Headteacher’s Update
Congratulations to our school choir who have performed at two community events this week. They braved the cold last Sunday at Southwater, Telford to delight shoppers with their Christmas songs and on Monday evening, performed at the carol concert at Hadley Methodist Church. What a super start to our Christmas festivities this week, they were brilliant. Thank you to all the parents who supported them at these events and to Mrs Hindle and Mr Yardley for their hard work and enthusiasm leading the choir.
PCSO Tyrer delivered an assembly to KS2 children this week about the importance of having bike lights/reflectors when riding in the dark. We do have a small number of Hi-Vis Accessories available to give out to children who have a school bike permit and come to school on their bike/scooter. These are available from the office.
As we approach the end of end of term, we do have to say goodbye to some staff who are leaving us next Friday, to take up new roles. I would like to thank Mrs Bennett, Mr Taylor and Mrs Panasiuk for their hard work and contribution to the Apley team and wish them all the best of luck in their new roles.
Well done to everyone who received a Headteacher Award this week, I have seen some fantastic efforts in learning, children demonstrating outstanding behaviour and individuals spreading the ripple of kindness further around school:
Oliver G, Lexie M, Roman F, Amrita T, Penelope H, Wayne O, Rhema-Joelle S,
Katie O, Alfie B, Sophie C, Jacob Z, Lilly-Mae E, Karson S, Rashida W, Kaden J,
Layla S, Imogen W, Thomas W, Elna T, Isaac D-S, Menassah B, William K
Wishing you all a lovely weekend.
Mrs E Smith
Forest School
Forest school with Year 5 this morning. Tree climbing, natural art and using estimation to measure the heights of trees. Despite the chilly start, the children had a wonderful morning!
West Midlands Safari Park
What a fantastic day Base 3 have had at West Midlands Safari Park! We saw a range of animals and talked about which one were carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. The children behaved beautifully and were well mannered to the public. What super stars ⭐️
Attendance Figures
Overall School attendance is 94.7%
Key Stage 1
Base 5 has the best attendance 98%
Key Stage 2
Base 13 has the best attendance 97%
Well done to Base 5 and 13 they have earned extra golden minutes this week
Christmas Carol Concert
Well done to our Choir who performed brilliantly at the Christmas Carol concert at Hadley Methodist church on Monday evening this week.
Times Table Rockstars
This week’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd top users for each year group are:
Year 1: Hukam M, Harry C, Lois A
Year 2: Imogen C, Theo C, Olin T
Year 3: Gabby U ,Naomi A ,Amelia E
Year 4: Sunainah T, Alexandra S, Emilie T
Year 5: Benjamin F, Seerat M, Jacob K
Year 6: Daniel S, Muhammad M, Charlie H
Carols at Southwater
The Apley Wood Choir did a beautiful performance to the shoppers at the Christmas market up at Telford’s Southwater. They performed a range of Christmas carols which were greatly received by the passers by.
Mrs Hindle and Mr Yardley are both extremely proud of the choirs hard work.
Extended Day Fees
As you may have already read in our newsletter recently, in light of the significant increases in provision and staff costs, the governing body have agreed to increase our fees associated with our extended day facilities.
From 1st April (start of summer term 2023) we will be increasing our costs as follows:
Breakfast Club – £2.50 per pupil per session
Hub – £9 long session, £6 short session (3.15-4.15 or from 4.15 if attending an activity club). Sibling discounts will be £6 for a long session and £3 for a short session.
We hope that informing you in good time will allow you to budget accordingly for this provision.
Thank you for your continued support.
The Snow Queen
The whole school got to enjoy a fantastic performance of The Snow Queen from the Hobgoblin theatre company today. There was lots of laughter, audience participation and fantastic behaviour. Well done Apley Wood and thank you Hobgoblin!
Value of the Month – December
Stained glass windows
Year 6 have been working really hard creating their own stained glass windows in RE. They used collage to link the colours and images to different values.
Extended Day Awards
Breakfast Club group of the week: Reception
Breakfast Club Stars of the week: Alice L, Layla S, Arabella G
Hub group of the week: Year 3
Hub Stars of the week: Betsy S-E, Theo C, Daniel P
Christmas Dinner & Jumper Day 2022
After a fabulous Christmas Dinner on Wednesday we had a great turn out for jumper day on Thursday.
Thank you to everyone who donated to Save the Children. We raised a whopping £190.40 by wearing our festive jumpers for the day.
Santa Dash – Friday 9th December
Thank you to Mr Mountford for organising our Santa Dash, we all had a fab day doing lots of different activities!
Lunchtime Supervisor Awards
Congratulations to the following children who have received a Lunchtime Supervisor Award this week. This week’s children have been nominated by our wonderful Lunchtime Team:
Esmae T, Keeley H-M, Luke W,
Melody E, Zoha A, Habibah K, Logan L, Aibel E, Aiden E, Addison W,
Georgia W, Amelia P, Alayah Mc, Anisha K, Jacob Z, Carter W, Isabella N
Well done to everyone who received an award this week!
Reception Christmas Forest Fire and Santa!
Check out our incredibly festive morning!