Class Stars 🙂 Well done to…
Our Early Years… Hubie Hill
Class 2… Evie Pavitt
Class 3… Romeo Bray
Class 4… Cooper Facey
This ½ term’s school value is…
We are Kind.
Together with our parents and our church, we provide a caring and nurturing environment where we learn to value and respect others by being valued and respected ourselves.
‘Do to others as you would have them do to you.’ (Luke 6 v31)
Attendance so far…
School average for this week: 98.8%
…which will increase the average over the term so far – well done!
Thank you for all your items for our Harvest Assembly and for donating to Food bank. All of the food items will be passed on to the Barnstaple foodbank.
Don’t forget, there’s a Harvest Service of Celebration at St. George’s Church this weekend. They have their service at 11am and everyone is welcome to follow on for the “Bring & Share lunch” in Georgeham Village Hall straight afterwards too.
New-to-Class Parents’ Evenings … An opportunity for you to talk to your teacher about how your child is settling in with the class, and in their learning. These are for the parents of children who are new to the classrooms, but our school staff are always open to meet and talk if you’d like to.
It’s likely you’ll see Mrs Parker and Miss Boreham on the playground to book your slot, but please email the teachers with your preference if you need.
Class 1… Wed 12th and Mon 17th, after school
Class 2… 10th 10am – 12 noon… 12th 3.30pm – 4.30pm… 14th 3.30PM – 4.30PM… 17th 10am – noon… 20th 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Class 3…Thurs 13th and Mon 17th evenings – please email ehill@georgeham-primary.devon.sch.uk with your preference
Class 4… Mon 10th and Thurs 13th after school – please email rmccormick@georgeham-primary.devon.sch.uk with your preference
French Club … Sarah Cox is planning an after school French Club after the 1/2 term break – years 1 and 2 on Tuesday, and years 3 to 6 on Thursdays, after school. Please get in touch with Sarah by clicking the link below…
Basketball Club … Rob from Devonshire Tennis Academy is planning to start a Basketball club for years 2 to 6, on Friday mornings, starting on the 4th November. Please contact Rob if you’re interested by emailing bookings@devonshiretennisacademy.com
Club Webpage for more info…
THURSDAY’s author visit… (Appledore’s Book Festival)
We have two authors coming to us on Thursday! Chloe Inkpen (to class 1 and 2) and Dave Cousins (to class 3 and 4). They aren’t selling books on the day, but last time we did this the children really wanted to have a book for themselves and get it signed too…
They’re not that expensive… so please go online and come prepared with your own book to get signed!
School photos… please click here and answer just 4 single-click questions about how we arrange schools photos at Georgeham. We’re considering what’s best for you and would love your opinion.
Road closure… It really does look like they’re closing the main road into Croyde for next week, squashing a 10-day job down to a week. We know nothing more about this, but we’ll be as supportive and understanding as we can if you find yourself stuck in the lanes! Look on Facebook for more details!
Piano… a message from Sophie Kerslake.
We have space for children to have piano lessons at school. Please phone her directly on 07799 719865
Guitars… a message from Sarah Cox.
I teach children from Year 2 and onwards. Preferably they would have their own guitar, but this is not essential as I have some I can loan out for the short term. Parents can email me to get in touch: sarahcoxtutoring@gmail.com
Attendance… We frequently report the attendance of individual year groups as it’s a really good way to see if school attendance is at a good percentage… with it as high as possible of course! The DfE have a target of 96.5% but sadly, we finished the year, last July, being slightly below this.
Attending school regularly is vital to help children achieve and to give them the best possible start in life. It’s also a legal requirement of parents once children are of school age and enrolled in mainstream education. Ofsted has a strong view about attendance of course and, therefore, too many absences can lead into difficult discussions about how we can support children to achieve and do well – we could even be downgraded for our current Good status as a result.
Absences will only be authorised if they meet exceptional circumstances. With only 190 statutory school days in the year, there are 175 days (weekends and school holidays) left to plan for family visits, non-urgent medical/dental appointments, holidays etc. School holidays are published well in advance and parents are expected to plan and take family holidays at this time so as not to disrupt their child’s education. We also try to arrange our Inset (training) days to provide time for travel… such as this term’s October 21st.
Holidays… are almost always not recognised as meeting ‘exceptional circumstances’ and therefore an absence would be unauthorised. This could result in a penalty notice being issued by DCC.
Punctuality is important too, and the earlier we get our children into the right habits, the better. You may not realise that being just 5 minutes late every day equals 3 days of school lost a year. Please bring your child for 8.45am when they door is open and the classroom has a learning activity ready for them.
Dates in the diary… bottom of the front page…
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Dinner Menu…
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Our school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead is Julian Thomas
You can contact us on dsl@georgeham-primary.devon.sch.uk
If you have any concerns that you’d like to discuss, please call through to Lottie and ask for an appointment. You may also find some useful or helpful information on our Safeguarding webpage… https://georgehamceps.wpengine.com/staying-safe/
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