At West Row Academy, we offer a broad and balanced curriculum which includes teaching of core and foundation subjects. We have included an example outline below of each key stages ‘typical’ day. In key stage 2, this includes two hours of physical education a week.

It is important that pupils arrive on time, so they are settled and ready to begin the day. We have a ten-minute drop off slot for pupils to arrive and this allows our classroom teams chance to focus on the children in their care. Children must be in school by 8.50am for registration and stay until the end of the day.

We have a soft start to the school day. We ask parents to say good bye at the gate / door as this supports and develops pupils independence. Children are welcomed to their classroom with a warm smile from the team and they are able to complete early morning learning activities, often to some gentle music. Teachers are able to check in with the children, see if everyone is ok using the ‘Zones of Regulation’ and have conversations with those who might need it.

In order to keep your children safe, as part of our safeguarding routines, we would like to remind parents that all visitors to classrooms and the school must sign in and enter through our school office. Please do not be offended if you are challenged by a member of our team regarding this.

EYFS

Time	Activity
8.40am – 8.50am	Gates open, soft start, registration and early morning work
9am – 9.15am	Collective worship / Assembly
9.15am – 9.45am	Phonics
9.45am	Continuous provision and teacher led learning
10.30am – 11am	Maths
11am – 12pm	Continuous provision and teacher led learning
12pm – 1pm	Lunch time
1pm – 3pm	Continuous provision and teacher led learning including understanding the world, being creative and PE
3pm – 3.10pm	Class story time
3.10pm	Home time (collection from the front of school)

Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)

Time	Activity
8.40am – 8.50am	Gates open, soft start, registration and early morning work
9am – 9.15am	Collective worship / Assembly
9.15am – 10.15am	Maths
10.15am – 10.30am	Break time
10.30am – 11am	Phonics
11am – 12pm	Reading and writing
12pm – 1pm	Lunch
1pm – 1.15pm	Maths meeting
1.15pm – 3pm	Foundation subjects including: art, beliefs and values, computing, design and technology, geography history, music, PE, PSHE and science
3pm	Class story time
3.10pm	Home time (collection from the gate)

Key Stage 2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6)

Time	Activity
8.40am – 8.50am	Gates open, soft start, registration and early morning work
9am – 9.15am	Collective worship / Assembly
9.15am – 10.15am	Maths
10.15am – 10.30am	Reading
10.30am – 10.45am	Break time
10.45am – 11.10am	Reading continued
11.10am – 12pm	Writing
12pm – 1pm	Lunch
1pm – 1.15pm	Maths meeting or spelling
1.15pm – 3pm	Foundation subjects including: art, beliefs and values, computing, design and technology, geography history, music, PE, PSHE and science.
3pm – 3.15pm	Class story time
3.15pm	Home time (collection from the gate)

The number of hours, including the soft start, in a typical week are 32 hours and 30 minutes (this is including a 1 hour lunch time and a 20 minute break time).