Salehurst Church of England Primary School

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Attendance

Illness
Parents need to contact the school before 9.30am if their child is absent through illness (a message can be left on the answer phone before school hours). If your child is ill, it is your responsibility to notify the school as early as possible on the first and every other day of absence. It is also the parents’ responsibility to ensure that pupils arrive at school on time and are collected punctually at the end of the school day.

Holidays
Families should take their holidays during school holiday times, so as not to disrupt the child’s learning. Term-time holidays will not be authorised, except for exceptional circumstances. A holiday form must be used for any term-time holiday requests.

Other Absences
If a child needs to miss school for any other reason, parents must apply to the Head Teacher in writing, giving full reasons and relevant dates.

Educational Welfare
School attendance is monitored on a regular basis by the County Educational Welfare Officer

School uniforms

Our school uniform consists of a royal blue sweatshirt embroidered with the school logo. Boys should wear dark grey trousers, white shirt (or navy or white polo shirt). Girls should wear a dark grey skirt, tunic dress or trousers with a white blouse (or navy or white polo shirt) and for summer they may wear a blue gingham dress. Shoes should be either black or navy (no platforms or noticeable heels and no trainers). For PE pupils need to wear navy shorts, T shirt in team colours and black plimsolls. A wide selection of School uniform is available for purchase from the school office. All items of school uniform need to be clearly labelled with the child’s name.

Children should not wear jewellery to school for health and safety reasons

School council

Our School Council has two pupil representatives from each year group, from Year 2 to Year 6. They meet regularly to discuss issues and ideas put forward by the children, such as new equipment for use at playtimes or improving the look of the school. Members of the School Council are voted on by their classmates and serve for one year.

Lunch at our school

Pupils can bring a packed lunch or purchase a cooked meal prepared on the school premises. A menu leaflet is available from the school and offers a varied nutritional two course lunch with a vegetarian option. Pupils wishing to enjoy a cooked meal should bring the correct money each day in a named purse. In line with our healthy eating policy all pupils should bring a named water bottle to school and we encourage fruit or raw vegetables to be eaten daily (all KS1 pupils are provided with this free of charge under the government scheme).

Home activities

We believe that home activity is an important part of learning and encourages independence. The amount of home activity increases as a child progresses through the school. In Key Stage 1, home activity includes reading, flash cards, memorising number facts and occasional research projects. Children in Key Stage 2 bring home spelling and maths as well as research projects. Additional time should also be spent on reading and parents can help by taking an interest in the book, explaining the meaning of unfamiliar words and discussing storyline and characters

Our aims with home activities are to:

reinforce work done in the classroom
encourage independence
enhance the partnership between home and school
prepare children for secondary school