Dear Parents and Carers,
What a week! Although it’s nearing the end of the term, the learning doesn’t stop. Across the school, there is a strong buzz of excitement and challenge as the staff continue to immerse the children in reading, writing, maths and RE (to name a few!).
Well done to our school netball team that went to Kingsacre Primary to compete in the annual tournament. They represented the school incredibly well and we are proud of their efforts. Unfortunately, the football tournament was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch but we can’t wait to see how the team competes during the rearranged fixture.
Well done to the following children who have been awarded the class stars of the week:
Class 1 -William Miles
Class 2 – Cicely Rampe
Class 3 – Josh Sanders
Class 4 – Louis Burrows
A special well done to Jude Seers from Class 3 who raised £1500 for the Princess Trust by cutting his hair for those with cancer. Jude is a role model for us all!
I hope that you all enjoyed reading your children’s reports – it was a pleasure writing the comments for the children. Although I haven’t been here for a whole term, it has amazed me how well the children have adapted to their new headteacher.
Before the school disco on Friday (I’m writing this Thursday evening), I would like to thank the FROGS team for putting together the event – the children are very excited and I’m really looking forward to spending time with parents and carers.
A gentle reminder that we will be holding our Easter service at St George’s Church on Tuesday 26th from 9:15am – you are more than welcome to attend. Furthermore, there is still time to complete the parent/carer survey. The link is below but you will also find QR codes to the survey.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtsVDYqy70jA62kniwNpU6xWuTV6vk5So9NriV06Y3tGPNkQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Have a fantastic weekend, stay safe and thank you for your support.
Kind regards,   KF

Tues 26th March School Easter service.

Our Easter service will be held at St Georges Church at 9.15am next tuesday. All classes will walk to the church after morning registration.

Parents welcome to attend too. See you there.

Village Easter Trail

All are welcome to attend the Good Friday Easter trail on 29th March. (click on link below for poster)

Collect your map at Georgeham Chapel from 10am and follow the trail around the village to end at St Georges Church where you will receive a chocolatey, egg shaped prize!

There will also be some fun Easter crafts for children plus hot drinks and refreshments available.

Georgeham Easter Trail Friday 29th March 2024

Diary Dates :

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

Tues 26th – school Easter service at St Georges Church – parents welcome too. 9.15am to 9.45am

Thurs 28th March – break up for Easter.

Monday 15th April – return for the Summer term !

Thursday 9th May – Tempest school photographs

Mon 13th May – year 6 SATS week

Mon-Wed May 20 – 22 – Class 4 Residential

FRI 24th MAY – INSET DAY 

Half term – Friday 24th May to Friday 31st May

Fri 28th June – Summer Fair (3.30-5.30)

Fri 12th July – Sports day

Thurs/Fri July 18th/19th – Class 3 SGH residential

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.