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Illness

If your child is taken ill in school we will need to contact you. Please ensure that we are notified of
any changes of address or telephone number immediately. It is also very important that we have an
emergency contact number in the event that you cannot be reached.

Attendance at school is very important but please do not send your child to school if s/he is not well
enough to come. Children suffering from sickness and diarrhoea should be kept at home for one full
day after the symptoms have cleared. Children do not benefit from coming back to school before they
are well enough, and germs are spread to others. Please advise us of any medical problems which
your child may experience during her/his time with us, particularly those which may affect her/his
learning.

Medicines

As a general rule medicines should not be brought into school. Only Medicine which has to be taken
4 times a day can be given in school. If circumstances are such that it is necessary for your child to
have medication during school hours please come in and see your child’s teacher and fill and sign the
medical form.

Teachers are instructed not to administer medicines, but in the case of absolute need we will
administer medicine prescribed by a GP. The school will on no account give any medication that is not
prescribed by your G.P. All medication will need to have full written parental consent before being
administered by staff.

Lunch Time

Lunchtimes are staggered to reduce the number of children on the playground and ensure that the
children have a productive and positive lunch break. Reception and Lower School classes break for
lunch at 12.00pm until 1.00pm and Upper School from 12.30pm until 1.30pm.

Our dining room serves a variety of meals and older children pay at the till for their food. Please
ensure that your child brings her/his money in a named purse or envelope.

All children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are currently entitled to a free school dinner.