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N EWSLETTER A UTUMN 2016
WEDDING
VENUE
Our lovely registrar/secretary
Jan Lock is on maternity
leave until October 2017.
A little brother for Matilda,
Alfie is already keeping Mum
busy.
Four huge teepees arrived on
Appleford’s front lawn at half
term. These were to celebrate
Mrs Clark’s (Head of Lower
School) daughter’s wedding.
Mrs Clark made her daughter’s wedding dress, and wore
A PPLEFORD
AUTUMN TERM 2016
SPEECH DAY
(S UMMER T ERM )
The sun shone on the last day of the 2015/2016
academic year, with parents, friends and families
filling the sports hall to share in the celebration
of a year at Appleford.
a hat made for her by Sarah
Dawnay, (milliner) our uniform
shop lady.
During the ceremony, pupil Evie Halpin sang
beautifully and David Yip played the violin.
STAFF NEWS
NEW
BOARDING AND
PASTORAL STAFF
Mrs Gray
Head of Boarding
& Pastoral Care
Mr Cull
Assistant
Pastoral Care
Mrs Filkins
Deputy Head
of Boarding
Tom Edmunds (Head Boy) and Charlotta Timms
(Head Girl) both gave an excellent end of year
speech, sharing past memories of their time at
Appleford .
Miss Cleaver
Houseparent
Willow House
Mr Anderson
Houseparent
The Beeches
Mr Bell
Houseparent
Elm House
Mrs Bell
Assistant
Houseparent
Elm House
Mrs Mills
Science
Technician
Mr David King (Headmaster of Appleford),
Mrs Sarah Rose Troughtron (Lord-Lieutenant
of Wiltshire), Dr Peter Gardner (Proprietor)
and Mrs Gill Watson (Chair of the Friends of
Appleford).
N EW B UILDINGS
The art block being
demolished in
preparation for the
arrival of Willow house.
The new Science and
Drama block arriving
to be known as The
Rookery.
Appleford School, Shrewton, Nr Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 4HL
Miss Cox
Boarding
Assistant
Mrs Thurston
Boarding
Assistant
Mrs Williams
Boarding
Assistant
Mrs Craggs
Boarding
Assistant
Miss Palmer
Boarding
Assistant
Telephone: (01980) 621020 Fax: (01980) 621366 Email: [email protected]
www.appleford.wilts.sch.uk
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N EWSLETTER A UTUMN 2016
C ONKER
H ARVEST F ESTIVAL
C OMPETITION
The Lower School attended a
Harvest Service at St Mary’s
Church where the pupils
presented various items to
celebrate the Harvest. Mr
Parsons from the Trussell Trust
gave an excellent talk about
’sharing’ and received food
the school had collected.
Pupils took part in the annual
conker competition, using the
abundance of conkers which
fell from Appleford’s Horse
Chestnut trees.
Peter and Elliott take aim!
S CHOOL
D IARIES
J USTIN A LLEN
S KI A WARD
New bespoke school diaries
for pupils, full of useful information and to keep organised.
In September Justin passed a
ski assessment and was
admitted as a member of Ski
Milton Keynes (SMK) Race
Team. He had to undertake a
timed slalom run and demonstrated his ability to spin 360
degrees clockwise, and anticlockwise.
C ONSTANCA
S WIMMING
Constanca is
a member of
the Salisbury
Stingrays
swimming
club and recently won 6
gold and 3
silver medals.
P ARENTS ’ R ECEPTION
Parents enjoyed another wonderful evening of fine dining
at Appleford. Guests arrived in their finery to an excellent
meal (prepared by our catering team) in the school dining
hall, which had been transformed for the event.
David, Yr 11 pupil, entertained guests by playing his
violin.
Leah Beasley, Yr 10, made
the delicious deserts for 60
guests.
The Friends of Appleford
held a raffle and played a
’heads and tails’ game,
which raised a wonderful
£512.92 for the school.
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N EWSLETTER A UTUMN 2016
N ATIONAL D YSLEXIA F OOTBALL
C OMPETITION
C HILDREN IN
N EED
Under 13 boys took part in
their first tournament of the
season at the National
Dyslexia Football competition, finishing in third place
overall.An excellent performance from all involved,
showing great team
work, spirit and
determination.
Mark Cousens and Stanley
Kynaston-Stear decided to
raise money for Children in
Need by having a cake sale at
school. They raised £60.00
Sunday 13th November saw
the Appleford Scouts parade in
Shrewton for the first time as
part of the village Remembrance parade and
service.
Seven Scouts represented the
Troop and were a credit to
themselves, the Scouts and the
school, we were very proud to
be marching alongside them.
We also had the added excitement of parading with our brand
new Troop flag which arrived
that morning.
Huge thanks to those that joined
us and we hope that the rest of
the Scouts that may have been
parading elsewhere had a lovely
morning too.
Photos of Harry winning the
Junior Fiesta Championship at
Brands Hatch. He has also won
the Rooky Cup and is the
youngest person to win the Junior
Championship 14—17 year olds
(Harry is 14). Harry did a radio
interview and
was also in
Autosport
magazine.
H ARRY W INS
A GAIN
APPLEFORD
SCOUTS
H EADMASTER ’ S
T EA P ARTY
O F M ICE AND M EN
Year 10 pupils bringing John
Steinbeck’s characters to life,
encouraged all students to
learn in a different manner.
Pupils invited to have afternoon
tea with Headmaster, Mr King,
in recognition of their having
been great ambassadors for
Appleford.
To support their cross curricular
work, year 10 drama students
performed section of their GCSE
literature piece to their English
lesson classmates, making the
learning process interactive and
a whole lot of fun.