THE SCHOOL DAY

KS1 AND KS2 SCHOOL:

Morning session 08.50 to 11:30 (KS1) | 08.50 to 12:30 (KS2) (Children may come into the school from 08.30) Afternoon session 12:30 to 15:20 (KS1) | 13:30 to 15:20 (KS2) There is a morning break for both departments 15 minutes.

The KS1 department has a 15-minute break during the afternoon session.

THE DAILY ROUTINE

8:50 am Registration 9:00 am English and Maths & Phonics KS1 10:00 am Assembly 10:15 am Teaching Session 10:45 am Playtime (KS2)11:00 - 11:15 11:15 am English and Maths 12:00 pm (KS1) Lunchtime (KS2) 12:15 pm 1:00 pm (KS1) Reading Activities (KS2) 1:15 pm 1:40 pm Teaching Session 2:15 pm Playtime - KS1 Only 3.20 pm School Ends We have two playgrounds surrounded by grassy areas and a field which the children can play on in good weather. For their comfort and safety the children in Reception and Key Stage 1 have a separate playground.

LUNCH ARRANGEMENTS AND SNACKS / SCHOOL CATERING SERVICE

We actively promote a healthy and balanced diet. Children may bring a fruit or vegetable snack to eat at playtime. A selection of hot and cold lunches are available and are ordered in advance from Fresh Start Catering. Menus and ordering information is available at www.freshstartcatering.uk. A small charge is made for these meals for Key Stage 2 children whilst all Key Stage 1 children are entitled to free meals. For those children bringing a packed lunch, wide necked flasks of hot food are allowed but for safety reasons we do not allow glass containers, glass lined flasks or pointed sharp knives or cans of fizzy drinks. We request that chocolate bars and sweets are not included in packed lunches. Children who have their lunch at school remain on the premises. At the discretion of the Head Teacher and Governors, in a case of serious or repeated misbehaviour or lack of respect for the staff on duty, parents may be required to make temporary or permanent arrangements for their child to go home for lunch.

Some parents may prefer their children to have lunch at home. Please notify us in writing or by telephone if you would like your child to go home for lunch. Information about free school meals for Key Stage 2 pupils can be requested from the School Office where current information is available about which benefits entitle parents and carers to claim free school meals for their children. All such requests for information are treated in confidence.

ATTENDANCE

Regular and punctual attendance is obviously important and as parents your co-operation to ensure this for your child will be much appreciated. School starts at 8.50 a.m. and all children should try to arrive on time. Children who are late for school and have missed registration should report to the school office. The registers close at 9.10 a.m.

We should be notified as soon as possible if your child is going to be absent. A telephone call to explain your child’s absence should be made to the school by 9.00 a.m. of the first day of sickness. This should be followed up daily by either a telephone call or a note of explanation. This information is required by the school in order for us to authorise the absence (as we are required to do by law). It is also important from a health and safety point of view especially if your child walks to school. We should also be notified as soon as possible if your child has an infectious disease (chickenpox, measles, mumps, etc.). Parents are asked not to take pupils out of school for reasons other than illness or medical treatment during term time, in the interests of their education and progress. The DCSF recommend that no term time holidays are granted and therefore as a rule requests for term time holidays will not be approved. Governors will only consider exceptional applications for leave of absence for holidays which are submitted in advance and have strong compassionate grounds (see Attendance Policy on school website). Parents may be fined for taking children out of school during term time.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH PARENTS

Parents are kept informed of events and activities on a regular basis through newsletters, ParentMail and the school website. Information about dates, fund raising and parent consultation evenings are also included. Each half-term our class teachers send a curriculum newsletter out to parents summarising the key areas your child will be learning about and including a timetable giving details of PE, homework, library etc. for that term. This is also available on the school website, www.waddesdonprimary.com

In cases where parents who live separately wish to receive additional copies of newsletters or other correspondence to be posted to an address that is different from the child’s usual home, we ask that you let us have 10 A4 stamped, addressed envelopes each year for this purpose, or sign up to ParentMail.

HEALTH AND WELFARE

All children have a class teacher to whom they can relate directly. They will also have contact with other members of the staff. Every effort is made to accommodate individual problems. Minor accidents and ailments are dealt with by teachers or teaching assistants and during lunchtime by lunchtime supervisors. The school has ensured that there are sufficient staff qualified to administer first aid. If more specialised treatment is needed, children are referred to hospital and parents informed immediately. School is essentially a working environment where children are expected to give their best. This cannot be the case if they are ill. Children with severe colds or stomach upsets should not be sent to school and the school must be notified of any infectious diseases. If your child is taken ill at school you will be contacted and asked to make arrangements for their collection. On advice from the school medical service we cannot administer medicines to children. However if it is essential that medicine needs to be given to a child then we require the parents to come to school to administer it. In exceptional circumstances the school nurse will train the staff in the emergency administration of medicines or how to deal with long term illness. We recognise that it is important that children have access to drinking water when they need it. Children are encouraged to bring a bottle of water, clearly named, into the classroom. Suitable containers can be purchased from the office. Milk is available for children in the Reception class and Classes 1 and 2 should you request it.

SCHOOL SECURITY AND HEALTH AND SAFETY

The security of the school is reviewed each term as part of the Health and Safety inspection. The safety of the children is paramount whilst they are on school premises. Parents are asked to use the school booking in and out system when visiting the school. A telephone number or point of contact for use in an emergency must be left at the school office and all parents should complete medical forms. Alterations to such details must be given in writing for the attention of the admission clerk as soon as they occur. Please ensure the information regarding allergies is kept up to date. In the interests of the safety of all children and adults, no cars are allowed within the school grounds. Parents are requested not to park at the front of the school at the beginning and end of each day until the school buses have cleared the area. Parents of children with mobility difficulties may be issued with a permit to bring their cars onto the premises. Dogs are not allowed on the premises at any time. If your child is in our Reception class or Key Stage 1 then we must receive a note explaining if another adult is to collect your child at the end of the day. Each term the school holds an emergency drill for the evacuation of the building in the event of a problem such as fire. Lockdown procedures are also practised. The Governing Body is responsible for the day to day maintenance of the school. There is a programme of regular maintenance tasks which is followed to ensure that the building and grounds are kept in a good state of repair. The school is a very secure site. We ask all parents to enter the school by the front entrance and to help us keep the children safe by reporting any incidents which may affect the safety of the children to the Head Teacher. All personnel working in the school, including regular parent volunteers, are checked by the Disclosure and Barring Service. On occasions, other volunteers may be allowed to accompany trips or work in school on a one off basis.

SAFEGUARDING OF CHILDREN STATEMENT

At this school, the health, safety and well-being of every child are our paramount concern. We listen to our pupils and take seriously what they tell us. Our aim is for children to enjoy their time as pupils in this school. We want to work in partnership with you to help your child achieve their full potential and make a positive contribution. To promote a safe environment for pupils, our selection and recruitment policy includes all checks on staff and regular volunteers’ suitability, including Disclosure and Barring Service checks, as recommended by Buckinghamshire Council in accordance with current legislation. In accordance with our responsibilities under section 175/157 of the Education Act 2002, we have a Designated Person for Child Protection (Alison Vicentijevic) who is a member of the senior management team, and has

received appropriate training for this role. It is their responsibility to ensure that all staff in contact with children receive child protection awareness training on a regular basis. There are occasions that our concern about a child may mean that we have to consult other agencies. Whilst we would always aim to work in partnership with parents there may be exceptions to this when concerns are raised for the protection of a child. On very rare occasions Social Care, whilst undertaking an investigation under s47 of the Children Act 1989, may want to speak to a child without parents’ knowledge. This would be a decision made in collaboration with partner agencies and would only be done in situations where a child might be at immediate risk. To gain consent at this point may increase the level of risk to the child or cause evidence of a crime to be lost.

The procedures, which we follow, have been laid down by the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board, and the school has adopted a Child Protection Policy in line with this for the safety of all. If you want to know more about procedures, please speak to the Headteacher, Laura Forchione or your child’s class teacher: the Policy can be found on the school website.

CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER (CLA)

Children become looked after if they have been taken into care by the local authority, or have been accommodated by the local authority (a voluntary care arrangement). Most CLA live with foster parents but a smaller number may be in children’s residential units, living with a relative or even placed at home with their birth parents. We are committed to providing quality education for all our pupils, based on equality of access, opportunities and outcomes. We fully subscribe to the Every Child Matters outcomes, therefore we fulfil the Government’s aim for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they need in order to: • Ensure that CLA take as full a part as possible in school activities;

• Ensure that carers and social workers of CLA are kept fully informed of their child’s progress and attainment; • Ensure that CLA are involved, where practical, in decisions affecting their future provision.