The Appleton Echo

It's not every week you receive a letter from the Minister for Schools, Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, congratulating you on your school's performance. We did this week! With an average score of 24.4 out of 25, Appleton Roebuck is one of the top 200 performing school in England when it comes to multiplication tables. That's the top 1% of all primary schools! I can't tell you how proud of our children and staff team I am. A tremendous achievement.

As you will see from the photos below, our curriculum has stepped up a gear this week. It's been incredibly exciting in school and we look forward to sharing our achievements at open classrooms in a few weeks time.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

We are delighted to launch the first Appleton Roebuck podcast, courtesy of Mr Crump & Miss Brough's amazing Podcast Club. We hope you enjoy listening to it.

This exciting new publication brings a pupil perspective to the life of pupils at Appleton Roebuck Primary School. You do not want to miss it! Listen out for the 'Joke of the Week'; my favourite feature.

We've been thinking carefully about the amount of paper and materials we use to help reduce their impact on the environment. This week, we received the following certificate in recognition of this. We've also begun using reusable glue sticks. Every little helps!

Our teachers have produced the Spring Term Week by Week overviews so that you can see what's happening in class on a weekly basis in each subject area. The full Learning Journey planning is also available on our website.

The Week by Week overviews can really help if you're think of things to do on a weekend or visiting the library.

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 in school, we've talked a lot about consent and appropriate physical contact. Our Car Convo this week aims to build on this.

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'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: