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The summer months have now concluded and September is here! Throughout the summer holiday some people travelled far across the globe! Some destinations included America, France, Brazil, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Afghanistan. Myself, I went to America and Corsica!!! The start of the new academic year of 2012-13 means that we’re back at school already and working hard. And with the New Year comes some different rules. We have a stricter school uniform, and we look smarter because of that. All of the children have moved up a year. This year I’ve moved up to year 6 so I will have to work extra hard because of the SATS. I’m enjoying the New Year so far and I love the big classroom! It’s amazing looking back at all of the years that I’ve been in, and once this year has passed I will be very sad to leave this wonderful school.

The London 2012 Olympic Games

The Olympic Games were in London from 27 July-12 Aug. First was the opening ceremony which lasted more than 2 hours but it was worth it! It was so beautiful, very well acted and the entrance of the queen was awesome! And, there was even SKYDIVING FROM A HELICOPTER! Supposedly the queen did this (wink wink). After an eventful and thrilling 2 weeks the final medal count was as follows: 1st USA with 104 medals Gold 46 Silver Bronze 29 2nd China with 88 medals Gold 38 Silver 27 Bronze 23 3rd GBR with 65 medals Gold 29 Silver 17 Bronze 19 Hosting the 2012 Olympic games and Paralympics was extraordinary and fun to watch. It was certainly a once in a lifetime event!

NEW TEACHER AT AVONMORE!

Year 5 has got a new teacher! Her name is Miss Jewers and she’s new to Avonmore! She’s very friendly but (like most teachers) there is a point where kids drive her mad and then she’s strict again... never mind that! She smiles almost ALL the time, speaks clearly, is very easy to understand and is great at reading stories (especially the class book, There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom.) She always is on the lookout, watching kids chatting and showing  bad behaviour. She is the perfect Year 5 teacher and we all hope she will stay that way!

The year 6 football match

On Friday 14^th September the year 6’s went to Hurlingham Park to play a football match against Sir John Lily. Their football skills were excellent compared to ours. Our defenders were good so the opposing team only scored 1 goal against us! However, when the subs went on the opponent scored seven goals! So, we lost 8-0.  It was tragic! We had tried really hard. Next time, we will try better!

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!