School Day
Our School Day
At St Dennis Primary Academy, our school day starts at 0840 when children enter through the bottom playground and are greeted by Mrs Brokenshire and other members of staff. Children make their way to their classrooms for registration and may also have a bagel during this time.
Nursery
Nursery either attend for whole or half day sessions. Times are: 0900 - 1200 (1200 - 1230 lunch) and 12:30 - 1525.
Reception
Children are greeted at the door by EYFS staff and enter the classroom to a range of activities to access independently.
After the register and morning routine, children take part in stories, writing, phonics, maths and independent learning, before going to the hall and playground for their lunchtime at 1140.
The afternoon session starts at 1230 and the class learn about topics through adult input and exploration time. One-to-one and small group work takes place throughout the day and learning is both inside and outside of the classroom.
Assemblies, Circle Time and Golden Time form the end of day routine, before childre are greeted at the gate by their parents and carers at 1525
Year 1 to Year 6
Members of the Senior Leadership welcome children in at 0840, when they open the gate in the morning. The gate is then closed at 0850.
0850 | Registration | Children are greeted by their class adults and they then come into class and complete a morning task. Registration finishes by 0900 and lessons begin. |
Session 1 | This includes 30 minutes of Book Study and Handwriting in Key Stage 1. In Key Stage 2 complete the RWI Spelling Programme and theri handwriting. | |
Session 2 | This session is for English and we use RWI, including the Get Writing part of the programme. When children have completed RWI, they have an English lesson based on the Storytelling approach. | |
1030 - 1045 | Morning break |
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Year 1 - 3 1045 - 1200
Year 4-6 1045 - 1230 | Session 3 | Maths is taught across the whole school for an hour and there is also a ‘Key Skills’ session which focuses on fluency. In Key Stage 1, this is Mastering Number. Key Stage 2 then have their Reading Fluency or Novel Study before lunch |
Year 1 - 3 1200 - 1250
Year 4 - 6 1230 - 1320 | Lunch | Lunch is served in two sittings and children sit with their classmates. After they have eaten, children can choose to play football on the top playground, or play on the bottom playground with the toys. Classes also take turns on the adventure playground. |
Year 1 - 3 1250 - 1505
Year 4 - 6 1320 - 1505 | Session 4 | In Key Stage 1, children have additional RWI in groups, focused on their next steps.
Across the whole school, the afternoon session could include one or two subjects including science, history, geography, art, DT, PE, RE, music, PSHE, computing and Spanish in Key Stage 2. There is a breaktime which is used for physical activity, including the Daily Mile. This is taken when it fits with learning within each class. |
1505 - 1525 | Session 5 | This session is used for Collective Worship which takes place either in classrooms or the hall. |
1525 | End of the day | Children are seen out to their parents and carers on the bottom playground. |
| TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS - 32 hours and 55 minutes (including lunchtime) |