The School Day
Timings of the school day
Year Group | Start Time | Collection Time |
Reception, Year 1, Year 2, | 8.40am | 3.05pm |
Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 | 8.40am | 3.10pm |
Year 6 | 8.40am | 3.20pm |
The school day begins at 8.40am. Children must always be seen into school by the adult who brings them. A child is marked as late if they arrive after 9.00am.
The official part of the school day starts with morning registration at 8:40am and ends at 3:05pm (for Reception, Year 1 & Year 2), 3:10pm (for Year 3 & Year 4) and 3:20pm (for Years 5 & 6). This includes breaks but not optional before or after school activities. The total time this amounts to in a typical week is 32.08 hours (for Reception - Year 2), 32.5 (for Year 3, 4 & ) and 33.3 hours (for Year 6).
Entry and Exit Points
Drop off | Collection | |
Reception
| Corner entrance Drop off to class and then follow the one-way system to exit the main gate. 8.40am | Corner entrance Collect from class and then follow the one-way system to exit the main gate. 3.05pm |
Year 1 | Year 1 entrance 8.40am
| Year 1 playground 3.05pm |
Year 2 | Green fire exit stairs at the back of the playground. Entrance through the main gate. 8.40am | Main playground 3.05pm
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Year 3 | Grey double doors, through the main entrance, next to the office. 8.40am | Main Playground 3.05pm
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Year 4 | Grey double doors, through the main entrance, next to the office. 8.40am | Main Playground 3.05pm
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Year 5 | Corner entrance 8.40am | Corner entrance 3.10pm |
Year 6 | Corner entrance 8.40am | Corner entrance 3.20pm |
The school day is timetabled as follows:
- 8.40am- Registration and Early morning work
- 9am-11am- Morning sessions
- 10am-11am- Playtime for KS1 and KS2 for 15 minutes (different times for each year group)
- 10.30am-12pm - Second morning session
- 11.30am-1.30pm- Lunchtime for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 for 60 minutes (different times for each year group)
- 1pm - 3.05pm - Afternoon sessions
Assembly times are as follows:
- Monday - LKS2 School Values Assembly
- Tuesday- EYFS/KS1 School Values Assembly
- Wednesday- UKS2 School Values Assembly
- Thursday- KS1 Singing Assembly and KS2 PSHE class assembly
- Friday- KS2 Singing Assembly and KS1 PSHE class assembly
There are a number of clubs, all offered free of charge for pupils of Chestnut Park school;
- Homework Club
- Arts and Crafts Club
- Construction Club
- Gardening Club
- Science Club
- Singing Club
- Computing Club
- French Club
- Knitting Club
- Exciting Writing Club
- Reading Club
- Dance Club
- Netball Club
- Football Club
- American Football Club
- Basketball Club
- Table Tennis Club
- Taekwondo Club
- Booster Groups for Year 2 and Year 6
- Eco-Council