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The School Day

Structure of a School Day

At Rockingham Junior & Infant School we have designed the school day to maximise learning time and to prioritise key elements of the curriculum.

REY: Morning 8:30-11:30 – Afternoon 12:30-3:30

Nursery: Morning 8:45 – 11:45 – Afternoon 12:15-3:15

Reception: 8:55am – 2:50pm  

KS1: 8.45 am – 3:00 pm 

KS2: 8:50 – 3:05pm 

KS1 Daily Structure

8:45 morning maths
9:00 guided reading
9:30 phonics
10:00 literacy
10:45 playtime
11:00 maths
12:00 dinner
1:00 mastering number
1:15 handwriting
1:30 topic
2:15 topic
3:00 home time

KS2 Daily Structure

Morning Maths 8:40
Guided reading 9:00
Spelling Session 9:30
Literacy and GPS 9:50
Play 11:00
Maths. 11:15
Dinner 12:15
Afternoon Read 13:15
Handwriting 13:20
Afternoon session 1 13:30
Afternoon Session 2 14:15

REY

Morning:
8:30 am Arrival/Free Flow
9am Hello Song/StoryTime
9:10am Phonics
9:20am Free Flow
9:40am Snack Time
10:40am Maths/Literacy
11am Dough Disco/Squiggle while you wiggle
11:15am Nursery Rhymes/Story Time
11:30am Dinners /Finish Time Morning Session

Afternoon:
12:30 Arrival Free Flow
12:50 Hello Song/StoryTime
1pm Phonics
1:10pm Free Flow
1:40pm Snack Time
2pm Free Flow
2:40pm Maths/Literacy
3pm Dough Disco/ Squiggle while you wiggle
3:15 Story Time/Rhymes

Nursery

Morning:
8:45am Arrival
9:00am Book of the week
9:10am Phonics
9:25am Free Flow
10:00am Maths/Literacy rotation
10:15am Snack Time/Toothbrushing
10:45am Free Flow
11:20am Story Time/Singing
11:30am Provision Time/Lunches/Hometime

Afternoon:
12:15 Arrival/Register
12:30 Book of the week
12:40 Phonics
12:55 Free Flow
1:20pm Maths and Literacy
1:35pm Snack Time/Toothbrushing
2:05pm Free Flow
2:50pm Story Time/Singing
3:15pm Hometime

Reception

8.55 am morning task 
9.00 register and scaling 
9.05-9.30 phonics 
9.30- 11.00 frew flow 
11.00 – 11.25 maths 
11.30 -12.30 lunch 
12.30 – registee 
12.35 -1.00 drawing club 
1.00-2.15 free flow 
2.15-2.45 – topic learning and handwriting 
2.50 hometime