No need to remind you of the disco – I think they’re all excited already?!
Class Stars 🙂 Well done to…
Our Early Years… Molly Facey
Class 2… Evie Pavitt
Class 3… Barney Woodeson
Class 4… Jet Stocks
This ½ term’s school value is…
We are Adventurous.
We’re lucky to live in a truly beautiful part of the world. We give our children a loving, nurturing space in which to take risks, feel free and get a taste for a life full of adventures.
‘Encourage one another, and build each other up.’ (1 Thessalonians 5 v1)
Attendance so far…
School average for this week
Class 1: 100% Class 2: 95.6% Class 3: 95.2% Class 4: 95.7%
Well done to everyone for getting great attendance this week, especially to Class 1 for gaining 100% attendance. Our data this week (average of 98.2%) has helped bring our annual average up ever so slightly – well done everyone!
School average… for the year so far is 95.3%
Illnesses and holidays impact our attendance data and the children’s learning opportunities.
It can also be a trigger for Ofsted, as they expect attendance to be in the high 90’s.
(Please have a look at our Attendance page on our website for more information.)
Our Collective Worship this week focussed on Encouraging one another. This is embedded in our School Value for the half-term, that of us Being Adventurous.
For those who missed the Easter Service, I explained what as assesmbly is (us getting together) and what Collective Worship is (a time to think and ponder).
This week, we thought about what makes some specific people special to us – people like our Elaine Trute who’s always smiling and encouraging us all. Further to this, we thought about what we could do ourselves, to ensure we were like them… and so chidren went on to write some lovely post-it-notes to each other with words of encourgement on them. We hope it continues, through and beyond the term!
Thanks FROGS (parents and volunteers in our Friends of Georgeham School) for organising the disco to help raise funds for the school. Funding for schools is extremely tight nowadays, and schools need all the help they can get!
Our non-uniform day also brough in almost £70 for the charity, Challenge Ministry Swaziland where we sponsor a boy called Iswilencozi. It’s a fun way of gaining some financial support for this charity in. You can read more about the charity and their work here – http://challengeministriesswaziland.org/Sponsor-a-Child
Next Week:
Tuesday – Just a reminder that Mrs Parker has let some families know about the choir rehearsal at Isaac Hall on Tuesday. Prents dropping off for the rehearsal and we’re bringing them back by coach, rehearsing for the KS2 Braunton Music Festival at The Lanmark later in the term.
Thursday – Over the holiday, the NEU Teachers’ Union called its members to hold a further two strike days, one being next week (27th), and the other the Tuesday after (2nd). Teachers don’t have to let schools know of their intention but I do know that it’s an incredibly difficult decision for teachers – they care so deeply about children, education and services that a strike is one of the only ways the Government will listen. Sadly, the last pay offer from the Government was that the school pay for it out of its existing budget, which I know is already unsustainable.
Literally as I’m writing this, our teachers have kindly given us notice that they intend to strike on Thursday, and so we will only be able to open for our Preschool on Thursday. I really am grateful for your understanding and patience with these decisions.
We’re a Nut free school, so that means that most kinds of tree nuts (such as almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pine nuts) and also peanuts shouldn’t be brought in to school. Sadly, this also means that pesto sauce shouldn’t be brought into school as it contains pine nuts. Sorry if this causes any inconvenience, but I hope you can help us as best as you can to keep our children safe.
Clubs Webpage for more info…
Attending school regularly is vital to help children achieve and to give them the best possible start in life. It’s also a legal requirement of parents once children are of school age and enrolled in mainstream education. Ofsted has a strong view about attendance of course and, therefore, 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 October 21st.
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.
Dates in the diary… (bottom of the front page)
Click here to get to the front page
Dinner Menu…
Click here to access everything about school lunches
The school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead is Julian Thomas
Our Deputy Safeguarding Leads are Emma Hill and, our interim SENDCo, Laura Hapgood
You can contact us on dsl@georgeham-primary.devon.
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/
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