Avonmore on Ice

This week the whole of KS2 got to go to Westfield Shopping Centre ice rink.  We stayed there for an hour each.  For the children who had trouble skating there was a seal that you could sit on or push. There was also a penguin that you could push. Afterwards we got a few gifts.  An exciting event which happened was running into Amanda Holden, who is a judge on Britian's Got Talent. She was watching her own child skate on the rink but she took some time out to pose for a picture with our students!  We all enjoyed ourselves, well I did anyway!  

For a short while we had the rink all to ourselves

We didn't know seals could skate!

Steady now!

Dancing on ice

Does Avonmore have talent?

Merry Christmas Rudolph!

For this year’s Christmas Fair, we have some special visitors! Santa has come, as usual, but this time he’s brought his pet reindeer and snowy owl! (Not exactly Rudolph, but play along with it). We were first given the opportunity for individual and class pictures , but when the actual fair starts we will do pictures with our friends and family. Santa is feeling very generous and is giving us books as well as our main Christmas present!

Christmas tree decorating assembly

This week there was a tree decorating assembly. To start off the assembly the choir sang Winds through the Olive Trees and Mary had a baby. Then, three students came up to the front and read their wishes which they placed on the Christmas tree. The whole school then sang Gloria and Christmas Tree.  Some parents came to watch their children sing !!!!

The tree getting  decorated

The choir singing beautifully

The tree is all ready for Christmas

Christmas Fair

Year 5 with Father Christmas

This afternoon everyone is awaiting the Christmas Fair!  This year, the Christmas Fair is going to have a reindeer and a snow owl! Every class has taken a picture with Father Christmas this afternoon. All and all, everyone is very excited and preparing to have fun!

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?