Dear Parents and Carers,
Firstly, I hope you have all had a good week. We have certainly enjoyed ourselves despite the cold weather. Thank you for ensuring your children come into school prepared for the weather whilst wearing coats, hats and gloves.
A huge thank you to those who were able to attend the home learning session last night. Below is a link to the recording should you want to know more about how you can help your child at home:  Learning & Resources – Georgeham Primary School
Please ensure that you are all familiar with our new communications system – Arbor. We are now sending out regular communication including trips and visits which you need to be aware of. If you are having trouble accessing the Arbor system, please let us know so we can support you.
This week, our children have been learning about:
Class 1 – “We have been learning about shapes in maths” (Sophie)
Class 2 – “We have been designing and making bags for our scones” (Rosamund)
Class 3 – “In class 3, we have been learning to use code to create different games” (Myla)
Class 4 – “Today, we are learning to make bread!” (Amilie)
Congratulations to the Class Stars of the Week!
Class 1 – Jasper
Class 2 – Bailie
Class 3 – Myla
Class 4 – Henry
Finally, many congratulations to Year 5 for having the best attendance of the week (98.2%). We have seen a dip in our attendance due to illness – we are reminding our children about washing hands and covering our mouths when we cough. Please can we ask that you do the same with your children at home.
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! Stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all next week.
Kind regards,

Mr Kevin Fry

2025-26 date changes – please note the addition of a Ventrus INSET day in February 2026  – new PDF below.

C3 Basketball – please remind each other on Sunday night to drop to Braunton Academy for 9.15 on Monday.

C3 Volley Ball was scheduled in December but has been postponed to Spring term – will post date when we get it.

Preschool – a form has been emailed out for you to indicate your Spring 2025 requirements. Please return asap, deadline next Friday.

Crib on the green – Sunday 1st December – see posters below and on school gates.  If you took a figure to paint please return it by Wednesday next week.

Panto – Fri 13th Dec.

The Panto is all booked ! Please see Arbor to ‘sign up’ – which is just for you to acknowledge the event. It is a usual school day, attendance is not optional.
KS1 – a MS form will be sent out soon for KS1 Packed lunch choices.
KS2 – must all bring a packed lunch, kitchen will not be open this day.
Preschool will be closed this day.

 Diary Dates :

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

Please take note of our term dates for 2025-26  G’Ham term dates 25-26 pdf

Mon 25th Nov – Class 3 Basketball, am only, at Braunton Academy. letter emailed and event in Arbor –

Tues 3rd December . children are expected to attend the afternoon and 6pm performance. Costume list has been distributed by Ms Boreham.

Tuesday 10th December – Robin Hood Production. Afternoon and evening performances. GHM village Hall.

Thurs 12th Dec – Save the Children Charity Christmas Jumper day

Fri 13th Dec – whole school to Panto in Barnstaple. early lunch,  KS2 Packed lunches please. Pick up from Barnstaple. details on that nearer the time.
Fri 13th Dec – preschool closed.

Wed 18th Dec – Christmas lunch day – the whole school will lunch together (no packed lunches) and the staff will serve !

Friday 20th Dec – break up for Christmas.

Mon 6th January ’25- INSET DAY

Tues 7th January ’25- children return to school.

G’Ham term dates 24-25

G’Ham term dates 25-26 pdf

The school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mr Kevin Fry
Our Deputy Safeguarding Leads are  Emma Hill and Lucy Rinvolucri
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.
    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.