ILLNESS

DEPARTURE

The Pre-Prep day ends at 3.30pm. Pupils are taken from their classes by the Class Teachers and Teaching Assistants and delivered to either Temple, their school bus or to a designated car pick up point. Parents should note that no children are allowed to leave the school premises unaccompanied (unless permission has been requested and authorised); parents should complete the collection sticker in their child’s Pupil Diary at the beginning of the year in order to inform the Class Teacher about the regular arrangements for their child’s collection, including the names of up to three adults who may collect their child. Parents should ensure that any known occasional changes in collection arrangements are communicated to the Class Teacher before 11.30am on the day in question. If there is an emergency, parents should contact the Lower School Office. A parent needing to take a child home during the school day should email the Class Teacher stating the reason for this. Parents will need to collect an exit pass for the child from the Lower School Office in order for members of the security team to allow the pupil to leave the school site.

If your child is unwell, please contact the school and let us know about the absence by email to ls-info@harrowschool.hk. You should also email the Class Teacher directly. Parents must also inform the Class Teacher of any illnesses, injuries or other medical matters that have arisen whilst at home, during weekends or holidays. If a pupil is ill during a weekend or holiday he or she should not return to school until fully recovered and is deemed to be no longer infectious. Children who have had a temperature (higher than 37.5 degrees), should remain at home and not return to school until 24 hours with a normal temperature, without any medication. Children who have had diarrhoea or who have been vomiting should not return to school until 48 hours after the final bout of vomiting or diarrhoea. If a pupil is away from school through illness, an operation or any other cause, parents should communicate this with the Class Teacher concerning the pupil’s likely return date and any restrictions on his or participation in school life. The school would be happy to support pupils with school work or activities should there be long periods of unavoidable absence.