Parent Bulletin - 31st January 2025 This week we have had a number of enriching opportunities for our pupils. Our pre-school and reception pupils were treated to a visit from Jungle Jo, providing them with hands-on experience with animal handling. And for our KS4 pupils today, we held a Health Fair where students were able to speak with professionals around their own health, closely linking with themes covered in our PSHE curriculum. In addition to this, we launched our Duke of Edinburgh’s Award with Year 9 pupils this week. We have already filled our 48 available places and have a small waiting list. It is wonderful see so many pupils and families value this award. While launching, we have had some queries from Year 10 pupils to ask why they can’t take part in the award. As this is our first year facilitating the award, we are limited in the number of places we can offer. Due to the timeline for this year (January launch rather than September launch), we anticipate that the expedition will take place at the start of next academic year. This would impact our current Year 10’s (who will then be in Year 11) preparations for their GCSE exams. I have been invited to be one of three guest speakers at Christchurch Clarendon Park on Tuesday 25th February, 7pm – 9pm. I am humbled to be joined by Mezmin Malida and Camille London-Myo. The theme for the evening is #AccelerateAction and is organised by the St Phillips Centre and the Methodist Church. Please see the attached information flyer for further details and booking information. IWD FLYER 2025 Before listing the ingredients and recipe below, add one last sentence that sums up your recipe. You can also add how many servings it makes and the total preparation time. This is the place to grab your reader’s attention with the help of stunning, high-quality images of your recipe. You can add an image for each step in your recipe or of the final dish. Add your images here. 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 End with a quick summary of what your readers just learned to make. Then invite them to leave a comment, follow you on social media or check out related posts. 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 Primary News 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?

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. Before listing the ingredients and recipe below, add one last sentence that sums up your recipe. You can also add how many servings it makes and the total preparation time. This is the place to grab your reader’s attention with the help of stunning, high-quality images of your recipe. You can add an image for each step in your recipe or of the final dish. Add your images here. 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 End with a quick summary of what your readers just learned to make. Then invite them to leave a comment, follow you on social media or check out related posts. 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 Primary News 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?

Parent Bulletin - 17th January 2025 I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Ms. Bach for her promotion to Associate SENDCo for the remainder of this academic year. Her role will assist in managing and administering the provision for our SEND pupils, ensuring that pupil voice is heard to promote high quality teaching and learning, and to assist the SENDCo with coordination of intervention provision. Secondly, I want to share that we have again received a positive Health and Safety report following our annual audit in December. I want to thank the premises team and all the staff involved in the audit and confirm that the school has increased our score by 6.15% to now be at 96.15%. While there are a few minor actions to address, there’s absolutely nothing of concern, and the overall outcome is outstanding. This achievement is a testament to the dedication and hard work of everyone involved. Finally, I would like to encourage members of our community to attend the PTFA AGM this weekend. Since last term, we have been promoting this event towards the end of the bulletin. The AGM is this weekend at 3pm at the school. Please see link below for any further information. Please get in touch with us at  avantifieldsptfa@gmail.com . Before listing the ingredients and recipe below, add one last sentence that sums up your recipe. You can also add how many servings it makes and the total preparation time. This is the place to grab your reader’s attention with the help of stunning, high-quality images of your recipe. You can add an image for each step in your recipe or of the final dish. Add your images here. Calendar Updates Secondary Calendar Wednesday 22nd January: Y11 Coventry Transport Museum trip Monday 27th January: Y7 & Y8 Physics roadshow Wednesday 29th January: Intermediate Maths competition Primary Calendar Tuesday 21st January: Y1 Rockingham Castle trip Tuesday 28th January: Parents Consultation Evening (3:00pm – 5:30pm) Tuesday 28th January: Jungle Jo: Preschool & Reception visit Thursday 30th January: Parents Consultation Evening (3:00pm – 5:30pm) International Women's Day Primary News What a fantastic start to the term it has been already, please see below an array of the highlights over the last two weeks. Parents evening: Parents evenings will take place on the 28th January and 30th January. We have decided to have our parents’ evenings face to face so that you can see your child’s learning environment and some of their pieces of work. Each parents meeting will last no longer than 10 minutes to ensure everyone gets the same amount of time. The parents evening meeting will cover the following- How has your child has progressed since the last meeting?What have we noticed they are excelling in?What are your child’s next steps and how you can support this at home? Please click on the link below to book in a slot by Wednesday 22nd January 2025. https://avanti.wufoo.com/forms/AFS- Primary-parent-evening-spring-2024-25/ Pre-school: In Pre-school this week we have been learning about length and comparing long and short caterpillars. We have also been developing our reading skills by identifying the initial sound in fruits and writing a shopping list for the very hungry caterpillar.  Reception: This week Reception have been exploring different seasons, and learning about Winter. We’ve learnt how it is the coldest season, and how it is important to wrap up warm. Did you know that Winter lasts from December to March? Make sure you wrap up warm during this season! Year 1:   This week Year One children have been carrying out experiments to test which materials are waterproof. We made predications and discussed our results from the test. We have also enjoyed gymnastics with Coach Sam. Year 2:  This week some of our Year 2 pupils have enjoyed completing their very first RRSA homework task. They explored Article 14- Our Right to freedom of thought and religion.