The Morning Management Workshop Harry Gosling Primary School and Attendance Welfare Service Present: The Morning Management Workshop

Attendance and Welfare Advisor Ropna Alom Contact details: 02073643356 ropna.alom@towerhamlets.gov.uk Available at Harry Gosling every other Monday AM Supporting Children, Schools and Families

School Aims Target for 2016/17: 96.5% We recognise that attending school regularly and on time has a positive impact on learning, progress and therefore the best life chances for our students. Excellent attendance and punctuality is the key for our student’s success in order to prepare our students for their future adult life. In line with the Government and Local Authority Guidelines, we expect all our students to maintain an attendance level of 96%. School starts at 9.00am. THIS IS WHEN LEARNING BEGINS. Children are expected to be registered by this time in order to avoid a Late mark. Pupils are collected from the playground at 8.55am

Why is Punctuality Important? Being on Time: gets your day off to a good start and puts you in a positive frame of mind, so that you can make the most of your learning opportunities. sets positive patterns for the future. You can't expect to keep a job if you're always coming in late; leads to a good attendance record and means you don’t miss any morning notices; leads to better achievement because you attend the WHOLE of all of your classes; leads to understanding that school is important and education is valuable; helps you develop a sense of responsibility for yourself and towards others and is a sign of good character; is respectful to your teacher and to your classmates and builds good habits for later in life when your employer pays you to be on time; is very important indeed. Research shows that attendance and punctuality are the single most important factors in school success

The morning school run doesn't always have to be a mad dash The morning school run doesn't always have to be a mad dash. Follow our tips for getting your child through the school gates on time, fed, clean and with all the right kit! It all begins the night before! IT ALL BEGINS THE NIGHT BEFORE!

Bed Time GET YOUR CHILD TO BED ON TIME: This may be easier said than done, but you'll be glad in the morning that your child was fed, bathed and tucked up in good time. If your child is in bed at a sensible hour, he should wake up the next morning cheerful and sprightly. He may even do remarkable things, such as cleaning his teeth without being told. If your child goes to bed late, he's likely to wake up groggy and is more likely to drop his toothbrush down the toilet than brush his teeth with it. At bed time, talk to your children. Always ask your children how school is. Find out if they enjoy school, whether they have friends. If you have concerns speak to school. Remind your children about the what time they need to wake up to get to school, so they are aware too.

How Much Sleep We Need? Newborns 14 to 17 hours 0-3 months Infants Age Recommended Newborns 14 to 17 hours 0-3 months   Infants 12 to 15 hours 4-11 months Toddlers 11 to 14 hours 1-2 years Preschoolers 10 to 13 hours 3-5 years School-aged Children 9 to 11 hours 6-13 years Teenagers 8 to 10 hours 14-17 years Young Adults 7 to 9 hours 18-25 years

PREPARATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS! PREPARE THE NIGHT BEFORE: You'll breeze through the morning routine if you think ahead. When your child or children are asleep, make lunches, put homework in backpacks, and check there's enough milk in for the morning. Search through your child's school bag for permission slips and school newsletters too. And don't forget about yourself: choose your outfit for the next day, and if you work, prepare your bag. If you drive your child to school, top up the car with petrol in the afternoon or evening.

To do list night before: Lay out school clothes the night before: Set out your child's clothes next to his bed, including pants and socks. You'll have an early warning that stocks of clean underwear are running low if you organise clothes in the evening. Keep shoes in one place: Avoid tearing round the house, turning out wardrobes, peering under beds and behind sofas in search of your child's shoes. Find a spot where shoes always live, perhaps next to the front door. Get your child into the habit of putting his shoes there every time he takes them off. If you do only one thing to prepare ahead, make it this. Keep keys, school bags, coats, hats together: Find a spot in the house to leave all items you and the kids will need when walking out the door. Make sure its all within easy reach. Invest in an alarm clock: When your child starts school, let her pick out her own alarm clock. Hopefully, she may feel a sense of duty to get up when it goes off in the morning. SET THE ALARM CLOCK FOR YOURSELF AND FOR YOUR CHILD! BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU AND THE CHILDREN NEED TO GET READY AND TRAVEL. If you know you ignore alarms, set a couple and away from your bed so you need to get out of bed to stop it. GET YOURSELF TO BED ON TIME: Use the table shown to give a good indication of what time you need to be in bed to get to school on time. AIM TO BE IN SCHOOL 10 MINS BEFORE TO PREPARE FOR ANY MISHAPS.

Morning Routine Wake up on time: this is not a reason to be late to school. Encourage your child to get self ready: Help your child to get as far as they can with dressing and brushing hair. Keep breakfast simple: A breakfast of healthy cereal, a yoghurt and a piece of fruit will do. Instant porridge is easy and gives a great start to a winter's day. Put together an emergency pack: Assemble a just-in-case pack to keep in the car's glove compartment, or by the front door, for easy grabbing. Pack a cereal bar, hairbrush, hairband, tissues, plasters, a bottle of water or carton of juice and a spare couple of pounds. Leave home with time to spare: We live in London, that means we need to prepare for morning rush hour traffic. So, a normal 10 minute bus journey, needs an additional 15 minute to factor in London rush hour traffic. Aim to be in school by 8.50am.

IMPACT OF BEING LATE LATENESS HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT: If children arrive on time the day starts in a calm manner. Children will feel more at ease to begin their school day. Coming into school frantically late makes for an uneasy start to the morning lesson. Arriving late to school means it disrupt lessons that have already begun for the children who are on time ready to learn. It can affect achievement, missing the beginning of the lesson when lesson aims and objectives are outlined. Children miss starter activities which warm them up for the learning throughout the rest of the lesson. When children walk in late often it can embarrass or upset your child to walk in when everyone notices. It is a parent’s responsibility to ensure their children arrive at school on time. Lateness can disrupt the learning of others and can result in a pupil feeling greater stress and achieving poorer outcomes. As parents hold parental responsibility, it will be the parents who are issued with Fixed Penalty Notices. This is £120 per parent per child. If this payment is not made parents are at risk of being taken to court, which could incur more fines. Poor punctuality in school= poor time keeping skills in adult life. THINK BEYOND SCHOOL!

How Much Time Being Late Really Means?

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO DISCUSS PLEASE COME SPEAK TO US AFTER THE SESSION.