A reminder for parents that school gates open at 8:40am for registration to take place at 8:45am. Please ensure your child arrives at school on time so as not to miss out on valuable learning and to ensure they are settled in class at the start of everyday. Children can become very nervous and worried if they have to walk into a full classroom alone because they are late.   Lost minutes mean lost learning. Did you know that being late 15 minutes every day is the same as missing 2 whole weeks of school over a full academic year? Every minute counts and lost time all adds up. Being late doesn’t only affect your child, it disrupts other children in the class as well as the teachers trying to teach a lesson.  Children who were regularly late to school said: –
“I feel embarrassed, everyone looks at me.”
“I don’t know what to do, everyone’s started work.”
“I miss my friends and they miss me.”
“I don’t want my parents to get into trouble.”
All absences including sickness, holidays and early pick up notifications due to medical appointment etc. must be notified via the School Office and not through teachers or Dojo.  
Please remember that as part of our Safeguarding Duty, we may conduct unannounced home visits if your child is not in school. This includes when we have reason to believe children are not ill but they may be on holiday which we have not been informed of.