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Child Care In SchoolChild Care GuideNow your child is old enough to be in school different problems are faced by parents, the education side is no problem we know our child will receive a good education as the school's curriculum will have been gone over at prior meetings before your child actually started school. How though do we know if our child is being taken care of physically while in school, if they have a medical condition for instance or what happens if they have an accident or injury while in school?. Will they receive proper nutritional meals and will they eat enough? Will they be looked after when out of school on day trips? The Child's head of year All children will have a head of year teacher, this is someone that they can go to should they have any problems while in school, problems can be anything from being bullied, problems with other teachers or if they are sick. The child will know where the head of year is and that they can freely go to them with any problem they encounter during the school day. The head of year will keep in close contact with all the teachers in school and with you, if need be they will call you and ask that you meet with them to discuss any problem and problems are usually dealt with quickly and efficiently. The school's meals provider Children are usually placed into groups at dinner time to eat meals and most schools will assign a school's meals provider or dinner lady as they used to be called. The meals provider will be there to watch over children and make sure they do actually eat what is in front of them, they will also assist with any problems your child encounters during meal times such as bullying and they will report any problems to the head of the year who will if necessary call you to talk over any particular problems your child is having at dinner time. First aid and sick rooms The school will have a sick room/first aid room and members of staff will have had to undergo training in first aid and be competent in dealing with any emergency that might happen in school. Your child will know where this room is and who to go to if they aren't feeling well. Parents will have been required to fill in a form prior to their child attending school with any vital information on any illnesses they have including any medication they must take. If your child has an illness and returns to school when they are well but still has to take medication such as a course of antibiotics then the medication should be handed over to the person in charge of the reception area and all medicine must be clearly labeled with the child's name, age and class. Most schools will not take responsibility if it is important that the medicine be taken at a specific time and if this is the case then the school will sometimes ask that you call in and make sure your child takes the medicine at the specified time. In the cases of medicines such as asthma inhalers then older children will be able to keep these on themselves, younger children and children who need help taking them will have to hand them over to reception clearly labeled where your child can go and take them if necessary. School day trips Most schools have certain policies regarding school trips for example there should be an adult for every 6 children that are taken out of school. In most cases help is asked for from parents and parents will be sent a letter asking for volunteers, schools will make a head count as the children board the bus and again once seated. Checks will be made throughout the day at times such as dinner and again as they board the bus to return to school and when they reach school. During the day children will be split into groups of no more than 6 and each adult assigned a group. The parents will be asked to make head counts throughout the day to ensure no child gets lost. Any medication that children need will have been put into a first aid box and taken on the bus and parents of groups are made aware of any medical problems a child in there group has and will be given any medicine to take with them. Filed under: Child Care Guide |
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