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Woolen craft
Breakfast club have enjoyed making woolen ghosts and pumpkins in the craft area today.
dianemears
Oct 16, 2025


WE SAW THE DRAGON!
This week, we followed the instructions to trap a dragon. Kobe even brought in some meat and we saw the dragon. Do not worry - he is friendly!
kathrynlysons
Oct 16, 2025


Avondale Honoured with Prestigious Music Mark Award
We are proud to share some exciting news – Avondale has been awarded the Music Mark , a nationally recognised accolade that celebrates schools for their commitment to providing high-quality music education. This award is a reflection of the hard work, passion, and dedication shown by both our staff and pupils. It recognises the value we place on music as a vital part of our curriculum and school culture, and we couldn’t be more delighted. At Avondale, we believe music plays a
Mrs Speakman
Oct 16, 2025


Pumpkin Soup!🎃🍂
This week in Reception, we have been reading Pumpkin Soup. We linked the story to our literacy learning and our topic on Harvest. The children helped make real pumpkin soup by slicing, scooping, and chopping the ingredients. Mrs Martin then blended the soup, and we all had a taste today – it was souperlicious! We also set up our very own Pumpkin Café! Today’s specials included hazelnut latte, hot conker chocolate, and of course… pumpkin soup! It warmed our tummies up on a col
ARobinson
Oct 14, 2025


Vehicles for Zog
2P have researched, designed and made vehicles for Zog! What a fantastic job they have done!
allisonpickup
Oct 10, 2025


Corner bookmarks
This week in Breakfast club we have been making corner bookmarks and creating their own design.
dianemears
Oct 10, 2025


Number Bonds to 10
We have been using Numicon to help us with our number bonds to 10.
Miss Harrison
Oct 9, 2025


Sense Detectives!
Year 1 have been learning all about our 5 senses. We used them to investigate fruit and vegetables!
Mrs Nuttall
Oct 8, 2025


BEEP BEEP!
Today we made our own moving vehicle for Zog.
kathrynlysons
Oct 8, 2025


Have you seen a dragon?
Today 2P arrived at school to find that something had been in our classroom. We looked at the clues to find that they all led to a...
allisonpickup
Oct 7, 2025


WHO HAS BEEN IN OUR CLASSROOM?
Use the clues to figure out who made this mess!
kathrynlysons
Oct 7, 2025


STOP, DROP and ROLL!
Year 2 got a visit from the fire service! Does your smoke alarm work?
kathrynlysons
Oct 7, 2025


Maths in 6J
This week 6J used manipulative to help understand square and cube numbers.
Miss Johnson
Oct 5, 2025


Fluffy visitors to 6J
6J enjoyed a visit from the school chicks this week.
Miss Johnson
Oct 5, 2025


Electricity in 6J
6J enjoyed investigating circuits and what happened if the voltage was changed.
Miss Johnson
Oct 4, 2025


Year 2 say goodbye to chicks
Year 2 have had the 'best weeks ever' with the chicks. They have watched the eggs in the incubator, watched the chicks hatch out, cared...
allisonpickup
Oct 3, 2025


What's that landmark?
We loved using the to find different landmarks in London.
kathrynlysons
Sep 30, 2025


CHICKS!
We have loved having the chicks in our classroom.
kathrynlysons
Sep 30, 2025


Autumn Taster Menu
To encourage children to select school meals we will be running a taster menu this Thursday, 2nd October 2025 and we would like all of...
Mrs Speakman
Sep 30, 2025


Rota Kids in 4F
We are delighted to be representing Avondale School as Rota Kids ambassadors. We are looking forwards to helping raise funds for charity...
Mr Frankish
Sep 29, 2025
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