School Information
SCHOOL DAY
School Sessions are as follows:
8:40 am |
Gates Open |
8:40 am |
Children enter classrooms |
8:45 am – 12:00 noon |
Morning session |
1:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
Afternoon session |
School office hours:
8:30 am – 4:00 pm Monday to Friday
ARRIVING AT SCHOOL
School officially starts at 8:45 am, but all children should aim to enter their classrooms between 8:40 and 8:45 am. This gives 5 minutes to get settled and begin early morning work. Please be punctual. The security gates are opened at 8:40 am for children to enter the school.
COLLECTING CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL
Please collect your children promptly. The school gates are opened at 3:10 pm. If your child is not collected after school, and we have not been able to contact you or your emergency contact number by 5pm we will inform the police.
EVENING EVENTS
All children in Years 3, 4 and 5 are expected to take part in their evening performance at Christmas. Y6 children perform in an evening performance in the summer term and are expected to attend.
DATES OF EVENTS
The academic year calendar is published to the website as soon as possible in the Autumn term. We aim to send out reminder dates at the beginning of each term and any changes of dates are notified to parents immediately.
TERM DATES
Autumn Term 2023
Monday 4 September 2023 to Wednesday 20 December 2023
(NB: Monday 4 September is an INSET day. First day of term for pupils is Tuesday 5 September 2023.)
Autumn Half Term Holiday
Monday 23 October 2023 to Friday 27 October 2023
Spring Term 2024
Thursday 4 January 2024 to Thursday 28 March 2024
INSET days — Thursday 4 January 2024 and Friday 5 January 2024. Pupils return to school on Monday 8 January 2024.
Spring Half-Term Holiday
Monday 19 February 2024 to Friday 23 February 2024
Summer Term 2024
Monday 15 April 2024 to Tuesday 23 July 2024
Summer Half-Term Holiday
Monday 27 May 2024 to Friday 31 May 2024
INSET Days — Monday 3 June and Tuesday 4 June 2024. Pupils return to school on Wednesday 5 June 2024
SCHOOL CLOSURE PROCEDURES
The decision to close the school is taken after assessing a number of factors such as heating, safety of the grounds and the number of staff able to get into school. In the event of us closing we will follow the procedure below:
- An e-mail via parentmail will be sent to you stating we are closed or opening late
- A message will be put onto this website in the "Notices & Announcements" box
- Parents can look on the Essex County Council’s website. For live updates. This page will be constantly updated as notifications of school closures are received and will list next day closures from 6:00 pm each evening.
- Essex Radio stations will also continue to broadcast school closure messages
If none of the above occur, we are OPEN as normal and there is no need to telephone to ask. Perhaps parents could arrange a telephone tree amongst friends in classes to make sure the message gets to everyone.