Our community

On Wednesday 20th November, year 5 wanted to investigate pollution on Hammersmith Road and its effects on the area. We also wanted to know how well kept it is. First, we went around the block and did a tally on how many cars, buses, bicycles, vans, lorries and motorcycles we saw. The purpose of observing the traffic was to see how much pollution there was. After that, we did another tally on how many people. This information is useful because the more people who are in shared cars, and not individual cars, are better for the environment because there’s less pollution. Then we did a tally on our area quality. We discovered that there are more areas which are cleaner than others.  Later we took a few pictures then came back.  Overall, it was a great experience to learn about the impact people have on their environment.

 

Auditions for Christmas Play!

This year, we are doing a Christmas play on an edited (and better) version of Jack and the Beanstalk. The auditions for parts in the production were held on the 27^th to the 28^th of November.  We were judged by Mrs Wilson and our Year 6 teacher, Miss Driscoll. There was a huge variety of kind and mean characters to choose from. I am particularly pleased with the results, as I received the part I wanted- Ginger the Vegtable Fairy! Be sure to watch our upcoming preformance on the 18^th and 19^th of December!  

 

Reindeer are coming to town

On Friday, 6^th November, Santa will be coming with his reindeer to visit our Christmas Fair! For those of you who don’t know much about reindeer, here are some facts.  Both females and males grow antlers, their noses are specially designed to warm the air before it gets to their lungs and some subspecies’ legs click while walking to help them stay together in a blizzard. Can you spot any of these characteristics when the reindeer are here?

Will our visting reindeer look like this?

CFC Meets APS

On Tuesday 19th of November 2013 Year 6 went to Chelsea Stadium. We got to see Michael Foreman. Michael talked about how his life was in World War II. He also talked about how he started drawing and how he met Michael Morpurgo.  Michael Foreman was focusing on War Game, his latest book, and he drew 2 pictures about it. After, we had lunch with him. Then we went on a tour with a person named Nick. We went over to the Chelsea Museum and did many activities. My favourite activity was the Shooting Gallery. We had to kick the ball to different areas to earn points. We also had to draw trophies that Chelsea won. After, we went to the Museum we went over to the pitch and dressing rooms. We saw all of the players’ clothes and Nick quizzed us on if we knew where all the players are from. Overall, we had a great time and a good learning experience!

Girls are answering questions from the journalists

Flower beds

Year 5 has been learning about composting. They will be putting manure on the planting beds soon. Manure puts lots of vitamins and minerals back into the soil to help plants grown in summer.

Let's get planting !

Year 2's Florence Nightingale trip

Children dressed up in period costume

The year 2 class went on a trip to the Florence Nightingale museum. They went on the tube to get there. Once at the museum, they put on headphones and listened to the information about Florence Nightingale. There was an actress who dressed up as Florence Nightingale  and told them facts and information and asked them questions. Two of the facts were that she was born in 1820 and she died in 1910. She also had two houses. Overall , they enjoyed the trip. Their favourite thing about the trip was being able to open drawers and there were various things in them and their least favourite thing about the trip was the walking to all the different places in the museum.

Remembrance at Avonmore

 



Poppy: a sign of respect

This Sunday will be Remembrance Sunday, and Year 6 is learning about World War II. For those of you who don’t know what Remembrance Sunday is, it is when people all over Britain take one minute of silence to think about all of the brave men and women who fought in the war to save our country. We are all wearing poppies to show respect because there were poppies growing on the battlefield. We will also be taking our own minutes’ silence. Please try and take a break of silence for one minute this Sunday to show your respect as well.

Remember, remember the 5th November!

Around four hundred years ago, in 1605, Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament with gunpowder, hidden in the cellars. The reason behind this plot was that Guy Fawkes was Catholic and King James I was announcing anti-Catholic laws. Although Fawkes was caught before he could blow it up, King James wanted to remember what happened forever so every year people had bonfires and created models of Guy Fawkes to throw on the fire. Nowadays, in London, people celebrate the 5^th November by attending fireworks displays. Year 1 celebrated the day by drawing their own firework pictures.

Year 1's showing their work with pride!

 

Happy Diwali!

On Sunday 3rd of November, it was Diwali! Diwali is a festival of light. Many people in the Hindu religion celebrate this celebration. To celebrate further at school, I performed ‘Kathak’, a classical Indian dance, with my family! I performed two pieces: one called Guru Vandana, an invocation to the three gods: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The other piece was called Trarana Tarangali, a mix with Indian music with modern music. All and all, everyone said I did wonderful and I am proud of myself.

Choir auditions

This week our music teacher has been holding auditions for the first ever Avonmore choir. There were loads of people

who auditioned for the choir. I even auditioned, and I got through! The other successful members will be singing Christmas carols at loads of different venues. We are looking forward to this opportunity to share our soothing voices.