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
Latest News
The end of the first full week back and the children look like they are ready for the weekend – hopefully you will all get a lie in as a result!
Success at the Appledore Carnival with 1st place for the Junior Float. Thank you and well done everybody involved.
Please click here to view the notification letter regarding the pedestrian crossing that is being installed on Richmond Road. Work is planned to begin on 9th October with a planned duration of four weeks.
Starting at the end of September, and once a month, the North Devon Cross Country league holds a race for both children and adults at a beautiful locations . The children’s races are for u9 and u11 and prove very popular and for more information see here .If your child does participate and wants to do so wearing a school running vest, please let us know and they can borrow one for the season.
For parents and carers of children with additional needs, drop-in mornings are scheduled to meet and socialise with others in similar situations once a month on a Friday morning. For more information, please see here.
Dates for the diary:
- Years 3-6 Harvest Festival, 2.15pm, Wednesday 16th October at St Mary’s Church
- Book Festival Free Family Fun Day, Saturday 14th September, 10.30am-3pm see here for more information
Have a super weekend and see you all on Monday.
From Jeremy Cooper and all the children and staff (more…)
Welcome back everybody and we hope you had a good summer. A shorter than usual first week and the children have returned full of enthusiasm and ready to go.
We are running after school clubs (Lego – Tuesday, multi-sports – Wednesday, football- Thursday and eco – Friday) during the week in addition to our usual before and after school club (AOOSC) and you should have received an email earlier this week with a letter with more details. There are few spaces in some of the clubs and please contact the office if you are interested. If you didn’t receive the email, here is the letter and please confirm with us that we have your correct contact details.
For any girls in Year 6 interested in rugby, Barnstaple Rugby Club is looking for new players. Just turn up at 6.30pm on a Friday ate Barnstaple Rugby Club. More information here
Our term dates for this academic year and the next are available here.
As part of our art curriculum the children have the opportunity to work towards an art award. Mrs Bannister, our art subject leader, has written a piece about this that was recently published. You can read her article here.
Instilling good attendance habits is very important to ensure children don’t miss a step of their sequenced lessons. Of course children get ill and please only keep them off school if they are unable to come to school. If you are unsure, please call us and be reassured that if we see that your child is unwell and we believe unfit for school we will contact you. For our latest attendance newsletter please see here
Wishing you all a good weekend and see you on Monday
From Jeremy Cooper and all the children and staff (more…)
The end of another packed year draws to a close and wish all the very best for children and families leaving us this year and ask that they stay in touch. It has been a fun year with so much achieved, so please do read the Around the Classes section one last time for this year to see what has been happening during our last week of term.
A big thank you to FOAS (Friends of Appledore School) for organising last week’s summer fair and other fundraising activities throughout the year. If you are able to volunteer to help the small band of parents who make up FOAS next year, please email admin@appledoreprimary.co.uk and we will pass your details onto them.
Next year, we will be offering the following clubs after school and for more detailed information please click here:
- Tuesday: Lego club – for years 1 to 4 – 3.30pm to 4.30pm – cost £5
Wednesday: Sports club – for years 3 to 5 – 3.30pm to 5pm – cost £6.25
Thursday: Football club – for years 2 to 4 – 3.30pm to 4.30pm – cost £5
Friday: Eco Rangers – for years 1 to 6 – 3.30pm to 5pm – cost £6.25
Holiday events and activities for children:
- For free family events with the Northam Burrows Rangers please see here
- For Torridge Family Hub summer 2024 timetable of activities see here
- For summer rugby camps for all abilities please click here
- For summer tennis camps in Bideford please click here
- For cricket summer clubs in Westward Ho! please click here
- For summer football camps please click here
- Aimed primarily (although not exclusively) at our Year 6 pupils leaving for Bideford College and Atlantic academy is a summer reading challenge. For more info please see here
Wishing you all a great summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you again in September (but if you are in Year 6, please stay in touch!)
From Jeremy Cooper and all the children and staff
