The Health & Wellbeing Centre

The School provides a medical service which is staffed by healthcare professionals. This operates whilst day pupils are on site.

In Lower Juniors there should be no medicines in the classroom or in children’s pockets or bags. For children who have asthma, two inhalers should be provided. In Upper Juniors pupils should carry one inhaler with them. When pupils need to take medicine at school, their parents must take the medicine to the Health & Wellbeing Centre and sign a consent form. A member of suitably trained Junior School staff or a qualified Nurse will look after the medicine and dispense it at the correct times.

A pupil who is ill should not be brought to school. In this event, parents must telephone or email the School Office juniorabsence@royalrussell.co.uk to explain the absence. Pupils should not be given pain relief, such as Calpol, and then sent to school if they are under the weather as this can mask symptoms.

If you are aware that your child has an infectious condition, please do not send your child to school, but telephone the school so that, if necessary, other parents may be warned of the infection. A pupil who has suffered from sickness/ diarrhoea may not return to school until 48 hours after their final episode.

A pupil who falls ill while at school, or who is injured, will be attended by the School Health & Wellbeing Centre Staff, who will be able to administer appropriate treatment.

If, in their clinical judgement, a pupil needs to go home or to attend hospital, they will telephone the parents and an ambulance should an emergency situation occur.

Please refer to the separate Junior School Uniform and Games Kit list, which is also available on Firefly.

Our policy is based on the notion that school uniform:

• promotes a sense of pride in the School in line with our ethos;

• engenders a sense of community and belonging towards school;

• supports positive behaviour and discipline;

• is practical and smart;

• identifies the children with the School and encourages identity with the School;

• prevents children from coming to school in fashions or ‘designer’ label clothes that could be distracting in class or create a sense of competition;

• makes children feel equal to their peers in terms of appearance and helps nurture cohesion between different groups of pupils;

• is designed with health and safety in mind.

ALL CLOTHING SHOULD BE CORRECTLY LABELLED WITH YOUR CHILD’S NAME

There is a lost property basket at the rear of the Assembly Hall and in the Reception cloakroom containing un-named property. The School cannot accept responsibility for lost property and cannot easily return un-named items.

The “Coach House” Shop for sustainable uniform sales is run by The Parents’ Association and is situated behind the main car park. We will advertise opening times in the weekly newsletter. Parents wishing to donate items of uniform should leave them in the container outside the shop. All items of clothing donated to the Coach House Shop should be washed and have name tapes removed.