Dear Parents and Carers,
What a superb end to the term it has been – the children earned a well-deserved rest following their exiting lessons, examinations (Year 6) and residential. It was an absolute pleasure to attend the residential with our class 4 children – they were a credit to our school and community. It made me feel so proud to see them working together during each challenge and the support they gave one another during the difficult times.
During our celebration assembly this morning, we wished our children a happy holiday but reminded them about the importance of staying safe and saying please and thank you to those care for us. Well done to the following children who won their class stars of the week:
Class 1 – Roxy
Class 2 – Finley
Class 3 – Coco
Class 4 – Cooper
Thank you so much to Lucy Wright and all the parents and carers who are helping with the Pride of School event on Saturday 25th May – we really appreciate your support to keep the school looking amazing. A big thank you also to Sam Humble-Smith for designing and putting up the new school banners around Georgeham and Croyde – they look so good!
Next week, the school will be getting a skip to collect the waste materials that we are clearing from the school. I will be moving the waste materials into the skip on Tuesday 28th May – if anyone would like to support, I will be at the school for 10am to move the materials across.
Finally, on Thursday 6th June I will be hosting a relationship and sex education information session for all parents and carers at 4pm in the school hall. I will discuss the content that is statutory and which content you can withdraw your child if you choose – this will be through our RSHE curriculum provider, 1Decision.
I hope you all have a fantastic half term break – stay safe and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday 3rd June.
Kind regards,
Mr Kevin Fry

Several points of general good practise….

  • Please keep applying sunscreen before they come to school, sending in a sun hat, and a water bottle (essential).
  • We have a big lost property pile. Do come and rummage through it…
  • Do go on to Scopay for dinners etc….
  • Please update your contacts (in your phone and/or email)  with our new @Ventrus.org.uk  emails as the forwarding of any  @georgeham-primary.devon.sch.uk  will end at the end of May.
  • Please remember to email both the class teacher and the office if your child is absent from school.
  • If we call you we will always leave a message – please listen to the message before calling us.
Emily.Parker@Ventrus.org.uk
Katrina.Boreham@Ventrus.org.uk
Emma.Hill@Ventrus.org.uk
Rebecca.McCormick@Ventrus.org.uk
Kevin.Fry@Ventrus.org.uk
Georgeham@Ventrus.org.uk   for the office.

 Tempest Photography

A polite reminder that the closing date for free delivery back to school is Thursday 23rd May.  Order through the Tempest website using your unique link or visit www.tempest-orders.co.uk 

year 6 photos can be found at the following link    https://htmp.st/GeorgehamCEPS-138

We offer a free “deliver to school” option that is open for approximately 14 days, alternatively, home delivery is available at a cost of £5 postage and packing. If you need assistance or have any questions regarding placing an order,  visit www.tempest-orders.co.uk. Call 01736 751555 for assistance.

Pride of School Day

WhatsApps have been going around on this too…. we still need some volunteers so do please respond to the WhatsApp posts.
or try this form again (apols that is didn’t work for some people…. do try again !)

Don’t forget the FROGS need your support …

28th of June – School Summer Fair and Raffle, just collar one of these lovely lot in the playground to find out what you could do to help.
Chair: Erin Matthews,  Finance: Ted Humble-Smith ,
Committee members: Holly Kennedy, Debbie Sanders, Nina Griffiths, Anna Arnold, Amy Redfern, Kate Woodeson, Catriona Kennedy, Harriet Krarup. 

Year Group reps still required for these year groups:

Preschool
Reception
Year 2
year 4

(whilst a lot of info is relevant to the whole class, rather than year group specific, a rep for each year group will make it easier for you to manage when they ‘shuffle up’ at the end of each year….   thank you kindly. )

D Day lunch !

To honour, respect, and join in the celebration of D DAY Jayne Carter will be serving up a special D DAY lunch on 6th June – please see the flyer…

DDay promo menu

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY: New beginner’s French Club for Class 2 & 3. Starting in the next Summer half term, Tuesdays after school. Email Sarah Cox sarahcoxtutoring@gmail.com to find out more.

Diary Dates :

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

FRI 24th MAY – INSET DAY 

Saturday 25th May 11.00-14.00 – Pride of School tidy up weekend – many hands make light work, thank you .

Half term – Monday 27th May to Friday 31st May.

Tuesday 6th June – 3.30pm  Mr Fry running a parent/carer session discussing the Relationship and Sex Education curriculum

Tues 11th June – choir rehearsal at Southmead school – pls drop off children there, they will get a coach back to school.

Mon 10th June – C4 beach day with Nick Thorn – this will go onto the new payment system when we come back from half term.

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

Thursday 20th June – KS1 beach day, and year 2 sleepover. 

Fri 21st June –  Georgeham Village Fete. (Maypole and broom dancing !)  All welcome at the Georgeham Recreational Ground. Children to be collected from there.

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

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

Thurs 11th July – kwik cricket  – tbc

Fri 12th July – Sports afternoon.

Tues July 17th – Junior Music Festival (Choir only) in Ilfracombe

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.