Fortnightly News
September 16th 2016
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD TEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers
I am pleased to report that we have had a very
successful start to the term with students arriving
smartly dressed and well equipped; ready to start
their learning on the first day. As I said to the
students in our full school assembly, we are
lucky in education to have two fresh starts each
year: one in January, along with the rest of the
world, and another one in September, and I am
delighted to see students make the most of the
opportunity. During the assembly I reflected on
the whole school improvements that took place
last year with school attendance rising by 1% to
95.25% and the headline figure in Maths (66%)
and English (76%) showing significant gains on
the previous year. The challenge for the school
this year is to build on these successes and
continue with our upward trends. I know that staff
and students alike are determined to do this and
to show what a great school we are when we
open our doors for Open Evening next Thursday.
This week the school has launched an exciting
long term reading initiative, ‘AVS 50’. All students
are encouraged to take part in a reading
challenge that will cover
reading fifty books over their
five years at Avon Valley.
The English team and our
school
librarian
have
carefully chosen 1000
books for students to
choose from and each
student
has
an
individual reading log
which is held centrally. Reading is well known to
enhance writing skills and expand vocabulary
and, as an avid reader myself, I look forward to
seeing an increase in reading within the school,
with the knowledge of the positive literacy
benefits and the many hours of enjoyment that it
will bring to our students.
I know that the staff and students have returned
after a refreshing summer break keen to meet
the challenges of the new academic year. I look
forward to sharing the successes that we will
have along the way with you, through this
fortnightly newsletter.
Alison Davies
Head Teacher
YEAR 7
TUTOR EVENING
Year 7 Parents/Carers are invited to our Year 7 tutor
evening on Thursday 29th September from 4.307.30pm
We look forward to seeing you. Please remember to
book
your
appointment
online
at
www.parentseveningsystem.co.uk
During the evening there is an opportunity to attend a
30 minute parental information session on ‘The use
of social media and e-safety’.
The information sessions will be at 5pm, 6pm and
7pm.
Don’t forget to follow @AvonValleySch on Twitter and AvonValleySchool on Facebook for up-to-date information and news