Class Stars 🙂 Well done to…
Our Early Years… Ben Sanders
Class 2… Felicity Carlino
Class 3… Henry Stone
Class 4… Maisie Osborne
This ½ term’s school value is…
We are Curious.
We encourage a sense of joy, wonder and curiosity in the wider world.
‘Live life in all its fullness.’ (John 10:10)
Attendance so far…
School average for this week:
Class 1: 85% Class 2: 95.2% Class 3: 98.8% Class 4: 95.7%
School average for the week: 93.7%
School average for the term so far: 96.6% (slightly reduced again this week)
(Please have a look at our Attendance page on our website for more information.)
Are there and decorations going spare? Our classrooms (and Elaine!) would love to receive any that you’re passing on!
This week – lots of learning, shopping and making jam sandwiches, a Basketball festival with the Braunton schools, a Greek workshop, the Dentist (!) and lots Nativity practises and singing! Ah, it’s just been a ‘normal’ week at school.
This weekend
Sunday 4th – 10am – Crib on The Green, meeting at St. George’s Church
This week coming…
Tuesday 6th- Class 3 – A visit to Exeter Cathedral and synagogue (letter issued with all the details).
Wednesday 7th – School Nativity – 2.30pm AND 6.00pm, with all children required please.
Come and watch at 2.30, or pick up from St. George’s at 3.15pm.
…our 2nd Nativity will be at 6pm (so please could you deliver children for 5.50pm).
Thursday 8th – Christmas Jumper Day – a small donation for Save The children please!
… how about a Christmas jumper swap too – do you all wear the same jumper each year? (Who’s going to swap with me?!)
Sunday 11th – 6pm – Christingle, at St. George’s Church
Wednesday 14th – pupils’ Christmas lunch day
Thursday 15th – 1.30pm (to 3pm) – Christmas Fair / Coffee afternoon – do come along to buy things and play games on the children’s stalls, or simply drink tea and eat cake in Class 4 with our FROGS.
Clubs Webpage for more info…
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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The school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead is Julian Thomas
Our Deputy Safeguarding Leads are Emma Hill and Laura Hapgood (our interim SENSCo)
You can contact us on dsl@georgeham-primary.devon.
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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