St George'S Church Of England Foundation School

Well done to our runners this morning at Upton. In warm conditions they all did really well.

It's Community Week across both sites next week. At Primary we look forward to talks from the RNLI a visit from a Guide Dog. A number of our pupils will be helping with bag packing at Tescos. Nurse Carol will be over to teach to a couple of our classes. There will be MFL lessons going on in Year R, 1 and 2. It's week 3 on the menu so Monday's choices are either meatball and pasta or mixed bean chilli.

Good luck to all of our Year 10s who will be on their Work Experience next week. We hope that you have an interesting and enjoyable experience.

Congratulations to our new Executive Team! Head Boy is Blake Whittaker, Head Girl is Grace Brackenborough. House Champions are Jamie Bailey for Canterbury, Laura Hill for Exeter, Libby Flynn for Rochester and Katie Landi for Salisbury.
Thank you to all the pupils who applied - the standard was superb again this year.

Mr Mirams has set Primary the challenge of collecting at least 200 bottles for the tombola by 5th July!! Please send them to the office where A-logs will be rewarded. Competition is open to all pupils across the school. Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far!ūüėĀ

We have a job vacancy:
https://www.kent-teach.com/Recruitme‚Ķ/‚ Ķ/VacancyDetails.aspx‚Ķ
Closing date: Tuesday, 2nd July 2019, 12 noon

As part of Community week next week, secondary pupils are being given the opportunity to create a poster that could become the CAP (Community Alcohol Partnership) poster for Thanet. The winner will be selected by a panel from CAP and will receive a prize.
This will be a form time activity and pupils will need to do their design on A4 plain paper. Form tutors will explain the details of what is needed.

Primary update. Year 4 are designing and making Viking Longships this term. They would welcome any donations of cereal boxes to use in the making process.

As part of Community Week, we have some pupils doing gardening in Broadstairs next Wednesday. If you have any plants or seeds that you would like to donate then they can be left at Secondary Reception with Miss Berry.

Well played to our year 8 and year 10 Rounders team. Our year 8s played some excellent rounders and were very unlucky in a few games. They eventually finished in 4th place. Players of the tournament were Sophia and Zuzannah. Year 10s also finished 4th.

Next week is our school Community Week, where we will doing our best to help people in our local community. More details to follow.
In the meantime, we are looking for donations from Secondary pupils of:
ÔÉľ Twin or triple blade razors... ÔÉľ Shaving foam/gel ÔÉľ Deodorant ÔÉľ Baby wipes ÔÉľ Gloves and hats (for the colder months) ÔÉľ Boxer shorts (medium and large) ÔÉľ Socks ÔÉľ Tinned meat ÔÉľ Tinned fish ÔÉľ Instant meals that are made with hot water, such as Pot Noodle ÔÉľ Instant soup ÔÉľ Crisps ÔÉľ Cereal bars ÔÉľ Ready to drink squash drinks ÔÉľ Bottled water
These are to go in boxes for the Homeless. If Secondary pupils can bring in items then they can go in the box in their Form Room. Thank you!
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Our year 7 and 9 Rounders teams played really well this morning. Our year 7s came 2nd and our year 9s came 3rd. A great achievement.
Players of the day: Year 7 ‚Äď Ella and Alexia Year 9 ‚Äď Darcie and Evie

Good morning, our Careers page has been updated with new apprenticeship vacancies
http://www.stgeorges-school.org.uk/…/ap prenticeship-vacanci…

Well done to the Secondary pupils who raised £109 for the Alzheimer's Society with their cake sale last Friday.

Good luck to you our year 7, 8 , 9 and 10 Rounders teams who are competing in the Thanet championships tomorrow. Reminder that the year 7 and 9 teams need to be in the PE changing rooms at 8.30 in the morning in their PE kit.
From next week there will be no Rounders club on Tuesday, instead there will be a KS3 Basketball club on Wednesday in the sports hall, everyone is welcome.

Tomorrow is the LAST of this summer's GCSE Exams - some of Year 10 are sitting Hospitality and Catering, which begins at 9.15am. The exam last 1 hour 30 minutes.

Week ahead at Primary We welcome our new entrants to transition mornings on Monday and Tuesday of next week. We have PCSO talks taking place on Monday and Wednesday for Years 1,2,3 and 4. Early Years will have their PCSO talk during Community Week. Thursday we have a Happy Bag Collection don't forget to drop off your bags of unwanted clothes. Saturday is Cross Country at Upton Junior School. It's week 2 on the menu with Monday's choices pork or quorn sausages.