Appleton Echo

What a week! I thought last week was exciting but this week topped it quite easily.

Thank you to everyone who supported school with the Bridlington trip. Mr Snowden was right in assembly this morning when he commented on the wonderful attitudes and behaviour of all our children on the beach. A true demonstration of our school values.

On top of that, we've had fantastic Multiplications Check results in Year 4 and every child in Year 1 achieved the phonics national benchmark for the first time in our school's history. We also had a fantastic Geography day where the children learned about many countries around the world and the different cultures present there. A super experience!

Next week is a short one as we are closed to pupils on Friday. This is so our teachers can prepare classrooms in readiness for next academic year. We've also our transition morning on Thursday, when pupils will be visiting their new classrooms for next year with their new teachers.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

We're now in a position to confirm our class structures for next academic year. Here's the plan:

Infant Phase (Reception, Year 1 & Year 2): Mrs Watts and Miss Brough

We will be running an infant phase at Appleton next year, explained in a previous letter, where Mrs Watts and Miss Brough will lead our infant team to deliver excellent learning experiences for all children in this phase.

Year 3/4: Mrs Cato (until around November) & Mr Crump

Mrs Cato is expecting to leave us for a maternity period around November and at this time, we will welcome Mr Crump back to school, who many of you know very well.

Year 5/6: Mrs Kirkpatrick

Mrs Kirkpatrick returns to our teaching team in September, working with the year groups she knows very well.

Mr Snowden:

Mr Snowden will take up the role of Deputy Headteacher in September and will teach across both Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 throughout the week. His mathematical expertise will certainly build on the excellent progress we have already seen this year.

Last Saturday was the inaugural Appleton Village Fair, held on school grounds. It was an incredibly popular event with many of our families attending. One of the highlights of the show was the wonderful performance of the Rocking Apples, our School Band. They were amazing!

Here's the STARMAT Safeguarding Newsletter for parents/carers with useful information on how we can all work together to keep our young people safe. This month's copy can be found at the link below.

Talk is really important for all learners in school and we know that our children are exposed to lots of exciting learning opportunities, both at home and at school. To help develop speaking and listening skills and knowledge of the wider world, we're introducing Car Convos! A topic that we share in the newsletter on a Friday, that families can discuss in the car on their travels. We'll then pick this up after the weekend.

This week's Car Convo centres around Pride and what this means.

Our public school calendar has been fully updated with a range of events and is continually being added to. You can access this calendar on our school website.

You can book wrap-around care for the coming term below.

You can book one off (ad-hoc) wrap-around care below.

A polite reminder that we have children in school who have severe nut allergies. Please ensure that you do not bring nuts on to the school site or include them in packed lunches.

Thank you for your support with this.