The Forres ASG cross country competition organised by the Forres Harriers takes place this Saturday 5^th March in Grant Park for P4 – 7. You can just turn up on the day to enter. It is a free event and Forres Harriers are keen to encourage as many pupils as possible, of all abilities, to have a go. With so many of you building up stamina in the Daily Mile and taking part in the lunch time club we are hoping lots of you will join in the fun! There are individual trophies and an overall school trophy. It is a great way to demonstrate the Values of Motivation and Challenge from Applegrove pupils! You can register (sign up) from 10am in the Cricket Pavilion at Grant Park and the races start between 11am and 11.45am. The event is run by Forres Harriers and Active Schools so your parents are responsible for you – Good Luck Applegrove!

Congratulations to the cross country runners who represented the school yesterday at Gordonstoun. There were separate races for P5, P6 and P7, boys and girls. At the end the boys’ and girls’ results for each year group were totalled together to decide on the team prizes. In each of their races Bruce Evans came 1^st, David Spencer 3^rd, Roslyn McRitchie 5^th, Luca Abbate 5^th, Alistair Clark 6^th, Lewis Mackenzie 7^th, Talia Pearson 8^th, Ashley Donald 10^th. This means the P6 team won the trophy for their age group and P7 came second. Well done everyone, not only for your successful performance but also for your excellent behaviour.

On Monday 19th February a team of 22 pupils from P6 and P7 took part in the Grampian Regional Sportshall Challenge at Moray College in Elgin. Pupils were allowed to compete in a maximum of two field and two track events. Track events were Obstacle Relay, 1+1 Lap Relay , 2+2 Lap Relay, 6 Lap Paarlauf, Over/Under Relay and 4 x 1 Lap Relay. Field events comprised Chest Push, Standing Long Jump. Standing Triple Jump, Vertical Jump, Soft Javelin and Speed Bounce. Applegrove’s team were – Boys : David Spencer, Scott Perry, Bruce Evans, Alistair Clark, Alex Grant, Luca Abbate, Lewis McIntosh, Lewis Dey, Andrew McRitchie, Matthew Hepburn, Magnus McGhee and  Ruairidh Maver Girls: Ashley Donald, Roslyn McRitchie, Talia Pearson, Jessica Nicol, Kirsty Harthorne, Bethany Young, Isla Brain, Alice Reynolds, Lara Mackenzie and  Abigail Taylor. They all had a fun, busy morning and supported each other so well in every event. It was a fast moving event which was so well organised with the help of the students at Moray College.

There were six schools taking part and Applegrove ended up with exactly the same amount of points as Aberdeen school, Hazelhead Primary, and they both came equal first in the competition . Well done to you all for your excellent sportsmanship  and respectful behaviour at the event.

 

 

What a difference a week makes. Last week the outdoor explorers visited Grant Park and made snow shelters for their lego men. Some brave souls tried sledging down the slopes on plastic carrier bags! Today the sun shone and the sky was blue as we walked to Sanquhar Pond. Children had the choice to draw with a stick, create a birds nest or mix up a potion using forest floor materials. While having all this fun the children are learning to assess risk when in the outdoor environment and stay safe.

Can we  request that dogs are not brought into the school grounds (even if they are on leads)? This is school policy. If you bring a dog when you drop off, or pick up children you will need to wait outside the school boundary. Many thanks for you cooperation.

Click here to read the February Newsletter giving diary dates, recent news and updates for parents. Apologies – the version uploaded earlier was a draft and was incomplete. All sorted now!

P4 FL found out  how reference books were organised and had time to choose a book for themselves.

Watch our Video of Classes doing the Daily Mile and hear what we think of it!