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New Reception Parents Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to Ashley Down! Please see below for frequently asked questions and links to the relevant documents and services you may require.
Do you know what provision will be available for wraparound care?
Ashley Down After School club has increased it’s capacity for after school wraparound care and also provide breakfast club. There will be a number of places available on site for Reception and Year 1 children for both breakfast club and after school club from September. For more information please see our school website page.
https://www.ashleydownschool.org.uk/Our-Community/Ashley-Down-After-School-Club/
Please contact Ashley Down After School Club directly to secure a place.
http://www.ashleydownafterschoolclub.org.uk/
There is also the Bristol City Council guide of local childminders:
https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/registered-childminders
How can I find out information about starting school and the teachers at school?
For more detailed information about starting school in Reception and for the staff ‘all about me’ sheets please see the page below.
https://www.ashleydownschool.org.uk/Starting-School-AD/
Is the rest of the uniform grey or black? Do they have to wear a polo shirt with the school logo on as well?
We ask that children come to school in their school uniform every day. This consists of the green jumper, cardigan or fleece (with or without logo) and a white polo shirt (with or without logo) as well as either grey or black trousers, shorts or a skirt. You can also purchase green or grey dresses. Grey or black tights and leggings are permitted when worn under skirts and dresses. Our logo'd jumpers/cardigans and bookbags are available to purchase from Boca Teamwear.
We do offer iron on logo badges, these are available to purchase from our online payment system www.schoolgateway.com then collected from the school office after 1st September.
For more information about our uniform, please see our page below.
School Uniform pageHow do we order lunches?
All children in Reception, year 1 and year 2 are eligible for universal free school meals. Children choose what they would like each morning and this will be ordered from the kitchen. There will up to date food menus available from September that will be updated for parents on the below website page.
Are there vegan options or special diet menus?
Chartwells are currently looking at offering more vegan options, but at the moment this would be a special menu. Please see the forms and information below.
Medical Diet Evidence Support Form
Chartwells Nut Policy Statement
Chartwells May Contain Nuts Consent Form
How do I know if I'm entitled to pupil premium?
Pupil premium information is available on our page below which includes an online application link.
Pupil Premium pageAlternatively the pupil premium checker form is here, please complete and return to the school office.
I want my child to have milk at break times, how do I arrange this?
As you may be aware, school children under the age of 5 receive milk free of charge, however which is funded by The Department Of Health through The Nursery Milk Scheme. Once children reach the age of 5 this funding is withdrawn.
School Milk Services Ltd offers the service of delivering fresh milk to school children. If this is something you would like more information on, the link below will take you to the website where you can register for this service.
https://www.schoolmilkservices.co.uk/parents
My child has a medical condition and may need medicine, how do I inform you?
Our indemnity form is completed and given to the office with the medication.
FORM_OF_INDEMNITY_FOR_MEDICINES
How do you use my child's data?
Please see our Data Privacy Notice here.
Can I use my mobile phone in school?
Parents, Carers, contractors other visitors:
• Parents and other visitors will be courteously requested, in the interest of child safety, to not to use their mobile phones in the school buildings or grounds.
• Mobile phones must never, in any circumstances, be used to take photographs in the school building or grounds.
• The only exceptions to this will be for some contactors, extra curricular activities, ( see both below), and in respect of curricular activities, at a celebration event , where, with the explicit permission of the teacher, a parent/carer may photograph their child’s work/display with the said child present .
• On arrival, parents and visitors will be informed of the School’s expectations around the use of mobile phones.
• Where contractors, or similar visitors, need to take photos of school buildings/equipment for work purposes they should first get the permission from the site manager/caretaker and ensure such photographs do not include any images of children.
Extra curricular activities
• It is recognised that parents/carers may wish to use mobile phones to take photographs during such extra curricular activities as school shows and sports days. Clear guidance will be given before such events on the use of mobile phones.
• Where parents/carers are permitted to photograph or video such school events on mobile phones they should try to ensure that only images of their own child are taken, and where this is not possible, the School will insist, that at all times, that parents/carers do not publish images (e.g. on social networking sites ) that include any children other than their own.
How do I get notified of special events, trips, activities etc?
We will email information regarding special events, trips, activities etc, we also have a calendar web page
ADP Calendar (Ashley Down Primary School menu tab)
and a mobile app
Parent_Guide_to_the_Greenhouse_School_App
The access code will be emailed directly in September.