AppledoreNews
19th December 2014
Appledore School Newsletter
IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE:
CHRISTMAS!
End of Term and it’s Christmas!
It has been a very busy week with the
Christmas dinner, numerous Christmas carol
services and performances, our Christmas Fayre
and of course saying goodbye to Mrs Morris
who has worked at the school for over twenty
years! Thanks for everything you have done Mrs
Morris and enjoy your retirement.
The Christmas Fayre was a huge success and I
understand, including money from the tea
towels, over £1000 was raised! A big thank you
to all of the PTFA for their hard work and to you
all for digging deep into your pockets to support
the school.
You will have noticed a few letters have made
their way to you, but if they haven’t, please ask
reception for a copy. One asks for your opinions
on desired characteristics of Appledore School
pupils. Please could we have your opinions
either by email to [email protected] or post the completed the
letter through our letterbox before 5th January
2015. The second is the Home School
Agreement that we require all parents to
compete. Please return this before the end of
January 2015.
It has a been a long and tiring term, so please
ensure that the children get to school so ensure
that in January children are on time to start
lessons at 9am in Y1-6. The bell is rung at
8.50pm and the classrooms are open from this
time, so please make sure they arrive by 8.50am
at the latest. FSU open their doors at 9am.
The class with the highest attendance this
term, beating the second place class by 0.1%, is
Seahunter with 97.3%! That is a fantastic effort,
particularly with all the sickness bugs that have
been going around this term, and their prize is a
tea and cakes with the governors.
Thank you to all staff and children who have
worked so very hard over a long term and to all
of you supporting the school. From all of the
staff, we wish you a very happy Christmas and
we look forward to welcoming you back next
year on Tuesday 6th January.
Best wishes
Jeremy Cooper
NON PUPIL DAYS
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Monday 5 January 2015
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Monday 13 April 2015
Thursday 23 July 2015
DANCE CLUB
There are still a few places left at the
after school dance club. For Ks1 it
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starts on Thursday 8 January (first
week back) mostly musical dance.ks2
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will be on Friday’s starting on the 9
January. Both run from 3.30- 4.30pm
and there is a charge of £1 per session.
Please confirm if your child would like
to attend before the end of term.
Names and age to Belinda on reception
please. The dance teacher has a Face
book page Louisa’s Entertainment
North Devon- and she is running a
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winter workshop on 29 and 30
December if you would like to try it
out.
AROUND THE CLASSES
Turtles & Dolphins (FSU)
On Monday we had a campfire in the
Jungle, Louise helped us toast
marshmallows and we drank hot
chocolate. We would like to thank
Louise for the morning as we had great
fun!
GOVERNOR MEETINGS
Copies of the minutes for all meetings
are available to parents upon request.
Please ask Annemarie in the school
office or email [email protected]
Governor meeting are open for you to
attend as an observer. Forthcoming
dates are as follows:
Resources Committee:
6th January 6pm, 3rd March 6.30pm
28th April 6.30pm & 16th June 6.30pm
Teaching & Learning Committee:
20th January 5pm, 3rd March 5pm
28th April 5pm & 16th June 5pm
Full Governing Body:
3rd February 6pm, 24th March 6pm
19th May 6pm & 14th July 6pm
Sea Lions (Year 1)
We enjoyed our carol service in the
Baptist Church and sharing it with
parents. The Sealions sang the song
they had made up with brilliant ukulele
playing . We have been busy making
Christmas decorations for the children
to take home and star biscuits.
I would just like to say a big Thank you
for all the support you give your
children and for all the parents support
over the years.
Lundy Puffins (Year 2)
It was lovely to see so many of you at
our Christmas service at the Baptist
church on Wednesday. We have had a
busy week writing the Nativity story
and reviewing our Maths targets. I'd
like to take this opportunity to wish
you all a Happy Christmas and look
forward to welcoming you back in
January!
APPLEDORE PIRATES
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Torchlight procession Monday 22
December 7.00pm.
Meet at the bottom of Pitt Hill.
We will light your lantern when you
arrive.
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Seahunter (Year 3)
The last week of term for Sea Hunter has been
a busy one with lots of work to finish off.
The rehearsals for the Carol Service was
clearly time well spent as they sang so
confidently and enthusiastically during the
Carol Concert on Thursday. On Tuesday
morning , the weather was kind, and they
were able to spend most of the morning
outside creating imaginative art work out of
natural resources, amazing reindeer
decorations, willow decorations and of course
enjoying hot chocolate around the fire circle.
Beechcroft (Year 5)
HMS Echo (Year 4)
This week, HMS Echo have been REALLY busy!
On Monday we found out about Hadrian’s
Wall and made catapults to fore over it. On
Tuesday, we scared many people in school
with our appearances! We were dressed as
either Roman legionaries or Celtic warriors
and acted out a battle on the playground
(battlefield). It was a tense few minutes as the
Romans tried desperately to use their tactics
to outwit the Celts. The Celts used their
ferocious faces and spears to terrify their
opponents. A great time was had by all. On
Wednesday, we all ventured out to the jungle
for Christmas outdoor party. We made glittery
willow stars, Christmas themed bird feeders
and reindeer that could stand up from what
we could find (twigs, leaves etc.). After lunch,
we made fake snow from which we built
miniature snowmen before having a snowball
fight! Finally, we gathered round the fire for
hot chocolate and cream. We also toasted
marshmallows and sang Christmas songs
before finishing off with a candy cane hunt. It
was a very messy but brilliant day! On
Thursday, we were nervous when we stood
up to start the carol service with ‘Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ but we were
proud to have done such a good job after all
the long practices. Happy Christmas to all
from HMS Echo!
This week In year 5 we have learnt how
to read and write decimal numbers as
fractions and we also rounded decimals
to the nearest whole number. In
literacy we wrote poems inspired by
Carol Ann Duffy's Bethlehem poem and
made them into books. We made
Christmas cards for friends and
family. On the last day we got to bring
in toys of any kind and watch a movie
in the afternoon. We've had a great
week. Neah and Caitlin. Next term Mrs
McMorine will resume teaching Yr5.
Conqueror (Year 6)
This week we have been using the new
laptops and after much rehearsing we
sung our carols in the church. Lots of us
had words to say and Finn played his
cornet so well. We learnt new French
with Mrs Constable and were coached
tag rugby by a coach from Bideford
Rugby Club. Thank you Mrs McMorine
for teaching us for the last two weeks
and we look forward to Mrs Mitchell
teaching us when we get back.
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THIS WEEK WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
Oliver, Lucy, Hallie and Holly
ATTENDANCE NEWS
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Beechcroft With
98.5%
WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE FOR
W/C 19 /12/14
The overall winners for Autumn 2014
Seahunter with 97.4%
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