General Information

School times                                                                                                                                     

School starts at 8:45am and ends at 3:20pm. You will have a 10 minute window for your child to enter and exit the building. After this times, you will have to deliver and collect your child from the school offer so please try hard to get your child to school on time and to collect them promptly.

Absences

If your child is absent please ring the school office in the morning to let us

know the reason. The school telephone number is 01922 710874.

Play times and Dinner time

During lunch time children can chose to have a packed lunch from home or a school dinner in the dinner hall with the other children.  Please remember that ‘Universal Free School Meals’ stop at the end of Year 2. If you are eligible for ‘Free School Meals’ please ensure you complete a ‘Free School Meal’ application form (available from the school office). In readiness for September, please complete these as soon as possible. 

Once your child has finished their lunch, they will get the opportunity to play with their friends on the playground. 

During the morning playtime the children can buy a slice of toast for 20p. Toast is limited to one per child and the children are responsible for their own money. Please try to send in the correct change.

 Water bottles: All children are provided with a Beacon water bottle which they can access throughout the day and refill with fresh drinking water.

Uniform expectations

Please write your child’s name in each item of clothing so that we can return any lost items. 

Your child needs to wear:

• White long or short sleeved shirt or a white polo shirt
• Grey or black trousers/ skirt/ pinafore dress
• Red v neck sweatshirt / cardigan (This does not have to have the Beacon logo)
• Red and white checked summer dress
• Sensible black shoes
• Red and black clip on tie.

The above uniform can be purchased from any retailer e.g. Asda, Tesco, Morisons, Sainsburys , etc...

If you want to purchase a jumper/ cardigan with the Beacon Logo it can be purchased from Crested School wear. (see link below)

https://www.crestedschoolwear.co.uk/product-category/schools/a-c/beacon_primary_school/

Birthday Treat

As a special treat on their birthday the children can come to school in their own clothes.

PE Kit

For PE the children need:

• A ‘Beacon’ t-shirt in their house colour

 (Red, Blue, Green or Yellow)

• A pair of pumps or trainers
• Black shorts

During the winter months the children can wear a pair of black jogging bottoms and a black jumper/ hoodie over their PE kit. These can be left in school in their PE bag.