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HEALTH & WELFARE
Lunchtime Arrangements
We have our own kitchen and are able to
provide a hot lunch for your child if you wish. The current
cost is £1.70 per day. Payment should be made in advance
on a Monday morning by either cash or cheque (made payable to
Surrey County Council). You may also pay half termly or termly
if you wish. We also have a facility for on-line payments for
school meals. Please contact the school office for more
information. Surrey County Council monitors the meals we
provide to ensure that a healthy and nutritious meal is given
to your child. They make every effort to source ingredients
locally. Vegetarian meals or special diets may be catered for.
Please contact the school office if you wish to discuss this
further. Alternatively your child may bring a packed lunch to
school.
Medical Facilities
If your child is unwell we would
respectfully request that you do not send them to school.
However, if your child becomes unwell during the day we will
look after them to the best of our ability. A number of our
staff are trained in basic first aid. If necessary we will
contact you so that a child may be taken home.
If your child needs to take medication
whilst at school we would ask that you contact the school
office and sign a permission slip authorising the staff to
administer this to your child.
If there was a serious accident and your
child required urgent medical attention we would always try to
contact you or another named person on your list of emergency
contacts. For this reason we would always ask that you provide
at least three people we may contact other than yourself. If we
were unable to contact anyone else the headteacher would act “in loco parentis” and follow the advice of the medical authorities.
Head Lice
It is a fact of life these days that
schools suffer from head lice. One sure way of keeping
infestations to a minimum is to have a regular head inspection
at home at least once a week. We have found the most effective
way of controlling head lice is to use a nit comb (we have a
supply available in the school office) and conditioner on a
regular basis. Alternatively, contact your health visitor or
your local GP for further advice.
Water
There is a lot of research about the brain
needing water to work properly and if children are dehydrated,
this does not help them to learn. Dehydration is said to cause
people to feel lethargic, irritable and unable to concentrate.
We found that the best way for each child
to have access to enough water throughout the school day was to
have their own, named, “sports top” (to save
spillage) type refillable bottle on their desk. We would like to continue this practice as we are
sure that it helps the children to feel more comfortable and
maximises their ability to learn.
Sports top bottles are available from the office priced
£1.50. The named bottle should be brought into school full of
water (NOT JUICE) in the morning and taken home each night to be
washed and re-filled. This bottle of water would be in addition
to any other drink in their lunchbox.
School milk
We are now able to offer school milk to the
children within the school. The
Free school milk is available to families
eligible for free school meals or
whose child at the school is under five
years of age
Snacks
Children in the Infant Department (Acorns,
Oak, Beech and Holly Classes) are provided with a snack of one
piece of fruit free of charge at morning break each day. This
fruit is supplied as part of a government initiative to improve
nutrition in children. Children in the Junior Department are
encouraged to bring a snack of fruit or cheese into school for
break. Please do not provide your child with sweets as a
breaktime snack. The School Council sell fruit to the children
in the Junior Department each breaktime to raise money for
recreational play equipment of their choice.
