11th May 2012

Dear Parents/Carers,

School begins at 08.55 am. The children may come into the school premises from 08.45 am onwards. The bell is rung and the children enter their classroom to begin their day.

However, IF the weather is clear (i.e. not raining or worse!) then the children may come into the playground at 08.30 am where they can join a supervised “skipping club”.  If the weather is wet we would ask that you do not send your child into school until the regular time of 08.45 am. We do not have sufficient waiting area to

accommodate the whole school.

Please can you make arrangements to supervise your child/ren at the front of the school until the doors are open? We have received worrying reports of children being left outside the school at the gate with no adult, often for long periods. Some silly behaviour has been observed, and children straying outside the school gate.

We do realise that the parking at the front of the school makes this difficult but we are hopeful that the situation will soon improve. We are delighted to tell you that the council has agreed to lease us an area of land at the rear of the school on the field for us to use as an enclosed play area! It also means that we can place a hard surfaced area for the children to use when the weather is poor, and will free up the back playground for easier parking at the beginning and end of the day. Work should be completed on this during the six week summer break.

Many thanks!