The School Day

Our school day starts promptly at 8.50am when the bell is rung.
Please aim for your child to be in the school playground between 8.40 and 8.50am.
Children who arrive after the start of the school day are marked as late in the register.

Junior children who arrive after 8.50am must enter via the Junior School building and sign in at the school office.

Infant children arriving after the gate has closed need to go the Infant gate and ring the buzzer. They should then go to the school office to sign in and be taken to class by a staff member.

Any children who are not collected by 3.25pm will be taken to the school office and parents/carers contacted.

In the mornings for drop off: please enter through the main infant pedestrian gate or the main junior gate and exit via the top junior gate onto the lane or via the Infant pedestrian gate.
In the afternoons please enter through the top junior gate from the lane or via the Infant pedestrian gate and exit via the main junior gate or Infant pedestrian gate.

School Day – Timings

Start of School   8:50am

End of School     3:15pm

SCHOOL OFFICE OPENING TIMES
ELMLEA INFANT SCHOOL OFFICE – 8:30am – 3:30pm

Please advise school by email or if very short notice by phone of your intention to collect your child and the reason for doing so. This allows us to have your child ready for you. Please phone the Infant School Office (0117 377 2352) or email on info@elmleaschools.org.uk

Please note that the Office CANNOT accept forgotten items, so please get into the routine of ensuring your child has everything they need when they arrive to school each morning.

ELMLEA JUNIOR SCHOOL OFFICE is open from 8:30am – 3.40pm

Collecting children during the school day from the Junior School.
Please advise us in advance by email, or if very short notice by phone, if you need to collect your child and the reason for doing so.
Returning children to school during the school day.
Please bring your child to the Junior School Office when they return to school.

If you have any paperwork that needs to be returned, please drop into the Junior School Office.
For any other queries please email the Junior School Office on info@elmleaschoolstrust.com

Contacting the School Office Please use email as the main form of communication with the office and if not urgent please only come to the school office until after 9.30am as staff complete all safeguarding checks regarding child absence prior to this time.

ABSENCE REPORTING
If your child is absent for any reason, a message should be left on the school answerphone by 9.15am. Please call each day of absence. On the child’s return, an explanatory email should be forwarded to the school office.

GETTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL

We have an extensive school site and wonderful facilities for children to enjoy during the school day. The following arrangements are in place to make sure that our school environment is as safe and secure as reasonably practicable for ALL children in school. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation with these principles.

VOLUNTARY ONE WAY SYSTEM
To make life easier and safer for you and your child, we operate a voluntary one-way system in the roads around the school to reduce traffic congestion. We ask drivers to respect our one-way system between:
8.30–9.00am and 3.00–3.30pm.
UP BRAINSFIELD (FROM REEDLEY ROAD TO THE DELL)
ALONG THE DELL AND ELMLEA AVENUE FROM BRAINSFIELD TOWARDS PARRY’S LANE (AND NOT THE OTHER DIRECTION).

PARKING
A reminder that it is not only illegal to park or to stop and drop off children on the yellow zig zags and double yellow lines, but also endangers those children crossing the road at the school entrance.

STAFF CAR PARK
Access to the car park is restricted for safety. Parents are not permitted to drive into the car park or the driveway at any time.

BICYCLES, SCOOTERS AND SKATEBOARDS
Bicycles, scooters and skateboards are not to be ridden in the school grounds, including the driveway. Please make sure they are locked in the shelters and are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Scooters, bicycles and skateboards are left at the owner’s risk.

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
To enable easier access at drop off and collection times, an additional pedestrian access gate is opened by the Junior school building. This is known as the “Top Gate” and is adjacent to the school house. This gate is open from 8.30am – 9.15am and from 3.00pm – 3.45pm (later if there is an after school club requirement).
When the top gate is open, the Junior car park is closed. However, please always stick to this path around the car park and never cut across the car park. Pedestrians should always stick to the pathways.
Outside of the top gate opening times, pedestrian access is through the main junior pedestrian gate only.

DROP OFF AND COLLECTION ARRANGEMENTS
In the mornings, when the bell is rung at 8.50am, pupils in Years 3, 4 and 5 line up outside their classroom doors. Year 6 pupils are collected from outside the Playground Doors by their teachers. At the end of the school day, pupils leave the school building in the same way.
Parents/carers are requested to stay outside the class and not to enter the building in order to minimise disruption. For safeguarding and health & safety reasons all access into school by adults must be via the School Office so that we can keep track of who is in the building.
If parents/carers wish to speak with the class teacher, unless it is a quick message, they should arrange an after school meeting either directly with the teacher or via the School Office.
The Copse, Adventure Trail and Quad (except for organised clubs) are strictly out of bounds before and after school. Parents/carers are requested to ensure their children do not use these areas.
However, a ball is provided by the school for Junior school children to play in the Junior Quad from 8.40am.