INFORMATION FOR PUPILS IN YEARS 3 TO 6 AND THEIR PARENTS
Boys may arrive at school from 7.50am onwards, entering the school by the main front door (No. 24). Boys should not ring the front door bell before 8.00am.
In dry weather pupils may play outside in the main playground until 8.30am when they go to their classrooms for Registration. If it is wet, they go to the school hall or to their classrooms, as advised.
The first bell is rung at 8.30am and boys are registered in their classrooms. Pupils must arrive by 8.40am or they will be recorded as being late in the School Register. Late arrivals must register at the school office immediately on arrival at school.
Pupils in Years 5 and 6 leave school by the main front door at all times, unless advised otherwise.
Pupils in Years 3 and 4 should be collected from the large red gates in Elvetham Road up until 4.20pm, after which they should be collected from the main front door.
A Homework session runs from 4.15pm until 5.00pm after which Tea is available. Anyone not collected by 4.20pm joins the Homework session.
Under no circumstances are boys allowed to wait on the pavement to be collected beyond 4.20pm. Pupils are not permitted to leave the school premises during the school day without the knowledge and permission of the Headmaster or a member of staff.
ILLNESS
General First Aid needs are dealt with and recorded by school staff and Matron. Children who sustain bumps to the head are monitored carefully for the rest of the day and parents may be informed as a precaution, in line with school policy.
Please let us know if there are any changes made to information during the year.
ATTENDANCE
Uniform and other necessary items are detailed on a separate list. If boys need replacement items from the School shop, please send a written note or telephone your requirements. Matron will send the items home with your son. A reminder about the games kit needed for the Summer Term is included with the Spring Term report. The required uniform list also appears in the Student Planner. EVERY ITEM OF SCHOOL CLOTHING, GAMES KIT AND EQUIPMENT MUST BE NAMED. This includes watches. Expensive watches and pens should not be brought to school. Unless worn as part of religious observance, items of jewellery are prohibited. Again, unless part of religious observance, hair should be cut neatly above the shirt collar.
In line with the Ethos, Aims and Expectations Policy, the school places the highest priority on the appearance of pupils at all times.
Pupils generally follow the National Curriculum, but are provided with more extensive learning opportunities. They are also appropriately prepared for transfer to leading selective schools at 11+. Please refer to the Curriculum and Syllabus booklet and the school website for your son’s specific year group for further details.
HOMEWORK POLICY FOR BOYS IN PREP
Your son’s homework obligations for each evening are clearly listed on the school notice boards. Homework in one subject will be set each evening. Generally, no pupil is expected to spend longer than 30 minutes on a task. However, staff may occasionally set homework that requires greater input, for which pupils will be given an appropriate length of time.
Completion of homework within a deadline is a valuable learning skill. Pupils who persistently fail to meet deadlines will be expected to catch up on missed work during break times and games sessions and, occasionally, in a Headmaster’s Detention. In keeping with our target of raising standards of presentation, poorly presented homework will also be repeated. Please inform the appropriate teacher if your son regularly spends too much (or, indeed, too little) time on a homework topic.
Do discuss homework with your son both before and after completion. You are the person most likely to detect any concerns he may have on the matter. Assist your son, but do not do the work for him. We need to assess the progress of pupils, not parents!
Homework is occasionally not set:
Pupils are also expected to extend their reading at home. All boys from Pre-School to Year 5 follow the school reading schemes until they become confident independent readers, at which point they progress to the recommended reading lists. Further details of the reading schemes and how reading is monitored are circulated by the English department.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT