We’re continuing our updates to help you prepare for your child returning to school next week. All the information you need (and more!) is in our March Onwards Parents’ Guide.
It’s still important to reduce ‘people traffic’ around school at the start and end of the school day by staggering the start and end times. The times remain as before:
8.30am start and 2.10pm end (Monday) / 3.10pm end (rest of the week):
- Sunshine (Miss Parling’s class)
- 1,2V (Mrs Latham’s class)
- 3,4E (Mrs McCormick’s class)
- 5,6S (Mrs Hogarth’s class)
8.40am start and 2.20pm end (Monday) / 3.20pm end (rest of the week):
- 2C (Mr Gathercole’s class)
- 3,4N (Mrs Wadsworth’s class)
- 5,6B (Mr Freeman’s class)
8.50am start and 2.30pm end (Monday) / 3.30pm end (rest of the week):
- Rainbow (Mrs Allen-Kelly’s and Mrs Wilkins’ class)
- 1KN (Mrs Lowry’s and Mrs Lake’s class)
- 3,4O (Mr Catherall’s class)
- 5,6M (Mr Lindsay’s class)
We know this might be tricky for families with siblings. Where there’s only a 10 minute gap between siblings, it would help enormously if families can keep to the class times.
If this isn’t possible or there is a 20 minutes gap, families should drop off at the earlier time, taking the child whose class starts first. Alternatively, take the youngest child to the classroom door and allow the older child to head into school on their own. For example:
For a family with a child in Y1/2V (start time 8.30am) and a child in Y5/6M (start time 8.50): if dropping off siblings at the same time, drop-off both children at 8.30am and pick-up both children at 3.10pm (2.10pm Mondays).
Class teachers know which siblings to expect if children arrive earlier than their allocated class time.
Other things you can do to help
- Please be punctual. This will help us to keep our community safe by reducing congestion.
- Use the one-way system that’s in place (when you’re with your child, use the bigger gates; when you’re on your own, use the smaller gate)
- If you’re waiting in the playground, please ensure your child stands with you and doesn’t mix with other children who may be in a different bubble. Children mixing across bubbles undermines our risk assessment.
- Where possible, just one adult should come into the playground – this reduces the number of adults on site.
- Please leave the school site immediately after dropping off or picking up.
- Avoid congregating in the playground and always keep at least 2 metres from other families.
- Avoid coming into the school building where necessary; if you need to visit the office, only enter if there’s nobody waiting.
- Please wear a mask when you’re at school unless there’s a health reason for you not to do so.
As always, we really appreciate your co-operation and support.