Morning Drop-Off

• The school gates will open at 8:30am.
• Parents and carers are asked to remain on the gate side of the playground, on the first netball court.
• The second netball court will be a parent-free zone and will be used for children lining up and entering school.  Please do not come into the cloakroom areas with your children. These areas are small and get very congested in the morning and at the end of the day.

Year Group Arrangements

• Reception children should continue to go directly into their classroom as normal.
• Years 1 and 2 should go straight into their classrooms.
• Years 3 to 6 should go directly to the second netball court. Once their class teacher is present, children are expected to join their line immediately and remain there quietly until they are taken into school. This is not playtime, and children should not be using playground equipment or moving around the playground.

Reception and Key Stage 1 doors will open and class lines will be taken into school at 8:40am. The school gates will close at 8:45am. Any child arriving after this time should enter school through the school office. Registers close at 9:00am and any child arriving after this time will be recorded as late.

Please note that parents and carers remain responsible for their children and their behaviour until they have been handed over to their class teacher. We ask that families support these arrangements by ensuring children move promptly to their class line when directed by staff.

The Nest Soft Start

Some children are invited to attend The Nest for a soft start to the school day.  This provision will continue into the next academic year.  Parents and carers of children who have been invited to attend The Nest may continue to bring their child directly to The Nest door each morning.

Bikes and Scooters

To help keep the playground safe and free from hazards, all bikes and scooter must be left in the bike racks by the school office.  Bikes and scooters should not be brought onto the playground.

Music Lessons

Children who have early morning music lessons can come in via the main office door. 

End-of-Day Collection

As in the mornings, we ask that parents and carers remain on the gate side of the playground, on the first netball court.

Reception and Key Stage 1 parents and carers should continue to collect their children directly from their classroom doors.

Children in Years 3 to 6 will line up with their class teacher and will be dismissed individually from their line.

Collection Arrangements

To support a safe and organised collection process, children will be dismissed in line order.  If a teacher or child cannot clearly see the adult collecting them, the child will remain with their class and move to the back of the line until they can be safely identified and collected. This is an important safeguarding measure and helps ensure that every child is dismissed safely to the correct adult.

If anyone other than a parent or carer is collecting your child, the school must be informed. This information can be given verbally to your child’s class teacher in the morning, or by contacting the school office by telephone or email.

Where an older sibling is collecting a child, they must be 16 years of age or over. If we have not been informed of a change to collection arrangements, or if we are unable to verify the identity of the person collecting, your child will remain with their teacher until the matter has been clarified. This is an important safeguarding measure to ensure that all children are collected safely.

We thank parents and carers in advance for their patience and cooperation with this process. To help the collection run smoothly and safely, please do not call children out of their line before they have been dismissed by their class teacher. Teachers will oversee the dismissal of each child to ensure that all children leave school safely and with the correct adult.

All pupils start at 8:40am and finish at 3:10pm.  This is a school week of 32.5 hours.

Reception and Key Stage 1 children must stay with their parents while waiting for Key Stage 2 children to exit.

We will only allow children to walk home alone when they are in Year 5 and 6.  Please complete the consent form in parent mail to confirm this arrangement.   Children will not be allowed to walk home alone until we have received the completed form.

Children in Years 5 and 6 will not be allowed to walk home a younger sibling.  Pupils cannot be collected by an older sibling under the age of 16 years.

Partnership Between Parents and the School

• We believe in a parent/school partnership where parents always feel welcome and are given the opportunity to discuss any aspect of their child’s education with the class teacher or the Headteacher.
• We welcome parents into school and appreciate the valuable contribution they make to school life by helping with a variety of activities such as Forest School, hearing reading, cooking, helping with the library, sewing, etc.
• Members of staff are normally available after school to discuss matters relating to your child. Unless it is absolutely necessary please do not delay the start of the children’s day by chatting with your child’s teacher.
• Parents Meetings are held every term to discuss your children’s progress. Should further discussion be necessary the School Secretary will be happy to arrange a mutually convenient appointment with either the class teacher or the Headteacher.
• Towards the end of the school year the reports are sent home for parental comment.   These are designed to provide parents, children and teachers with clear statements of attainment for the school year.  They also set targets for future progress. 
• We issue regular newsletters containing information on forthcoming events, children’s achievements, class assembly dates, holiday dates and changes in school policy or routines etc.
• There is a Home-school agreement, which we expect parents and children to sign.

We currently have a Family Liaison Officer, Miss Henig who supports new families who move into the area, families who are experiencing difficulties and who need extra support.  She also works with children in school who may for example struggle with completing homework at home or who may a parent posted away from home. Miss Henig can be contacted via the school office if you wish to speak to her.

Personal Possessions

If a child brings in a toy or book from home it is their responsibility to look after it.  Balls should be kept in a bag and should be named.

When it is necessary for children to bring money to school, it must be in a clearly named purse or named, sealed envelope. Any money brought to school must be given to your child’s teacher for safekeeping.   

Neither the School nor the Local Authority can accept responsibility for lost property, but we will always endeavour to find missing items.   This task is made easier if the missing item is named and we are informed of the loss without delay.   

We are unable to store items which are not named or claimed, and these are disposed of at the end of each half term.

Mobile Phones
Mobile phones and iPods should not be brought on to school premises. Some children do need to bring a phone to school e.g. if they travel to school by bus or are staying away from home overnight.  In these cases parents should request a copy of our mobile phone policy and complete the form.  Forms should be returned to the school office, for the attention of the head teacher who will review the request.  If the request is agreed mobile phones should be handed in to the school office in the morning and collected at home time.  If mobile phones are not handed into the school office as agreed and are found in school, they will be confiscated as per the details in the policy.

Weather

In extreme weather conditions or under other extraordinary circumstances, the Headteacher may determine that the school may need to be closed to protect the welfare of children.  This information is put onto the Buckinghamshire County Council website and the school website.

If the decision were taken to close the school during the day when the children were already there, children would not be permitted to leave until parents were made aware of this situation and had arrived to collect them.

Summer sun protection

It is essential that all children keep a sun-hat in their P.E. bag at school to wear on very sunny days. Sun-cream may be applied to children before school, or self-administered at school. Parents are also welcome to come to apply sun-cream to their children during the lunchtime period on sunny days.

Road Safety/Prevention of accidents

The area immediately outside school should be kept clear of cars. Parents should not park in the cul-de-sacs on Kilnwood, as these are for the residents only.  You may park along Kilnwood but not on the yellow zigzag lines or close to the zebra crossing.

Parents are not permitted to park on school premises at the beginning or the end of the day. This includes parents delivering to or collecting from Toddle In or Quackers. 

Our children are fully aware that they must not climb on the walls, gates or fences. This rule has been established for very obvious safety reasons and your active support in this matter will be appreciated.