Avening Primary School

Father Christmas! 19th Dec 2025
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Everyone was delighted to welcome Father Christmas into their classrooms!

Table Cricket 6th Nov 2025
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Learning to play a new game at Kingshill School!

Tewkesbury Trip for the Kestrels 16th Oct 2025
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The Kestrels learnt so much about houses in the 17th Century during their visit to Tewkesbury.

A visit from Hugh Bonneville and Joanna Nadin! 13th Oct 2025
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The Hawks were very lucky to have not one, but two famous authors visit them today. We loved listening to Hugh and Joanna speak about their books - and can't wait to read them. Signed copies are available to borrow from our library!

Life Education Visit 4th Oct 2025
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Harold the Giraffe visited every class to teach them about how to be healthy and happy!

Residential 2025 29th Sep 2025
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The Owls had a fabulous time on their residential to South Cerney. They all developed their independence and collaboration skills as well as having huge amounts of fun!

Musical Soiree 2025 1st Jul 2025
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Well done to our performers at this year’s Musical Soirée. We were treated to an afternoon of singing, with solos on the piano and harp, and group renditions on the recorder, brass and stringed instruments. The Owls played some wonderful music on the recorder, the culmination of ten weeks of whole class musical tuition with Mr Kempner. Huge thanks go to Mr Hall for the time he gives to brass band club, and to Ms Henderson and Mr Kempner for the lessons that they deliver to our individual children.

Butterflies 30th Jun 2025
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The Kestrels released their butterflies after watching them grow from small caterpillars.

Science Festival 6th Jun 2025
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The Kestrels really enjoyed visiting the Discover Zone and finding out if bears poop in the woods!

Table Tennis Coaching 5th Jun 2025
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Stroud Table Tennis Club gave everyone in KS2 a taster session to find out more about this great game. They run a club in Minchinhampton, Nailsworth and Stroud for anyone who is interested playing.

Talent Show 30th Apr 2025
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DT in the Kestrels 23rd Apr 2025
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Learning about axles.

Easter Bonnet Parade and Egg Hunt 23rd Apr 2025
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Owls DT Framed Structure Project 25th Mar 2025
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The Owls honed their DT skills and produced some fantastic wooden-framed structures to create Viking-styled houses.

Geometry Problem Solving 13th Mar 2025
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Everyone enjoyed a fantastic problem solving session with Mr Ede.

World Book Day 2025 12th Mar 2025
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Roll up, roll up... Join us at the circus with Tweedy and 'The Clown who Lost His Nose', 'Nell and the Circus of Dreams' and Quentin Blake's 'Clown'. We've been inspired, just like many authors, by the exciting setting of the circus for this year's World Book Day celebration!

Tweedy the Clown 14th Feb 2025
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Tweedy visited school to read his new book to everyone.

Young Voices 2025 4th Feb 2025
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We sang in a choir 5219 voices strong and had the best time!

Y4 Maths Challenge 16th Jan 2025
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Pupils from Avening and Leighterton collaborated to tackle some tricky mathematical problems. Everyone enjoyed the feeling of working hard to solve the problem!

Oracy Competition 15th Jan 2025
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Everyone enjoyed the interesting talks performed during the oracy competition.

Fleece Force 19th Dec 2024
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The Eagles and Kestrels enjoyed performing their nativity show to the rest of the school and all of their grown-ups.

Life Education Visit 16th Oct 2024
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The Kestrels really enjoyed learning about their wonderful bodies with Harold's help.

Paramedic Visit 14th Jul 2024
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The Kestrels enjoyed a guided tour of the ambulance.

FGR Visit 20th Jun 2024
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Our ambassador, Harrison, invited FGR to visit school.

Copsegrove Farm 19th Jun 2024
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The Kestrels learnt such a lot about plants on their visit to Copsegrove Farm. They had lots of fun too!

Dynamos Cricket 6th Jun 2024
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Everyone had fun competing against other schools at the cricket tournament.

Multiskills 16th Apr 2024
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The Kestrels had a great time being active with the sports leaders from SWR!

Talent Show 2024 8th Apr 2024
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Our busy spring term ended with a very entertaining Talent Show. Congratulations to all of the performers who had us smiling and laughing all afternoon!

World Book Day 2024 8th Mar 2024
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The Wonderful World of Magic!

Young Voices 2024 26th Jan 2024
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The Young Voices choir performed magnificently at the Young Voices concert at the NEC in Birmingham.

Running at SWR 18th Jan 2024
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Maths Challenge 18th Jan 2024
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Year 3 enjoyed taking part in the maths challenge at Leighterton School

Christmas 2023 22nd Dec 2023
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We have had a wonderful fortnight of celebrating Christmas with concerts, carols and a delicious Christmas dinner!

Noisy Nativity! 14th Dec 2023
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The Eagles and Kestrels looked fabulous for their nativity performance!

Remembrance Day 10th Nov 2023
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Everyone respectfully paused to remember Avening villagers who lost their lives during the world wars.

Future Lionesses 20th Oct 2023
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Our team enjoyed taking part in a tournament at SWR.

Fire of London Trip 19th Oct 2023
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The Kestrels visited Tewkesbury to see some houses that were used by people in 1666. They learnt about how they were made and how life was different to ours.

Tour of Britain 12th Sep 2023
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We were inspired by the world's best cyclists racing through the village and enjoyed the opportunity to support them.

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