CHILD HEALTH

The School Nurse visits regularly for sight, hearing and medical checks. Medicals are by appointment and parents must be present if their child has an examination. Dental inspections are carried out annually.

If you have any concerns about your child’s health or development please contact the school as appointments can be made with the appropriate department – Nurse, Speech Therapist, etc.

Routine hair inspections are no longer carried out so we urge parents to inspect their child’s hair every day. If you should find any head lice don’t panic, they like clean hair! Please inform the school and keep children at home until their hair is clear. Special solutions are available from the local clinic and it is a good idea to use a fine tooth comb regularly.

If your child’s performance at school may be affected by something please inform us so that we can take this into account. Similarly if there are any symptoms and/or treatments of medical conditions please inform the school as this knowledge may be invaluable in an emergency.

It is also very important that you inform the Head Teacher of any infectious diseases as other parents may wish to take preventative measures.

If your child needs regular medication then please bring these into the school office. Mrs Taylor will administer or supervise the administration of any tablets or medicines and they will be kept in the school office and returned to the child at the end of the school day. Parents must give a written request before any medication can be given to a child.