Olympic torch comes to visit Avonmore

Today at Avonmore School the students have been allowed to wear sportswear as the Olympics are coming to London. The day started off with an assembly. We watched the Olympic relay live on BBC. We were so lucky that Mr. Hale (our head teacher) presented us with an authentic torch that had once been lit and run with. It’s been carried by 8000 runners for 1 mile each over 70 days.  Over 8000 miles have been covered. The torch is 80 cm tall. It has been carried underwater around the Great Barrier Reef and has travelled on a gondola in Venice, a dragon boat in China and in a canoe in Canada. Until the 1950’s only men could carry the torch. We are so lucky to have a chance to experience what it’s like to hold it!

Jubilee Week!

On 31^st May, Avonmore had a street party to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. It was a whole school event! Miss Quirk was the teacher who organised the event and she also came up with an amazing idea-each class to present a dance from each of the decades the Queen has reigned. This is the order to the dances: Reception and Nursery -1950s; Year1- 2010; Year 2- 1960; Year 3 -1980; Year 4 -2000; Year 5 -1990; and, Year 6 -1970.

Everyone practised really hard for the dance as parents, teachers and children were going to watch them. I was in one of the groups and, believe me when I say, my group was NERVOUS! I think everyone felt the same way. However, it all turned out amazingly. All the dances were great and, by the looks on their faces, you could see that the students were determined but at the same time quite anxious. Year 4’s music had a technical problem but it worked out great in the end. Overall everyone had an amazing time!

Street Party!

On 31st of March (our last day of term) Avonmore had a street party to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. We set up tables all around the top playground for the pupils to eat at. We had lots of finger food like: cucumber sandwiches, cakes and sushi plus much, much more! It was supposed to rain that day but we were very lucky with the weather: it was bright and sunny so lots of people showed up. For the entertainment each class performed a dance from a different era. After that we had the difficult job of putting all the tables back into the classrooms and all the chairs back in the hall. Everyone left feeling pleased, and full, because the party had been a great achievement.

Summer fair poster

Avonmore Primary School is preparing for the upcoming summer fair which is on the 30th of June 2012. To advertise the summer fair Mr Hale, Avonmore’s head teacher, asked a group of 5 children and Miss Cotten to prepare a poster. When creating the poster, we encountered several difficulties such as when printing, white spaces kept appearing on the sides. But all has been resolved and it is now finished! The children and teacher have done an amazing job at depicting a summer themed poster!

Our trip to the floating classroom

On 11th May, year 4 travelled on the tube to Paddington to visit the floating classroom. It was a long journey to get there. When we arrived the first activity we did was bird spotting. We had a sheet of paper to tick off the type of birds we saw. We stood by a lake surrounded by trees. It was an amazing experience! We saw a coot (a type of duck) making a nest. The coot had three baby eggs and one of them had hatched. After that, we ate lunch on the boat. Overall, it was a great day!

Year 5’s trip to Tower of London

On Monday 26th of March Year 5 went to the Tower of London. We got onto a train at West Kensington station. We exited at Tower Hill and walked for a while. We went into one of the towers. First, we went into a dungeon which was really dirty, next we went into a small room where they left prisoners for years. Next, we entered into a small place where there was an enormous crossbow and a very heavy hat. Next, we went to see the Crown Jewels. After we had lunch then we went to see the ravens. People said that if the ravens left the Tower of London the tower would fall. Next we went into the white tower and there was lots of armour everywhere and we had to spot the biggest armour and, trust me, it was big! After, we went into the bloody tower and we went into the torturing room. One of the methods they used was to tie your feet and hands and they start to pull you apart. Then we went into a room where we saw a man playing a recorder. We listened to him and then finally we came back to school. What a day!

Avonmore's Songwriting Challenge

On the 19th and 20th of April, Avonmore took part in a songwriting challenge called Song Academy. Anyone from key stage 2 could take part either individually or in a group. It involved writing a completely original song (tune and lyrics) and being able to record it then send it off to the judges. All the entries recorded their song in the library with Miss Cotten. The top prizes include: a keyboard, V.I.P tickets to the X factor finals, meeting the finalist at a secret gig, recording your own song in a London recording studio and your own song writing equipment! Some people were very nervous about signing up and recording it. The less nervous groups performed in assembly today as well to show the school what they have written. The competition is tough but everyone is looking forward to see if anyone from our school has won!