Arrival

Parents should bring their children to the FS entrance door for 8.30am. Please do not allow children and/or siblings to play on the adventure playground or to enter the FS outside play area as it will have been set up for the day’s learning. Younger siblings are welcome within the classrooms, but buggies and prams must be left outside. As this is a very busy time, younger accompanying children should not come onto the school grounds with trikes, bikes or scooters. After organising themselves pupils should come into classrooms and stay inside.

Home Time

Please wait in the FS outside area, close to the classroom doors so that you are visible to your child and to the member of staff releasing pupils. If your child is to be collected by anyone other than the usual named individual, you must provide written permission, informing us of their name plus a photograph. Children will not be released unless this permission is provided. If you are delayed please call the main office. Should you be more than 10 minutes late to collect your child, they will wait for you in the front office reception. In the event that a child is not collected by a parent or carer, this will be brought to the attention of the Headteacher or person with designated responsibility for child protection. The Headteacher or Designated Safeguarding Lead will then make every effort to contact the parent or carer or named alternative carer(s) as per the child’s school records. If the child has not been collected and no contact has been made with the child’s parent(s) or carer(s) or named alternative carer(s) within 30 minutes of the end of the school day or school club, the Head Teacher or Designated Safeguarding Lead will telephone the police. If the child is known to the assessment team, contact will also be made with the child’s allocated social worker or the emergency duty social worker if it is out of normal office hours.

Break Time

Pupils have a fruit/vegetable snack and a drink at morning break. Fruit will be provided by the school for KS1 pupils, but a preferred fruit or vegetable snack may be provided for your child, clearly named and placed in the class labelled container. Pupils are encouraged to drink from their water bottle throughout the day and particularly at snack time. Water bottles are sent home every day for washing and refilling.

Lunch Time

Lunchtime is between 12 noon and 1.00pm. Pupils are supervised and supported by Lunchtime Supervisors. If your child is not having a school lunch, please provide a healthy, balanced packed lunch and a separate drink (no nut products, fizzy drinks, chocolate or sweets) please.

Timings and Breaks

FS, Year 1, 2 and 3 children

  • Gates open 8.30am
  • Registration 8.40am
  • Lesson time 8.45am – 10.10am
  • Break 10.10am – 10.30am
  • Lesson time 10.30am – 12.00pm
  • Lunch 12.00pm – 1.00pm
  • Lesson time 1.00pm – 3.00pm
  • Break 2.00pm – 2.15pm (FS, Yrs 1 & 2)
  • Home time 3.00pm

Parents are welcome to join their child for the designated morning parent and child learning activity, when we expect parents to work with their children on the activity or reading, thus supporting us in creating a calm, quiet working environment. Younger siblings should be fully supervised and encouraged to stay away from equipment and/or resources.

Year 4, 5 and 6 children

  • Gates open 8.30am
  • Registration 8.40am
  • Lesson time 8.45am – 10.30am
  • Break 10.30am – 10.50am
  • Lesson time 10.50am – 12.00pm
  • Lunch 12.00pm – 1.00pm
  • Lesson time 1.00pm – 3.00pm
  • Home time 3.00pm

Unless they are involved in a pre-school club/activity, children are not expected to arrive at school before 8.30am, as they will be unsupervised.