School Day
School Opening Hours
Overfields Primary School is open to pupils from 8.45 am to 3.15 pm. This provides a total opening time for pupils of 32.5 hours per week.
Arriving at School
Children should arrive between 8.30am and 8.40am. As the playground is only supervised from this time, please ensure your child does not arrive before 8.30am. There is no formal supervision from staff until the doors are opened.
School doors open at 8.40am for children to filter into school and close at 8.50am.
Children are not permitted to use the playground equipment, including wooden activity trails and tyres without staff supervision. It should not be used by children under the supervision of their parents or carers. We also ask that no balls are brought onto the school site and that everyone using a scooter or bicycle dismounts at the gate. The safety of our families, pupils and staff is our prime concern.
Please note that after 8.50am the Site Manager will close the school gates.
Late Arrivals
Once doors have closed , all children arriving after 8.50am will need to be brought to the main reception by an adult to be signed in and will be registered as late. This will appear on your child’s attendance record. Please try to ensure your child arrives on time.
Our School Day
Children should filter into the building from 8.40am.
The register is taken in classes at 8.50am
Morning break is at 10.30 am
Reception class have lunch between 11.50 am and 12.50 pm
Key Stage 1 and 2 have lunch between 12.00 pm and 1.00 pm
The school day ends at 3.15 pm
Pupils in Year 5 & Year 6 may walk home without an adult once appropriate consent has been received.
Our morning Nursery sessions is from 8.30 am – 11.30 pm
The afternoon Nursery session is from 12.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Absence
If your child is ill please contact the school office (01642 314548) to let us know the reason for absence and possible duration. We can then authorise the absence. School operate a ‘first day call’ policy whereby if your child is absent and we have not heard from you, the office will phone contact numbers to find out the reason for absence,
If your child has an appointment during the school day you will need to sign them out at the school office when you collect them. Pupils should return to school after their appointment where possible.
School are unable to authorise holidays due to Department for Education Legislation.
