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The School Day

Reception to Year 6

8.40am  Gates open

8.45am  Registration

9.00am - 10.55am Morning Lessons

10.55am – 11.10am Break

11.10am – 12.15pm Third lesson

12.15pm – 1.15pm Lunch break

1.15pm - 1.35pm - Assembly

1.30pm – 3.10pm Afternoon lessons begin

3.15pm – End of school day

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Pupils should arrive at school at 8.40am ready for registration at 8.45am. The school gates open just before 8.40am and close at 8.45am – arrival after the gates are closed will be considered as a late arrival and will be marked accordingly on the attendance data.

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Tiny Torre

8:50am – 11:50am Morning session

11:50am – 3:00pm Afternoon session

8:50am – 3:00pm All day

Attendance

Regular school attendance is an important part of giving your child the best possible start in life. If you have a difficulty getting your child to school, please make an appointment with Mrs Kendell, who monitors attendance and lateness.

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  • There are 365 days a year – you only have to attend school for 190 of those.  That leaves 175 days to do everything else.

  • If you are 5 minutes late every day… that adds up to 3 days lost per year

  • If you are 15 minutes late every day… that adds up to almost 10 days lost every year.

  • If you are absent from school for 1 day a week throughout your school life… you will be missing 2 years of your education.

  • If you are absent from school for 1 day every half a term throughout your whole school life, you will miss, in total, 3 months of education

  • 90% attendance throughout your school life = missing 1 whole year of education

Absences and Sickness

If your child is away from school please keep us informed, i.e. before 9.30am of the first day of absence with the reason why they are absent. If you have not informed the office before 9.30am, we follow safeguarding procedures and will try to contact parents/carers/those on our contacts list to ascertain a reason for absence. Schools must record unauthorised absences and report them to the Department for Education. If a child is away from school for some time you may receive a visit from the Educational Welfare Officer.

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