Each school day at Alston Lane Catholic Primary School is 6 hours 35 minutes long. With fix-it time, this is extended to 6 hours 45 minutes, making the school week 33 hours and 45 minutes in total. 

8.45am            Children enter school for Fix It Time

8.55am            Registration begins                 

                          LESSONS

10.30am          Break time

                          LESSONS

11.50am          Infant lunchtime begins

11.55am          Junior lunchtime starts

12.50pm          Junior lunchtime ends

1.00pm            Infant lunchtime ends

                          LESSONS

2.30pm            Break time

                          LESSONS

3.30pm            School closes

Lessons in School

At Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Key Stage 1 classes begin the day with structured phonics sessions, whilst Key Stage 2 classes engage in high quality guided reading with the teacher. 

English and mathematics lessons typically take place during morning sessions.

Key Stage 1 begin the afternoon session with guided reading followed by topic work and learning in other subjects.

Key Stage 2 afternoons include a combination of different subjects. 

Religious Education in our Catholic school is taught for 10% of curriculum time. This equates to approximately 2 hours per week in the infants and 2.5 hours in the juniors.