Principals Update 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 [...]
Principals Update This week we hosted our secondary Open Evening event, which was well attended by over 650 families. It was lovely to see our current students leading school tours and talking about their experiences at Avanti Fields. We are running open morning tours this week, so if you know of any families [...]
Principals Update A very big welcome back to this academic year. This week has been lovely to see our newest Nursery pupils begin their formal education and to welcome a new cohort of Year 7 pupils to the Avanti family. I also want to welcome the new staff who have joined us this [...]
Principals Update Firstly, thank you to all staff, parents and students for your quick action and flexibility today with the unplanned school closure due to snow conditions. Work for each lesson will have been uploaded onto Google Classroom for secondary aged pupils. Home learning comes in the form of the discovery education platform, [...]
Principals Update A reminder that this week the school will be partially closed to Year 7 and 8 pupils due to NEU strike action on Wednesday 1st February. The school will remain open for Nursery, Reception, Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 students. We will also remain open for a small number [...]
Principals Update This week you would have heard in the press about the planned strike action of the NEU teachers union. The NEU has announced that their member ballot has met the requirements and their members will take strike action in the coming months. I am sure that parents will understand that the [...]
Principals Update A very warm welcome back to parents, students and staff. It has been a very settled return to school after the three-week holiday for Christmas. This term we are pleased to welcome a number of additions to our school staff. Bhavisha Solanki – Primary teacher Sarah Murphy – Subject Lead in [...]
Principals Update It has been a wonderful Autumn term in which we are officially and physically an all-through school, with students aged 3 to 16 attending. I can only look forward to watching our youngest learners continue to develop, learn and grow over time. This term has seen some fantastic events run for [...]
Principals Update This week has had a plethora of student activities. Year 8 students have attended the IET Faraday trip, our reception pupils have gone on a winter walk to the park and our eco-club and student council had the opportunity to connect with an environmental activist, Vivek Gurav. I want to thank [...]
Principals Update The festive season is officially upon us! This week our secondary students have been decorating their form room doors and our primary students have decorated the primary Christmas tree. The school has continued our sustainable initiative by hiring our Christmas trees, which will be returned to their farm and replanted after [...]
