Happy and Glorious

As you may know the school year is almost over and as a present to the Year 6’s Avonmore are having a concert. This year there will be no acting only singing. All classes will sing one class specific song and a whole school song except Year 6 who will perform two class songs. It’s a new start for many children at Avonmore with the biggest change occurring for the Year 6 students who will be going to their secondary schools after summer break. It’s also a big change for the rest of the year groups as their uniform will change to a more formal uniform starting in September; however I am sure everybody’s excited for the two and a half month holiday.

Year 6's Leavers Party

It is coming near the end of another memorable year at Avonmore. For the Year 6 pupils it’s not just the end of the year: it is the end of an era. Today they are having their leavers’ party to mark the end of Avonmore for them. The party is happening today at 3:30pm and ends at 5:30pm.The theme was voted for a few weeks ago by the class and the theme that got the most votes was Prom. It has been organised completely by the parents. They are coming today at 2:00pm to set up the decorations, food and drinks. Parents, teachers and siblings are welcome to come.                                                                                                          At the party we will be getting our leavers’ book which is very exciting! But that’s not all! We will be given our reports with our S.A.Ts results. Not surprisingly, most people are very nervous about this. But hopefully this won’t affect the party too much and everyone will still have a good time!

Year 4’s trip to the Town Hall

On the 3^rd of July 2012 Year 4 went to the Town Hall to perform playing their flutes. We went from West Kensington to Hammersmith by walking. It took about 15 minutes to get there. When we arrived we went inside the hall and sat down. We were sitting there for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes we were doing a music workshop and it was really fun! We were told to make weird sounds with our mouths and the organisers explained that even though they just sounded like unusual noises they were, in fact, a part of music. When it was our turn to perform our song ‘When the Saints’ we were all very, very nervous. It was really cool, though, because it was our first time performing in front of such a large audience in a town hall! At 3 o’clock we left. Mr Groves said we were all really brave so he bought us toffee sweets. They were so delicious. We were all chatting on the way back. When we were back we were all exhausted but was all really fun!

Summer Fair

On Saturday 30^th of June we had a summer fair at Avonmore and in Marcus Garvey Park.  It was a hot summery day. There was lots of fun stuff to do like bouncy castles, sumo wrestling, tug of war, high striker, sponge throwing and target practice. They had music, candy floss, Zumba, Martial Arts and face painting. We had to use tokens to go on some rides. I think it was really fun and I won a couple of sweets. My favourite thing was the bouncy castle because I could do flips and it was really fun. It started at 11:30 and it finished at 3:30. All of the teachers had to help clean up all of the mess. We all had a really good time and hopefully we can do the same thing next year.

Avonmore defeat Heamore

On Friday the 15^th June Avonmore and Heamore  went to Hyde Park for a picnic and a football match. Heamore were the first to score but Avonmore weren’t defeated Ahmed equalised then scored again to give Avonmore the lead. Then Arian scored to give Avonmore a 2 goal lead. Avonmore looked like they weren’t going to lose and then Idris came in the last minute to thrash Heamore with a 3 goal lead. Year 6 shocked Mr Hale.

Ravenscourt Park Sports Day

Ravenscourt Park Sports day

On Tuesday the 19^th June Year 6 went to Ravenscourt Park to take part in a sports day with John Betts Primary School. It was not school against school. We were separated in to eight groups, a mix of each school. This was so we could get to know people who might be going to our secondary schools. Everyone took part in the activities twice so they got a chance to earn more points. The activities included: the shuttle run, the bench organization, the puzzle race and the hoop race. The shuttle run was the most tiring because you had to run back and forth as fast as you can. I thought the hoop race was the most challenging because you had to use tactics and strategies in a small amount of time. The first three teams that ended up with the most points got bronze, silver, and gold certificates. My team got a bronze certificate. All in all it was a very tiring day and we were all aching a bit afterwards, but it was a really fun day!     

Library Redecoration

In March Miss Cotten visited Dublin, Google’s headquarters. She was amazed by the unique style of Google. Inside, there was not an office with dull chairs and tables but instead they had a bright and welcoming place to work. It was like a play area. There were slides and rooms with different themes for the workers to enjoy and to look forward to when going to work. This inspired Miss Cotten to recreate our school library. We have decided to give it a theme and a unique style of a beach. At first, we thought this might distract the students but then we realised that this area would give their imaginations a boost and free space to work in. Instead of having boring work desks we thought about having surfboards as tables and to make our old chairs look like deck chairs. We even thought about having the computer backgrounds as a fish swimming in the sea to make it blend in with the theme. From the floor to the ceiling there will be a beach theme. On the floor, there will be carpet that will appear to be sand and water. On the ceiling, we will even have clouds that appear to be lights. If you’re feeling glum and it’s a rainy day you could always pull down the blinds to discover a sudden change of weather- from rainy to sunny! We are looking forward to the change that will happen next year!