In secondary this week, we have launched our Reading Rampage event and held a Year 9 book talk on Tuesday. Reading, and the love of reading, remains a priority for all of our pupils, right from the learning of phonics until they leave in Year 11.

Christmas festivities have officially begun at Avanti Fields this week. On Thursday the school supported the annual Save the Children Christmas jumper day and it was lovely seeing so many festive dressed students and staff.

Next week primary parents will be attending a variety of Christmas workshops and we have student performances planned during the day. For all pupils, a special Christmas lunch will be served on Thursday 14th December.

And finally, a reminder that on Tuesday next week between 6pm – 8pm, we are launch our Opening School Facilities initiative. Please come along to sign up for a range of activities starting in January. Places will be limited, so early sign-up is recommended. Read below for further details of the activities we have on offer or reach out via our dedicated email address [email protected].

Secondary Calendar

• Wednesday 13th December: Medicine calling – University of Leicester
• Thursday 14th December: Special Christmas lunch
• Friday 15th December: Y11 1:1 careers guidance
• Friday 15th December: Last day of Autumn Term school will finish at 2:45 PM

Primary Calendar

• Tuesday 12th December: Nursery: Christmas Parent Workshop
• Tuesday 12th December: Primary: Christmas Card Workshop and Fayre
• Wednesday 13th December: Reception Christmas Carol Performance and Parent workshop
• Thursday 14th December: Special Christmas lunch
• Friday 15th December: Last day of Autumn Term : Primary school will finish on normal timings.

We are happy to announce the launch of different activities at Avanti Fields school for entire community. Please see the flyers below for more information on the activities. There are limited space available for each activity. Trial sessions in first 2 weeks of January 2024 will be cost only £1 or £2.00.

If you have any enquiries, feel free to get in touch [email protected]

Water were the real stars of the show this term! 🌟 They won the House Point Competition for the Autumn term for demonstrating our core values consistently, so they got into the festive spirit by decorating two Christmas trees with Miss Savadia! ❄️ Children picked out their favourite tinsel types, and added so many colourful baubles and long bead strings! 🎄 They felt ‘happy’ and ‘very excited’ to get stuck in! Thank you to our lovely parents for their generous donations! We wonder which team will follow the Avanti Way and be the House Point Winners next term? 🤔

Christmas class parties

All children will be having a class party on the 15th December.

Please can we ask for ethos friendly party food donations for the day for example:

Cakes

Crisps

Doughnuts

Cucumber and carrot sticks

Samosas

Dhokra

Mini pizzas- pre- cooked

Primary School Calendar

We have an abundance of exciting events taking place next week. 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

Key events coming up

December

12th– Nursery Christmas parent/ carer workshop 2.00pm- 3.00pm

-Whole school Christmas card workshop, Santa’s Grotto and Fayre 3.00pm- 4.00pm

13th– Reception Christmas Carol performance and Christmas parent/ carer workshop 1.00pm- 2.45pm

15th– End of Term (Last day of school for children)

8th January- Back to school

• Primary panto

Year 9 Netball Team

Congratulations to our year 9 netball team who played their final games in the East Leicester City competition this week. The girls have been outstanding in their performance and placed 3^rd out of 9 teams across Leicester City. The girls finished their final game with a triumphant win of 5-2 against Full Hurst with Divya C. taking player of the match for her outstanding goal scoring. Well done girls and I look forward to next season.

Year 9 CLS Book Talk- Tuesday 5^th December 2023

Thank you to Leicester Creative Learning Services (CLS) for coming to speak to Year 9 during their English lesson on Tuesday 5^th December about reading for pleasure. The year group were spoken to about a range of new and exciting books which are available in our school. Please see the list below. The English Department are really looking forward to hearing about what our students have been reading and what they think about the newest additions to our library!

• HappyHead by Josh Silver
• The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green
• The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros
• That Asian Kid by Savita Kalhan
• Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Murder of a School Night by Kate Weston
• Influential by Amara Sage
• A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar
• I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta
• Run Rebel by Manjeet Mann
• Ink by Alice Broadway
• This is How You Fall in Love by Anika Hussain
• It’s Behind You by Kathryn Foxfield
• A Taste of Darkness, edited by Amy McCaw
• Welcome to Camp Killer by Cynthia Murphy
• In the Ends by Alex Wheatle
• How To Die Famous by Benjamin Dean
• Crossing the Line by Tia Fisher
• Mind Writer by Steve Cole
• Diary of an (un)teenager by Pete Johnson
• Noticed by Tony Lee
• The Den by Keith Gray
• Second Best Friend by Non Pratt
• Waiting for Murder by Fleur Hitchcock
• An then I turned into a mermaid by Laura Kirkpatrick
• Long way down by Jason Reynolds
• Things the eye can’t see by Penny Joelson
• Troofriend by Kristy Appelbaum
• Bloodline by Kevin Brooks
• The last kids on earth by Max Brallier
• Raven by Tommy Donbavand
• The disconnect by Keren David
• Rat by Patrice Lawrence
• You’re not the boss of me by Catherine Wilkins
• Little Badman and the invasion of the killer aunties by Humza Arshad and Henry White
• Life on the refrigerator door by Alice Kuipers
• Mosi’s war by Catherine MacPhail
• Stealth: access denied by Jason Rohan

Coding Games Masterclasses

Thursday 21st December 2023

🎮Would you like to make video games but don’t know where to start?
👾Would you like to learn the fundamentals of programming?
🎮Would you like to learn how coding is used in the real world?

Join our FREE Coding Games Masterclass over the Christmas holidays to learn more and create an awesome arcade-style game!

This session is designed for students aged 11-16.

To register go to: Christmas Coding Games Masterclass! 🎮 (mailchi.mp)

Leicester City area holiday camp programme

Please find below information regarding our holiday camp programme running in January in the Leicester City area. We would really appreciate it if you could pass this information (FLYERS ATTACHED BELOW) to all your parents/careers.

We are pleased to inform you that we are running a selection of Holiday Activity Camps in Leicester this January through the Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2023 funded by Department for Education for eligible children to attend for FREE!

The Government have rolled out the programme nationally to support families who receiving benefit related free school meals to take part in and it will enable children to get active as well as receive a healthy lunch each day!

Premier Education are the UK’s leading provider of sport and physical activity for schools and the Holiday Activity programme will give children the chance to try different sports, make friends, have fun and be active. Children will be able to take part in sports such as Dodgeball, Archery, Football, Tennis and much more throughout the week! In addition to this, the programme includes some fantastic health & wellbeing activities each day as well as some great arts & crafts!

Lunch and snacks will be provided each day however we would encourage children to bring their own drinks, preferably water, as well as suitable clothing to take part in the physical activity! Children can bring their own packed lunch if they would prefer.

Leicester City venues we are running are…

• Abbey Mead Primary School , LE4 5HH
• Linden Primary school, LE5 6AD

Dates:              2^nd January – 5^th January

Times:                     9:00am – 3:30pm

Ages:                       5-11 years old only, boys & girls of all abilities

To book your child’s HAF place, follow the below steps: 

1. Visit families.leicester.gov.uk and click ‘Holiday Activities and food programme’
2. Click ‘search for a programme provider’ and chose your venue of choice
3. Click ‘Complete the Holiday activities and food programme registration form’ and complete the simple steps!
4. Bookings go live on 20^th November 2023. Your place will be confirmed once the bookings have closed on 5^th December 2023 and Leicester City Council have been able to confirm your eligibility!

Please see the flyers and letter below for further information

Abbey Mead HAF Letter

Christmas Abbey Mead Flyer

Linden Primary School HAF Letter

Christmas Holiday Camp Linden Flyer

PTFA  – Annual General Meeting

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

21st January 2024

To be held at Avanti Fields School, Hamilton at 3:00pM

Please email your request to attend meeting and nomination for a  committee role to  [email protected]

The deadline for nominations is Thursday 18th January 2024.

please see the link below of meeting letter

PTFA AGMupdated letter

Parent Teacher Friends Association (PTFA)

 PTFA  

Garden Project Volunteers

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.