Dear Parents and Carers,
Where do I begin? It has been such a tremendous week, and I am so proud of how hard our children have worked. A special mention to those children who performed in the ‘Hoodwinked’ production – what a brilliant show! Thank you to everyone that came to make it a superb spectacle.
Today, we are off to the Queen’s Theatre to watch Beauty and the Beast. A huge thank you to FROGS for organising the trip and for providing an amazing experience leading up to Christmas. I know that the staff are excited as well.
A huge congratulations to the Stars of the Week:
Class 1 – Rafferty
Class 2 – Bryony
Class 3 – Ernest
Class 4 – Niamh
Well done to Year 6 for having the best attendance of the week (98.3%). Only one more week to go – I wonder who will have the best attendance of the term?
The Magic Post Box – The Rock
This year, the Magic Post Box is at The Rock for children (and adults) to post their letters to Father Christmas! Thank you Ted HS, Dan C and Gemma C for facilitating this.
I hope that you have a fantastic weekend.
Kind regards,

Mr Kevin Fry

Spring term clubs run by DTA

Please see letter below from Rob Cook re the clubs run by him in the spring term.. Sign up is with Rob directly….

Georgeham Clubs Spring 2025

Please ensure you fill in and return a signed Breakfast or After school club request form for the Spring Term. Available from the extended care team, just ask when you drop off/pickup.

C3 Swimming

C3 will be having swimming lessons on Thursday afternoons in the Spring term.   More on that before the end of term, it will also be entered into Arbor under Trips.
Over the holidays please check that they have costumes, swimming hats and goggles that fit; a sensibly sized towel, and suitable bag to carry it all in.  Thank you.

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

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.