In early years Rafferty Krarup
Class 2 Benji Wright
Class 3 Ashley Whelan
Class 4 Barney Woodeson
Should your child be too unwell to attend school, remember to email before 9am
mail both the class teachers and the office, and do state the reason.
(top tip: enter our email addresses into your address book… )
An S2 absence form needs to be completed if you wish to request absence
for any out of school exams (music/dance etc)
NHS ‘Is my child too ill for school?’ guidance
guidance on mental health issues affecting a pupil’s attendance
Weather warning ! Please ensure your children come in with WARM COATS, GLOVES, HATS, GOOD SHOES. Thank you.
Diary Dates and communications that went out this week:
NB Football clubs (Tues C3 Wed C4) are finished for the year.
Tuesday 5th – Nativity at St Georges Church – We will walk all the children to the church for a 2.30 start, FROGS will be at the church serving refreshments so do arrive early and warm up. Full school uniform for all. (costumes will be changed into for little ones) .
PLEASE COLLECT FROM THE CHURCH at 3.15pm, then deliver back to church for 5.45pm. still in full school uniform.
FRENCH club is still on, at school – please contact Mrs Cox directly should you have any questions on that.
Thursday 7th – Class 3 are visiting the Braunton Countryside Center Please drop them there between 9-9.15am (main Braunton carpark). We must insist on full school uniform for the visit please, but pop a Christmas jumper in their bags for them to put on when they get back to school 🙂
Thursday 7th – Christmas Jumper day. Charitable donation is on Scopay. Thank you.
Friday 8th – Christmas Fair – parents are welcome to come in from 1.30pm to browse the stalls in each classroom and join the FROGS team for refreshments in Class 4. (Appreciate your bringing coins 20p 50p £1 rather than notes 😉 )
Thursday 14th – Christmas Dinner Banquet ! Staff serve all the children Christmas dinner in the hall together. Its magic.
Friday 15th – end of term. Please hop onto Scopay to clear any Autumn term balances.
SPRING TERM 2024:
Tuesday 2nd January 2024 – INSET day for all staff. Welcome Mr Kevin Fry.
Wednesday 3rd Jan – first day back. Happy New Year !
Monday 8th Jan– Swimming starts for years 3 4 5. A letter will come out before the end of term.
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 Jonathan Gower
Our Deputy Safeguarding Lead is Emma Hill
Our SENCo is Mrs Lucy Rinvolucri.
Make contact with us via 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/
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.
We are a Nut free school. Even on school trips !
We understand that its not at the forefront of everyone’s mind, but it is important,
even on school trips, and even if outdoors. Thank you.
We are community
Our school is a community, but we are also part of a wider local and global community.
We encourage a sense of belonging and responsibility towards each other, our environment and the world we live in.
‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ (Matthew 22 v39)
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