The School Day

The school is organised into four separate year groups, which are categorised as follows: Y3: 7/8 years old, Y4: 8/9 years old, Y5:  9/10 years old and Y6: 10/11 years old.  We mix the classes at the end of each year as it brings a range of benefits to the children, such as:

• encourage new friendships
• supports emotional resilience and adaptability
• helps balance classes
• provides a fresh start
• prepares pupils for future transition to secondary school
• promotes equity.

Children will sometimes be supported by teaching assistants, who work with groups or individuals. All our teachers work in teams and support each other and this could involve them teaching each other’s class to share their expertise. This is all done to improve the quality of learning.  Each year group will have variations on which lesson is taught when but generally Maths and English are taught in the morning and Science, PSHE, History, Geography, Spanish, Computing, RE and PE in the afternoons. Music and Art are taught by Specialist Teachers while class teachers are released to plan, prepare and carry out any assessments.

Children receive a minimum of 32.5 hours teaching per week. The school day is 5 hours and 45 minutes, excluding lunchtime.  A typical school day is as follows: