Class Stars 🙂 Well done to…

Our Early Years… Molly Facey

Congratulations to Fraser and Bluebell for learning 5 nursery rhymes as part of Preschool’s rhyme challenge.
And a special congratulations to Zephyr for gaining his certificate for learning 10 nursery rhymes!

Class 2… Tess Hill-Dymond

Class 3… Phoebe Maguire

Class 4… Hassan Alamary

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: 100% Class 2: 93% Class 3: 98% Class 4: 92.3%

School average for the year so far: 95.75%

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.

(Please have a look at our Attendance page on our website for more information.)

Good luck to all the cast and crew for the Croyde Players’ Cinderella‘s final showing this weekend… “Break a leg!”

Next week…

Tuesday is a big day.
It’s Story Telling Week this week and we’ve read lots of stories, but on tuesday we have a storyteller in for all the classes.
It’s also Australia / Britain Day for Class 2, and
It’s (national) Safer Internet Day.   We’ve lots of things happening on this day, but I can’t guarantee our usual streamlined and linked-up thinking with these three topics.  We’ll try!

Friday… Not only is it the last day for the half-term, but Class 4 are off to the Eden Project!

NEU industriual action

I really do appreciate that some families may have had to make alternative arrangements due to the NEU’s teacher strike on Wednesday.

I was frustrated that the news coverage spoke about the teacher strikes being about pay.  It’s more about schools not being funded sufficiently, the vast range of services we have to provide (due to a reduction of funding elsewhere) and also the recent staff pay increases not being funded by Governernment (it’s squeezed out of our existing budget).

There are three more planned strike days… March 2nd, 15th and 16th.  I will try to get information about if and how we’ll be affected on these individual days, as soon as I possibly can.

The BLCT (Braunton Learning Cooperative Trust) organised the Internet Safety Session for parents this week.    The session was extremely informative and I hope you found it useful.

There will be a recording of the session, and we’ll share the link as soon as we recieve it.

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!

If this can’t go ahead on Thursday the 2nd, it will be rolled over to the Friday.  We’ll keep you informed.

 

 

We also request that toys aren’t brought into to school.  These items distract our children and disrupt their learning – whether this is through playing with them, being mindful about where it is or who’s got it and, we’ve recently found, that some children have swapped items and we’ve had to deal with some upset chidren.  Our main goal and intent at school is to help children feel safe and confident, and for them to learn.  Sadly, we spend a disproportianate amount of time sorting out issues which could be solved by simply not bringing these items in to school.  Your help would be very much appeciated.

 

 

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.

David Roper is putting on a Half Term Club Basketball Club.  To get involved… email: davidropersports@gmail.com

Clubs Webpage for more info…

Wrap Around Provision & After School Clubs

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…

https://georgehamceps.wpengine.com/

Dinner Menu…

https://georgehamceps.wpengine.com/dinner-menu/

The school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead is Julian Thomas
Our Deputy Safeguarding Leads are Emma Hill and Laura Hapgood (our interim SENDCo)
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/

[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]