Welcome to Appledore School
Appledore School is located in the heart of an ancient fishing village, rich in maritime history, where the River Torridge meets the River Taw in beautiful North Devon.
We have approximately two hundred and fifty children, aged 3-11, taught in single age classes with names linked to the sea. Many are named after famous ships built in Appledore Shipyard and reflect our pupils’ pride in their local heritage and community.
Through a rich and rigorous curriculum, our pupils play an active part in their local community and prepare for life’s opportunities, responsibilities and experiences, now and in the future. The creative arts are of huge importance to us and our art studio, woodland and polytunnel are the creative hubs of the school and our main corridor is our art gallery! We are part of a cooperative trust of schools and a training school for student teachers.
We hope you can find the information you are looking for, but if you can’t please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do all we can to help. And as for the quotes, they are real!
From all the staff and pupils at Appledore School
Please note, we are a nut-free school.
Latest News
Welcome back and we hope you had a good half term break.
The Children’s Commissioner is asking for your support in helping children to take in her national survey, The Big Future. This is a valuable opportunity for children and young people to reflect on their experiences, share what matters most to them, and tell the Commissioner about their hopes and ambitions for the future in their own words. The survey is available here.
Dates for the diary:
- Appledore’s first ever Pride will take place around the village on Saturday 6th June (see here) and please see here for a competition for children to win £50 and here for story reading in the library
- Bude Lifeboat Junior Fun Run, 10 June, races for each primary age and younger, see here for information
- Tabsfest, in memory of an Appledore Pupil, is a family music festival at The Big Sheep, Saturday 13th June. See here for info.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend.
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Wasn’t that a short half term and a shame that the weather wasn’t suitable for our sports day on Wednesday? It has been rescheduled for Tuesday 16th June and please see here for more information. Here’s hoping we have better weather and thank you for your understanding.
Over half term there are many activities organised in our local area, so please take a look at the list below.
Dates for the diary:
- Half term activities at Burton Art Gallery see here
- Free events on Northam Burrows over half term please see here and here
- Children’s Theatre event at Appledore Library on 27th May see here
- Football clubs for boys and girls of all abilities are being run across the region over May half term. See here.
- Skern Lodge celebrates 50 years and is hosting a family afternoon of activities on 30th May. See here for info
- Appledore’s first ever Pride will take place around the village on Saturday 6th June (see here) and please see here for a competition for children to win £50 and here for story reading in the library
- Tabsfest, in memory of an Appledore Pupil, is a family music festival at The Big Sheep, Saturday 13th June. See here for info.
Wishing you all a lovely half term and please note that pupils return to school on Tuesday 2nd June.
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Fingers crossed for the weather on Wednesday so sports day can go ahead. We will make a decision during Tuesday afternoon based on the information we have available to us at the time. If we have to postpone because the weather looks disappointing, please note that our reserve date is Tuesday 16th June. Information relating to sports day can be found here and please keep an eye out any communication from us on Tuesday.
We work with Mental Health Support Team in schools (MHST) who have won the Psychological Professions Network Southwest Award in the Analogue to Digital category for the implementation of Lumi Nova for all children aged 7–12 across Devon and Torbay. Children in Devon can access the app for free. The app combines psychoeducation with graded exposure therapy to help children understand anxiety and gradually face their fears in a safe, structured way, all delivered through a fun, engaging game format. Parent/carers simply need to follow this link to generate a game key before downloading the app: https://luminova.app/devon
Dates for the diary:
- Book Festival at Barnstaple library, Saturday 16th May and see here for more information
- Sports Day Wednesday 20th May all day for Years 1-6 and the afternoon for Reception/Dolphins information is here. Tuesday 16th June is back-up day should the weather be bad in May. More details to follow nearer the time.
- Football clubs for boys and girls of all abilities are being run across the region over May half term. See here.
- Skern Lodge celebrates 50 years and is hosting a family afternoon of activities on 30th May. See here for info
- Appledore’s first ever Pride will take place around the village on Saturday 6th June (see here) and please see here for a competition for children to win £50 and here for story reading in the library
- Tabsfest, in memory of an Appledore Pupil, is a family music festival at The Big Sheep, Saturday 13th June. See here for info.
Wishing you all a good weekend.
From Jeremy Cooper and all the children and staff (more…)
