Class Stars 🙂 Well done to…
Our Early Years… Cecily Rampe
And well done to Lola and Neveah for completing their “five nursery rhymes at home challenge” and gaining their first certificate!
Class 2… Mitzy-Rose Guedez
Class 3… Fin Arnold
Class 4… Tilly Kennedy
Could you ensure our teddies come back the following week please? …thank you!
This ½ term’s school value is…
We are Confident.
We help our children lay foundations for the rest of their lives by helping them develop self-esteem and belief in themselves.
‘I know the plans I have for you… plans to bring about the future you hope for.’ (Jeremiah 29 v11)
Attendance so far…
School average for this week:
Class 1: 97.5% Class 2: 95.6% Class 3: 86.9% Class 4: 76.9%
School average for the term: 95.2%
Illnesses and holidays impact our attendance data and the children’s learning opportunities.
It can also be a trigger for Ofsted, as they expect attendance to be in the high 90’s.
The only way to bring this back up towards the DfE target of 97%… is improved attendance.
(However, we really do appreciate that when a child is ill, they’re ill.)
(Please have a look at our Attendance page on our website for more information.)
One of the things Class 3 got up to this week was being CONFIDENT in a sport they’ve only dabbled a bit in – volleysport. We came together with Marwood and Caen schools and everyone had fun, wanting to play for lots longer! It was lovely seeing the new Leisure Centre too!
Thursday 2nd March – is World Book Day. Please note that we dress up as a book character for the day, so do please have a think about who / what you could dress up as!
We’re a Nut free school, so that means that most kinds of tree nuts (such as almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pine nuts) and also peanuts shouldn’t be brought in to school. Sadly, this also means that pesto sauce shouldn’t be brought into school as it contains pine nuts. Sorry if this causes any inconvenience, but I hope you can help us as best as you can to keep our children safe.
As a result of the resounding success of the Let’s Talk Teenagers programme… South Devon and Dartmoor Community Safety Partnership are pleased to offer FREE online sessions for parents and carers of pre-teens this month.
The Let’s Talk program is designed to increase parents’ and carers’ knowledge of the key risks, whilst giving simple tools and techniques to help them support their child.
As a partnership we acknowledge that parenting can be really difficult, especially in such challenging times. We want to get these resources to as many parents and carers as possible and would be really grateful if you could share this information with your parents and carers.
Attendance is free, and access and registration is available at Let’s Talk Pre-Teens .
The topics covered will be:
17th January 2023 – Biology, Difficult emotions, Substance misuse
24th January 2023 – Relationships, Exploitation, Pornography, Societal Stereotypes
31st January 2023 – Physical risks, Safety planning, Mental health, Self-care
Brew Monday… 16 January
The third Monday in January is often referred to as ‘the most difficult day of the year’, and has been dubbed ‘Blue Monday’ because it’s the end of the festive season, it’s dark far too often are the horrible, wintery weather all adds up to leaving people feeling a bit gloomy.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a Monday morning or Saturday night, or if you’re drinking black coffee, green tea, or orange juice… If you’re sharing a cuppa and listening, you’re doing it right.
For more suggestions about how to be a good listener, take a look at the Samaritans SHUSH active listening tips and little tips to help someone open up.
Clubs Webpage for more info…
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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