School Day

Parents/Carers and children can access Eastwick via either our Eastwick Drive gate or our Eastwick Park Avenue gate and walk through the school to the drop off point for their child/ren.

Gates will be opened at 8.30am and closed as above (Eastwick Park gate will be closed at 8:55am) in the morning and opened at 3.10pm and closed at 3.30pm in the afternoon.

Parents of Infant children should be escorted to and collected from their classroom door.  Pupils in Rainbow should be dropped off and collected from the Rainbow external classroom entrances. The Infant Playground & Rainbow gate and all classroom doors will be closed at 8.45am.

Y3 & Y4 Polar Bears  should walk directly to their classroom via the side gate and enter via the external classroom door; they should also be collected from the classroom door.

Y4 Penguins & Year 5 should enter through the hall side door, then walk throughthe hall and along the corridor to their classrooms; they should also be collected from the Hall side door.

Y4 Polar Bears & Year 5  should walk directly to their classroom via the side gate and enter via the external classroom door; they should also be collected from the classroom door.

Year 6 pupils will enter through the hall and follow the playground path to reach their classrooms, exiting via the lunchtime door. To reduce congestion in the hall, Year 6 pupils will be dismissed from the Junior Field Gate.  Children who are not walking home independently should be collected from this gate.

Pupils in Ark Classes, along with any pupils who have agreed alternative arrangements, will enter and dismeed via the front Junior reception door.

All Junior Classrooms, hall doors and the Junior side gate will be closed at 8.50am

Children should not be left unaccompanied at any time; parents/carers should remain with their children until classroom doors are open.

If parents/carers have siblings in Junior year groups that are being dismissed in separate locations, they should collect their younger child first and then walk to collect their elder child.

Year 5 and 6 children may walk home alone but only when signed authorisation has been provided by parents/carers.

Rules for Accessing the School Site

Parents and Carers should not use their mobile phones when on the school site.

No dogs are permitted on the school site.  This includes all parts of the school grounds.

No cars should access the school site without advanced permission; all gate codes will be changed on a regular basis and may be withdrawn at any time.

If you have any queries, please do contact the school via the school office at info@eastwick.thpt.org.uk.