Principal's Update - 24th January 2025
- Alex Lovis
- Jan 24, 2025
- 3 min read
Parent Bulletin - 24th January 2025
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr Aganga-Williams for his promotion to Duke Of Edinburgh Manager. His role will assist in managing and administering the DofE Award for our school. A significant part of his role, as this is a new initiative for us, will be to launch our first Bronze Award alongside Mr Khabra next week to our Year 9 pupils.
Over the next few weeks, we have our second set of primary parents evenings, Year 8 parent evening, and Year 9 options evening planned. In addition to this, Ms Kholia will be running a virtual KS3 information meeting on Tuesday 28 January (4pm-5pm) with a focus on the new KS3 reports.
The PTFA held their annual general meeting (AGM) last Sunday, 19 January, however were unable to elect their committee this year due to confusion on the nomination process. The school is working with the PTFA to help resolve these concerns. Further information around an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) will be shared with our community in the next week or so.

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PTFA Raffle
We are coming to the close of our big PTFA raffle (to be drawn on 14th February) and I want to thank all staff, children and parents for their support with this. Proceeds of the raffle will be going to school projects, such as the Forest School and funding for a new/additional mini bus.
As well as the £1000, £500 and £250 cash prizes, we have also secured 10 x £50 Amazon vouchers. These vouchers have kindly been donated by a number of our community lettings partners:
Reshma’s Academy (Science Tuition) x3
Phoenix Martial Arts x2
4Eva Fitness (Bollywood Fitness & Circuit Training)
Siddhi Reiki & Yoga by Heena Dave
Ajay Pitrola – Badminton & Pickleball
Karan Maths Tuition
AMC IT
We are grateful to all of our sponsors, most of the above run tuition or various Sports/Dance/Yoga/Martial Arts classes at the school. For more information on these please email community.afl@avanti.org.uk.
All staff will do a final push to have any last ticket books issued early next week, and final money and ticket stubs collected by Tuesday 11th February. This will allow the SLT and PTFA to check that all issued books have been returned prior to the raffle being drawn on Friday 14th February.
PTFA EGM Election Notice letter
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You are invited to the EGM rescheduled election, which is to be held at the school on: Friday 28th February 2025 at 6.30pm till 7.00pm.
Please see link below for PTFA EGM election notice letter for further information.
Please see Avanti way principles and values here and register your attendance to the EGM by emailing to avantifieldsptfa@gmail.com

Calendar Updates
Secondary Calendar
Tuesday 4th February: DMU Inspire CSI Trip (selected students)
Tuesday 4th February : Y8 Parents Consultation Evening (Secondary school will finish at 12:50pm)
Monday 10th February: National Apprenticeship week
Wednesday 12th February: ACWY Teenage Vaccination Y9 onwards
Thursday 13th February: Y9 Option Evening ( 4:30 – 6:30pm)
Friday 14th February: Y11 Art mock exam
Friday 14th February: INSET Day (School will be closed for students)
Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February: Half term break
Primary Calendar
Tuesday 4th February: Cinema Evening (4:00pm – 6:00pm)
Tuesday 11th February: Pre-school Parents Workshop
Wednesday 12th February: Reception/Y1 & Y2 Parents Workshop
Wednesday 12th February: Reception height & weight check
Friday 14th February: INSET Day (School will be closed for students)
Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February: Half term break
International Women's Day

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Reading at home
Encourage a love of reading at home! Set aside time to dive into books, whether it’s together as a family or individually. Encourage children to explore different genres and share your favourite stories. Don’t forget to keep track of your progress by completing the yellow reading log and aim to become the next Reading Champion! Remember, if you read at least 5 times a week, you will gain a stamp. Will you become your classes next Reading Champion?



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