Parents

Weekly Parent Bulletin - Friday 25th September 2026

Dear parents,

Plans are well underway for another spectacular PTA Firework night on Saturday 7th November. If you would like to take advantage of the ‘early bird’ reduced prices, these come to an end in just a few days time. To purchase tickets, Click Here.

Thank you to everyone for booking in for parents evening appointments next week. These 10 minute meetings will be an excellent opportunity to find out about how your child has settled, meet the teachers properly and to ask any questions you have about the year ahead. Worth looking back at your child’s summer report in advance, as if they did not make expected standard in Reading, Writing or Maths then you might wish to chat to the teachers about how we can work together to catch them up to age related expectations.

We celebrated the first full-time week for our EYFS children today with a parent cream tea ‘stay and play’ event. It was lovely to share with our new families the brilliant progress our little Badgers and Hedgehogs have made already. We are so proud of them!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Jackson

Whole School Reminders

PTA Updates

ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT TO GET YOUR EARLY BIRD TICKETS FOR OUR FIREWORK DISPLAY BEFORE THE PRICE GOES UP

Make sure you get them before they sell out! Link below:

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

If anyone has or knows of a small business who would like to run a stall at our firework event, please email us at avonwoodpta@gmail.com. Prices start at £30 for a stall.

Keep your entries coming in for the 'Red button' firework competition! Competition closes on Wednesday 30th September and the winner will be announced on Friday 2nd October.

If anyone would like to show their support towards the PTA through a one of donation, you can use the following link.
https://superkind.org/campaign/support-avonwood-pta

If you don't already, please follow us on social media to keep up-to-date on all PTA news.

Music

We have a fantastic team of peripatetic teachers at Avonwood who provide opportunities for children to learn to play a range of instruments during the school day.

Tim Cooper, our Woodwind Teacher is pleased to offer pupils the chance to learn flute, clarinet or saxophone and is kindly offering a free taster session for children who may be interested in learning one of these instruments. If your child would like to take up this lovely offer, please contact Tim on: newforestwoodwind@outlook.com or speak to Mrs Hannah (Music Teacher) for more details.

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Weekly Year Group Updates

EYFS

None this week.

Year 1

If you would like to be a volunteer reader in year 1 please speak to your class teacher.
Homework is set on a Friday (Doodle Maths and a phonics activity) and should be returned by the following Thursday.
Thank for those who those who have volunteered to help on our Kings Park trip. We are still looking for one more volunteer in Owls class.
We are looking forward to seeing you at parents evening next week. There is still some availability if you have not booked yet.

Year 2

A final reminder to sign up to parents evening next week on either Tuesday 29^th September or Thursday 1^st October.
We currently have a very low number of children completing their doodle maths. A polite reminder that homework is set every Friday and checked by the class teacher every Thursday.

Year 3

To make accessing homework easier, please use the following link to launch the QR code scanner. All children will have a magic badge in their bag to then scan and access the homework platforms. Please make a note of this link for future uses.

https://app.mylogin.com/login/avonwood-primary-school-bh7-6nb/magic-badge

A reminder that all children need to bring a cereal box into school ready for our DT day on Friday 9^th October.
We can’t wait to see you all next week at parents evening. Have a wonderful weekend!

Year 4

If you have any adult shirts or large t-shirts (Please cut long sleeves down) that you no longer need please do consider sending them in with you child ~(named) so they can keep them on their peg as an art shirt. Whilst we try to avoid any spillages, some of our art can become a little messy and we would like to protect the uniforms of the children. Later this half term we will be using clay and acrylic paint, neither of which are easy to wash out.
Next week, each year group are performing a poem during assembly to celebrate National Poetry Day! We are sending home our poem today and we kindly ask for children to practice so that they feel confident knowing the words- this can count as part of their recorded reading at home. Thank you for your support!

Year 5

None this week.

Year 6

Change to morning drop off location - from Monday morning, we would like Year 6 children to wait in the middle playground before school, entering via the side gate next to Snowdon class. Having trialled this last year, we feel the children benefited from this structured routine during their transition to secondary school. The children do not need to arrive earlier than normal - teachers will meet them outside at 8:40 and get them lined up, ready to walk into class. Whilst waiting in the playground, they should not be on the equipment. Any phones should still be turned off before entering school grounds and stored away in bags. Thank you for your continued support.

Parents' evening - a reminder that Snowdon parents' evening appointments are on Tuesday 29^th September and Thursday 1^st October whereas appointments Everest will take place on Monday 28^th September and Thursday 1^st October. These are all face-to-face meetings.

Bikeability - if your child is signed up to complete the bikeability course on the week beginning 5^th October, we will be sending home letters next week to inform them which day(s) they will need to be in PE kit and bring in their bike and helmets.