Introduction to School Life
Our children are placed into year groups according to their age. Our classes are currently organised into Nursery, Reception and six year groups, from Year 1 to Year 6. There are 2 / 3 classes in each year group.
Please go to the curriculum section (School Life) on the website to view curriculum maps for each year group.
Nursery times
Breakfast club is not available for Nursery children
| Full Day |
9.00am to 3.00pm |
| Morning Session | 8.30am to 11.30am Drop off: Catherine Kasper building via the Convent Pick up: Catherine Kasper building via the Convent |
| Morning Session with lunch | 8.30am to 12.30pm Drop off: Catherine Kasper building via the Convent Pick up: Catherine Kasper building via the Convent |
| Afternoon Session | 12.30pm to 3.30pm Drop off: Catherine Kasper building via the Convent Pick up: Early Years playground via the main playground |
Reception
7.50am Breakfast Club opens
8.30am Children to enter the school at Early Years playground (access via the main playground)
8.50am Registration for all children
11.30 – 12.30pm Lunchtime
3.15pm End of the school day - children will be dismissed from the Early Years playground (access via the main playground)
KS1
7.50am Breakfast Club opens
8.30am Main doors open for children to enter - children will walk directly to their classrooms via the Pope Francis Hall doors
8.50am Registration for all children
10.30 – 10.45 am Breaktime
11.45 – 12.45pm Lunchtime
1.45 – 2.00pm Breaktime
3pm Main doors open
3.15pm End of the school day - children to be dismissed from the small playground. Parents to wait behind the fence
KS2
7.50am Breakfast Club opens
8.30am Main doors open for children to enter - children will walk directly to their classroom. 4S children to walk to the classroom using the door in the main plaground that leads directly to the classroom in the Pope Francis Building. Y3 children to walk directly to their classroom via the Early Years playground which is accessible via the main playground.
8.50am Registration for all children
11.00 – 11.15 am Breaktime
12.45 – 1.45pm Lunchtime
3pm Main doors open.
3.15pm End of the school day – children to be dismissed from the main playground. Y3 & Y4 will line up in the MUGA
School breaktime/lunchtime
There is a 15 minute break in the morning and pupils are encouraged to eat fruit/vegetable sticks for their morning snack, which may be brought from home.
Children in Reception, Year 1 and Y2 will get a free school dinner if they wish. For children in KS2, school dinner money should be paid on a weekly, half termly or termly basis. Forms for ‘free school meals’ in Key Stage 2 may be obtained from the school office and we encourage all parents (Reception – Y6) who are entitled to free school meals to make use of this for their children. Families in receipt of income support or some types of family credit may be entitled to apply for free school meals. Information is available from the school office. Please note that everything is treated in strictest confidence.
Children may bring a healthy packed lunch, or buy a school lunch. Fizzy drinks, any type of nut product and sweets are not allowed in school. Lunch times are fully supervised. If you wish to change your child’s meal arrangements at any time please inform the office in writing – notice must be given, for kitchen arrangements.
Mobile Phones
Children are not allowed to bring mobile phones into school except those in Years 5 or 6 who are travelling to and from school independently. The mobile phones will have to be handed to their teacher at the start of the day for safekeeping until the end of the school day. Please ensure that your child does not use the phone before or after school on school grounds.
Personal Effects
Parents are advised that valuable items such electronic games, ipods, jewellery etc. should not be brought into school. Children should not bring toys, games etc. into school unless they have been given authorisation by their teacher. The governing body accepts no responsibility for the loss or damage of such items.