The School Day
Nursery
The Nursery runs from 9:00am - 12:00 noon. Children are able to enter from 9:00am onwards for soft start activities.
We also offer an additional 15 hours of Nursery provision, enabling children to attend for a total of 30 hours per week, from 9am to 3pm each day.
Working families who meet certain eligibility criteria can claim the additional 15 hours of free education and childcare each week for free. You can check your eligibility for the 30 hours through:
Apply for 30 hours free childcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Parents who do not qualify for the free additional 15 hours may fund this privately.
Reception, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
8:40-8:50am: Children enter their classes for soft start activities
8:50am: External doors are closed and registers are taken - children arriving after 8:50am must be taken to the school office by an adult to be signed in
10:30-10:45am: Break time
12:00-1:00pm: Reception, year 1,2,3 and 4 lunchtime
12:15-1:15pm: Year 5 and 6 lunchtime
1:00-3:15pm: Reception and KS1 afternoon sessions (children in Year 1 and Year 2 take a short comfort break)
1:15-3:15pm: KS2 afternoon sessions
General Information
- The school office must be informed by 9.30am if your child is unwell and will not be attending school that day. When your child returns to school, a reason for all absences must be provided either through a written note to the class teacher or an email to the school office.
- All other requests for absence must be detailed on a Leave of Absence form available from the school office. This includes absences for music exams, medical appointments etc.
- We expect all children to maintain a consistently good standard of punctuality to ensure that they gain fully from lessons. Punctuality is monitored on a half termly basis by the Headteacher and admin team..
- Please ensure that your child's belongings are clearly labelled.
- All medication must be clearly labelled and clear instructions for administration provided.
- Any long term medical conditions (asthma, allergies etc) that require the school to keep medication on a permanent basis must be detailed on a medical condition form.
We encourage children to bring a healthy snack (such as fruit) to school to eat during the morning break. Foods such as cakes, biscuits, chocolate and sweets are not permitted. Children should bring a named bottle of water into school each day to drink during lesson times.
Please note that we do not allow any foods containing nuts or sesame to be brought into school.