Information for Parents
School Hours
Early Entitlement
9:00am to 11:30am
Optional Wraparound: 11:30am to 3:00pm
Days: Monday to Thursday
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Nursery
9:00am to 11:30am
Optional Wraparound: 11:30am to 3:00pm
Days: Monday to Friday
Drop off: Nursery class door opens at 8:50am
Pick up: Pupils can be collected from the Nursery class door
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Reception to Year 2
9:00am to 3:15pm
Drop off: Gates open at 8:50am
Pick up: Pupils can be collected from their class door in the Infant yard
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Year 3 to Year 6
9:00am to 3:20pm
Drop off: Gates open at 8:50am
Pick up: Pupils can be collected from the Junior yard
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Clubs
Breakfast Club: 7:30am to 8:50am (latest entry 8:40am)
Drop off: Main school entrance door
Pick up: Pupils can be collected from the Junior yard
After School Club: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Pick up: Pupils can be collected from the main school entrance door
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Punctuality
The school gates open at 8:50am, and lock at 9:00am - we expect all pupils in during this time.
If your child arrives after 9:00am, they are late. Your child’s late arrivals are recorded, including how many minutes late they are. This is monitored by the school and by the councils Education Support Officer.
Snack & Lunch
Snack
Nursery to Year 2
Free snack is included for all children from Nursery and Early Entitlement to Year 2. This usually consists of fruit and milk.
Year 3 to Year 6
Pupils in Juniors need to bring their own healthy snack to school. We follow Welsh Government guidelines and allow only fruit or vegetables.​
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Lunch
NEWydd provide a wide range of healthy dishes operating on a three-week cycle. All of the menus are nutritionally analysed in line with Welsh Government Guidance to meet pupil’s needs for protein, carbohydrates, fat, sugar and salt.
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Wraparound
Children in Nursery and Early Entitlement who stay for wraparound can either bring their own packed lunch or buy a lunch from the kitchen. Parents can pre-book and pay for these meals in the School Gateway app.
Reception to Year 6
All pupils are now eligible to receive Universal Free School Meals. However, pupils can bring their own packed lunch if they wish. School lunches need to be pre-booked on the School Gateway app.
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Drinks
All pupils are to bring a bottle for water every day.
Communication
Seesaw App
Individual Learning & Class Updates (Daily)
Please ensure you have downloaded the Seesaw app and have connected with your child's class. You will receive photos of your child's individual learning journey, and class journey, most days.
Messages from your child's class teacher (When required)
You child's class teacher may on occasion send messages in the Seesaw app regarding upcoming events/reminders for the class.
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Whole School Updates & Reminders (Weekly)
A school update and reminder email will be sent every Friday, from the school office. This will include any important information for the general school, and a brief outline of the following week.
Events & Trips (When required)
Individual emails will be sent for class/whole school events and trips. This email will include important information and the majority of these types of emails will require action by the parent/carer (e.g. completing a trip consent form). Your child's class teacher may also send this information via Seesaw messages.
Dates for the Diary & After School Club Listings (Termly)
This will usually be sent via email, along with the Newsletter. Or sent again if dates and/or events have changed.
Newsletter (Half Termly)
It's important that newsletters are read by all parents/carers, and children. They contain information that may require your action, and it will also contain individual or whole school achievements that deserve acknowledging.
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School Gateway App
Payments & Payment Messages
Please ensure you have downloaded the School Gateway App and are connected to your Child. All payments will be collected via this app. You may receive messages within this app for payment notifications.
Urgent Individual / Class / Whole School Messages
On occasion, you may receive an urgent message from school regarding your child, their class or the whole school - for example, when an after school club is cancelled. This is the easiest way for the school to quickly communicate with a group of parents. For you to be reached, please ensure you have turned your notifications on for this app.
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Phone Call / Text
You will be contacted by phone call should there be an issue regarding your child e.g. sickness or incident. A text may be sent if you can't be reached by any other method.
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Social Media
Facebook / X / Instagram
Posts on these platforms are made on a regular basis and is a great way to communicate with parents and the wider community. If you have any of these platforms please give us a like!
Other
Free School Meals & School Essentials Grant
​All full time primary school children in Wales are eligible for Universal Free School Meals, however it is still imperative to apply for Free School Meals (eFSM), if you are eligible, even if your child has packed lunch. Not only does this provide vital funds to the school, you will also be eligible for discounted clubs and events in school, and also be eligible for the Schools Essential Grant. This is a payment you will receive to go towards school expenses such as uniform, or other supplies.
​Check your eligibility and apply here:
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Parking
​Car parking at the beginning and end of the school day is a problem at most primary schools. Children and parents arrive and depart in a relatively short period of time and this causes congestion. We ask that parents do not park on our school staff car park, even for pick up from after school club.
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There have been instances of:​
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cars stopping or parking on the restricted yellow marked areas outside the school; including the double yellow lines opposite the school and near the traffic lights
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cars parking or driving along pavements, and blocking driveways
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periodic complaints from residents about drivers’ behaviour and vehicle obstruction​
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So, please walk to school if you can. If you have to come by car, try to allow more time, share trips with neighbours or friends, observe the traffic regulations and park properly in the surrounding residential roads. The school has a duty of care to its neighbours. Parking on restricted areas or mounting the pavement is a traffic offence.​
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School Gateway
Payments
We are a cashless school, so please download the School Gateway app. Here you'll be able to pay for school dinners, clubs and school trips. This means you won’t have to queue up at our school office or send your children into school with cash envelopes to pay for trips.
You will also be able to make the following bookings;
Breakfast Club Bookings
School Lunch Bookings
