Changes To IVJS Childcare Clubs and Start/Finish Times

Dear Parents/ Guardians,

We have had an amazing start to the school year, with all the children settling into the routines very quickly. 
As you already are aware, the children stay in their class bubble for most of the day - except at break and lunchtimes when they are allowed to mix as a year group.  This has been a great success as the children have so much space on the playground! 
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Start Times:
All of the new routines are working really well apart from one – the staggered start and finish times.  These seem to be causing confusion and mean that siblings have to start earlier than the rest of their class.  We would like to change them slightly so that more children start at the same time.   

From Monday14th September the new start times will be:   
Years 3 and 6 = 8.40am   Years 4 and 5 = 8.50am. 
The school gates will not be opened until 8.40am so please avoid sending your child early.  Children will not be supervised by school staff until 8.40am. 
 
Breakfast Club 
We are going to restart the breakfast club from Monday 14th September 2020!  To reduce the number of children mixing we are going to keep the children in their year group bubbles for breakfast club.   

• This is only for children whose parents have no other means of child care in the mornings 
• Children will enter the school building via the Miss Booth’s (Years 3 and 4) and Mrs Bowden’s (Years 5 and 6) fire doors  
• There will be a set charge of £5 and places must be booked, and paid for, before the day 
• Food will be provided – a piece of fruit and a brioche bun.  Children will need to bring their water bottle as we are unable to provide drinks 

 
Finish Times 
From Monday 14th September we will be changing our finish times slightly to make the end of the day smoother and quicker. 
 
Year 3 and 6 = 3.10pm     Years 4 and 5 = 3.20pm 
 
After School Child Care 
Our after-school club will continue to run until 4.30pm.  Places must be booked in advance and paid for; each session is £3.50.   
We hope that these changes will make things easier for everyone and we will continue to review the start and finish times regularly.    

click here to go to our childcare page with booking form