Breakfast Club

The school operates a fleet of mini buses; these are used for a morning run to school via a number of pick up points. The bus routes are altered each year depending on parental need; please contact the school office for further details and booking. Places are booked on a termly commitment.

Breakfast Club (for which there is an extra charge) is held in the dining room. It begins at 7.45am and finishes at 8.15am, when the children are escorted to Early Years and KS1. The breakfast team request that children are dropped off no later than 8.00am to enable time to eat a healthy breakfast. The children have a choice of cereal, yoghurt, toast, pastries and fresh fruit. The menu is adapted for the time of year, which includes porridge and hot milk in the winter.

EARLY BIRDS

Children may arrive any time from 8.15am. Early Years: Early Years’ library. Key Stage 1: Key Stage 1 Library

* Stroud navy coat

* Stroud navy waterproof jacket and trouser set Grey ankle socks Black leather shoes Wellington boots Wellie socks * Stroud water bottle * Stroud book bag (Nursery to Year 2) / Stroud rucksack (optional in Year 2)

WINTER UNIFORM

* Stroud green/white striped short sleeve shirt * Stroud green crew neck jumper Mid grey school trousers * Stroud green knitted hat

SUMMER UNIFORM

* Stroud green/white striped short sleeve shirt * Stroud green crew neck jumper Mid grey shorts (not cargo style) * Stroud green sun hat

Mittens/Gloves

3. 

Telephone orders Call Customer Services Department on 01727 853262 and choose option 1. Available 9.00am-5.30pm Monday-Friday and 9.00am-5pm on Saturdays. Items will be posted to your home address.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 If the weather is warm up to the Autumn Half Term, summer uniform may be worn at the beginning of the Autumn Term. Pupils will be reminded in assembly when to change between uniforms.  Please put a spare change of underwear, including socks into the bottom of your child’s kit bag for emergency use (Nursery and Reception children).

Please ensure that children with long hair have it tied back –bottle green hair ties or bands are preferred.

* Stroud navy coat

* Stroud navy waterproof jacket and trouser set Black leather shoes Wellington boots Wellie socks * Stroud water bottle * Stroud book bag (Nursery to Year 2) / Stroud rucksack (optional in Year 2)

WINTER UNIFORM

* Stroud tartan tunic/pinafore * Stroud green crew neck jumper Collared, short sleeved white blouse Navy tights * Stroud green knitted hat Mittens/Gloves

SUMMER UNIFORM

* Stroud tartan dress * Stroud green cardigan White ankle socks * Stroud green sun hat

UNIFORM SUPPLIER: STEVENSONS

All items * are to be purchased from Stevensons. You can order from

Stevensons in the following ways:

Order online at www.stevensons.co.uk  To register, enter ‘Stroud School’, select and follow instructions.

2. Shop in store.

For expert fitting advice and a range of other school essentials’ visit our

Bournemouth branch; open 9.00am-5.30pm Monday-Friday and 9am-5pm on Saturdays.  148-150 Seabourne Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2JA  T: 01202 425192  E: bournemouthbranch@stevensons.co.uk  Please direct any queries regarding uniform to: uniform@stroud-kes.org.uk Early Years: Rolling registration and activities begin at 8.30am in your child’s classroom. For the safety of our children, the front door is locked at 9.00am and registration is completed. If you arrive after 9.00am please ring the doorbell, take your child to their class and then go to the main School Office to register.

Key Stage 1: From 8.30am your child should put their belongings on their peg. Please ensure your class teacher knows the child has arrived, and then take

your child to the playground and hand them to the member of staff on duty. For the safety of our children, the door is locked at 9.00am and registration is completed. If you arrive after 9.00am please ring the door bell, take your child to their class and then go to the main School Office to register.

SNACK

All drinks and snacks are provided for the children. During morning snack the children have milk or water and fruit. Nursery children are given water and a snack at 3.00pm. Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children attending after school care are given water and a snack before the session begins.

We advise children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 to purchase a Stroud water

bottle from Stevensons (uniform supplier) to be used in the classroom. Children in Nursery have access to water throughout the day.

If you wish to celebrate your child’s birthday by bringing cakes in to share with the class, please ensure they are NUT FREE. Please speak with your child’s teacher or matron about other possible allergies within the class.

The kitchen caters for all dietary needs including cultural requirements. We offer a range of foods which we encourage the children to try. Should your child have specific dietary requirements, please email matron and inform your child’s teacher. Lunch takes place in the dining room and a weekly menu is displayed on the classroom notice board and the school VLE: https://vle.stroudkes.org.uk/menu Early Years and Year 1: A two-course lunch is served to the children by a member of staff.

Year 2: A canteen-style lunch (served by our catering team) is supervised by staff. Pupils select their own options in a family dining environment.

END OF SCHOOL DAY

The Early Years: The front door is unlocked from 3.30pm for children to be collected from their classrooms. Nursery children’s half day sessions finish at 12.00pm, please collect your child from the front door. Key Stage 1: The outer classroom doors are unlocked from 3.45pm for children to be collected directly from their classrooms.

If you wish for someone other than yourself to collect your child, please inform the School Office of their name, a contact telephone number and whether you will be using a password. In addition, if the person is not a parent already known to school, photo ID will be required. The office will pass on all information to the relevant members of staff. Please note, children will not be released to any adult that is unknown to school or to another parent, unless the School Office has been notified in advance. In the event that someone else should arrive without prior knowledge, parents will be telephoned for authorisation.

To minimise the risk of transmission of infection to other children and staff Rashes and skin Recommended period to be kept away from school

Chickenpox From onset of spots until lesions are crusted over and child is well. Cold sores (Herpes Simplex virus) None.

Impetigo

Molluscum Contagiosum Ringworm Scabies Slapped cheek or fifth disease (Parvovirus)

Warts and verrucae

Diarrhoea and vomiting illnesses

Diarrhoea and/or vomiting (with or without a specified diagnosis)

Respiratory

Flu (Influenza)

Others

Conjunctivitis Glandular fever Thread worms Until lesions are crusted or healed. Seek advice from your GP regarding antibiotics. Please advise Matron. None, weeping lesions should be covered. None. Until treated.

None but please notify school. None but please provide a latex sock for children who swim or use the showers in the case of a verruca but it should be treated.

Until diarrhoea and/or vomiting has settled for 48 hours. The child should have eaten supper and had a normal nights sleep before returning to school. A longer period of exclusion may be appropriate for children under 5.

None once child is well. Flu is at its most infectious just before and at onset of symptoms. Please do not send your child to school if the following apply: Raised temperature above 37.5 o C and due to a viral illness. Headache, runny eyes and nose, sneezing, persistent coughing requiring regular Paracetamol/Calpol or Nurofen.

As advised by pharmacist or GP. Can return if treated as long as child does not feel unwell. Until child is well. None but must be treated.

Tonsillitis

Head lice

Until child is well and/or treated with antibiotics.

Please treat as necessary and check your child’s hair regularly using conditioner and a nit comb.

ILLNESS AND LATENESS PROCEDURE

In the event of your child arriving late, there is no need to telephone, please go to the School Office when you arrive so that your child can be registered. Should your child need to leave the school premises for an appointment or any other reason during the course of the school day, please go to the main office to sign out and sign in again on your return, if appropriate.

Should your child be unwell and unable to attend school, please fill in the

absence request form on the Parent Portal: https://my.stroud-kes.org.uk/login or text on 07520 631361 (please include your child’s full name and class at start of the message) or phone on 01794 513231 in the morning.

Please refer to the chart (on the opposite page) advising length of absence for more common illnesses. It is helpful to know why your child is ill to enable us to look for similar symptoms in other children. A very useful resource is The NHS Healthier Together website https://what0-18.nhs.uk/.

ABSENCE/LEAVE REQUEST PROCEDURE

We strongly recommend that pupils do not miss school for reasons other than illness or attending a family funeral. Please plan holidays within the school holiday dates, which are published in the school calendar and are on the Parent Portal.

Any request for absence other than illness should be requested using the leave request form on the Parent Portal: https://my.stroud-kes.org.uk/login. If request for leave is less than 14 days in advance, please email: secretary@stroud-kes.org.uk. Children who need to stay after the end of the day attend after school care. Early Years: From 3.30pm –4.30pm children will be supervised by staff. Please sign the list outside your child’s classroom if you require your child to attend. During the day, if your arrangements change please phone the School Office and they will inform your child’s teacher. Key Stage 1: From 3.45pm –4.30pm children will be supervised by a member of staff organising the after school activity. These vary from term to term, for example construction, craft, iPads, rugby, cricket, athletics, Spanish and films. Sports clubs, Farm club, Country Dancing, Yoga, Ballet, TPA, Chocolate Muffin Club, Computer Explorers, Golf and Karate are booked via the Parent Portal. You will receive an email from the office to inform you when you are able to book.

TEA CLUB

From 4.30pm –5.45pm tea (for which there is an extra charge) is provided for both Early Years and Key Stage 1 children in the Early Years building. Tea club is booked via the Parent Portal: https://my.stroud-kes.org.uk/login The children receive a light tea, for example, sandwiches, crisps, yoghurt, cake and fruit. The children must be collected by 5.45pm.