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DEAR PARENTS & CARERS
NEWS FROM AROUND THE SCHOOL
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This week we have been supporting our amazing Year Six pupils as they completed their Statutory Assessments. They completed 6 papers: English Grammar & Punctuation, Spelling and Reading papers, Maths Arithmetic and 2 Reasoning papers. They approached them calmly and with confidence, ready to show what they have learnt over the last 4 years. We are extremely proud of them and look forward to receiving their results in July. I want to thank Mr Beech and Mrs Stevens for all the preparation that has gone into enabling the children to be ready and prepared for the tests, they are the reason the children were able to remain so positive throughout the process.
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We have a couple of projects that we will be tackling this summer that we would like your help with. Firstly, we are going to work as a school to produce a piece of collaborative art inspired by our school vision. This will be displayed in our school hall from September. Katherine Bryam-Merrett has agreed to work with us on this project and is kindly giving her time for free. We do however need to purchase some art materials to be able to complete the project. Do any of you have any contacts with firms that would be willing to sponsor this event? If you think you could help with this, please come and see me and I can let you know further details.
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We would also like to get our school hall decorated this year. School budgets are so tight now, that I want to try and keep the costs down to a minimum. The Wickes store in Cirencester has agreed to give us 30 litres of paint and an extendable roller, as part of their Community Projects scheme. We will however need additional help with equipment, materials and volunteers. In discussion with the school governors, we are going to organise some time during the summer holidays where we can come together as a school community to do the work ourselves. I know in previous years this has been hugely effective, particularly in creating the outdoor learning space in the Planny. I will be sending out more information during the beginning of term 6 and a google form to allow volunteers to sign up. I know this may feel like a big ask after the effort put into the Cow Hunt and I am sorry to have to ask, but any help offered would be an amazing help.
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Whole School Photograph and Y6 and Dexter Class Photographs 12/06/25.
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Government Guidelines 98%
School Target 97%
Whole School Attendance 98.9%
Year Groups achieving 100% this week Dexter Y2 Y4 Y5
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Fern
Rowan
THE GOLDEN BOOK
HEREFORD
Emmie
Jack
Poppy D
Reuben
FRIESIAN
Alice
Guy
Max
Scarlet
BELTED GALLOWAY
Edward
Lucy
Soren
Thomas
PTA NEWS
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Friends Of Amberley (PTA)
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​​It Takes a Village.
As we catch our breath and the village settles down, we just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Cow Hunt so special.
The Cow Hunt is an annual miracle – a bit of magic made possible by the love, energy and determination of our whole school community. It’s bigger than any one of us, and we hope it carries on long after our own children have moved on.
From the start, our goal was to bring the whole village together – especially the Shop and the Scouts – and create something we could all be proud of. And thanks to so many of you, we did just that.
A special thank you to our amazing committee (Lou Brice, Tom Fitzcharles, Tom Missen and Adrienne Seymour) and the FOA team (Rachael Biles, Joanne Keillor and Stephen Tarr), who have worked tirelessly since January.
The weekend was full of sunshine, smiles and a fantastic buzz around the village. Visitors had only kind words, and the feedback has been wonderful.
We’re delighted to share that we raised £16,217.89 for the school – an extraordinary total that will make a huge difference to our school. We also made donations to the Scouts and Hill House Retreats in support of their brilliant work.
Now, the moment you’ve been waiting for – the results of the public vote for Best Dressed Cow! The top 10 are:
1. Moonopoly
2. SIX The Moosical
3. Graze Anantomy
4. Isadora Moon
5. Defying Gravherdy
6. Mooster Bean
7. Cowpabara
8. Mooncraft
9. Cowpol
10. Feathers MooGraw
To every volunteer, baker, sponsor, member of staff and family who helped – thank you. We’re so grateful.
We can’t wait to do it all again next year.
Jess Mitchell and Will Howick
AMBERLEY SCHOOL IS CARBON NEUTRAL!
We have succeeded in raising enough money to buy an offset to remove from the atmosphere the 32.19 tonnes of CO2 Amberley School's electricity and gas produced last year. We hope you enjoy watching the bees coming to your bee friendly plants next summer!