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Information for Parents Kingsley Community Primary & Nursery School Middle Lane, Kingsley, Frodsham WA6 6TZ Tel 01244 981300 Kingsley Community Primary & Nursery School First Aid: Several staff are fully qualified first aiders. If your child has an accident at break or lunchtime, they will be seen by the member of staff on duty and a ‘first aider’ if necessary. You will receive a head bump note if your child has bumped his/her head. If we are concerned, we will contact you by phone. Please be aware that some young children often fall over a lot during the first few weeks of school/nursery – this is normal, please do not be alarmed. ‘Accidents’: Young children are asked to bring a spare set of underwear and socks to change into in the event of an ‘accident’. These can be kept in their PE bag on their peg. Absence Line: Please ring 01244 981300 Ext 1 before 9.15am to inform us of any absence. If you have not contacted us, a member of our team will contact you. Car Parking: the car park on Middle Lane is for staff and visitors only and must not be used by parents/carers. The car park on Hollow Lane is for parents with children in the Foundation Stage Unit only. All other parents are encouraged to park on Middle Lane and surrounding streets with due consideration for our neighbours. Please remember to use the voluntary oneway system at peak times. CORE PRINCIPLES If it works, do more of it; if it doesn’t work, fix it or bin it. The problem is the problem, not the person. We will constantly review what we do and will seek feedback. We are a team: Together Everyone Achieves More Communication will be effective so that everyone is clear about what is expected. If we make a change we will make sure it is: Simple, Measurable, Achievable and Realistic with a Timescale. Health and Safety When Things Go Wrong: We are a happy school and enjoy working in partnership with parents, children and outside agencies. We are all working together to help your child achieve his/her potential as an individual. Everything we do or say is done with the best interests of our children in mind, in accordance with established procedures or in the exercise of our professional duties. Whenever a parent is concerned about any issue at the school, we would ask that an appointment is sought with the class teacher or the teacher concerned via the school office. He or she is the person best placed to clarify/discuss concerns, and who is likely to have the closest and most immediate knowledge of the circumstances and issues involved. Hopefully, and usually, this will resolve parents’ concerns, but if this has not been achieved, the class teacher will refer the matter to a member of the Senior Leadership Team who will, after being briefed by the teacher, arrange an early appointment to discuss the matter. Where the concern is with the school as a whole, please contact the office, by ‘phone, in person, or by letter or email and, after considering the matter, we will respond or arrange a meeting with the most appropriate member of staff. We believe we need to respond to parents’ concerns and that the response must be delivered in a considered and timely manner. This may involve the teacher in carrying out an investigation, reflecting on school practice and taking time to consider the best way forward before they get back to you, so please be patient.

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Information  for  Parents  

Kingsley  Community  Primary  &  Nursery  School  Middle  Lane,  Kingsley,  Frodsham  WA6  6TZ    Tel  01244  981300  

Kingsley  Community  Primary  &  Nursery  School  

 First  Aid:  Several  staff  are  fully  qualified  first  aiders.    If  your  child  has  an  accident  at  break  or  lunchtime,  they  will  be  seen  by  the  member  of  staff  on  duty  and  a  ‘first  aider’  if  necessary.    You  will  receive  a  head  bump  note  if  your  child  has  bumped  his/her  head.  If  we  are  concerned,  we  will  contact  you  by  phone.    Please  be  aware  that  some  young  children  often  fall  over  a  lot  during  the  first  few  weeks  of  school/nursery  –  this  is  normal,  please  do  not  be  alarmed.  

‘Accidents’:  Young  children  are  asked  to  bring  a  spare  set  of  underwear  and  socks  to  change  into  in  the  event  of  an  ‘accident’.    These  can  be  kept  in  their                            PE  bag  on  their  peg.    

Absence  Line:  Please  ring  01244  981300  Ext  1  before  9.15am  to  inform  us  of  any  absence.    If  you  have  not  contacted  us,  a  member  of  our  team  will  contact  you.    

Car  Parking:  the  car  park  on  Middle  Lane  is  for  staff  and  visitors  only  and  must  not  be  used  by  parents/carers.    The  car  park  on  Hollow  Lane  is  for  parents  with  children  in  the  Foundation  Stage  Unit  only.    All  other  parents  are  encouraged  to  park  on  Middle  Lane  and  surrounding  streets  with  due  consideration  for  our  neighbours.    Please  remember  to  use  the  voluntary  one-­‐way  system  at  peak  times.  

CORE  PRINCIPLES  • If  it  works,  do  more  of  it;  if  it  doesn’t  work,  fix  it  or  bin  it.  • The  problem  is  the  problem,  not  the  person.  • We  will  constantly  review  what  we  do  and  will  seek  feedback.  • We  are  a  team:  Together  Everyone  Achieves  More  • Communication  will  be  effective  so  that  everyone  is  clear  about  

what  is  expected.  • If  we  make  a  change  we  will  make  sure  it  is:  Simple,  Measurable,  

Achievable  and  Realistic  with  a  Timescale.  

Health  and  Safety  

When  Things  Go  Wrong:  We  are  a  happy  school  and  enjoy  working  in  partnership  with  parents,  children  and  outside  agencies.    We  are  all  working  together  to  help  your  child  achieve  his/her  potential  as  an  individual.    Everything  we  do  or  say  is  done  with  the  best  interests  of  our  children  in  mind,  in  accordance  with  established  procedures  or  in  the  exercise  of  our  professional  duties.    Whenever  a  parent  is  concerned  about  any  issue  at  the  school,  we  would  ask  that  an  appointment  is  sought  with  the  class  teacher  or  the  teacher  concerned  via  the  school  office.    He  or  she  is  the  person  best  placed  to  clarify/discuss  concerns,  and  who  is  likely  to  have  the  closest  and  most  immediate  knowledge  of  the  circumstances  and  issues  involved.  Hopefully,  and  usually,  this  will  resolve  parents’  concerns,  but  if  this  has  not  been  achieved,  the  class  teacher  will  refer  the  matter  to  a  member  of  the  Senior  Leadership  Team  who  will,  after  being  briefed  by  the  teacher,  arrange  an  early  appointment  to  discuss  the  matter.  Where  the  concern  is  with  the  school  as  a  whole,  please  contact  the  office,  by  ‘phone,  in  person,  or  by  letter  or  e-­‐mail  and,  after  considering  the  matter,  we  will  respond  or  arrange  a  meeting  with  the  most  appropriate  member  of  staff.    We  believe  we  need  to  respond  to  parents’  concerns  and  that  the  response  must  be    delivered  in  a  considered  and  timely  manner.  This  may  involve  the  teacher  in  carrying  out  an  investigation,  reflecting  on  school  practice  and  taking  time  to  consider  the  best  way  forward  before  they  get  back  to  you,  so  please  be  patient.  

 

 

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• Option  2  School  events  noticeboard:  this  contains  information  on  the  clubs  that  are  running  and  other  school  events.    

• Option  3:  The  school  office.  

Our  school  office  is  open  between  8.45am  and  3.30pm.    To  save  parents  time  queuing  at  the  main  office,  we  have  installed  a  postbox  in  the  main  entrance.  Please  use  this  to  drop  off  money/slips  in  an  envelope  stating  the  child’s  name,  class  and  purpose  e.g.  Freddie  Boyce,  Y3,  Dinner  money.    

We  also  communicate  with  parents  via  text  message:  one  contact  number/child  except  for  exceptional  circumstances.    Please  ensure  that  we  have  your  phone  number.      It  is  our  policy  to  send  out  messages  to  Classes/whole  School  about  school  events.    It  is  not  our  policy  to  send  out  individual  reminders  via  text  message.    

If  you  would  like  to  see  your  child’s  teacher,  please  make  an  appointment  via  the  school  office.    Teachers  are  very  happy  to  speak  to  parents  but  you  will  appreciate  that  first  thing  in  the  morning  can  be  very  disruptive  as  the  children  are  coming  in  and  settling  down  for  the  start  of  the  day.  

School  events:  We  will  do  our  best  to  give  you  the  most  notice  possible  for  school  events.    Please  ensure  that  reply  slips  and  monies  are  sent  into  school  in  a  timely  manner  to  enable  us  to  ensure  the  smooth  running  of  events.  

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School  Dinners:  Dinner  money  is  collected  in  the  classrooms  and  sent  to  the  school  office  on  a  Monday  morning,  alternatively  parents  can  drop  their  money  off  into  the  postbox  in  the  entrance  hall  by  the  school  office.  All  monies  should  be  sent  into  school  in  a  labelled  envelope  with  the  child’s  name  and  class.  Parents  can  pay  by  cheque  (made  payable  to  ‘Cheshire  West  and  Chester  Council’)  on  a  weekly,  monthly,  half-­‐termly  or  termly  basis.    The  cost  of  a  school  dinner  is  £2.10  (£10.50/week).    We  prefer  children  to  have  school  dinners/sandwiches  for  the  whole  week.    

There  are  hot  options  every  day  for  dinner  in  addition  to  a  cold  lunch  in  the  summer  term.  Salad,  fresh  fruit  and  drinks  (milk,  water  or  fruit  juice)  are  on  offer  every  day.    All  meals  are  cooked  from  scratch  on  the  premises  each  day  and  often  use  locally  sourced  produce.    

 Any  parents  who  owe  three  weeks  dinner  money  or  more  will  need  to  provide  their  child  with  a  dinner  as  the  kitchen  cannot  provide  them  with  a  meal  until  the  debt  is  settled.  

Lunchtimes:  Children  in  nursery  staying  for  dinner,  have  their  lunch  at  12.00pm  with  Reception.    The  Infants  have  lunch  at  12.05.    The  Junior  lunch  starts  at  12.15  and  Mr  Sutton  will  call  the  children  to  line  up  when  it  is  the  turn  of  their  class.    The  children  are  supervised  by  Mid-­‐day  assistants  both  in  the  dinner  hall  and  outside  in  the  playground.  

 

Kingsley  is  particularly  effective  in  promoting  pupils’  enjoyment  of  learning  and  developing  their  determination  to  work  hard  and  do  their  very  best.    Ofsted    

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Arrival:  Children  in  the  Foundation  Stage  Unit  are  usually  brought  into  class  by  their  parents.    As  the  year  goes  on,  we  would  like  Reception  children  to  become  more  independent  by  coming  into  class  on  their  own  so  that  they  are  ready  to  move  into  Year  1  by  themselves.    All  other  children  are  expected  to  come  into  the  school  building  by  themselves  unless  there  is  a  problem  you  wish  to  share  with  the  teacher.    

Collection:  Children  in  Nursery  and  Reception  need  to  be  collected  from  the  Foundation  Stage  Unit  Entrance.  Children  in  year  1  from  the  play  area,  Y2  from  the  door  at  the  end  of  the  Infant  corridor  and  Junior  children  from  the  playground  (Y3)  or  the  area  between  the  two  main  school  buildings.    We  finish  at  3.15pm  each  day.  

The  school  gates  are  locked  at  9.05am  and  unlocked  around  3.05pm  in  time  for  the  end  of  the  school  day.    Please  ensure  that  you  are  out  of  the  main  premises  between  these  times  unless  you  are  acting  as  an  adult  volunteer.    This  allows  us  to  make  a  prompt  start  to  the  school  day.    

Please  inform  us  if  someone  different  will  be  collecting  your  child  as  we  will  not  let  them  go  without  your  permission.    

If  you  need  to  collect  your  child  for  a  medical  appointment  during  the  school  day,  please  come  to  the  school  office.    It  is  helpful  if  this  is  during  lesson  time  rather  than  at  breaks  as  the  children  are  not  easy  to  find  when  on  the  playing  field/tennis  courts/playground/  canteen.    

 

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Communication:  

At  school  we  send  letters  to  parents  via  email/printed  copy/school  website.    These  list  up  and  coming  events  and  share  key  information  with  parents  regarding  the  organization  of  the  school  and  school  news.    Please  let  the  school  office  know  of  your  preferred  method  of  communication  and  ensure  that  all  email  addresses  and  contact  numbers  are  kept  up  to  date.    Please  read  all  letters  carefully  so  that  you  know  what  is  happening  in  school.    Paper  copies  of  letters  are  only  sent  home  with  the  oldest  sibling  and  will  be  handed  to  the  child  to  put  in  his/her  bag.    In  the  Foundation  Stage  Unit,  parents  need  to  collect  letters  from  the  parents’  information  point  in  the  entrance.    If  you  do  not  collect  your  child,  please  ask  the  person  collecting  to  check  for  letters.  If  you  have  something  to  send  in  to  school,  please  make  sure  that  your  child  knows  it  is  in  his/her  book  bag.    

For  Diary  Dates,  you  can  use  the  calendar  on  the  school  website:  www.kingsleycp.cheshire.sch.uk    

Our  school  website  also  contains  useful  information  for  parents  and  copies  of  key  school  policies  on  the  Parents  section  as  well  as  recent  photographs  from  school  activities.    

At  busy  times  of  the  day,  the  answer  phone  is  left  on.    Please  leave  a  message  and  a  member  of  staff  will  get  back  to  you  shortly.      Our  phone  system  allows  you  to  leave  messages  for  different  people:  

• Option  1  The  absence  line