We had a Thursday assembly this week due to the industrial strike, so you may know our stars already…
Our Early Years… Molly Facey
All of Class 2… Sampson Hames
Class 3…Hallie Osborne
Class 4…Indie Blake
This ½ term’s school value is…
We are Ambitious.
We have the highest expectations for all our children and teachers.
In return we give everyone in our school as many opportunities as we can to fulfil their potential in the widest possible sense.
‘Forget what is behind us and reach straight for what is ahead.
Run straight towards the goal.’ (Philippians 3 v12)
Attendance this week
As always absences will reduce our stats, the teacher strike days are discounted but the day in between does count…
The average for this week was 95.8%
Class 1: 95.8% Class 2:94.4% Class 3: 98.7% Class 4: 100%
whole school average year to date = 95%
DfE’s expectation for the end of the year is 96%
(Please have a look at our Attendance page on our website for more information.)
The Whole School Bike Ride postponed – Tuesday 18th July.
We do apologise that this will not be happening this term. It is just not feasible to get it all arranged in time, and we are a few members of staff short that week too.
If we can run it in September we will try to. So sorry year 6. 🙁
A fun day of sport in school is being planned instead so please have all children come in sports kit on Tuesday 18th. Thank you.
SUN SCREEN – apply before school
SUN HAT – on head as they arrive
WATER BOTTLE – just water please (no squash)
A week flies by and we have all missed Mr Thomas this week. We are sure you join us in wishing him well and we look forward to seeing him again really soon. 🙂
Dates of note:
Class 3 visit to Chapel Woods: Monday 10th July
Year 5+6 Essex Dance event at the Academy: Monday 10th July please drop at the Braunton Academy at 9am, (find Ms McCormick and Mrs Dando outside) we will get them back to school in time for lunch.
Junior Music Festival: Wed 12th July – rehearsal in pm, concert in evening. Choir will leave school at 11am remember a PACKED LUNCH and a PACKED TEA !
Year 6 leavers party: Thursday 20th July
School FETE ! : Friday 14th July 3.15pm – FROGS are organising this – please bring back your raffle tickets, or collect some more. Info re how to enter the Talent Competition was sent out by email today.
Leavers assembly: Friday 21st July 2pm
Do please check the school calendar, you can find it at the bottom of the website home page, but here is a link for speed : Click here
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…
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.
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.
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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