School Pick Up Arrangements

A reminder to all parents and carers about pick-up arrangements for children across the school.

Reception - Parents and carers in Reception must come into the Reception outside area to collect their child from the classroom door.

Year 1 & 2 - Parents and carers from Years 1 & 2 should gather by the external gate to Years 1 & 2 where their child will be handed over to them by a staff member.

Year 3 - Parents and carers in Year 3 are invited onto the playground through Gate 3. We ask that you wait by the gate on the playground, but spread out across the space so that class teachers can clearly identify you.

Year 4 - Parents in Year 4 are invited onto the main playground through Gate 6. We ask that you wait on the astro-turf area. Please spread out so that class teachers can clearly identify you to ensure a safe handover. Parents of Year 4 children wishing for their child to leave by themselves should confirm this under the consents section on Arbor. We will only allow children to leave by themselves if we have received this confirmation. Consents can be changed by emailing the school office admin@wransom.herts.sch.uk.

Year 5 & 6 - All Year 5 and 6 children will be dismissed from their classrooms to make their own way out of school. Please make sure that you have made arrangements with your Year 5 and 6 child before the start of the school day so they know where they should be going when they leave the classroom at the end of the school day.

 

WR Mobile Phone and Smartwatch Policy

The school position is, and continues to be, that phones and smartwatches should not be being brought into school. The exception to this is when a child requires their phone for use before they arrive at school, or after they leave school. When this is the case, phones must be handed into the school office before school starts or as soon as the child enters the school building. They can be collected at 3:20pm. Smartwatches should not be worn into school. If they are seen in school, the child will be asked to hand the watch into the school office, to be collected at 3:20pm. This is due to the camera and recording functionality, that exist on many, which is not permitted at school.

 

Vomiting and Diarrhoea

A reminder that children with diarrhoea or vomiting should stay away from school until they have not been sick/had diarrhoea for at least 2 days (48 hours).

Headlice

Unfortunately, your child may come into contact with headlice. For further information on what this might look like and what to do about it please click here.

 

School Uniform

Please can all parents please ensure that children are attending school wearing the correct school uniform. If there are difficulties in doing that, please approach a member of the School Office or a member of the leadership team and we will happily discuss this further with you.

 

Allergy Awareness To Protect Every Child

We need everyone to do all they can to protect every child in the school. Some of our children have known allergies, others are being diagnosed and there will be some who have allergies that have yet to come to light. Children bringing snacks in for breaktimes should only be bringing in fruit. Please ensure that your child is not bringing in nut based snacks. Please also note we are unable to have in school, or hand out, birthday sweets/cakes. This is for everyone’s safety. Thank you for your support.

 

Please Look After Our Neighbours

With 422 children now in the school, we realise that picking up and dropping off are going to be very busy times outside the school. But please make sure that you are parking sensibly and responsibly and being courteous to our neighbours.

 

Taking Care Around Railways

We wanted to share the following links to two assembly videos focussed on railway safety with you all. With the school being in close proximity to a railway track and station, we are aware that some of our children are of an age where they might be independently exploring their local community and we want everyone to be as safe as possible You can access the KS1 video by clicking here and the KS2 video by clicking here.

 

Crossing Wymondley Road

As you are all aware, Lollipop Kate has now retired and the role is currently being advertised. Please click here if you are interested in finding out more. In the meantime, please continue to remind your children to take extra care and be extra cautious when using the crossing on Wymondley Road.