GREAT CREATON PRIMARY SCHOOL

 

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

 

Dear Parents

 

Welcome to Great Creaton Primary School.  I hope that your children settle into life at the school and are happy and enjoy themselves here.  I hope that you manage to join our school community and feel that you are part of our school. 

The school runs and “open door” policy, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to come in and talk about them.

Below are some pieces of information that hopefully will make life easier for you and your children as you enter into your new school.

 

  • School starts at 8.50 am and most pupils arrive between 8.30 am and 8.50 am, unless they are part of the football club on Wednesday, which starts at 8.05 am.  Parents are very welcome to come into the playground with their children at the beginning of the day.
  • A bell is rung at 8.50 am and all pupils go into their own classes through their own doors.  Key Stage 2 pupils can go into class on their own, year 2 pupils can also go into class on their own and parents can help settle the year 1 and reception pupils in the cloakroom and classroom.
  • The school day finishes at 3.15 pm for all pupils except when there are after school activities i.e. clubs and play rehearsals, in which case the pupils can be collected from the front of the school at 4.15 pm.
  • Parents are very welcome to come into the playground at the end of the day and wait to collect their children.   Parents can arrive anytime after 3.00 pm to wait for their children.  If a class is still doing an activity on the playground when you arrive please wait outside the gate until the class has finished their activity and gone inside.
  • At school we have fresh filtered cold water, dispensed from a water fountain, available at all times for the pupils and staff.  When a pupil first arrives at school or on the first day of the new school year, they will be given a labelled water bottle that can be refilled at the water fountain.  Subsequent bottles can be bought from the office at 50p each.
  • We run a “University” afternoon every Friday where the pupils study courses.  Due to this we have a non-uniform day every Friday.  Pupils are allowed to wear clothes of their own choice on these days.
  • The school runs a text to parents’ scheme where we can send messages to mobile phones to remind parents of important events.  We also send out letters by e-mail.  The office will need mobile numbers and e-mail addresses to enable these facilities to operate.
  • The school runs a hot school dinner service using Kingswood Catering (www.kingswoodcatering.co.uk).  Parents can book and pay for meals for their children directly through Kingswood on their website.
  • A “Fair Trade” shop is run by the Blackbirds class every Thursday at the rear of the school with profits going to support a school in India.
  • Each Friday we have “biscuit day” when pupils can buy a biscuit for 5p at break time.

 

  • The school is a Healthy School and as such we encourage pupils to eat healthily including at break time when they can eat healthy snacks.  Key Stage 1 pupils all receive free fruit and vegetables each day at break time from the Government “5 a day scheme”.
  • The school is part of the “Cool Milk” scheme and any parent who would like their child to have milk each day will need to contact the office to book the milk.  All children under the age of 5 are entitled to free milk but parents must register their child to receive this milk, any child over 5 has to pay for the milk.
  • The school runs the “Good to be Green” behaviour programme in which pupils can gain rewards and eventually privilege cards that can be exchanged at school for extra activities at lunchtimes.
  • We hold “Open” assemblies every Thursday from 9.05 am to 9.20 am to which all parents are most welcome to attend.  During these assemblies certificates are given out and class presentations or good work celebrated.  All assemblies are held in the hall unless otherwise notified.
  • All pupils receive, each year a home / school communicator.  In Key Stage 1 this consists of a blue book that both parents and teachers can exchange information.  In Key Stage 2 the blue books are replaced by homework diaries – these can also be used by parents and teachers to exchange information, although we try to place more emphasis on the pupils relaying the information to their parents.
  • At school we have a policy to try and keep the indoor clean and tidy; all pupils need indoor shoes which they change into once they arrive at school each day.  These indoor shoes can be soft trainers or plimsolls.

 

I hope that the above information provides a good start to the school for both you and your children.  If there is anything else that I have left out please contact the school.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Richard Camp

Head Teacher