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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 £2.00 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 £2.00. 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.
