Junior School Handbook
Bags Boarders Change of address
Choristers Clothing Complaints
Absence from School
Appearance
If your child is unable to come to school due to illness, injury, doctor/hospital/dental appointment please either complete the Absence Form on the School Portal or email Sam Fear at Junior School Reception (s.fear@wells. cathedral.school) and copy this to your child’s Form Teacher or ring Junior School Reception (01749 834400) to inform us of the situation before 10.00a.m.
We encourage all pupils to take pride in their appearance and we appreciate parental support with the following:
Authorised Absence
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Any other absence must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Junior School and authorised.
Academic: A Rich Curriculum Our Junior School offers a challenging and creative curriculum to inspire our pupils to become problemsolvers and to take risks from early in their school careers. All pupils are encouraged to develop teamwork and leadership skills, make friends and have fun.
Activities & Co-curricular Clubs * The School has a great number and variety of cocurricular clubs and activities on offer to strengthen life beyond the classroom both at lunchtime and after school. A new list is published each term and children/ parents sign up using the School Cloud system. Parents are informed of the clubs on offer and this also appears in the School Portal. Pre-Prep children also have a list that is published each term, information and signing up is communicated through the Form Teacher.
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children should be smartly dressed at all times, wearing either the skirt/trouser uniform or sports kit. children are allowed to wear badges awarded by the school but no other jewellery. Watches and plain gold or silver stud type earrings may be worn but must be removed/or covered for all sport. only navy blue hair accessories should be worn and long hair should be tied back.
Assessment (Attainment and Effort) Attded grades for effort in each subject.
These range from 5 (excellent) to 1 (cause for concern) and indicate effort (application, enthusiasm, character strengths) rather than attainment. The criteria for each grade is found inside pupils’ Prep Planners.
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