Attendance Expectations

Driving up attendance and tackling persistent absence is at the centre of new stronger measures launched by the Government in January 2024.  You can see why being late matters.

Should you send your child to school if they are poorly?

Whilst we want to improve school attendance, children who are ill should not be in school.  We especially ask that children with diarrhoea or vomiting should stay away from school until they have not been sick or had diarrhoea for at least 2 days (48 hours).  If you’re not sure then you can check the NHS guidelines: Is my child too ill for school?
School Health News from Oxford Health

Helping your child with Reading

We use the Oxford Owl Read Write Inc scheme for teaching phonics and parents can access some of these Oxford Owl Read Write Inc resources and have access to the Oxford Owl eBook library. You can find more guides on helping your child with their reading on our website in Documents page for each Year group.  This is a useful guide on how to help your child Enjoy Reading.

Walking to School

We encourage everyone to walk to school if they can.  OCC have this useful guide on Road safety

Healthy Lunches

All KS1 children (Kites to Y2) get a free school lunch and many children in KS2 enjoy delicious Kites Kitchen lunches too. But if your child prefers a packed lunch OCC provide some guidelines on packing a healthy lunch. Recent research from Leeds University found that only one in five children had any vegetables or salad in their packed lunch. VegPower have some handy Lunchbox Hacks and a  ’60 second lunchbox hack’ featuring easy-to-implement ideas and tips

The NHS also have a range of quick, easy, healthier lunchbox ideas and tips, click on the link NHS Healthy Lunch box ideas. These include some handy swap ideas like plain popcorn or rice cakes instead of crisps.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust run a Smile360 programme emphasising the importance of diet for keeping your children’s teeth healthy, see below for a poster about putting together a tooth-friendly lunch.

Due to pupil allergies, we are a nut free school. Please do not include any nuts or products which contain nuts in your child’s packed lunch.

Our children, Our Future

A child friendly document from the UK Government to support teaching staff and other adults working with children who want to talk about poverty in an honest, age-appropriate and reassuring way.  Child-friendly Child poverty strategy

Abuse

If you or someone you know is currently experiencing or has experienced abuse from a partner, ex-partner or family member in Oxfordshire you can speak to them using this link Domestic Abuse Support Services