Avenue House School
Here are some of the fun activities we do while we are at school.
On Friday the 20th June, Nursery along with Reception held their class assembly. Parents and pupils all enjoyed the children singing, reciting poems and showing the animal faces they had made.
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We also made our own butterfly life cycle and butterflies. |  |
 | The children sat and listened to a story about Abi the lioness and the adventures she had growing up in the zoo. The children joined in the session with actions and sound effects. |
We then toured the zoo and looked out for any other baby animals. Have a look at the animals we saw.
The children had a wooden toy that was like a cup with a ball on a piece of string. The children had to flip the ball into the cup
 | The boys are playing with a wooden toy acrobat. When the two sticks are squeezed the acrobat moves up to the top. |
The children had to put the wooden soldier together. He was circles that fitted on a central pole. |  |
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Playing with a small wooden spinning top. When it was spun they had to bend down and see if they could pick it up on a piece of paper, which is perfectly demonstrated here.
Mr Bussadori (a parent from Reception), came to give Foundation Phase a talk about sea creatures and his experiences as a diver.
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He showed us his mask, and his oxygen tanks. We also looked at different pictures of sea creatures that Mr Bussadori had taken on his dives. Obviously the children were fascinated by his shark tales and he showed us a sharks tooth that he keeps as a souvenir and some rocks that contained fossils. The children really enjoyed the talk.
 | The Foundation phase (Nursery and Reception) took part in a cheese tasting session. |
The children tasted many different cheeses from around the world including Italy, Holland and France.The children were very adventurous and most tried all the different varieties picking some favourites such as cheddar and parmesan.
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We experimented with floating and sinking. We collected several items. A car, a screw, a spoon, some cotton wool,leaves, lego bricks,a couple of spongy balls and a sponge.
We had to predict which would float or sink. First we tried the sponge, the ball and the spoon.
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Hands up those who think the leaves float. We put them in the water and they did.
The Foundation Phase went on their school trip to the Science Museum. We participated in lots of hands-on activities and were introduced to some key scientific principles, such as floating and sinking, symmetry, reflections, sounds etc.
We enjoyed the Enormous Turnip storytelling session where the children dressed up as the characters in the story and even some of the turnips
Planting our mini pots of care for Marie Curie Cancer Care 