Welcome to Holsworthy C of E Primary School's Web Site!

This site has been designed to give you all the information about us that you may need. If there is anything this site does not answer for you then please do not hesitate to contact us.

The school prospectus and policies can be viewed under the parents link

Nursery information can be found on the Foundation Stage Unit page here

Latest News

There will be a non-uniform day on Friday 10th February to raise funds for new school library books. Every child that joins in and donates £1 will be able to choose a recycled book from the library stock.

We have arranged for the facility to pay for school meals online using a debit card. If you would like to use this option please contact the office staff.

Free School Meals

If you think you are eligible for free school meals, or you are receiving free meals and your circumstances have changed, please notify the office staff as soon as possible.

Appeals for Help

We are always in need of extra casual meal time assistants to provide cover as and when needed. If you are interested please see the ladies in the School Office who would gladly add you name to the list.
Holsworthy Community College are also in need of casual Kitchen and Meal Time Assistant cover - please contact them on 01409 253430.

The school is low on spare clothing for boys and girls aged 3 to 6. If anyone has any old or unwanted clothing they would happily give to school they would be much appreciated.

If you are a keen amateur gardener and would like to volunteer some regular maintenance time on our garden areas, please contact our office staff. Any help would enable our Gardening Clubs to reduce the amount of time they spend weeding, allowing them to make the garden areas even brighter.

Events

Please read the latest newsletter for details about forthcoming events

100 Club

We have a selection of lucky numbers still available for the 100 Club prize draw. It costs £12 for an annual subscription and every month we draw three prizes of £5, £10 and £25. There is an extra prize draw for £50 at the end of July and December. Please contact the office staff for a registration form.

All money raised from the 100 Club is collected by the Friends of Holsworthy CE Primary School to help fund resources for the children.

Headteacher retirement - Summer Term 2012

Alan Muller has notified us that, after twelve years as headteacher of our Primary School, he intends to retire at the end of the Summer Term.

The governors of the school have already started the important task of finding a suitable replacement. The post will be advertised nationally during the first week of January. The governors aim to provide the best education for the children of Holsworthy and we will do our utmost to find the right person to take over from Alan and expect to complete this by the end of March.

Ian Chouffot
Chair of Governors

Healthy School Award

We are extremely pleased to have been recognised by Devon as having outstanding practice in the Healthy Schools Plus award scheme

School Parking

We would like to remind parents that the access driveway at the rear of the school and the staff car park are restricted areas, please do not park in these locations when picking up or dropping off children.

Holsworthy Foodbank

Many of you will be aware of the successful foodbanks which have been established across the county to provide emergency food supplies for local families who need them. The Bude Life Centre is thriving and is very effective. There is now one in Holsworthy and we will be holding vouchers along with other local organisations so if we know of the need we will be able to give the families a voucher. With thousands of people struggling to put food on the table due to rising food prices and static incomes the need for these food banks is greater than ever.

Facebook

Some members of staff have received requests from pupils in the school to become Facebook 'friends'. The school has major concerns with any child at Primary School having a Facebook account as this breaks the terms and conditions of Facebook under "Registration and Account Security" article 5 - "You will not use Facebook if you are under 13".

Under no circumstances should any member of staff accept these friend requests and should they do so, we ask that you inform the school immediately as it may be someone pretending to be a member of staff. Many of our staff do NOT use Facebook and the site is not available in school.

Facebook does not provide extensive child security measures for minors because it is not aimed at very young children. Your child is potentially unsafe when using Facebook if you ignore this restriction and lie about their age to gain an account. If you insist on allowing your under age child to have an account, please register yourself too and make sure your child adds your account as a 'friend' so that you can monitor their communications and who they are adding as 'friends'. Also change all account privacy settings to their highest level to resrict the information that can be viewed by the public.

Although chatting online can be great fun, young people can sometimes find themselves in situations where they are out of their depth. Risks can arise when young people give out their personal details to strangers believing them to be friends. The online world is very different to the real world and people can be tempted to say and do things that they wouldn't dream of if they met face to face. This can include giving out personal information such as mobile numbers, pictures of themselves and where they can be located.

For further information about internet safety and the risks of using online social sites, please see the resources at the Thinkyouknow website run by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre.

Photographs

Here are some children using our traversing wall in the junior playground.  Hold on tight.

Our bike shed now complete with a table tennis table.