Parents

Weekly Parent Bulletin - Friday 6th November 2026

Dear Parents,

I hope you all enjoyed a great half term break! My children loved Halloween this year, apologies if you got a surprise bumping into me dressed up as a ghost out trick or treating with them... the joys of parent life!

This weekend we have our brilliant firework display to look forward to. Thank you to the many parent helpers and staff that have signed up to volunteer, without your support it simply wouldn't be possible. After the display finishes on Saturday, if there are any willing helpers for packing up we would be really grateful for your help. We expect to start packing up at 8ish. Just head to the DJ booth and we can direct you from there. Many hands make light work! 🙂

A few reminders for tomorrow night:

Please supervise your children closely at all times. Whilst it's hosted at school, it is a public event with parents responsible for their children.
The car park is closed to public access, only available to blue badge holders. If parking locally, please be respectful of our neighbours.
We have lots of food sellers and refreshments, so come hungry!
Gates open at 4pm with lots to enjoy
Most stalls will take card, but you may also wish to bring some cash
The main school building is closed, with Portaloo's available for toilets.
The site may get muddy - so walking boots or wellies are reccomended
Bring a torch if you have one, as some parts of the site will be dark

Now we are approaching the winter months, please can I remind everyone to use our car park throughout the week appropriately. Only parking in designated spaces and never dropping off on the cross hatch areas. We also ask that disabled parking spaces are only used if the blue badge holder is actually exiting the car to pick up, or if you are collecting the person with the blue badge - helping keep these spaces available for those who need them.

See you tomorrow night!

Mr Jackson

Whole School Reminders

PTA Updates

PTA updates
Tomorrow is the day! Come along and enjoy an evening of entertainment! We have a range of shopping stalls, food and drink vendors, a fun fair and character meet and greets. Finish off the evening with a mulled wine and our incredible firework display. Every year this event sells out so grab your tickets now!

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/avonwoodprimarypta

We still need a couple of volunteers for tomorrow! The Avonwood Fireworks event is a really big opportunity for the school to raise lots of funds to improve our school facilities but the PTA can't do it alone so we need your help! As before we are rewarding each volunteer with either a free refreshments, a free bounce or a priority ticket for your child's Christmas play. Please sign up for your slot using this link. Thank you! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CACAC29A6FCC16-65890223-fireworks

Date for your diaries: next PTA meeting Tuesday 17th November 2026.

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OPAL

Well done to those classes who have been able to have some extra playtime for completing a row or column on their bingo board for bringing in Opal resources.

The children have been thoroughly enjoying using the table tennis tables that were purchased by our wonderful PTA. If you do have any spare ping pong balls lying around, we'd welcome these in school as they frequently get lost.

Does anyone know where we source some scaffolding boards from? We have purchased some new crates for the Year 4/5/6 playground and would like the boards so the children can create obstacle courses. The children have been reminded this week that they should not stack the crates higher than hip height and should only stand on a maximum of three crates high.

Black History Month- Autumn writing competition

As part of Black History Month, we are launching our Autumn writing competition for KS1 and KS2. The children can hand write their entry or it can be typed on a device and printed off. All entries need to be handed to their class teacher by Friday 20^th November. Winners will be announced in Golden assembly on Friday 27^th November.

FACE Timetable for November

Christmas Card Competition

Selection Box Appeal

Weekly Year Group Updates

EYFS

What a great start Hedgehogs and Badgers have made to Autumn 2 - we have had great fun exploring Diwali and fireworks.
Reading records: Please can you complete the reading record every time you read a school phonics book with your child. This helps us to keep a record of what books the children have read and how often they are reading at home.
Homework: Please encourage your child to complete their home learning each week- this supports the learning in school and will have huge benefits to their progress.
Doodle Maths: We will be sending out the log ins in due course- please be patient whilst these are being set up.
Home challenge: Next week we will be giving stickers to those children who can independently put on their own coat, especially when it is inside out.
New Home Challenge: Please encourage your children to be independent when putting on their shoes and socks- an important developmental skill that they will need to achieve as part of their Early Learning Goal.
Thankyou for your continued support.

Year 1

We would like to invite Grandparents into school on Friday 13^th November, 2:00 - 3:00 to join in with your history celebration with a Grandparents afternoon tea. The children will get to enjoy time with each others Grandparents to discuss what life was like when they were children.
A massive well done to all the children for their first inter-house cross country run. They did all their teachers proud!
The children enjoyed our visit from the Bournemouth Road Safety Team about how to stay safe when walking and travelling by the road.
Today we've had our reading reward as both classes have filled their reading jars. Keep up with the excellent amount of reading that you are all doing.
On Monday, In history, the children will be learning about how grandparents fit into their family history. It would be really helpful if you could talk with your child about which grandparents 'belong' to which parent. We are very mindful that not all children may have grandparents that they know, or that may be able to join us for our grandparents' activities on Friday 13th.

Year 2

Thank you all for a fantastic first week back!
A small plea: if your child attends football after school, could you please make sure the laces on their football boots are untied before they come into school the next day? Many children are slipping their boots off after football without undoing the laces, and it is taking us quite a long time to untie them before changing footwear.
Don't forget to send in any Christmas cards for the competition, as well as any entries for the writing competition.
This is optional if you would like to practice extra maths at home - see below

Thank you for your help and support!

Year 3

A reminder that next week is Onesie Day as well as Forest School. Children can wear a onesie for Forest School, bring a onesie in to wear after Forest School or just wear Forest School clothes.
A reminder that Friday 20^th November is our dress up day for our ‘Prehistoric Britain’ topic. Children can wear clothes inspired by Prehistoric Britain. Our Forest School session will be inside this week to learn about a real ice man so children do not need to bring any additional clothes for Forest School

Year 4

Your child is coming home with their ingredients list today for their DT day next Thursday. Please ensure they bring their ingredients along with a pot that has a lid and is labelled.
We had a fantastic day today in our Dragon Laboratory - please see below.

Year 5

Please can you bring in any shoe boxes and hand them to your child's class teacher. We need them for our DT unit later on in the term - thank you in advance for these!
Advanced notice that we will be having our 'Roman Day' on Wednesday 6^th January. The children have the option to dress up in Roman-inspired outfits on this day. We are giving you advanced notice to give you time to source a costume should your child wish to participate in the dress-up.

Year 6

Homework - Children have been sent home with their new CGP books for homework. They have one for maths and one for reading. Please read through the sheet to understand which tasks they are supposed to complete each week (if this gets lost, you can also find it on our Year 6 web page and the Year 6 homework page). The highlighted dates are when the books are due in to teachers for us to have a look. If children need any help with the tasks, you are allowed to assist them. They are also welcome to bring in the books to school and ask a teacher to help with a specific question if they are unsure. Please can you mark the pages with your child before handing the books in so that when teachers are checking through, we can quickly identify any areas where children may need additional support.