AVON VALLEY SCHOOL
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD TEACHER
Dear Parents and Carers
Fortnightly News
April 27th 2018
For many years, Avon Valley has run a very successful Young Enterprise Programme with our Year
11 students and I was delighted that this year we were asked to host the annual presentation event.
Throughout the year, under the leadership of Di Jones our Careers advisor, the students have
worked hard on developing their ideas, raising finance, manufacturing and finally selling their
products. The evening was a great success and I am delighted that the winning team, which was
made up of students from 4 different schools, contained three of our own students: Chloe Hunt,
Adelina Sirbu and Kelsey Widdows. This team will now progress to the next round of the competition
and we wish them all the best at the Coventry and Warwickshire Young Enterprise Finals on May 15 th
at Coventry University.
Last newsletter I wrote that we were expecting Gary Toward, a local author, to visit Avon Valley to
talk to our Year 8 students about the craft of writing. I was fortunate enough to be able to join the
group for 20 minutes - before I reluctantly had to tear myself away to attend a meeting! His talk was
fascinating and I know that the students involved really enjoyed the way he wove together his life
story and the development of himself as a crime writer. If you are interested in purchasing a signed
copy of his book it is available on the school Gateway for £5.00 up until the end of Monday 30 th April.
The school is now entering the exam season for Year
11 and last week 80+ students completed their 10-hour
Art Practical. The quality of the work produced is
superb, and the display that has been produced for
marking, is stunning! I look forward to being able to
share a gallery of pictures in a future edition. This
week the students have also completed their
language speaking exams and the PE practical
moderation visit is scheduled for next Wednesday. I
am really proud of the way that the students are
rising to the challenge of the task ahead and
supporting each other with their learning. Along
with all the others staff in the school, I wish them
all the very best for their exams and thank-you
for your continued patience and support as they
complete their time at Avon Valley.
Alison Davies
Head Teacher
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