House Rules

Matron Matters

We do all we can to ensure the girls are happy and fulfilled. We endeavour to make St Aidan’s as much a home-from-home as is possible but inevitably there are differences due to the academic, cultural and sporting demands placed on the girls as well as the challenge of learning to live as part of the St Aidan’s community. I am here to help the girls with all manner of questions including what to do when they are feeling unwell, accompany them to medical and dental appointments, finding lost belongings and numerous other day to day matters. Some of the most frequently asked questions concern the following:

Food

We encourage all the girls to adopt good eating habits and to follow a balanced and healthy diet whilst from time to time allowing them a few well deserved treats. Breakfast, lunch and supper are eaten in the College Refectory where a wide choice of food is always available. In addition to this all the girls are permitted to use the main kitchen in St Aidan’s to make themselves drinks during the day and to have quick and easy snacks such as fruit, cereal and toast with jam or spreads at morning and afternoon break time. (Currently, access to the Kitchen will be organised by year group rotas. Seniors will have access to tea stations with hot water and a fridge. For breaktimes, snacks will be provided in social spaces)

In the evenings from Monday to Friday and Sunday completion of prep is the priority and the kitchen is closed during prep time. A timetable setting out the times when the various year groups may prepare quick meals in the kitchen is displayed on the kitchen door. On Saturdays when all the girls have more free time they are allowed to prepare pasta dishes and other more time consuming gastronomic delights!

All year groups have been allocated cupboards in the kitchen for storing all their food and for health and safety reasons the girls know that they are not permitted to keep food in their rooms other than a small amount of tuck which must be stored in a sealed box or tin. We would be very grateful if you could refrain from sending any food parcels through the post or allowing the girls to return with large