A quick one this week as we are all itching for the long bank holiday weekend. Its been a interesting week with all the rain so let them run free all weekend !
The following children were celebrated as class Stars of the Week…
Class 1 Fraser Brown
Class 2 Ernest Hill
Class 3 Violet Rampe
Class 4 Bodhi Harris Thompson
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. L Hare.
Class 1 Request
If you have any good quality class 1 size (age 3/4/5) uniform and underwear you no longer use it would be much appreciated in our ‘spares’ cupboard. Thank you !
Class 3 : Don’t forget on Tuesday next week its…
The parents session with Ms Hill who will be giving you the low down on how to support your children with TT Rockstars – The stress free way to total table success !
Tues 7th May from 2.30 to 3pm in the school hall.
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!
Long hair ?
A loving reminder please that long hair must be tied back. Be inventive on how, but if its over the shoulder it needs to be contained, boys and girls alike! Thank you.
School Photos
On Thursday next week Emily from Tempest is coming to take photos.
Families with children who are not in school (ie baby, toddler, secondary school) are invited to come along from 8.30 to 9am to have a group shot should you wish.
Individual shots and families within school (inc preschool) will take place after registration until lunch time
Year 6 leavers – will also have a group shot or two, maybe inside and out.
SCOPAY
We are still using Scopay for this half term. You will receive an email from the new system when its ready to use. Bear with !
Class 4 parents – please logon to make residential payments, thank you
Please only anticipate any dinner money credits until the end of this half term as anything left in your Scopay pot will be costly to reimburse so we would like to avoid that. Ideally we zero off all Scopay balances by 31st May.
Thank you
Diary Dates :
lick here for the school calendar which can be found at the bottom of the website home page.
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.
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