An A to Z of DUCKS
An A to Z of DUCKS
Bed Time All the children have a very busy day and so an early bedtime is strongly recommended to ensure a positive day for your child at DUCKS. Birthdays Birthdays and celebrations are an important part of child’s life and there are many opportunities to celebrate these. Please ask your class teacher or key person about how we celebrate birthdays at DUCKS. Some parents may ask for help to distribute party invitations. We are happy to do this for whole class parties only. Please contact your class teacher/key person for further details. Community Action and Prefects At the College prefects are voted into their posts every year. There is a DUCKS prefect who liaises with school ensuring the prefects provide support e.g. leading assemblies, supporting DUCKS Readathon and Sports Day, helping at DUCKS and working with the children and adults during the school day. At the beginning of the academic year, Dulwich College boys from Year 10 upwards can volunteer for Community Action. This is a fantastic opportunity for them to work in the wider community and develop skills beyond those taught in a classroom and they are excellent role models to our children here at DUCKS. Curriculum The curriculum offered at DUCKS provides the children with a solid foundation for all future learning through a focus on characteristics of effective learning throughout the EYFS and a skills based curriculum covering the National Curriculum subjects. Our environment further supports the curriculum with enriched opportunities to learn through our Forest School provision, a strong Wellbeing programme and preparation for life based on British/Human values through age appropriate activities. Positive relationships are nurtured and valued from the start of each child’s time at DUCKS creating a well-supported teaching and learning environment. Curriculum Evening At the beginning of every year we welcome all parents/carers to a Curriculum Evening. This offers you the opportunity to see the classrooms and meet the staff. You will also find out about the teaching and learning and organisational routines your child will follow during the year. Attending this evening is an essential part of your child entering their new school or class as every child’s journey is different, even if older siblings have previously been a member of the school.
Data Protection In order to carry out its ordinary duties to pupils and parents, DUCKS (and Dulwich College) uses and handles the personal information (or data) of current, prospective and former Kindergarten and Infants’ school children and their parents/carers. At all times this is done in accordance with data protection legislation and the General Data Protection Regulations. Detail on how your data is used and safeguarded is set out in the DUCKS Data Protection Privacy Notice and other policies referred to in that notice a copy of which is available on the DUCKS website www.dulwich.org.uk/ ducks or can be obtained from the School office. DUCKSPost We use DUCKSPost, an electronic mailing system, to send all communications including: the weekly newsletter, questionnaires, class trip information and permission slips, academic and pastoral reminders, club information and invoices, Friends of DUCKS messages and circulars. Posts are sent via the email addresses recorded on your child’s Entry Profile so please ensure that these are accounts you access regularly. You can add email addresses, e.g. of an au pair or nanny or a work email account, via the mail box settings on DUCKSPost. When you join DUCKS we will send you an email with a link to a secure personal online ‘mailbox’. This is where you can view all the messages received from DUCKS, including any attached documents. By default you will not need your password to access your mailbox in this way, although you can request it at any time by going to http://duckspost.dulwich.org. uk . If you prefer not to receive emails for any reason you may ‘unsubscribe’ from the service using the link in the email. In an emergency situation, such as the school being closed due to snow, we use the same system to send text messages to the mobile phone numbers we hold for you. These will be automatically sent by email as well and will also be recorded in your online mailbox. Entry Profile We have a very detailed Entry Profile document which we ask you to complete prior to your child starting at DUCKS. The Entry Profile provides you with the opportunity to give us a fully comprehensive picture of your child and their development and learning to date as well as anything that you feel is important for us to know before they start at DUCKS. The Entry Profile is given to parents/carers at the New Parents’ Evening and we request it is returned by the time you visit for the New Children’s Afternoon at the latest. This ensures all relevant information is shared with the appropriate staff enabling your child’s successful start at DUCKS. The Entry Profile information is also confirmed at the start of every academic year.
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