Class Stars 🙂    Well done to…

Our Early Years…Hubie Hill

Congratulations to Rowan and Jasper for gaining their certificate for learning 10 nursery rhymes at home
as part of preschool’s Nursery Rhyme Challenge.

Class 2… Ernest Hill

Class 3…  Aurora Bray

Class 4… Josh Barrow

This ½ term’s school value is…

We are Adventurous.

We give our children a loving, nurturing space in which to take risks, feel free and get a taste for a life full of adventures.

‘Encourage one another, and build each other up.’  (1 Thessalonians 5 v1)

Attendance so far…

School average for this week
Class 1: 100% Class 2: 95% Class 3: 99.4% Class 4: 96.15%
School average…  for the year so far is 95.3% 

Whilst on the up this week’s data has kept our average level at 95.3%,  the DfE target is 96.5%…. we’d love to beat it !
 (Please have a look at our Attendance page on our website for more information.)

C1 and C2 have had the most glorious adventure at RHS Rosemoor today.   What a lovely day for it!  Quite looking forward to seeing the photos, but I think our staff may need the weekend to refresh their batteries first!   Thanks to our volunteers who helped today!

 

The chair of Georgeham Parish Council, Maggie Beaumont, wrote to us after the Coronation Celebration.  She says… “So many people enjoyed the children’s performance.  It wasn’t just a question of the children loving how parents were proudly enjoying their performance, it evoked happy memories for many people who had themselves attended the school, or whose children had attended and moved away. It reminded others of times when they danced to the maypole tunes and watched a coronation.”
This is just so delightful.   “We are a Community.”

 

Next Week:

Monday – Year 6 head off on their well deserved residential to London (9am at Barnstaple train station).  They will return on Thursday evening – keep an eye on the school’s Facebook to see what they get up to !
Please also note that Art Club is on today too – not Wednesday.
Friday – Is Ilfracombe Aquathlon day for the six chosen children in Y3 Y4 Y5 and Y6  – wish them luck.

Please have a look at the bottom of the website for further dates for the diary: Click here 

MONDAY 5th JUNE (first day back after half term) – SCHOOL PHOTOS
We have decided to take a different approach to school photos this year having asked for parents’ feedback through a Google form before Christmas. This year we are proposing that photographer Richard Crossman, who is also a parent at the school and some of you will know, will come and take pictures of the children in a more contemporary style. The intention is that we will then give you opportunity to have a look at the photos online before deciding whether or not to buy digital copies of them which wold mean you could make a choice about how to use or print them, and at a more palatable price than that of the BIG companies that we’ve used in the past.   You will then be able to purchase the images as a digital download or on a memory stick… We are in the process of finalising that process and the cost and will let you know soon.  Better book in those half term hair cuts now  😉

 

Would anyone have the following… items that could possibly be useful for our sensory / nuture area?

  • Wind chimes (wooden, metal and bells)
  • Textured tiles – such as Astro turf, marble/slate, carpet squares (different types of pile), textured wallpaper squares, pebble mosaic squares etc.
  • Fossils (real or fake), rocks and precious stones!
  • Strong smelling herb plants – lavender, rosemary, mint etc.
  • CDs with calming relaxation music/ocean and nature sounds!

The children helped us to identify some of the important factors of being adventurous; our School Value for the half-term.   They’ve expressed that…

  • We challenge ourselves.

  • We’re not afraid of making mistakes.

  • We’re resilient.

  • We know when to ask for help.

What wonderful statements, and I’m sure they’re important things you’d want for our children!

I’ve had the most wonderful day today. We spoke about our values and the logos they’ve helped me create, and one of them got up and popped the “We are Adventurous” sticker on me because I was telling them how proud I wa of them and because I was encouraging them.
It made my day!
Here’s the logo they helped me with…

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

 

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.

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)

Click here to get to the front page

Dinner Menu…

Click here to access everything about school lunches

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