The School Day

Please make sure that the school office has all the relevant paperwork and information regarding your child; let us know of any changes in circumstances, contact details, lunch choices, medical updates etc. so that we are well-prepared to support your children. 

NURSERY

The morning nursery session starts at 9.00am.

Parents/carers should access the site from 8.50am via the main pedestrian gate at the front of the school, turn left and join the queue along the nursery pathway. The gate will automatically release at 8.50am and will automatically close at 9.10am, giving plenty of time to drop children into nursery safely. 

The morning session finishes at midday and the afternoon session at 3.00pm.

The access gate will automatically unlock at 11.55am and lock at 12.10pm to allow for morning nursery collection and will reopen at 2.50pm and close at 3.10pm. 

RECEPTION AND KEYSTAGE 1 (Y1, Y2)

The school day begins promptly with registration at 8.50am  

Corinium gate, top gate, Waitrose gate open promptly at 8.40amand children in Reception and KS1 should come straight to their classrooms where the doors will be open for their soft start of early morning activities.

The school day finishes at 3.15pm and children must be collected from their teacher at the classroom door.

Please try to use the gate nearest to your child’s classroom to reduce congestion as much as possible. Corinium gate and the top gate will open at 3.10pm to allow collection at 3.15pm. The Waitrose gate will remain locked until 3.15pm as the older children will be in the assembly hall.

KEYSTAGE 2 (Y3-Y6)

The school day begins promptly with registration at 8.50am

Children in KS2 should arrive at school to enter the gate at 8.40am and go straight into class. Parents may walk children onto the KS2 playground and to their classroom door if they wish or children can be dropped at the Waitrose gate, where a member of the senior leadership team will be on duty to greet them. Children will walk themselves into class ready for their early morning activities. 

The school day finishes at 3.25pm and children will be brought out to the KS2 playground by their class teacher and handed over to the adult collecting them. All children in Year 6 must be collected by an adult for the first week of term until the Parent Curriculum Meeting, where walking home arrangements will be discussed.

THE DEN

The Den is a safe space for children who find it more difficult to separate from their parent/carer in the morning.

Mrs Wilson will be available each morning to greet children and will ensure their attendance at school is registered. If you would like to find out more information please contact Ms Collinge, SENDCO. The Den will be open from 8.50am and your child will need to meet Mrs Wilson at the door.

BREAK TIMES AND LUNCH TIMES

DROPPING TO Little Breakfast/Breakfast Club

Our breakfast clubs are available from 7:30am every morning for children with a prior booking (made via School Gateway).

Please access the site via the front entrance only before walking around to Ash Room or Redwood. All children must be dropped to the correct room and signed over to the staff on duty, not dropped outside the front of school.

COLLECTING FROM Little RASCals/RASCals

If you need to collect your child from our afterschool clubs before 4:15pm, please come to the main office reception, accessing the site via the front pedestrian gates and a member of the admin team will help you.

If you are collecting after 4:15pm, please access the site via the Waitrose Gate. Ring the access buzzer and wait for the gate to be unlocked.

COLLECTING FROM AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY CLUBS

Please access the site via the Waitrose gate (unless collecting from the Crash doors) and arrive at the designated collection spot. Details of where clubs take place are included in the timetable on the Clubs page.

THINGS TO BRING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY

• Clearly named water bottle containing water (NOT juice – children will not be permitted to drink juice throughout the day in school)
• Clearly named lunch box (if bringing own lunch to school – NO nuts or nut products please & lunch boxes should contain a healthy, balanced meal, NO sweets or chocolate please)
• KS2 children may bring a ‘healthy’ snack to school for morning break (a piece of fruit / cereal bar / crackers etc – preferably not crisps) (Children in EYFS & KS1 are provided with fruit from the government scheme)
• Reception & KS1 children will need to bring their school bookbag to school every day, containing their reading book, reading record and phonics pack (No rucksacks please as bookbags are stored in the group reading boxes)
• KS2 children may bring a small bag / rucksack to school, containing their reading book, reading record etc)
• A named coat / sunhat / accessories according to the weather
• Children in EYFS & KS1 may choose to keep a small draw string bag on their peg with spare clothes (this does not need to be uniform just something they can change into if they have a toilet accident)

PE DAYS

Children should wear their PE kit to school on the relevant day

SPRING A, 2025