Update on Arriving and Leaving School
Welcome to the school day at Kender.
Each morning, the gates open from 8.45 and close at 9.05am. Children should enter through the following gates:
Nursery: their own nursery gate
Reception and Year One: the Kender Street gate
Year Two and Three: the Briant Street gate
Years Four, Five and Six: the Faulkner Street gate.
When children arrive at school they will walk straight into their classrooms and are expected to be ready for learning by 9.00am.
Children who arrive late, after 9.05am, should come through the main school entrance.
Nursery
Morning session: 8.45 to 11.45am
Afternoon session: 12.45 to 3.45
Children attending full time: 8.45 to 3.45
Early Years Reception, Infants (KS1) and Juniors (KS2)
The school day starts at 9.00am and finishes at 3.30pm.
Lunchtime and breaktimes:
Children in KS1 have an hour and fifteen minutes for their lunchtime and children in KS2 have an hour for lunch break.
All children have a morning break time, of twenty minutes, and there is a longer afternoon break for all children on a Friday.
Arrangements for break times can vary according to the school terms.
Breakfast Club and WrapAround care
We run wraparound care
Morning: 7.15 to 8.45
After School: 3.45 to 5.45
Attendance at Wraparound must be pre-booked via Arbor.
Afternoon collection
Each afternoon, the gates open from 3.20 and close at 3.45. Parents can collect their children form the following gates:
Nursery: their own nursery gate
Reception and Year One: the Kender Street gate; leaving through Briant Street gate
Years Two, Three, Four and Five: the Faulkner Street gate; leaving through Briant Street gate
Year Six: children leave by themselves; leaving through Briant Street
Children who are not collected by 3.45 will be brought to the Headteacher’s office; parents or carers will have to sign and state the reason for their lateness.