Weekly Parent Bulletin - Friday 20th June 2025
Dear parents,
The sun was definitely shining on Avonwood this week!
We enjoyed two brilliant days of sporting events on Thursday and Friday. Thank you to all the parents and Grandparents that came along to cheer everyone along. I was so impressed with the way the children approached these events with such excellent attitudes and team spirit.
Please can I make another plea that children are supervised at all times before and after school. They should be waiting by your side and not on the play equipment. This helps avoid unneccessary friendship issues, keeps our equipment safe and ultimately gives us a calm start and end to the school day.
Tomorrow we can look forward to our annual PTA Summer Fair. This event is always a brilliant one so I'd encourage everyone to come along and spend the afternoon at this super community event. Worth bringing a camping chair, a sun umbrella and a picnic blanket. We have lots of stalls, food and refreshments available too.
At the end of the event, I'm hoping to pull together a small team of Avonwood Dads (Mums welcome too!) to help Mr Baz pack up. If you are happy to help out, we'll meet at the front of the school reception office at 7pm. Many hands make light work and it might even get you out of bedtime! #TeamAvonwood
Next week we have our annual transition day on Friday when children spend the afternoon in their new classes. In preparation for this, some staffing updates below:
- Mr Mather is finally retiring! Having tried my best to persuade him again, the lure of cheaper term time cruises could no longer be resisted! Thankfully we'll still see him here next year as he is planning to join our Governing Body.
- Our three superb United Teaching Trainees have all been snapped up by local schools. It's a strong sign that our Avonwood Teacher Training offer is regarded in the highest esteem by local Headteachers. This means Mrs Austin, Mrs Coleman & Mrs Gray will be leaving us at the end of term. It's been a privilege to watch them evolve into such strong teachers and we hope to see them back at Avonwood again in the future.
- Mrs Harris is leaving Avonwood at the end of term, she is changing career slightly to work with pre-school age children.
- Mrs Darch is pregnant, due to start maternity leave in September.
- Mrs Short is pregnant, due to start maternity leave at October half term.
- Miss Sloane (Assistant Head and SENDCo) will return from maternity leave in September.
- We are delighted that Mrs Sharp has decided to stay on at Avonwood as one of our ELSA's.
- Where we are dropping one class, Mrs Saeed (Teaching Assistant) will be departing Avonwood at the end of term. She'll be missed!
I look forward to seeing you all at Summer Fair tomorrow - gates open at 4pm!
Mr Jackson
Headteacher