Sir Robert Hitcham CEVA Primary School

Sir Robert Hitcham CEVA Primary School and Nursery
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School Day

Timings of the School Day 

Time  
8.45am School doors open
9.00am Children should be in their classrooms ready for morning registration
10.00am Morning break for Early Years (Violet Class)
10.15am Morning break for Years 1 and 2 (Indigo and Blue Classes)
10.30am Morning break for Years 3, 4, 5 and 5 (Yellow, Orange and Red Classes)
12.00pm Afternoon session in Nursery starts
12.15pm Morning session in Nursery ends
12.15pm Lunch for all Classes starts
1.15pm Afternoon registration for all Classes
3.10pm End of day for Early Years (Violet Class)
3.15pm End of day for Years 1 and 2 (Indigo and Blue Classes)
3.20pm End of day for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 (Yellow, Orange and Red Classes)

Start of the School Day

The children should arrive at school between 8.45am and 8.55am. Once your child has said goodbye outside, he/she should come into school independently.

Every morning the children in Early Years (Nursery and Reception) will be greeted at the front door by Mrs Valentine or Mrs Hurren.  The children will then be supported in walking down to their classroom.

Years 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 should enter through the front door and walk to their classrooms.

Year 6 should enter through the front door and then exit the school building through the doors directly opposite the front door and then make their way round to the cabin via the path.

Registers are taken by the class teachers at 9.00am. Children arriving after 9.00am need to be signed in at the Office by a parent or carer. For the safety of your child, it is essential that your child is signed in if they arrive after 9.00am.

Communication

To enable simple messages to be passed onto teachers, two members of staff are at the front doors of the main entrance from 8.45am. They also ensure that children do not leave the building once they have said goodbye to their parent/carer. Envelopes for the Office post box can also be left with the staff at the front doors.

Parents and carers are very welcome to come in to School look for lost property, have a look at the Parents' Noticeboard in the foyer, or go to the Office with enquiries or purchase uniform.

To talk about a confidential matter, or for a longer conversation, parents and carers can make an appointment with the class teacher either through the Office, or by speaking to the class teacher at the end of the day.

Procedure for the collection of Children at the End of the Day

  • Children are led out together by an adult.

  • One at a time, a child points to their adult and says who it is e.g. ‘there’s Grandma’.

  • Children are then sent to their adult.

  • If the adult is not there, the child must stand next to the teacher and tell the teacher when the adult arrives.

  • If a child’s adult does not arrive within 10 minutes, the child is taken to the School Office and the parent/carer is telephoned.

  • Children going to an after school club are sent directly to their club.

  • This procedure is used at the end of a school day, after a club or an event.

 Permission to go home with other adults

  • Parents complete a ‘collection of children permission form’ to list, by name, all adults that are regularly allowed to collect their child (grandparents, child minders, neighbours etc.)

  • If there is a legal reason why someone is not allowed to collect a child, the School Office must be informed of this.

  • If a parent wishes someone else to collect a child at short notice, the School Office is informed and the class teacher and child will be told.

  • Parents inform the School if a child is going home with a friend. The child will not be allowed to tell the teacher this message as it can cause confusion.

  • If a child is not collected at the end of the day and another parent offers to take the child, they will be allowed to do this if telephone permission is given.

Permission to walk home alone

  • Parents who wish their child to walk home alone at the end of the day, are asked to indicate this on the ‘collection of children permission form’ or complete a separate form, available at the School Office.

  • The School Office keeps a list of children who are allowed to walk home alone.

  • Children who walk home alone, line up at the end of the day and say goodbye to the teacher as they arrive at the front of the line.

  • Children walk straight home, unless asked to do otherwise by their parent or carer.

A copy of the ‘collection of children permission form’ is available here. Please complete and return to your child’s Class Teacher.

If you are picking up from the Nursery at 12.00pm please go to the Nursery playground where you will be able to collect your child.