Arrival timings
Doors open: 8.45am-8.55am. Gates close at 8.55am and registers close at 9.00am.
Reception
When entering the school grounds, Reception families should use the footpath to the left-hand side when facing the school, and follow the path to the gate nearest the school building. They should follow the path down the side of the building for the Reception staff to come out and welcome the children.
KS1
Children should use the front door, and they walk down to the classrooms themselves. There is always a member of staff in each classroom and a member of staff from each year group at the door in the morning.
End of the school day
School finishes at 3.15pm and the arrangements for pick-up are as follows:
Reception
Reception families queue up on the footpath which runs down the side of the school. The front of the queue should start at the gate onto the Reception playground (we only use the gate to the covered area when it is raining). Teachers will bring their class out to the gate and dismiss the children one at a time to parents as they come to the front of the queue.
KS1
KS1 families should wait in the car park at the front of school but not too close to the front door. Teachers will take their class out of the school building via the front door, and they will line the children up behind them so that they are able to send the children to their parents/carers one at a time. Please do not come too close to the children, as this makes it difficult for the teachers to see who to dismiss the children to.
Please be patient as it can take a little while for the teachers to start to recognise which children belong to which parents/carers, and please do not take your child out of the line. This process forms an important part of our safeguarding procedures, and we need to ensure that we know that each child goes to the correct adult.
Please also note that we will not hand over a child to anyone who is not an adult - ie. under the age of 18 years old.
Morning fruit snack
We ask parents to send in a small fresh or dried fruit snack for their child to eat during break time. For example, a small banana, a box of raisins or a pot of sugar snap peas. Please don't send in fruit winders, sweets, chocolate or anything containing nuts. If grapes are sent in, please make sure they are cut in half.
Lunch
Years 1 and 2 have now experienced our new lunch service, and we've been pleased to see the children adapting well to the new process. They enjoyed choosing their sandwiches and any other food items displayed on the table.
We are excited for Reception to begin choosing their own lunch from Monday.
We would like to remind families that if your child brings in a packed lunch from home, they will eat their own food for lunch. If your child doesn't have a packed lunch, they will have the opportunity to choose their lunch from the selection of sandwiches and other food items, with help from our lunchtime staff. Therefore, there is no need to book your child's lunch at all with this new system. There will always be 6 different sandwich fillings to choose from each day, and they may vary from day to day.
If your child has a dietary requirement, and have informed us by filling out a form, they will have a special lunch waiting for them with their name on it.
PE/Library days for 2024-25
Below are details of the PE and library days for each year group for the new academic year. On PE days, the children come dressed in their PE clothes (please see details on the school website of what the school PE uniform is). On library days, children should bring in their library bags with their library book in them that they have taken home the previous week.
PE days
- Reception: Monday (apart from their first day - please wear full school uniform 9th September)
- Year 1: Wednesday & Thursday
- Year 2: Tuesday & Friday
Library days
- Reception: Friday
- Year 1: Thursday
- Year 2: Wednesday
Outdoor Learning days
- Reception: Wednesday
- Year 1: Thursday
- Year 2: Tuesday
Reception: To start with, from their first day at school, each child will need to bring a pair of wellies to leave in school. Next week, we will set up ParentPay accounts. Here you can order black waterproof trousers for your child (if you haven't bought some already).
Internal clubs
School run clubs won't start until after the half-term break. These will only be offered to KS1 children while our Reception children get used to their new school routines.
There will be a sign-up towards the end of half-term.
Individual school photographs
- Date: Thursday 12th September
All children are to come dressed in full school uniform on this day as they will have their individual school photo taken.
New parents can drop into the school hall straight after drop off on Monday 9th September for a coffee. It's a great opportunity to meet other new parents and shed those first day school nerves.
