Dear Parents and Carers,
Today is the day – SPORTS DAY! One of my favourite days of the year and the weather is looking set to be a good one.
This week has been another fantastic week of learning – it has been a pleasure to see so many children come to my office to celebrate what they have achieved. Yesterday, our Class 1 children hosted an amazing sunflower exhibition which parents, carers and children were invited to! What a spectacle! On Tuesday, the KS2 SATs results were published – our children in Year 6 did incredibly well and achieved well overt the national standard for both reading, writing and science. Well done Year 6!
As we approach the weekend, I would like to politely remind our community about the dangers of social media. If your child has a smart phone and has access to the internet, please ensure that the privacy settings are set correctly and that the children’s activity is monitored. Both Whatsapp and Snapchat have a legal age sign up of 13 years old. Thank you in advance for your support.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone – stay safe and I hope you enjoy the sunshine.
Kind regards,
Mr Kevin Fry

Diary Dates :

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

Wed July 17th – C3 Cricket Festival TBC

Wed July 17th – Junior Music Festival (Choir only) in Ilfracombe, tickets available from the office. (max 3 each). come and ask, it will then go onto Scopay.

Thurs/Fri July 18th/19th – Class 3 SGH residential ! Please log on to Scopay and pay before the event.

Wednesday 24th July – Leavers assembly. Yr 6 pareets (2 only per family please, its a big year group!) may arrive at 1:50 for a 2pm start.

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.