Abbey Meads Community Primary School

The school day begins at 8:30am with the teachers waiting in their classrooms to give each child a warm welcome at the start of every day. An Early Morning Task will be waiting for the children to complete. This is usually a quick 5-to-10-minute task to get the children thinking.

It allows the teachers time to talk to every child and give them a positive start to their day and also provides time for our staff to take registration. The gates are open at 8:20am and you are encouraged to wait with your child until the classroom doors are opened.

Children remain the responsibility of parents on the playground before school starts and they enter the classroom. We therefore ask you not to send your child to school before 8:20am, or to leave them unsupervised in the playground at any time. We ask parents to leave their children at the classroom door.

We want the children to independently hang up their coats and put their things away. We also want the children to have time with their teachers to enable a positive start to the day.