The School Day

Before & After School

Members of staff are on duty 15 minutes before and after each school session. We operate a ‘soft start’ to the day whereby children are encouraged to arrive at school from 8:30 am onwards with the aim of being ready for the formal start of the day at 8:45 am. Please note that children should not arrive at school before 8:30 am unless they are attending Before School Club as detailed below. The school cannot accept responsibility for pupils arriving before 8.30 am or remaining on the premises after 3.15 pm unless taking part in a supervised activity.

Finish Times

Nursery at 2:30pm

Reception at 2:45pm

Year 1, 2 and 3 at 3:00 pm

Year 4, 5 and 6 at 3:15pm

Drop off and Pick Up

Morning Drop Off

From 8:30, we operate a ‘drop and go’ system using the loop system at the front of school.  Between 8:30 and 8:45, staff are on hand to support this. Please keep your child in the car until you are at the front of the queue, and they will be assisted to exit the car by a member of staff. Please ensure your child is ready, with all their belongings, to exit using the left side of the car for safety reasons. 

Parents of children in Nursery and Reception only are allowed to park in the Key Stage 2 playground and walk their children to the Foundation Stage entrance gate.  Our caretaker is on hand to support safe access to and from the playground. 

Afternoon Pick Up

At 2:30 pm

Nursery parents can collect their children from the Foundation Stage gate.

At 2:45

Reception children are dismissed to parents from the Foundation Stage gate. 

At 3pm

Year 1 and Year 2 children are dismissed from the front of the school. Parents wait in the car in the ‘loop’ and a member of staff will bring your child to the car. Parents move off as soon as they have collected their child/children.

Year 3 children are dismissed from the Key Stage 2 school playground, where cars form a ‘loop’ and wait in turn to collect children.

Please stay in your car where possible, and certainly do not leave your vehicle as you will block the system for everyone. 

At 3:15pm

Year 4 children are dismissed from the front door of the school, parents wait in cars in the loop. 

Year 5 and 6 children are dismissed from the top playground.  Parents wait in the ‘loop’ and move off as soon as they have collected their child/children. 

Parking

Our small car park and kerbside parking is usually needed for staff and visitors.  We do not have enough parking for parents in these spaces.  Please never park on a pavement, yellow line or non-designated area as this will pose a safety issue for children or other road users, and also block emergency access.

Directly outside the school are some reserved spaces for permit holders only.  These are for parents of children in the Additional Resource Provision that have limited mobility.  Please only use these spaces if you have been given a school parking permit.

In order to reduce congestion, please vacate the school site as soon as possible after drop off or collection.

Walking, cycling, scooting to school

As part of our Green Travel Plan, we actively encourage children to walk, scoot or cycle to school with their parents.  We have bicycle and scooter storage available near the end of the school building.

Before School Club

Before School Club operates each morning from 8:00 am – 8:30 am. The children should be brought to the main entrance of the school, where they will be supervised by a member of staff. Current charges are as follows (these charges are reviewed on a regular basis):                

£3 per day (payable in advance for the half-term or term)

NB: There are limited places available at Before School Club. All enquiries should be made in the first instance to the school office.

Breaks

All children from Year 2 – Year 6 usually have a break between 10:30 and 10:45 am.

As we run continuous provision in Foundation Stage and Year 1, children choose when to have their own snack and have access to a supervised play area outside.

Lunchtime Supervision

Behaviour at lunchtime is monitored closely, and the school expects, and indeed enjoys, high standards of behaviour. The Headteacher reserves the right to exclude children during the lunch period if their behaviour poses a threat to the health and safety of others, or they fail to maintain the expected standards. In such a case, parents will be asked to make alternative arrangements for the lunch period.

Office Hours

Our office is usually open between 8am and 4:00pm, Monday to Friday. Our Admin team will usually be available in the office and can be contacted by phone, email or in person.  Outside office hours an answerphone will be used.  Emails sent to the admin@belroyal.sch.je address will also only be checked during these hours. 

If you need to contact your child’s class teacher, please do so via Seesaw. If it is an urgent message for the class teacher during the school day, please call the admin team who will pass on any urgent messages to the class teacher.