School Arrival

We have found that the children settle far quicker in the mornings and maximise their learning by coming straight into school immediately, leaving their parents at the school gate.  We would encourage you to do this, if possible, from September onwards. However, if you would like to accompany your child/ren into the school grounds we will encouraging a ‘drop and go’ expectation

Total hours per week are 32.5

The school day starts at 8.30am, and the Nursery Day starts at 8.40am, all gates open from 8:20am and will be supervised by a member of SLT.

• Reception and Year 1 children accompanied by parents/carers are to come onto the Windsor Road playground.  The children need to line up in their designated class areas, at 8:25 the class teacher will collect the line from the playground.
• KS1 and Lower KS2 (Year 2, 3 and 4) need to line up in their designated areas, children may enter the classroom from 8:25am and they will be sent into class by the supervising staff member on the playground, teachers will be waiting at the classroom doors to welcome the in.
• Upper KS2 (Year 5 and 6) children may enter the school site from 8:20am and wait on the Cleeve Lawn playground, need to line up in their designated areas, where they will be supervised by a member of staff until their class teacher comes to collect them at 8:25am.
• Nursery children may arrive at school from 08:30am and wait outside the nursery entrance, they must be accompanied by a parent until the Teacher opens the door at 08:40am.
• All three gates will be locked by SLT at 8:35am, any late arrivals should make their way to the school office.

Gates

There will be a member of SLT on all three gates in the morning and staff on the playground to welcome and supervise your child.  If you need to pass any messages to the class teacher in the morning, please ring the school office – as we want to get the children settled and learning from 8:30am. Later in September we will be introducing a new form of communication with your class teacher: Class Dojo where you will be able to contact them.   Alternatively, you can inform the member of staff on the gate or playground, and they will pass the information on.

The gates will be locked at 8:35am. Once the gates are locked you must come into school via the main school reception, where you will be recorded as late.

Classroom doors will not be opened until 8:25am for pupils.

Registers will be taken at 8:30am. Pupils arriving after 8:40am will be marked as late and should make their way into school through the Main Office.

The three school gates: Windsor Road, Cleeve Lawn and Brecon Close will be opened from 2:55pm Monday to Friday for collection.

Parking

Parking on the school site is for staff only, our parking spaces are limited with staff using both car parks at either end of the day.  There will not be any parking on site for parents. The only exception being for anyone given a parking permit from the headteacher.

Parking permits need to be renewed on an annual basis in September, the school office will contact you at the start of the Academic year to re-new your parking permit.  Any new applications need to be made to the Headteacher via the school office.

As we approach another busy school year, we kindly ask for your cooperation in being mindful of our local residents when parking during school drop-off and pick-up times.

Our school community is situated within a residential area, and we continually receive feedback from our neighbours regarding the impact of school-related parking on their daily lives. To maintain a positive relationship with our local community and to ensure everyone's safety, please avoid Blocking Driveways, park only in designated parking areas and ensure you park legally. 

Playground Safety

Please do not allow your children to play on the trim trails and equipment at the start and end of the school day, this is for your children’s safety as this area is unsupervised.  If you choose not to observe this, any use of the equipment is at your own risk.