Daily Routine School commences at 8.30 am for all Primary School students. Playground supervision begins at 8.00 am and children should not arrive before this time. When the bell rings to signal the start of the school day, children in Years One to Four assemble in their designated class lines underneath the shaded area in the Teaching Block One Playground. Children in Year Five and Six make their way independently to class when instructed by the duty teachers. Children in the Early Years are welcomed into their classrooms by class teachers from 8.20am onwards. Children in the Nursery Class and Kindergarten finish their school day at 12.20 pm. If Kindergarten children are attending school for the full day, they finish at 3.20 pm with the rest of the school. The School Day is divided into eight lessons that are forty minutes in length (seven on a Friday). Break time is scheduled between 10.40 am and 11.00 am and lunch time is scheduled between 12.20 pm and 1.20 pm. Children in the Early Years who are on a half day eat their lunches in class before they go home. The school day ends at 3.20 pm Monday to Thursday and at 2.40 pm on Fridays. The daily Primary Timetable is as follows:
Period
Time Span
Duration in Minutes
Registration/Class Time Period 1 Period 2
8.30 – 8.40 am 8.40 – 9.20 am 9.20 – 10.00 am
10 40 40
Period 3
10.00 – 10.40 am
40
Break Time
10.40 – 11.00 am
20
Period 4
11.00 – 11.40 am
40
Period 5
11.40 am – 12.20 pm
40
Lunch Break (EY half day children go home)
12.20 – 1.20 pm
60
Period 6
1.20 – 2.00 pm
40
Period 7
2.00 – 2.40 pm
40
Period 8 (Monday to Thursday only)
2.40 – 3.20 pm
40
School Year/ Calendar The school year generally starts at the end of August and ends at the end of June or beginning of July. The year is divided into three terms. The calendar is distributed by the beginning of term three every school year. This will be sent via email and is posted on the school website. New parents will receive their copy upon enrolment.
St. Andrews International School– Primary School Parent Handbook
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