Congratulations to all of our Key Stage 2 children who have been voted into roles of responsibility this term.  We have our new school council, safeguarding squad and House captains who are acting as role models and sharing pupil voice activities to contribute ideas and important messages to help to prepare our children for life in modern Britain.  Jasmine and Riley from the school council will also have opportunity to be a part of the Reach2 pupil parliament, and share ideas across our cluster one schools. Mr Yardley, Mrs Williams and I look forward to working with these groups over the next year.

Well done to everyone who has received a Headteacher Award this week, I am very proud of you all:

Isabella-Ivy D, Harper W, Jasmine H, Lilly T, Oliver W, Elizabeth R, Neve S, Harlee S, Katie O, Amelia B, Dexter P, Oliver L, Theo C and Jenson W.

The social media parent survey is open for another week.  Thank you to everyone who has already completed this for us.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Mrs E Smith

We have had such a lovely week in school.  Our new behaviour curriculum is being followed, our amazing new library is being enjoyed and our reception children have settled in to school very quickly.

We have taken on board feedback about communication and have ensured that there are very clear systems in school.

We do have an open door policy and our class teachers will be available to talk to at the end of every day, except a Wednesday, which is our staff meeting day.  In the mornings, they wont be able to have meetings when they collect the children/open the door at the start of the day, but they can take quick messages.  Members of the leadership team and Mrs Mumford will also be available on the main playground at the start/end of the day.  If you wish to make an appointment with Mrs Thorpe as SENCO, please contact the office through the admin@apleywoodprimary.org email address.  

Our website has a wealth of information on it and if you want to find out more about what your children are learning this year then please see the curriculum page. Letter and newsletters can be found by clicking on the orange parent area tab.  

As per our concern/complaints procedure, please follow the below procedures.

Complaint regarding another child. Please speak to the class teacher.
Complaint regarding a school policy or procedure. Please speak to the Assistant Headteacher (Mrs Williams) or Deputy Headteacher (Mrs Thorpe).
Complaint regarding a member of staff. Please speak to the Headteacher who may delegate this to a member of SLT.

We also have Mrs Garraway, our Early Years and KS1 leader, and Mrs Rowe, our KS2 Leader who can also be spoken to if myself, Mrs Thorpe or Mrs Williams are unavailable.

Well done to everyone who has received a Headteacher’s Award this week:

Colby J, Hamidah W, Emilia E, Arthur E, Faith D, Zara I, Oliver G, Solana S, Amelia H, Reggie H, Ariya R, Simon F, Jack C, Olivia T, Ronny H, Lily C, Willow S, Ben P,Charlie S, William C, Leah L, Jacob B, Amelie F, Rhema-Joelle S, Sophia S, Scarlett C and Wayne O

I hope you all had a lovely summer.  I’m delighted to welcome everyone back to school, it was great to see so many smiley faces this week. I’m really looking forward to the year ahead as we embrace being a part of Reach2 multi academy trust and the relationships and benefits this will bring.

We have some new staff to welcome to our Apley Team this term:

Miss Amber Gilmour (Year 4), Miss Rebecca Price (Year 2) and Miss Millie Pottinger (Year 1) all join our teaching team this term, alongside Miss Nardia Matlub (lunchtime supervisor) and Miss Dawn Searle (Teaching Assistant.)  I’d like to welcome them all to the team, they all bring a great range of skills and I am confident they are going to be an asset to our already strong team.

We also have Miss Sophie Davies joining us this year as a trainee teacher through Reach Teach, a DfE accredited training provider of Initial Teacher Training.  Miss Davies will predominantly be working within the Reception classes.

I am also delighted to share the news that Mrs Emma Mumford, whom many of you will already know from our KS1 team, will be taking on the role of Pastoral Lead.  Mrs Mumford has a lot of previous experience in this role, and will be supporting our children and families with her roles in safeguarding, early help and attendance. Pop and say hello when you see her on the main playground gate in the mornings, or contact the office if you would like to make an appointment.

Please do check the parent area of our website this year, as letters, newsletter and diary dates are available.  Just click on the orange parents area tab to access this information.

Wishing you a good weekend.

Mrs Smith

As we reach the end of another great year at Apley, I would like to thank you for your support this year.  We continue to develop and strive to be a great school and we couldn’t do that without our community support.  We have had some great experiences over the year and I would like to also take this opportunity to thank my whole staff team for their continued hard work and commitment to ensuring our children have great experiences and opportunities.  Some personal highlights for me include how well our Reception children have embraced their first year at school, our enrichment activities – forest school, young voices, London, Arthog, amazing visits including Warwick Castle and Barmouth and the fantastic shows and productions our children have delivered over this year. We are also excited by the further opportunities available through Reach2, that we will be able to participate in over the coming years.

Sadly, we say goodbye to some staff today:  Mrs Robinson, Miss Perks, Mrs Beardwood, Miss Edwards and Miss Lampitt are all leaving to pursue different opportunities and we would like to wish them the very best in the future.

To our Year 6 children, I always borrow words from Dr Seus, and say, ‘Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.’ They leave us with many happy memories, we hope they take these memories with them also,  and we know they are ready to take on the opportunities that secondary school will present to them. Right up to their last week with us, they have demonstrated great team work, responsibility and talent through their fantastic Leaver’s show, Sports day and coffee morning.  The whole Apley Team wish them the very best of luck for the future.

Wishing you all a lovely summer break.  Thank you again for your continued support.