September 2008 to July 2009
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Reminders
* Children should not return to school until 48 hours from last bout of sickness/diarrhea.
* Car drivers please do not park, stop or wait in cycle lane or on yellow double/zig-zag l lines. Please be mindful of our neighbours.
* Please do not cycle, scateboard or scooter etc. on school premises
* If children ride a bike to school then they are responsible for locking it to the cycle rack.
* Children should not wear jewellery to school, especially not 'hoop' earrings.
* Children should not bring valuable personal items to school such as mobile phones, toys etc.
* Please do not use the rear car park entrance.
* Please ensure that your child has a suitable PE kit in a bag and that all items are named.
* Please make sure that sweatshirts have names in them.
* School starts at 8.45. Please help your child to be on time.
* School finishes: Reception to Year 2 at 3.25pm and Year 3 to Year 6 at 3.30pm. Please collect your child on time and inform teachers if anyone else is picking them up.
* Dinner money is payable in advance on the Monday of each week. It is extremely helpful if you could send your child with the correct money in a named envelope. Dinners cost £1.55 per day - £7.75 per week. Cheques to be made payable to Bristol City Council.
*No buggies inside the school building please.
* No dogs on the school site.
* Break time snacks - please can you provide a piece of fruit for your child to eat at morning play; no other snack food is allowed. We are commited to promoting healthy eating so please do not send sweets or chocolate in with packed lunches.
* Children are allowed to have a plastic bottle of still water only to drink throughout the day. If a child brings a drink with their packed lunch please do not send any fizzy drinks or glass bottles.
Diary Events
Details on some of the diary events will be sent out nearer the date. Please look out for further information that will be coming out during the term either in the weekly Newsletter, on separate sheets or put on display on the notice board by the main school gate. We try to send out information only on Fridays, but this is not always possible, so please do ask your children and look through their bags.
Going Home Arrangements
Please make sure that you tell the classteacher in the morning if your child is going home with someone else at the end of the day. The office can only be asked to pass on these sorts of messages in an emergency.
Help the children settle to work
Parents/carers who are unfortunately bringing children in to school after 8.45 am are asked to walk quietly through the school and not to use mobile phones. I am sure that you do not want to disrupt the teaching that has already started in the corridors.
School Councillors for 2008/9
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Contact Details
Would you please make sure that the school has up-to-date information on any medical needs that your child may have, this includes making sure that all epi pens, asthma inhalers, etc., are in date.
Please also inform the school office of any change of address and telephone numbers.
Naming Items of Clothing
Please can you ensure that your childs clothing is NAMED. All un-named items of clothing end up in lost property and often go unclaimed. If your childs name were in that clothing it could be returned to them quite easily.
Polite Reminder
Parents/carers are reminded that it is not their responsibility to speak to/reprimand other people's children on the playground. If there is an incident that needs addressing please refer it to a member of staff.
Security
The external doors situated by the school library and the Year 1 and 2 classrooms are locked at 9.00am. The doors by the Reception Classes are locked at 9.05am. Notices are on these doors asking adults who wish to leave the school after these time that they do so via the main school entrance only. We ask everyone to please not use any other external door other than the main school entrance. The reason for this is that if an adult opens a locked door it then becomes unlocked, and in some cases the doors have been left wide open, thus leaving the children vulnerable.
Peer Mediation
In order to make our lunch times happier for all children we have introduced Peer Mediation. Twelve members of year 6 have been chosen and trained to help resolve arguments and problems. Peer Mediation is an approach which works well in many schools. Children always have the choice of seeking adult help or going to the mediators, and there are very clear guidelines for the mediators about what things are suitable for them to mediate over. Congratulations in their applications and training for this important new role!
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