HUGE APOLOGIES THAT THIS WAS NOT PUBLISHED LAST FRIDAY…. oops.
Dear Parents and Carers,
Another full week of learning at Georgeham CofE Primary School – the children have worked incredibly hard learning new skills and retaining knowledge that they have been previously taught. This week, I analysed our attendance data and was happy to see that there has been an improvement across all classes. Our current Spring term attendance is 95.8% which is above the national average. We know that consistency and routine support our children with their learning – it is evident that, when our children attend regularly, they make good progress and feel more settled in school. Thank you for your help with this.
You will find a register of attendance included with your children’s reports that will come home with the children tonight ready for you to digest before your parent teacher meeting in the next two weeks.
I have had the pleasure of watching our teachers and learning support assistants in action this week – it has been really nice to see all the classes in action and to listen to the children talk about their learning. Well done to the following children for being class stars of the week:
Class 1 – Zephyr Whitney
Class 2 – Hubie Hill
Class 3 – Jude Seels
Class 4 – Niamh Kennedy
As usual, next week is action packed! Good luck to our football and netball teams who will be competing at Kingsacre’s sports festival. Thank you to the coaches and volunteers for supporting the children with their sports. Good luck to Jude Seels who will be donating his hair to a cancer charity on Saturday 16th. Furthermore, there will be an ‘Odd Socks’ day on Thursday 21st to raise awareness for Down Syndrome (please see the poster attached). Finally, we have our Spring School Disco on Friday 22nd – the children can come into school in non-school uniform on Friday in preparation for the disco. Information about the disco can be found on posters around the school – I look forward to seeing you there!
As always, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend together. Stay safe and thank you for your continued support.
Kind regards,   KF

Thursday 21st March

On this day we would be delighted if everyone could  wear their most colourful odd  socks to school ! (Don’t save them for tomorrow 😉 )  This is to support World Down Syndrome day – Mrs Fry will be mentioning it in assemblies prior to the day.

FRI 22nd MARCH –  FROGS SCHOOL DISCO and NON UNIFORM DAY

If you don’t already know it Friday 22nd March is the SCHOOL DISCO !   Over in the village hall.

Pre-school, Class 1 and 2 will be from 3.30-4.30

Class 3 and 4 from 4.45-5.45

Tickets on the door  £5 per child,  £10 per family including squash and a hot dog. Licenced bar for adults.

Diary Dates :

lick here  for the school calendar which can be found at the bottom of the website home page.

w/c 18th March – Parent teachers meetings – if you still need to book contact the office. 01271 890 440 admin@georgeham-primary.devon.sch.uk

Thursday 21st March –  local schools football and netball tournament for those who have been  notified. All day at Kingsacre school.

Friday 22nd March =  non school uniform day – just because its SCHOOL DISCO that night…

Tues 26th – Easter service at St Georges Church – parents welcome too. 9.15am to 10.15am

Thurs 28th March break up for Easter.

NB INSET DAY ON FRIDAY 24th MAY

Click here  for the school calendar which can be found at the bottom of the website home page.

The school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mr Kevin Fry
Our Deputy Safeguarding Lead is  Emma Hill
Our SENCo is Mrs Lucy Rinvolucri.
Make contact with us via  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/

Attendance… We report the attendance of individual year groups as it’s a really good way to see if school attendance is at a good percentage…  as high as possible of course! The DfE have a target of 96.5%
Attending school regularly is vital to help children achieve and to give them the best possible start in life. It’s also the legal requirement of parents once children are of school age and enrolled in mainstream education. Ofsted has a strong view about attendance of course. 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 Friday October 20th.
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.