Mather Street Primary School

Autumn Term

Thank you to everyone that is making the effort to get their children into school every day on time. Some of the children that we were worried about last year have made an excellent start to the year and are on 100% attendance - Well done!

Parents' Evenings will be on Tuesday 22nd October and Wednesday 23rd October; the book fair will be in school that week too. 
We finish for half term at 3:20pm on Friday 25th October and school will be closed for one week. School reopens on Monday 4th November. 

Uniform

We expect all our children to be smartly dressed in full school uniform. This includes school trousers - not tracksuit bottoms or casual trousers - and black footwear. If you would like anything from the 'bargain box', please ask the office staff. 

Traffic

There is often a lot of traffic congestion outside school. Please be patient and consider other drivers and the neighbours. We have had a few near-misses recently and we need to keep everyone safe. 

Punctuality and attendance. 

The new guidelines from the DfE have now come into effect. The school's attendance policy has been updated to reflect the changes. Remember - where parents decide to have their child registered at school, they have an additional legal duty to ensure their child attends that school regularly. This means their child must attend every day that the school is open, except in a small number of allowable circumstances such as being too ill to attend or being given permission for an absence in advance from the school. 

Please see the information below from Oldham Council

Admission arrangements for reception - September 2025 - parents need to apply for a reception place by January 2025

Secondary applications for September 2025 - Closing date October 31st 2024

If you need any help completing your child's application form, please come and ask a member of the office staff. 

Please see the attached information about help and support for families - please don't hesitate to contact school if you need additional support. 

School Calendar 2024/25

Current Arrangements

Here are some of the arrangements we have in place to help to keep everyone safe. 

 Road safety

• Parking space around school is very limited. Please avoid parking on the pavement at the entrance to school. For the safety of all the children, please be patient and show consideration to the neighbours and other drivers.

 Dogs

• Dogs are not allowed on the school premises.

 Uniform

• Children need to come to school, smartly dressed, in full school uniform. 

 Attendance and Punctuality

• The current guidance is very clear that all children should attend school every day. Oldham Council will issue fixed penalty notices where attendance at school is not good enough. Please ensure that your child arrives at school on time and is collected promptly at 3:20pm.

 Coronavirus symptoms

• If your child or a member of your household is displaying coronavirus symptoms, please follow government guidance and keep school informed.

Morning – children can enter school from 8:45am and need to be in class by 8:50am.

Morning Drop-off – parents will not be allowed on site

• Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 – drop children off at the office gate.
• Children will walk to the junior playground and enter school as directed by staff.  
• Year 1 and Year 2 – drop children off at the pylon car park gate.
• Children will walk to the infant playground and enter school as directed by staff.  
• Reception and Nursery – drop children off at the pavement gate.

 Collection (Nursery 12 noon; Reception 3:20pm)

• Nursery and reception – collect from the pavement gate

 Gates will be open from 3:05pm

• Year 1 and Year 2 – wait for your children on the infant playground. Staff will bring the children to you.  
• Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 – wait for your children on the junior playground. Staff will bring the children to you.

Families where the children are in different key stages. - School staff will direct Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 children to the infant playground to meet their parents. (If there is a sibling in reception, collect the older children first.)

 Enquiries

• Please contact school by telephone, text or e mail where possible.
• If you need to speak to someone in the office, please be prepared to queue.
• If you need to contact your child’s teacher, please wait until all the children have left the playground at the end of the day to speak to the teacher or get in touch by e mail or telephone and they will get back in touch with you.

 Thank you for your continued support,

Home Learning

 Please remind your children to stay safe online. There are lots of activities on our E-Safety page to help you. 

50 Things to Do ...

Follow the link to find a menu of exciting activities for families in Oldham with young children.

There are lots of suggestions for how to have fun and learn at the same time.