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Swavesey Primary School Health Matters
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There are very few health
checks conducted during your child's time at school. The school dentist
carries out regular checks and will notify you if they feel any
treatment is necessary. Our School and Family Nurse, Mrs Jan Mullen
(based at Longstanton Branch Surgery), visits school to offer advice,
meet with parents if appropriate, and is able to refer concerns to other
health officials. Similarly, if following
consultation with parents, the school has any concerns regarding a
child's health or well-being, we may bring these concerns to the
attention of the Schools' Medical Officer. The Department for Children,
Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department of Health (DH) have a
shared programme of work to improve children’s health and wellbeing.
Therefore measuring height and weight in children in Reception
and Year 6 takes place annually. No
information about individual children’s weights or heights will be
disclosed to school staff, neither will such information be disclosed to
pupils or parents/carers.
Sickness Please do not send your child
to school if they are unwell or encourage them to return to school until
they are able to cope with the rigours of a full day. Should they fall
ill whilst at school, we will of course notify you immediately. To this
end it is extremely important that you keep the school up to date on
emergency contact numbers, in case we need you urgently. A number of our staff are
trained in basic first aid. Regarding health matters, the staff act in a
manner befitting any reasonable parent. The staff are not trained
medical personnel and will always contact parents/carers or a medical
professional when it is felt necessary. It is very important that
parents inform us of any long-term illness or allergy affecting their
child and the appropriate action to be taken in the event of their child
becoming ill. Medicines If it is essential that medicine be administered to your child during the school day the medicine must be handed to the school office who will make arrangements for its administration. The medicine, in its original container, must be brought to school by the parent/carer. It should be in a container clearly labelled with the owner's name, dosage and details of the contents. Whoever receives the medicine will require you to complete our Medication Data Form, authorising staff to administer the medicine. However, whenever possible please arrange to schedule the medicine to before/after school and bedtime.
Asthma We encourage and help children
with asthma to participate fully in the life of the school. Efforts are
made to ensure that other children understand asthma so that they can be
supportive to their friends. The staff are aware of the necessary
procedures should a child have an asthma attack. Inhalers are always
kept accessible. As soon as the children are old enough they are allowed
to keep their small 'reliever inhaler' with them in the classroom. The
child's parent and doctor are best placed to decide when this should
happen. Sun
Awareness and Protection We endeavour to increase the
children's awareness of sun safety through our teaching, particularly
through subjects such as health and physical education. The trees around
the school and the school building offer some shade whilst the children
are outside. The children are encouraged to wear hats during sunny
weather. Caps printed with the school logo are available from the school
office. The application of sunscreens during the school day is
discouraged and only permitted in exceptional circumstances.
If you are concerned, please put an all day cream on year child
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