Healthy Schools

We have been awarded 'Healthy School' status. There are many ways in which you can support us in maintaining this...

If your child has a packed lunch rather than school dinners please ensure they bring a healthy lunch to school. Try to provide a balanced meal, containing fruit and vegetables, and ensure they don't come to school with sweets or unhealthy snacks.

Children have access to a water cooler in their classroom to fill up their bottle regularly.

To support our Healthy School, please do not bring in any food items to the school site to distribute to others, either in school or after school in the playground for your child's birthday.

This is because we have several children in school with severe food allergies and giving them any foods containing allergens could cause serious harm.

Thank you for your support and co-operation in this very important matter. It is essential that we all work together as a school community to keep children safe from harm.

Walk to School - all the children are given the opportunity to participate in WOW, which stands for Walk once a Week. Children are encouraged to walk, cycle or scooter to school on a weekly, if not daily basis. Children record how they travelled to school daily on the class wall-chart. At the end of the month badges are awarded to those children who have walked at least once for each week in that month.

Alternatively, children are encouraged to ride their bike or scooter to school and then store them safely in our 4 pods, located at the bottom of the playground by the entrance. (Please note that bikes and scooters are left at your own risk, so please secure them with your own lock). Bikes and scooters should not be used in the school playground for the health and safety of our whole school community.

Child Wellbeing and Mental Health

We also recognise that part of being a Healthy School means that we actively contribute towards every child’s positive mental health and wellbeing and demonstrate this commitment by:

Creating a safe, warm and welcoming learning atmosphere within the school which supports positive behaviours for learning and successful relationships for all children

Integrating activities that support the development of social and emotional skills and wellbeing and prevent bullying

Employing an in-house counsellor / nurture and support mentor to work with individuals and small groups hit they navigate their way through life's problems

Encouraging all children to display our 5 School Values : Honesty, Respect, Courage, Positivity and Kindness

Whole school participation in Children's Mental Health Week every year

Whole School participation in Anti Bullying Week every year

The presence of 'Worry Monsters' in every classroom: Children can write their name or 'worry' on a slip of paper and feed them to these tiny soft 'monsters'. An adult from their class will then be able to support them as appropriate.