Dear Parents and Carers,
Despite the unsettled weather, it has been another brilliant week at Georgeham CofE Primary School. It kicked off with our KS2 football teams representing our school at the annual Kingsacre Football Tournament. Both teams were an absolute credit to the school and came away with some brilliant results against some fierce competition. On Wednesday, our EYFS and KS1 children went to Rosemoor Gardens which was an exciting experience where they continued to learn about the world of plants!
Well done to the following children who were class stars of the week:
Class 1 – All of the ‘Big Acorns’ from pre school
Class 2 – Jesse
Class 3 – Evie
Class 4 – Arwen
Congratulations to Year 1 and Year 2 children who had the best attendance of the week – both with a perfect 100%!
As we approach the final few weeks of term, there are a number of exciting events happening:
Wednesday 19th June pm- Class and Whole School photograph day!
Friday 21st June – Georgeham Garden Party at the Georgeham playing field. Please come and join us from 2:30pm where our KS2 children will be performing the Broom Dance and the May Pole Dance. ALL children to be collected from the Georgeham playing field at 3:15pm.
Friday 28th June – Georgeham CofE Primary School Summer Fair hosted by FROGS! This is an after-school event and we cannot wait to see you there. Please be aware that this will be a non school uniform day.
Friday 12th July – SPORTS DAY!! More details to follow shortly.
If you would like to provide the school with some feedback, please complete the survey below:
https://forms.office.com/e/qsp07RACNV
I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone again next week.
KF

Parish Council Summer Community Garden Party

next Friday 21st June 2.30 to 5pm  Georgeham Playing Fields
This is an opportunity for parishioners, local groups and organisations to meet informally, to network and chat.  All are welcome to attend.
There will be various activities on offer, including maypole dancing by members of Georgeham school.
Simple refreshments will be provided by the WI
From 2:45pm, parents and carers will be able to watch the May Pole dancing and the Broom Dance (featuring an un coordinated Mr Fry)
Please collect your children from the playing field after this event.

FROGS Summer fair

Thank you to those who have signed up, there is always more to do though so please approach Cat when you see her with her  events board in the playground before and after school !

Children will come home with an envelope of raffle tickets so look in school bags at the end of the day and then get selling.

You can also help in one of these brilliant ways…

Donate baking to the tea and cake stall (always the best seller!) 

Donate small stocking fillers / party bag type gifts for the Lucky Dip 

Donate a raffle prize (usually we have some fantastic prizes, best raffle around ! )

Help pack up from 5pm – (many hands make light work 😉

TIA to all you parents and carers of our awesome small school. As a highpoint in the kids’ year it is always worth the effort. 🙂
FROGS X

Tuesday after school club: Beginner’s French for Class 2 & 3.

For more information and to register a place please email Sarah Cox directly on    sarahcoxtutoring@gmail.com

Diary Dates :

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

Wednesday 19th June – Tempest are back for Class groups and a whole school photo – would be lovely to have 100% attendance on this day…..

Thursday 20th June – KS1 beach day, the year 2 sleepover,  AND Class 4 all day  volleyball at Caen Primary (see email from Ms McCormick)

Fri 21st June –  Georgeham Village Fete. (Maypole and broom dancing !)  All welcome at the Georgeham Recreational Ground. Children to be collected from the Rec at 3.15.  Stay a while and join the fun. 

Fri 28th June – Non Uniform day AND Summer Fair (3.30-5.30). Please come along and enjoy the fun.

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.