School Opening Hours

All pupils attend Thakeham Primary School for the mandated 32.5 hours a week. Please see below for our timetable information. 

 

KEY STAGE 2:

  • 08:40: gates opened on playground
  • 08:45: start of school day
  • 08:45: early morning work (CEWs, HFWs, spellings, handwriting, soft starts) 
  • 09:00: reading
  • 09:30: writing 
  • 10:30: assembly 
  • 10:45: morning break
  • 11:00: maths
  • 12:00: lunch time 
  • 13:00: afternoon lesson 1 (foundation, computing, PSHE, PE, science, RSE focus)
  • 14:00: afternoon lesson 2 (foundation, computing, PSHE, PE, science, RSE focus)
  • 15:00: story time 
  • 15:15: end of school day
 

KEY STAGE 1:

  • 08:40: gates opened on playground
  • 08:45: start of school day
  • 08:45: early morning work (CEWs, HFWs, spellings, handwriting, soft starts) 
  • 09:00: phonics and/or VIPERS
  • 09:30: writing 
  • 10:30: assembly 
  • 10:45: morning break
  • 11:00: maths
  • 12:00: lunch time 
  • 13:00: afternoon lesson 1 (foundation, computing, PSHE, PE, science, RSE focus)
  • 14:00: afternoon lesson 2 (foundation, computing, PSHE, PE, science, RSE focus)
  • 15:00: story time 
  • 15:15: end of school day 
 

THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE: 

  • 08:40: gates opened on playground
  • 08:45: start of school day
  • 09:00 to 11:55: continuous provision punctuated by targeted inputs for phonics, writing and maths
  • 11:55: lunch time
  • 13:00 to 15:00: continuous provision punctuated by targeted inputs for phonics, writing and maths
  • 15:00: story time and end of day routine 
  • 15:15: end of school day