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A letter of thanks has come in to school from local representatives for Marie Curie to thank parents, staff and pupils who contributed to the Easter Church collection. The letter also praised  the hospitality of the pupils and staff when they presented a cheque at the end of term concert

On Tuesday 12th P6 and P7 were transported back in time to the Victorian Era at Brodie Castle.

The visit was to bring together everything they learnt last term.  They dressed up as people who lived in the castle so that they could re-enacted scenarios in various rooms of the castle.

A big thank you to the staff at Brodie for allowing us to visit and for helping us to learn about what life was like in the Victorian times.

Today we had an assembly in our sparkling new hall. (Click on the picture to make it larger.)

As you can see from the photograph the hall is now a new colour, and we have lovely new blinds matching our house teams. School dinners were also served in the hall today with many children saying how nice they tasted in the new surroundings.

I wonder which class will be the first to have PE in the new refurbished school hall?

Tuesday saw four teams of six pupils taking part in the annual Moray Primary Schools Cross Country Races.  This year it was held at Buckie High School and about forty primary schools took part, with upwards of 160 runners in each race.

All four Applegrove teams were very successful.  The P4/5 boys and P6/7 girls teams placed third and the P4/5 girls and P6/7 boys were outstanding achieving first team places.

There were many Applegrove runners who placed in the top 25 of each race.  Individual race medals were awarded to David Spencer 2nd, Bruce Evans 3rd, Scott Perry 4th, Alistair Clark 5th, Erin McIntosh 6th and Lauren Anderson 7th.

Thank you runners for all your hard work, your excellent competition and upholding the school values of Resourcefulness, Respect and Resilience.

             Team Applegrove delighted with their performance at Moray Primary Schools Cross Country

On Saturday the 19th March a team of 16 pupils represented Applegrove at the North District Primary Schools Cross Country in Alness.

The boys team were second overall, with girls just missing out on third place.

Well done to you all for your fine performances.  Many thanks must go to your parents and teachers who supported you and got you to Alness.

Applegrove Cross Country Team for North District

Click here to read the March Newsletter .

It has been a very busy week for lots of people at Applegrove. 83 pupils in total took part in 15 different classes at the Moray Festival. Applegrove were heavily involved in the Speech and Drama classes and gained 17 Distinction and 29 Commended certificates. The children proved they are upholding the School values by challenging themselves and achieving high standards. They performed in an unfamiliar situation to the public with confidence. the Concert at the town hall on Thursday night was a great showcase of the talent we have. Well done to all who took part. Special thanks go to the teachers who gave up their own time to coach the children and to the PTA for funding all the entries and helping at the Concert.

A number of P3 pupils have taken part in a Story Club on Thursday afternoons. The children have enjoyed exploring lots of different books, chatting to new people about what they like to read and sharing their reading with the group.

Here are some comments made about the story club.

“I think its really good and it has wonderful books”

“It’s amazing” 

“It is amazing because it is fun to read and our brains are working hard”

“Story Club is fun”