Well, October’s WOW Top Ten challenge has finished! We were delighted to see so many schools taking part by increasing their engagement rate on the WOW Travel Tracker and encouraging pupils to travel actively to school! This term’s #WOWTopTen schools in Blackburn with Darwen are:

We have lots of extra Curricular activities throughout the year here at Avondale. *subject to change.

The whole school turned pink today in support of Breast Cancer Awareness and Mrs Taylor.

We’re delighted to share that Avondale is number 1 in our borough for the WOW Travel to School Challenge this month! 🎉 A huge well done to all our children and families for helping us achieve this fantastic result! 👏 Let’s keep up the brilliant work by encouraging our children to travel actively to school whenever possible. Whether it’s walking, scooting, cycling or park and stride, every active journey makes a difference! 🚶‍♀️🛴🚲 Active travel helps our children stay hea

Well done to our reading superstars who completed the Blackburn with Darwen Reading Challenge.

Well done to our Stars of the Week winners for week ending 9th October.

Today saw the start of our brand-new Digital Leader Club, and what a fantastic first session we had! The children began by introducing themselves and creating a book all about what makes a great Digital Leader and what they enjoy most about technology. 📚💡 We’re looking forward to seeing their ideas develop as they learn new skills, share their knowledge and become technology experts who can support others across school. Watch this space for more Digital Leader adventures! �

Well done to our stars of the week winners.

The children have had a fantastic, fun-filled day with Rock Kidz, singing, dancing and learning that kindness rocks! 💛 With positive affirmations and lots of encouragement for one another, it was a day full of great energy, big smiles and positive vibes! 🌟 Keep rocking and keep being kind! 🎶❤️ #RockKidz #KindnessRocks #PositiveVibes #BeKind #PSHE

Do you want the best educational offer for your son or daughter? Then come and have a look around our fabulous school. Avondale Primary School is a well resourced school with fantastic children, experienced staff, offering great opportunities and results that are above national expectations.

Happy Retirement to Mrs Pickup who leaves our Avondale family after an amazing 32 years.

As we head into the summer holidays, we hope that everyone has the opportunity to relax, recharge, and enjoy some well-deserved time with family and friends. Whether you are travelling, exploring locally, or simply taking things a little slower, we wish you a safe, happy, and enjoyable summer break. We look forward to welcoming everyone back when school reopens on Tuesday, 1st September at 8:45am. We can't wait to hear all about your summer adventures and begin another exciti

A little update from Reception 💕☀️

Year 2 loving the sunshine This week the same ten year 2 children have been loving the sunshine and planting runner beans. We also did an experiment with blueberries, squeezing them to reveal the seeds and place them into pots and cover with soil. We will keep checking on them.

It's that time of year again were all year 2 children get the opportunity to go to gardening club for two weeks. The first 10 children this week planted some potatoes in sacks. We will be keeping an eye on there progress.

Well done to everyone who entered our school council parking poster competition. We had a lot of entries and it was really tricky to judge. ​ Here are the three winners, well done to everyone who took part.

Thank you so much to everyone that has donated wool and tubs so far, its very much appreciated!

What a busy and successful half term it has been at Avondale! Our children have worked incredibly hard, shown wonderful enthusiasm for their learning and represented the school brilliantly in lessons, clubs and events. We are so proud of their effort, resilience and kindness throughout the term. Thank you to our staff and families for your continued support. We wish everyone a restful and well-deserved half term break, and we look forward to welcoming you back refreshed and r

This week has been online safety week with the emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI). It can be difficult to spot what is fake and what is real. BBC Bitesize do a monthly online safety quiz, can you spot the real from the AI?

If anyone has any sanded down crates that they no longer want/use then please may reception have them for provision. Thank you