Information for Parents
Please see attached documents relating to the new secondary admissions round for children moving to secondary school in September 2025.
Support the school with children’s online safety
Please take some time to view the following online video:
Palace Play Shop Eat
Palace Play Shop Eat are happy to help support Abbey Primary school and the families in donating and purchasing second hand uniform. Donations can be brought straight to our charity shop to be sorted as well as at the school. The address is:
Palace Play Shop Eat
Blakenall Row
Blakenall
WS3 1LW
01922 712069
The shop is open weekdays 9.30am to 5pm & weekends 10.30am to 1.30pm (times are slightly different during school holidays)
Talking to children and young people about war and conflict
Know more posters
Take a look at these posters commissioned by Black Country CDOP, designed by Dudley Public Health, to support with safer sleeping messages.
CT Policing and ‘Netmums’ partner in an effort to raise awareness of online radicalisation.
Young people are spending more and more time online and Counter Terrorism Policing are seeing younger and younger children being exposed to extreme material and views. Here in the UK, children as young as 12 have been targeted and groomed into supporting extremist ideologies.
That’s why CT Policing’s advice line and safeguarding Prevent website actearly.uk is aimed at family and friends to encourage them to share concerns that a friend or loved one might be vulnerable to radicalisation. To promote the new website and advice line to parents, CT Policing has partnered with Netmums.com, to encourage them to have radicalisation on their radar in the same way they do with other online harms.
This partnership focuses on supporting the work of Prevent bringing transparency around the programme and the support available. It includes content for parents to learn about the dangers, spotting signs and to help protect their children from the potential risk of online radicalisation. You can read all of the useful articles, tips and information on the dedicated Netmums ACT Early hub and even read the live Q&A, where parents ask Prevent related questions.
For more information about ACT Early, please visit www.actearly.uk or contact nctphq.comms@met.police.uk.
CT Policing’s key messages to parents:
- Have a conversation with your children about the potential risks of radicalisation as you do about other harms like drugs, sexting and child sexual exploitation. Find out more by visiting actearly.uk.
- Protect your child by finding out about extremism and radicalisation and help make them more resilient to potential risks.
- Find out how to make your child digitally savvy to help protect them
- Not all children are vulnerable to radicalisation but some are and every parent needs to know the potential risks and what to look out for.
- If you are concerned act early and seek advice from the advice line on 0800 011 3764.
- We are here to help and to listen. They will not be wasting our time. The earlier they tell us their worries, the quicker we can get the person they care about the help they need to protect them from being groomed and radicalised. Most cases they issues will be unconnected to radicalisation and the support will be provided by other partners.
How to use google classroom:
25th September
We are pleased to inform you that although we can’t offer face to face sessions with our YMCA Community Navigator, Gayle Webster, anymore, she is available to support any family in a wide number of areas. If you would like any support, Gayle can help you by finding local activities, support and services to assist you with issues you’re concerned about. You can email her at gayle.webster@ymcabc.org.uk or call/text 07712653215.
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Advice for parents to think about how they will be travelling on the journey to school, for new Reception children starting [Click Here] |
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Download the Parents Guide to Black Lives Matter [Click Here] |
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Download the Walsall Councils Digital Resilience Booklet [Click Here] |
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Thinkuknow is the education programme from NCA-CEOP, a UK organisation which protects children both online and offline. [CLICK HERE] |
FREE SCHOOL MEALS
To help parents find further information regarding entitlement to free school meals please see the following link;
The address of the web-link is: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/free_school_meals
The link directly to the Free School Meals registration form can be found on the link below:
https://go.walsall.gov.uk/forms/Application-for-Free-School-Meals
Click below to view ‘My Walsall, Parents page’ website:
Frequently Asked Questions
What time does school start?
- School start time is 8.40 am for Reception to Y6 and 8.45am for Nursery, paid breakfast club is at 7.50am and free breakfast club is between 8.15am and 8.30am.
What time does school finish?
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Finish time is 11.45am for Nursery and 3.10pm for Reception to Y6
Do children wear school uniform?
- Yes! The school uniform is a white shirt, an Abbey Primary School jumper or cardigan (burgundy in colour and available from the Crested Schoolwear, Walsall), black or grey trousers or skirt and school shoes.
Children also wear black shorts and white t-shirt for P.E., with outdoor trainers available for outdoor P.E., pumps can be used indoors. It is advisable for the children to wear jogging top and bottoms in the winter time.
How do we notify the school of a pupil absence?
- Please ring the school on 01922 710753 on the day that your child will not be in attendance, press 1 on the options.
Who deals with queries from parents and other members of the public?
- If it is a question or query regarding your child, the first person to speak to is your child’s class teacher. They are usually available after school each day.
If it is a more general enquiry then go to the school office where Mrs Bowater should be able to help.