The School Day

8.00am - 8.45am	Morning Care. Children begin arriving at school and have the opportunity to take part in a range of morning care activities before the more formal academic day begins.
8.45am - 9.15am	Letters and Sounds. Registration then classes split into 'Letters and Sounds' groups. The day begins with a structured letters and sounds programme designed to help our younger children develop the skills required in reading and writing. These groups are tailored to meet individual children's needs.
9.15am - 10.15am	Every morning children take part in an hour's literacy lesson to build language and literacy skills through interesting and inspiring topics.
10.15am - 10.25am	Children enjoy a healthy mid-morning snack of milk and fruit.
10.25am - 10.45am	Playtime. Time to relax, unwind and play while interacting with friends and developing good social skills.
10.45am - 11.55am	Numeracy. Daily numeracy activities using numbers, shape and measuring are practiced and put into 'real life' situations to encourage and build confidence.
11.55am - 1.00pm	Lunch. Children are offered a healthy, nutritious and well balanced meal with a wide choice of meat, vegetarian and salad options followed by a dessert selection. This is followed by a playtime to relax before the academic afternoon session begins.
1.00pm - 2.05pm	During the afternoon we have an opportunity to take part in a creative curriculum planned specifically to provide stimulating and challenging activities across varied subject areas including ICT, science, history, geography and P.E and art.
2.05pm - 2.15pm	Playtime. Time to relax, unwind and play while interacting with friends and developing good social skills.
2.15pm - 3.00pm	Foundation Subjects. An opportunity to further enhance the curriculum with the inclusion of subjects such as French, music, PSHE and R.E. Typically the school day will end with a song or a story. 3.15pm in Yr 2.
3.00pm - 5.15pm	After School Care. For children with working parents or older siblings who have a longer school day a range of extra-curricular activities or after school care is available. Here the emphasis is on fun and unwinding after the long and tiring school day. Activities typically include watching TV, colouring or playing with a range of construction toys.
5.15pm	School day ends. Pickup Twilight children

‘Durham School has and continues to supply top cricketers, like Gordon Muchall, who made his first-class debut in 2002, to Durham County Cricket Club. Our close association with Durham School has also seen top class cricket coaching delivered by members of the team to help progress further these talented school cricketers. Emirates Durham ICG is not just home to Durham County Cricket Club, it is also home to rising local talent here in Durham.’

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Paul Collingwood OBE, England, Durham CCC