Students and staff of Applemore College and local Primary Schools are now using the new Quiet Quad as an outdoor learning area, thanks to funding from Tesco Bags of Help. The aim of the Quiet Quad project was to transform an under-utilised outdoor space in the centre of our secondary school into a Quiet Quad […]
Recycled clothes are off to Poland to be distributed to those in need, thanks to everyone who brought in donations to the November PTA Bag2School Collection. Bags of clothes, shoes, soft toys, bags and hats arrived in reception throughout the beginning of November and when the Bag2School lorry arrived on Monday morning and weighed them, […]
Primary School students from Waterside and the New Forest had fun at the Schools Energy Conference hosted by Applemore College, finding out how to save energy and water – and money too! The Schools Energy Conference is part of a programme of energy awareness-raising activities for junior-age children run by the Schools Energy Project under […]
Thank you to everyone who donated bags of clothes, toys, bags, hats and shoes to the PTA Bag2School Collection just before the May half term. Bags arrived in reception throughout the week and when the Bag2School lorry arrived on Friday morning and weighed them, we were told that the collection had raised £138.80 for the […]
Applemore College’s Rocket Seeds from space have landed and Year 7 Science students have become real Space Biologists by planting them and monitoring their growth. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Rocket Science project, in partnership with the UK Space Agency, is a UK wide experiment and a fun, interactive way to get students from 10,000 […]
The legacy of Applemore College’s Clean for the Queen Litter Picking event in March lives on, with a litter picking event prior to Reach 2016 and student litter picking teams continuing to try to keep the school grounds litter free and sharing the Eco Committee’s ‘Love Where You Learn’ slogan. On a daily basis, before […]
Applemore College Eco Committee have led the school community to achieve Eco-Schools Silver Award in just 5 months – faster than any other school in the New Forest. Since achieving their Bronze Award in December 2015, the EcoCommittee have been focussing on sharing their plans with the College Council and involving the whole school community […]
Applemore College is delighted to announce that our Quiet Quad Development Project has been chosen as one of three local environmental projects that will receive funding from Tesco Bags of Help. Most importantly, the amount of funding we receive will be decided by customers who voted in their local Tesco Stores between 27th February and […]
Student volunteers were joined by Tesco Dibden Superstore staff to pick up litter on the pathways between the school and Tesco store last Friday afternoon as part of the National Clean for The Queen campaign. Clean for The Queen is a campaign to clear up Britain in time for Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday, […]