The New Year 6 Meets The Lifebus!

On Tuesday, 24^th September 2013, the Lifebus visited Avonmore. Year 6 were learning about `Drugs Education’. We had some cards that had clues and we had to figure out what the drug was. Some of the clues were `It Can Be Drunk’ and `It can be an ingredient in a cake’. We also saw a short film about a person named Jack and his friends. His parents were away and his friends were coming to his house. They had nothing to do and were trying to force Jack to drink beer but his friends were standing up for him. So, the moral of the story is to stand up for your friends and yourself. In the end we saw Harold the giraffe for maybe the last time!

Harvest at Avonmore

At Avonmore we celebrated harvest with our very own apple tree! We have harvested the delicious food that has grown in our school garden, including the apples. All the classes in the school have taken part in a competition where we had to collect as much food as we could. All donations went to a charity called Age UK. For our harvest assembly all the classes preformed either a song or told us some information about harvest. Overall, it was a bountiful experience!

Our Apple Display

Introducing our new staff!

We interviewed the 4 new staff members at Avonmore. Here’s what they had to say! Helen, who works in year 2, Miss West, who is the nursery teacher, Miss McKenna, who helps students with reading  and Sylvia, who works in year 5 were all excited about starting at a new school. Miss West added that she was also a little scared. We asked Miss West what’s the best thing about Avonmore so far? She replied she enjoys the lovely friendly children at school. We asked Miss McKenna the same question and she said the best thing is the amazing children who all want to learn. It sounds like Miss West, Miss McKenna and Sylvia are all having a good time so far at our school!

The New Year 6 Class

    After the holidays, the year 5 pupils have moved up to year 6! It’s so exciting being in our last year at Avonmore. For some of us it’s the first time Miss Driscoll has been teaching us. It’s only our second week back but we’ve already started doing tests!  Despite all the hard lessons, we still enjoy learning in our new class. Being the oldest class in the school means a whole lot more responsibilities, so many of us have applied for these positions. Some of these positions include: office prefect, playground friends, recycling and watering of plants to name a few. So, this year is going to be a challenging and exciting time for us.

 

Welcome Back!

Hello everyone! All the students have just come back from the long summer holidays for first week, filled with memories of their holidays. Oh the excitement of coming back! Everyone is settling into their new classes and are enjoying learning about their new teachers. This year new teachers have come into the school to work and we are looking forward to getting to know them better. Here’s to an exciting 2013-14 academic year!

Final Thought

My favourite memories of Avonmore, somethings I’ll always remember, are the teachers and their reassuring words. I will always remember the blog and how I joined in year 5.  For our leaving production, we performed Grease and we both enjoyed playing our roles that we auditioned for! Our favourite song was Greased Lightning.  This is our final blog this year and then we go to secondary school.  Missing Avonmore already!!!

 

Sports Day!

On  Wednesday 10^th July 2013 we had Sports Day! The destination for Sports Day was at Holland Park once again. The teams were named after famous athletes. Luckly, the second date for Sports Day was not taking a rain check and we enjoyed ourselves a lot in the sunshine. The activites for Sports Day were: the egg and spoon race, space hoppers race, skipping race, dribbling skills, the sack race, hockey penalties and the big sprinting race!