animals. There are some great prizes including photography trip with Nature’s Images and Nearly £4,000 in gift vouchers. All finalists will be invited to an exciting award ceremony at the Tower of London in December, where their shortlisted images will be exhibited and the winners will be announced.
For further information on competition please visit their website www.rspca.org.uk/ypasch
The competition closes on Wednesday 13th August 2025.
Please see below link for poster and information.
Community Activities Update
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 presented 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.
