The Appleton Echo

It's the end of an exhilarating 8 weeks of learning and I think I speak for everyone when I say we are all most definitely ready for a well-earned rest. It's been a blast and I can't thank you enough for supporting us all through this first half term. I was looking back on the past seven newsletters and we've achieved so much in such a short period of time.

The disco last night was a huge success and thank you to everyone who helped to make the event a memorable one. The children had a wonderful time and the staff didn't hold back either!

I'm heading to Majorca for a few days in the sun with Kate and the boys. I hope you all get chance to have a rest too and enjoy whatever you have planned.

Take care and we'll see you on the 6th November (7 Mondays to Christmas Day!).

Mrs Stephen will be pulling together the wrap-around care numbers/finance over the next few days. You can help her by filling in the wrap-around care forms as soon as possible. You'll find these towards the bottom of this newsletter. Thank you in advance.

Today we say a farewell to two of our teaching colleagues, Mrs Kirkpatrick & Mr Tessier.

Mrs Kirkpatrick is commencing her maternity period and has been instrumental in establishing the high quality teaching consistency, particularly around reading and writing over the past few terms. On behalf of the whole community, please join me in wishing her well.

Mr Tessier stepped in for the first period of Mrs Cato's maternity in the second half of summer term. Unfortunately, his time with us has come to a premature end but we wish him well for the future.

Due to the changes mentioned above, we welcome Mr Crump as our new Year 3/4 class teacher, taking over from Mrs Kirkpatrick after the break. Mr Crump is really looking forward to joining us after a short stint with my other school, Sherburn Hungate. He enjoys computing and in his spare time, is a professional DJ!

It looks like DJ Broom has some competition!

Usborne Books will be opening their bookshop for all parents on Thursday 9th November from 3:15pm until 6pm. The bookshop will run in the room adjacent to the school hall and is an ideal opportunity to get books at great prices for Christmas. Please enter the main entrance and proceed through the school hall. It's parent's evening that night too.

A huge thank you to everyone who came to our Harvest Festival today in church, and thank you to Reverend Lucy for hosting us as usual. The child performed amazingly well and I was incredibly proud.

We have a wonderful range of extra-curricular clubs on offer for next half term in the lead up to Christmas. I'm also delighted to offer clubs to our Reception children for the first time too!

Thank you to the teaching team and also Polly Bowman, who has offered to run a Christmas Crafts Club.

Please sign up below.

It's been a wonderful week exploring the Great Fire of London in Year 1/2. We can't wait for the performance when we come back after half term!

Thank you to Anna from Usborne Books and imagination station who gave a fantastic assembly today to launch our Sponsored read!! 📚

Today or tomorrow, your child will come home with everything they need to take part! It will run for two weeks. Children can raise funds for new books through spending time reading and collecting sponsorship money from family and friends. A detailed letter will be coming home explaining this clearly but if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch via admin@ar.starmat.uk

Happy reading! 📔🤩

Thank you to everyone who helped out with the Halloween Disco. It was a huge success and the children had a wonderful time.

The PTA Netball Experience which was scheduled for earlier this week was postponed due to the bad weather. We look forward to hosting the event in the Spring Term.

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:

Tuesday 7th November - 1530 - 1800

Thursday 9th November - 1530 - 1800

Parent Consultation Evening

Monday 13/11, 20/11, 27/11, 04/12, 11/12

Extra Curricular Clubs Night - Options to Follow

Wednesday 22nd November - 1830-1930

PTA Meeting

Saturday 25th November - 1500 - 1600

Bolton Percy Christmas Fair Choir Performance

Thursday 30th November - 1700 - 1800

PJ Story Night Passport Experience

Friday 1st December

School Photographs

Sunday 3rd December - 1600 - 1700

Church Christingle Service

Thursday 7th December - 1530 - 1730

School Christmas Fair - Carols & Crafts

Friday 8th December

Christmas Reindeer Rush

Monday 11th December - 1800 - 1900

Year 1/2 Christmas Performance - School Hall

Tuesday 12th December - 1000 - 1100

Year 1/2 Christmas Performance - School Hall

Tuesday 12th December - 1400 - 1500

EYFS Nativity - Church

Wednesday 13th December - 1800 -1900

EYFS Nativity - Church

Thursday 14th December - 1430 - 1515

Open Classrooms

W/B 18th December

Dress-like-Christmas Week

Wednesday 20th December - 1830 - 1930

Community Carols Evening - Church

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: