Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been a superb week of learning at Georgeham CofE Primary School – the children have been working hard across all subjects, especially history, where they have been learning about Martin Luther King (KS1), the Stone Age (LKS2) and World War 2 (UKS2). Yesterday, our school choir went to Southmead Primary for a rehearsal where they sung beautifully. It was reported that the children were a credit to the school and the community due to their amazing behaviour and teamwork. Well done children and thank you Mrs Parker.

 (EP writes: We had a fantastic morning for our choir rehearsal at Southmead – the children were an asset to the school. A really lovely moment was when we were waiting for the coach on the steps outside Braunton Academy, Eli got his guitar out to play a quick tune. The children all huddled around him and sang along with him playing Chasing Cars. When it finished, we heard applause from one of the classrooms behind us, they had all been listening to them. It was so lovely – I didn’t get a photo to blog it so wondered if we could mention it somewhere on the newsletter? So proud of them ❤️ )
On the same morning ten children represented the school in a tag rugby contest held at Kingsacre Primary school. They played 7 matches and did tremendously well  winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 2.  Well done to all those who took part and thank you to Helen Cooper and Wayne who volunteered to help out on the day.
The following children stood out for us this week winning their Class Star of the Week…
Class 1  Molly Conle-Paelink
Class 2  Bailie Windridge
Class 3  Aiesha Ennis
Class 4  Eli King
A massive thank you to all the parents and carers who came to the behaviour session on Wednesday 24th April. It was a pleasure to share with the group how we approach behaviour at our school. The slides of the presentation can be found through the link below. The next parent/carer session will be during the wb Monday 3rd June where I will be discussing our RSE (Relationship and Sex Education) curriculum.
Finally, on Wednesday 1st May, we will be hosting a curriculum afternoon for all parents and carers at 2:30pm until 3pm. We offer you the opportunity to come into school to see what your children have been learning about. We hope to see you soon at this session!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  K Fry

Class 2 Request

Class 2 are in need of some tadpoles or frog spawn if anyone has any please! They are to support our learning in our Science topic – Living things and their habitats. They will be very well looked after and returned once they become frogs!   K Boreham

Class 3 Parents Session

Giving you the low down on how to support your children with TT Rockstars  – The stress free way to total table success !

Please come along on Tues 7th May from 2.30 to 3pm in the school hall.  E Hill

Pride of School Day

Our school needs your help in the form of volunteers to help spruce up various areas of the school!
We are going to hold a pride of school day on the afternoon Saturday 25th May 11.00-14.00 or Sunday 26th May 11.00-14.00 
 
Children and Grandparents are welcome!
 
Please sign up through the survey below for some activities so we can decide which day works best!
https://forms.gle/BSxehBCQcTtMvTzD8

Diary Dates :

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

Wednesday 1st May – Parent Curriculum afternoon – come to your child’s class 2.30 to 3 pm.

Thursday 9th May – Tempest school photographs

Mon 13th May – year 6 SATS week

Mon-Wed May 20 – 22 – Class 4 Residential

Saturday 25th May 11.00-14.00 or Sunday 26th May 11.00-14.00  – Pride of School tidy up weekend.

FRI 24th MAY – INSET DAY 

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

Fri 14th June – Ilfracombe Aquathlon – not for all – details to come soon.

Fri 21st June – TBC  Georgeham Village Fete. (Maypole and broom dancing !)  TBC

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

Wed/Thurs July 3rd and 4th  – year 6 Braunton Academy Transition days.

Tues July 9th – Junior Music Festival (Choir only) in Ilfracombe

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.