New children who join us are given a Buddy. This booklet will help them settle in school.

Parents and prospective parents often have questions about school life. Follow the link to view frequent questions and answers.

FUNDRAISING FOR SCHOOL

Complete an Energy Savers Report for your home – earn 100 leaves for our school. Over a million leaves have already been donated this way!

Play the Generation Green Quiz and see if you know as much as children and earn leaves for our school.

Get some energy efficiency tips by playing Top Trumps or try your hand at defeating Baron Fossilosis in the games room, you’ll earn 5 leaves for our school when you sign up as an Eco-Ranger – good luck!

Change4Life, the first ever national campaign to reduce obesity, was launched in January 2009. It will help families eat well, move more and live longer, in line with the Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives strategy.

Click on the link above to access the Change4Life website which has plenty of really useful tips for all the family.

We are currently awaiting a decision about our Healthy Schools status, having completed the necessary audit. We aim to create a healthy working environment and promote children’s health and well being through things such as healthy eating and physical activity.

All children are encouraged to protect themselves from the sun, and are encouraged to apply sun cream/wear a sun hat when appropriate.

We hope parents sending packed lunches encourage healthy eating for their children and the school meals served meet the Food Standards. Please click on the Healthy Lunch Box button to view tips.

As part of our Healthy Eating we do not allow children to distribute sweets to others for birthdays or celebrations.

At lunchtimes we run an Active Playgrounds scheme where children are encouraged to be as active as possible.

A guide for parents.

Governors met in 2008 to discuss the findings of our recent OFSTED inspection and have considered new ways we can improve our attendance figures to at least bring them in line with national averages.

In September 2008 we issued new guidance to parents who are considering taking their children out of school for holidays in term time. There is no entitlement to holiday in term time although up to five days in an academic year may be classed as authorised absence. If holidays are taken that are unauthorised these are referred to the Education Welfare Officer who can impose fixed penalty fines.

In the future, factors such as timing of the absence (holidays taken at the beginning of term are particularly disruptive to children’s education) and previous attendance record will be considered before authorising absence for holiday. Please click on the link below to obtain a holiday request form - this should be completed and passed to the School Office.

During this half term, to celebrate the World Cup, Cygnet are running a 'Feast of Football'initiative.

The Talking Partners programme was initially designed for children who speak English as an additional language but it was soon recognised as a benefit to all children. It is a short-term intervention programme which aims to support children's development in the area of speaking and listening. There are now over 25 schools in Milton Keynes involved in the Talking Partners programme and this number continues to rise.

Free milk is available every day for children under the age of five. Once your child reaches the age of five, you can order and pay for milk - just go to www.coolmilk.com and follow the instructions on screen, entering your child's details and you will receive an invoice in the next few days. Once Cool, milk have received payment, milk will be start the following week (please note that registration details need to be received by 4pm on a Tuesday for milk delivery to start the following week)

The school reference number is: S1001136

With the support of NatWest’s Sue Foster and Mrs Anderson, we have now set up our own School Bank to help the children understand more about banking and the basics of managing money. Supported by ongoing guidance from NatWest, the School Bank is run by pupils from Kents Hill and Walton High. All pupils have the opportunity to open an account and pay in money at the school bank which is open each Wednesday from 8:45-9am. Children also receive regular account statements which the NatWest staff will go through with them, to help them to understand the process of running a bank account and watching their savings grow.

We advise parents at the start of each half term when each block starts and the cost involved. For the clubs with limited space, Art, Bug and Gardening, if we receive more requests for places than are available, they will be allocated on a first come first served basis. In these cases you will receive confirmation if your child has been allocated a place. Children attending Football Club on a Tuesday are supervised between 3pm and 3:15pm when club starts.

We also operate a Bug Club in the summer term which runs on a Tuesday or a Thursday from 3-4pm at a cost of 50p per session. You will receive a separate letter home about this club, which is run by Miss Filby.

Please click on the link to display the current list of dates.

We expect all families to support our uniform policy. Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly marked with the child's name.

Children should wear shoes for school and not trainers. We prefer them to be black and should be practical and safe. We do not expect to see children wearing either sling backs or shoes with heels.

Indoor PE is with bare feet. Children will need plimsolls/trainers for outdoor PE and games. When the weather is cold, children should bring PE kit that is suitable for outdoors, such as a tracksuit.