The Appleton Echo

It's been another amazingly successful week at Appleton Roebuck. Our Reception children continue to amaze us by how quickly they've settled into new routines, joining in with both our singing assembly and celebration assembly this week.

Meanwhile in Year 6, the children are now sporting their red ties and looking fabulous. We've have excellent role models in school and it's a pleasure to see them wearing their uniform with pride.

The teachers have also been putting in the extra hours this week, as our curriculum planning is finalised for the remainder of the term. There's lots of exciting activities planned for the children to get their teeth into.

It was also our first club night with around 85% of our children taking part in one club or another. A super effort!

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

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.

We're excited to announce that this week, the PTA received a cheque for £1000 from the Pavers Charitable Foundation to co-fund a new bike and scooter shelter, supporting the PTA's 'Getting Active' focus area. Laura Herbert, one of our parents, successfully applied for the funding. We'd like to say a big thank you to the Pavers Charitable Foundation and to Laura for securing this. We're hoping for the bile/scooter shelter to be built during October half term and are looking forward to it enabling more children to bike and scoot tot school and have somewhere dry to store bikes and scooters during the school day.

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.

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: