The Appleton Echo

It's been an incredibly exciting week at both ends of school this week. On Thursday, our wonderful Year 6 children delivered their Buddy Assembly to introduce their Foundation Stage Buddies. The assembly was expertly led by Mrs Watts who is so proud of how the children in Foundation Stage have settled since joining us three weeks ago. I must also say that we are very proud of our Year Six children also. The look incredibly smart in their uniforms.

Next week is our first governing body meeting of the year. We welcome our new chair of governors, Mr Paul Wire, who has been a governor of the school for a while now. We will be reviewing the excellent progress and achievement from last academic year, as well as setting new targets and aspirations for the year ahead.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Hockey season is about to start a new season and here at Tadcaster we are trying to build on the great turnout for our junior training last season and expand our junior section. Junior training at Tadcaster Hockey Club will start on Wednesday 20th September 2023 at Tadcaster Grammar School from 6 until 7pm, which covers players from ages 5 up to 16, split by ages for training purposes.

We shall be running this session continuously bar a week off for half term at the start of November. This session is once more charged at £30 per child for the period up to Christmas. There is a £5 discount for siblings down to a minimum payment of £20, e.g. first child pays £30, second child pays £25, and any child thereafter pays £20.

Sticks can be provided, however we recommend hockey shinpads (football shinpads at a push, but hockey shinpads offer better protection for ankles), astroturf boots; note not studded football boots as these are not allowed on the pitch, although trainers may be sufficient, and a gum shield. Please ask for advice on purchases if you feel unsure before buying, better to ask and buy the correct thing than not and get the incorrect thing.
Club kit is not required for training and unlikely to be in the future. Games against other clubs will be different, and we may be looking to provide a kit on the day for such events, although we would be interested to hear if anyone knows of companies/people who would be interested in sponsoring our juniors to assist in the purchase of kit.

Please can you complete the Google Form here to indicate your intention to send your child to Junior Training. The returns from these forms will be used for email distribution regarding future club events and for sending bank and payment details for the sessions once received.

We start the new academic year expecting an Ofsted Inspection at some point in the year. We are certainly well overdue!

You can really help us by completing the Ofsted Parent View online survey. It's a short series of questions that should take you no longer than 10 minutes. Of course, when we do get the call, you'll get another opportunity to share your views.

Click here to access the online survey on the government website.

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 here:

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.

I always like to share our School Improvement Plan with parents at the start of the academic year. It gives you an indication of what we are trying to achieve and build on from last year. You can access the new plan below.

I've had a few messages from parents/carers asking about how they can send a staff shoutout for a staff team. It's great that you think about them and really does help to raise morale.

Here's the link: