Start and End of the Day

Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils enter and exit from the school via the playground. Reception children can enter via the blue gate near to the main entrance by the bicycle sheds at the front of the school. The gates are open from 8.30am.

Children are expected to line up in year group lines and will be sent into school at their appropriate start time.  We do ask that once your child has lined up that parents then leave the playground.

Staff cannot accept responsibility for the welfare of children arriving at school before 8:40am.  Please do not leave KS1 children unattended on the playground until you know that a member of staff is on duty.  Parents are able to give any messages to the member of staff on duty who will relay to your child’s class teacher or the appropriate member of staff.  

Children who have early morning music lessons, maths groups or Morning Skills can come in via the main office door. Please see the Headteacher if this causes a problem to see if special arrangements can be made. 

The registers will close at 9:00am.  Any pupil arriving after their start time will be marked as late in the register.  Late arrivals should report to the school office so that parents can sign their child in as late.   

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.

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

Please note that lessons end at these times. Children then need to collect their belongings, and, consequently, do not usually leave the building until at least 5 minutes after the end of the teaching day.

Parents collecting Reception class children (Year R) are asked to wait outside the blue school gates by the bike shelters.

All children will be brought onto the playground at the end of the school day.  Parents meeting their children are asked to wait well away from the classroom doors and windows.   

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 email the school office to confirm this arrangement.   Children will not be allowed to walk home alone until we have this in writing.

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 14 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, Mrs 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. Mrs 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.  Parents are welcome to check the lost property boxes for personal possessions which have been mislaid. Lost property is put out on the playground each Wednesday for parents to check.

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

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.