Parents
School Day
Our School Day
Nursery
Morning - 9.00am – 12.00
Afternoon – 12.00 to 3pm
Reception
Morning – 8.50am – 11.45am
Afternoon – 1.00pm – 3.15pm
Key Stage 1
Morning – 8.50am – 12.00noon
Afternoon – 1.00pm – 3.20pm
A member of staff is on the playground from 8.40am and teachers are on the playground at the end of every day as the pupils leave school. The Headteacher is often on either playground before and after the school day, if you would like an informal chat with her.
Lunch Time
Children have a choice of cooked meals served in school or a packed lunch from home. Hot school meals cost £2.85 and all tastes are catered for. The children eat in the hall in two sittings. Playtime is on one of the two playgrounds or on the extensive field/meadow in good weather. Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 receive Universal Free School Meals.
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Free School Meals
If you are in receipt of the following support payments, you are entitled to receive a free school meal for your child:
- Universal Credit
- Income Support (IS)
- Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related) - not Contribution related
- Income-based Job Seekers Allowance (IBJSA) - not Contribution based
- Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit.
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Child Tax Credit with an annual taxable income (as assessed by HMRC) of less than £16,190 as long as the family are not also in receipt of Working Tax Credit
- If you have recently become unemployed, but are still receiving Working Tax Credits, you may be entitled to free school meals. Please phone 0300 123 2224 for advice.
Please contact the school office in the first instance.
Even if you do not wish to take up your entitlement, please let us know that you are entitled, as a major component of our budget is based on the number of families entitled to free school meals. Lunchtime supervisors and Teaching Assistants ensure that the children are looked after at this time of day and take good care that any disputes or fallouts are quickly resolved. From time to time minor accidents happen where first-aid needs to be given. If this is the case, your child will come home with a form to briefly explain what happened and how it was treated. Your child is allowed to bring a drink bottle to school, but we do ask that this bottle only contains water to help keep your child healthy.
Avishayes is a vibrant, caring school where children are encouraged to aim high, work together and develop a lifelong love of learning.
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