At the end of the day, if a different adult is collecting a child, the school office or class teacher must be informed at the start of the day. If a child goes to After School Club, a member of staff will collect them and take them to the After School Club room.

Breakfast and After School Club

If you are a working parent and need additional childcare, we run a breakfast club from 8am each morning and an after school club until 5:45pm. These are open to children of all ages.

The current daily prices for these are:

Breakfast Club: £3
After School Club: £10 (or £5 if picked up before 4:30pm)

All bookings must be made at least 7 days in advance using our Scopay online system. Any short notice booking enquiries must be telephoned via the school office and can not be guaranteed.

Once you book, you are committed to paying for that session. In order to book a session in either club, you must be in credit on your Scopay account for the amount you are requesting. The exception for this is if you pay for these clubs through one of the following child care voucher schemes we have in place: Kiddiecare, Edenred and the Government Tax-free childcare.

If you do not have your Scopay login details please contact Nicola at nhall@wtwschool.co.uk

Attendance and Punctuality

It is really important for children’s intellectual and social development that they attend school regularly and on time.

The school will do all it can to ensure maximum attendance for all pupils and reduce absence, including persistent absence. Parents have a vital role to play in ensuring that pupils attend school regularly and on time. Individual parents will be contacted immediately if concerns arise over their child’s attendance or punctuality with a view to resolving any problems that may have arisen.

If a child is going to be absent, the parent or carer must contact the school before 8:30 am  by telephoning the office, notifying us of the reason.

If a child is late, the parent or carer must bring their child to the Fitzalan Street gate and wait for a member of staff to collect them, explaining the reason for the lateness. 

We will not authorise holidays during term time. If you need time out for exceptional circumstances, this must be requested in writing to the Headteacher.

Please click here for the school’s Attendance Policy.
 
Lunches and Snacks

Children can either have a school dinner or a packed lunch. Currently, the government fund free school meals for all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children, and some older children are also eligible for free school meals. To see if your child is eligible for free school meals, please contact the school office who will help you complete the form. Currently, school meals are priced at £2.50 per day. We promote healthy eating so please try to provide packed lunches with this in mind e.g. savoury/sandwich, fruit, yoghurt and water/fruit juice. No sweets or fizzy drinks.

Please click here for the school’s Packed Lunch Policy.

At morning break time, we provide milk and fruit for all Early Years children to have. Key Stage One and Two children also receive a free piece of fruit.
We encourage children to drink lots of water throughout the day so recommend that they have a water bottle in school. These can be bought from the school office for £1.50.

PE

The children will have PE sessions during the school day. For these sessions they must wear a green t-shirt which can be bought from the school office for £1.50, with black or navy shorts or jogging bottoms plus trainers.

All PE clothes should be labelled with the child’s name as they can easily get muddled up.

Contact Details

We must have up-to-date information about parents’ names, addresses and phone numbers. If the information you give us changes in any way throughout the year, then please let us know straight away. We must also have at least two other emergency contacts which can be a relative or friend.

We often contact parents using ParentComms, a text messaging service, using the contact details you give us on your registration form. We encourage parents to download the ParentComms app.
 
Clothing

There is no school uniform at Walnut Tree Walk, though many children choose to wear our optional sweat shirts and t-shirts. These can be purchased from the school office alongside T-shirts for PE. Most parents dress their children sensibly in clothes they feel comfortable with.

Going to school should always be enjoyable, but it is also a job of work so we like to see children dressed for practical and sometimes messy activities. We do advise that parents write or sew their children's names on to their clothing. For Health and Safety reasons, please no jewellery, as accidents can happen. 

We do we allow the wearing of any type of makeup or nail varnish. We also cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage.

Accidents

Minor cuts and bruises are dealt with in school and parents will be informed by letter if a child has a minor accident during the day. If anything more serious happens, including if a head injury, we let the parent or carer know straight away which is why we need an up-to-date record of contact numbers.

Statutory Financial Info

Schools are now requested to display the number of staff earning over £100,000. No member of staff at Walnut Tree Walk earns that amount.

Please follow the link below for more info on schools financial benchmarking

Schools Financial Benchmarking Service