Dear Parent and Carers,
Another week full of amazing learning at Georgeham for children, staff and stakeholders. On Tuesday Mr Gower and I spoke to the children about their history learning – it was clear that they had been immersed in their topics linked to the Moon Landings, Egyptians and historical explorers!
Also on Tuesday, we held a Ventrus consultation meeting which was well attended by both parents and staff – thank you so much to those who were able to come or have asked questions. I was proud of how the meetings offered a safe space for our community to ask questions about the possible academisation.
On Wednesday, we welcomed Martin into Georgeham for our annual cricket day – watching the children practise their bowling, catching and batting skills impressed me immensely. It’s clear that the children have been immersed in a world of sport during their time at the school. However, there are many more opportunities to play sports. If you have a desire to coach or lead a club at Georgeham, please let us know!
Congratulations to the following children for being their class star of the week:
  in Key Stage 1:    Class 1 (inc Early years)  – Vinny Jackson-Edwards   and  Class 2  – Ned Kennedy
in Key Stage 2:    Class 3  – Sampson Hames   and Class 4  – Maisie Osbourne
Lastly, I would like to say well done for a massive improvement in our whole school attendance. During the past two weeks, we have seen five year groups with 100% attendance. (preschool, year 1, year 2, year 4, year 6)  Each week, I announce the year group with the best attendance and they have a chance to select a song to play for the children to walk into assembly to.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I cannot wait to see you all for the final week of this half term.
Kind regards,  KF

On Monday please remember to bring 50p/£1’s for the year 6 cake being held after school (in the hall if its wet !)

Friday 9th will be a non uniform day to show awareness to Children’s Mental Health Week.  We will try to send a reminder the day before, and ask Parent Reps to post a reminder on the WhatsApp groups that  morning !  If you are not in a year group WhatsApp group please reach out to the appropriate person…
Amy Barrow Y6  Cat Kennedy Yr5  Sam Humble Smith Yrs3+4  Debbie Saunders Yrs 1+2. It would be great if someone would be willing to create and admin a reception year group…..

A  letter will be sent out to Class 4 parents with information about the residential which will be the week after SATS from Monday 2oth to Wednesday 22nd May.  This will be for the whole of class 4, there will not be separate trips for year 5 and year 6. There will be other special year 6 trips/events before the end of their time at Georgeham Primary !

Diary Dates:

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

Friday 9th Feb –  break up for half term.

HALF TERM – Monday Feb 12th – Friday 16th  + Monday 19th February 2024= INSET DAY

February 27/28/29th !!  – Bikeability year 5.  Please use the half term break to check the condition of your child’s bicycle. Don’t leave it to the night before !!

Monday 4th March – Year 1 and 2 Multiskills at Braunton Academy. To be dropped directly there by 9.15am. Letter to come.

Tuesday 5th March – Class 3 day trip to Exeter Museum to support Egyptian topic – letter to come, will need to be dropped at the station by 8.10am

Thursday 7th MARCH = WORLD BOOK DAY.

Thursday 21st March – there will be a local schools football and netball tournament held at Kingsacre school, team selections will be made nearer the time.

Last day of term Thurs 28th March 2024

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025

INSET DAY Tues 3rd September 2024
INSET DAY Wed 4th September
Start Autumn Term 2024 Thurs 5th September
INSET DAY Fri 25th October
Half term break Mon 28th Oct to Fri 1st Nov
End Autumn Term 2024 Friday 20th December
Start Spring term 2024 Monday 6th January 2025
INSET DAY Fri 14th February
Half term break Mon 17th Feb to 21st Feb
End Spring Term Friday 4th April
Easter Holidays Mon 7th April to Monday 21st April
Start Summer Term 2025 Tues 22nd April
Half term break Mon 26th May to Fri 30th May
INSET DAY Fri 27th June
End Summer Term 2025 Tues 22nd July
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.