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Avalon School – In Touch
Week ending – Friday 20th March
News:
Wirral Speech and Drama Festival - Children
from the Avalon school competed in the Wirral
Speech and Drama Festival, held at Birkenhead
School Academy on Saturday 14th March 2015.
UPCOMING DATES
Mon 23rd
Easter Experience at St Bridget’s
Church
Wed 25th
Nursery & Reception Easter
Sing-A-Long at 2pm
Mon 30th
Spelling Competition
Wed 1st Apr
End of Term 12 noon
The Wirral festival is a speech and drama
competition affiliated to the British and
International Federation of Festivals for Music,
Dance and Speech. The children who entered the festival from Avalon School had been working hard
selecting and preparing verse speaking and prose reading pieces of literature to enter in to the
festival. Not only was this fun for the children, it encouraged and introduced the children to enjoy new
literature as well as teaching the children good technique and skills for public speaking.
The children’s hard work paid off with fantastic results. The results were as follows:
Freddie Steepe
Emma Ryan
Emma Ryan
Isabella Hackett
Harriet Brown
Nikki Khalatbari
Year 5
Year 3
Year 3
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
verse speaking 1st place
prose reading 3rd place
verse speaking 2nd place
verse speaking 2nd place
verse speaking 3rd place
prose reading 2nd place
The children performed their prepared pieces in front of a large audience, with adjudication at the end
of the class. The classes were large with an average of 28 children in a class. The Avalon pupil’s
performances were all excellent; they are all a credit to both the school and themselves. Congratulations
to everyone who entered. – Miss Cottier
Solar eclipse – like many children up and down the country the entire school went out onto the
playground at 9.30 this morning to experience the full solar eclipse. The children were using pinhole
cameras and reflective surfaces to see what was a very exciting experience. The birds stopped tweeting
and it went very dark and cold for about 20 minutes!
Peripatetic Concert
– Mrs Keenan and the peripatetic teachers have arranged a concert at 9am on
th
Monday 30 March 2015. All parents are welcome.
Comic Relief Red Nose Day – Grand total raised
£687.83.
Well done everyone! What a
fantastic achievement.
Nursery and Reception Easter Sing-A-Long – On Wednesday 25th March the Nursery and
Reception children would like to invite their parents to their Easter Sing-A-Long at 2pm. Could we ask
that all Nursery children are in school ready for the performance at 1.30pm. Thank you.
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E-mail: schooloffice@avalon-school.co.uk
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Aladdin Rehearsals - Mrs Keenan will be holding rehearsals every Friday after school for the children
who will be appearing in the upcoming “Aladdin Jr” The rehearsals will be
from 3.40 until 5pm each Friday. Children will need to bring a non fizzy drink
and a snack with them to have during the rehearsals. This week, Mrs Keenan
would like whole cast to attend please.
No NUTS Please – may we remind all parents that children should not bring any products
that contain nuts into school. Thank you.
Parking – as you may know, there was a meeting held at Wallasey town hall on Friday regarding the
proposed parking restrictions outside Avalon School. I attended the meeting along with our Chair of
Governors and a number of local residents. After much discussion and negotiation, the panel did not
reach a satisfactory conclusion with the proposals in their current state. There were some amendments
suggested, namely a slight alteration in the timing of the restrictions which means that the proposal will
go back to consultation. As before, I will endeavour to keep you posted with any updates.
Ski Trip reminders – Mrs Brew would like to collect all the children’s passports and EHIC cards before
we break up for Easter to make things easier on the morning. I would like them all in by Monday 30
March. If anyone needs their passport or EHIC card over half term, please let her know as soon as
possible.
Spending money – The children may take a maximum of €80. Each day, the children can have up to €10
to spend as they choose. Please hand in pocket money in Euros a named envelope to the school office
please. It is much easier for the children if it is in small denominations (eg €5 and €10 notes). We will
look after their money bag for them and each day at “bank” time, they can take €5 and €10 as they wish
to spend in the shops or the hotel. Any English money brought is the child’s responsibility. You may
want to send them with a small amount for the airport.
Flight Details
Outbound
Sat 11/Apr/2015
12:00 MON4182 Manchester (Terminal 2)
Inbound
Sat 18/Apr/2015
18:50 EZY7264 Grenoble
Grenoble 14:55
Liverpool John Lennon
19:50
Junior PE Kit – just as a reminder, in the interests of hygiene, all junior children must bring a change of
socks for PE lessons. PE socks should be white in accordance with our uniform list.
Ski Lessons - We have booked a Ski Club at the Runcorn Ski Centre
http://runcornski.weebly.com . The lessons are booked on:
Sunday 15 March, 10 – 11am
Sunday 22 March, 10 – 11am
Sunday 29 March, 10 – 11am
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Telephone: 0151 625 6993
Fax: 0151 625 0332
E-mail: schooloffice@avalon-school.co.uk
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This club is not only for children going on the ski trip to Le Corbier and is open for children in years 1 – 6
and we can take a maximum of 20 children in the club. The course will be £30 per child and includes all
ski hire and 3 x 1 hour’s instruction on the beginners slope. If we get 8 or more children wanting lessons,
the cost will go down to £24. The standard is likely to be pitched at beginner skiers and those wanting a
refresher. This group is ideal for children who have never skied before and would like to experience of
simply putting on boots and skis. This often saves days of struggling in resort if you were to go as a
family or with school.
Ski Club update: I was delighted to see the progress of the children in the hour that they spent with
the instructor. If there are any parents who are bringing children this week (22nd) that were unable to
make it last week (15th) please let me know via email as soon as possible as I will need to arrange an
additional instructor.
Upcoming PTA Events - more information will be coming home soon about these events but please
make sure that they are in your diaries!
May Ball
Strawberry Tea
Saturday 16th May
Friday 19th June
Well done to this week’s certificate winners
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Fax: 0151 625 0332
E-mail: schooloffice@avalon-school.co.uk
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Telephone: 0151 625 6993
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Avalon May Ball
Saturday 16th May 2015
Caldy Golf Club
7pm
Tickets £45 each
Black Tie
Champagne Reception
3 course meal by Pickled Walnut
Fantastic raffle & auction prizes
Live music from ‘Entourage’
Carriages at 12.30pm
Please inform the office or contact the PTA Secretary
victoria20vj@gmail.co.uk / 07887 556055 before the
end of term with your ticket requirements.
Menu pre-orders required by 4th May
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Telephone: 0151 625 6993
Fax: 0151 625 0332
E-mail: schooloffice@avalon-school.co.uk
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Avalon Ball – Saturday May 16th 2015 at 7pm
Menu
Prosecco or Elderflower spritzer on arrival
To Start
Soup of the Day served with warm crusty bread roll (V)
Chicken Liver Parfait, country toast, fruit chutney & dressed leaves
Naturally Smoked Haddock Fishcake served with dressed leaves and a homemade tartar
sauce
To follow
Pan seared fillet of Sea Bass sat on crushed new potatoes
5 Hour Braised Beef, horseradish pomme puree, rich red wine jus
Wild Mushroom Stroganoff & braised rice
All main courses served with a medley of seasonal vegetables
To Finish
Rich Chocolate Tart served with an orange crème anglaise
Peach and Apricot Crumble with vanilla bean ice cream
Local Cheese, homemade chutney, grapes & biscuits
Coffee and mints
Please provide your selections to the office or the PTA Secretary on 07887 556055 /
victoria20vj@gmail.com by Monday 4th May – Thank you
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www.avalon-school.co.uk
Telephone: 0151 625 6993
Fax: 0151 625 0332
E-mail: schooloffice@avalon-school.co.uk
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London Marathon – Children with Cancer
Mia and Layla Jones’ Mummy, Daddy and Auntie are running the London Marathon in April to raise
money for the charity “Children with Cancer”. If you would like to donate to this worthwhile cause
please follow the link to their Just Giving page. http://www.justgiving.com/gemdangray/
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www.avalon-school.co.uk
Telephone: 0151 625 6993
Fax: 0151 625 0332
E-mail: schooloffice@avalon-school.co.uk
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Older news:
WANTED for Gardening Club! – children’s wheelbarrows that you no longer need. We plan to
plant them up with flowers and vegetables. The club starts on Wednesday 11th March at 1pm. All junior
children welcome! Please see Mrs Ham if you have any questions.
Chess Club - Chess Club will recommence on Wednesday 4th and then on the following Wednesdays
11th, 18th and 25th March. The chess club will now be held in the science room. Children can still be
collected from the same point.
Easyfundraising - The PTA have updated their shopping portal to help raise money for Avalon School
PTA. Every time you shop online you could help raise some money without it costing you anything.
There are over 2700 retailers participating in the scheme including Amazon, Tesco, Debenhams, John
Lewis, and Ebay. To participate in this and help the PTA please follow this simple process - Register at
www.easyfundraising.org.uk When you’re asked to choose your cause, select Avalon School PTA, Wirral
Then you’re ready to go shopping. You will be asked if you wish to download and install the ‘Find and
Remind’ toolbar, please do this as you will then receive a handy reminder each time a donation is
available when you shop online. Thank you for your support.
Sainsbury Vouchers – we are collecting Sainsbury’s Get Active Voucher again, so if you, your friends
or family shop at Sainsbury’s please remember to pick up the vouchers and deposit them in our
collection box in the lobby of the school office. Thank you.
Instrument Storage – could all the children who have music lessons please store their musical
instrument in the music room itself, not the food storage room next door. Thank you.
Parking on Caldy Road and Mount Road – As you may be aware, Wirral Council is currently
considering a range of amendments which will affect the availability of parking outside of school during
morning and after school drop off. The situation as it stands is that our Chair of Governors has
registered an objection, which we believe means that the restrictions will not be passed straight away,
but will be referred to a committee. This means that they will look at the issue in more detail, and
should consider various options before the proposal is considered again. It is difficult to predict how
long this process will take and we will need to assess their findings before considering any responses.
The next step is to wait for the outcomes of the objections and then we will hopefully be able to open a
dialogue with the highways agency to find a solution that is suitable for all parties.
We will, of course, keep parents informed as we have more information.
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www.avalon-school.co.uk
Telephone: 0151 625 6993
Fax: 0151 625 0332
E-mail: schooloffice@avalon-school.co.uk
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Weekly Menu (week commencing 23rd March 2015)
Monday 23rd March
Homemade Soup of the Day
Savoury Minced Beef with Mixed Grains
Cheese on Toast
Yoghurt and Fresh Fruit
Tuesday 24th March
Homemade Soup of the Day
Turkey Roast Dinner
Pasta with Dolmio Sauce
Homemade Rice Krispie Cake and Fresh Fruit
Wednesday 25th March
Homemade Soup of the Day
Pizza with Salad and Potatoes
Scrambled Egg on Toast
Sponge Cake and Custard with Fruit
Thursday 26th March
Homemade Soup of the Day
Homemade Lasagne with Salad and Crusty Bread
Baked Beans on Toast
Yoghurt and Fresh Fruit
Friday 27th March
Homemade Soup of the Day
Oven Baked Cod with Garden Peas and Fresh Potato Chips
Selection of Sandwiches
Homemade Rice Pudding and Fresh Fruit
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www.avalon-school.co.uk
Telephone: 0151 625 6993
Fax: 0151 625 0332
E-mail: schooloffice@avalon-school.co.uk