School lunchtime policy

 

 Secondary School

 

During lunch time, all students in the secondary school must be supervised. Students will go to the lunch room at 12.35. A member of staff will be in the lunch room supervising the children until 12.50. At the same time, a member of staff will make sure that all children are in the lunchroom and the classrooms and corridors are clear.

At 12.50 all students must leave the lunch hall and go outside onto the playground. If it is too wet, raining, snowing or very cold (this is at the discretion of the Head of the School to decide) children will have the option of staying inside the school (see the wet / cold break policy). Also special requests from parents will be taking into consideration.

 

There will be two members of staff on duty at lunch time during 12.35 - 12.50 and three members of staff on duty during 12.50 – 13.05.

  • One member of staff should make sure that during periods of good weather all students are out of the building including from the ICT room. The other members of staff should be outside in the playground.
  • During periods of bad weather all members of staff on duty, will be inside looking after the rooms where the students will spend their breaks.

 

The use of the playground during the lunch break is coordinated by the teachers on duty and is organized according to activities. Teachers on duty will be vigilant and pro-active while supervising the playground, (see break time duty policy.)

 

 

Primary School

At lunch time all students in the Primary School and Early Years must be supervised.

 

Lunch in Pre-School and Reception is eaten in their own kitchen/dining area in their building. The lunchtime is supervised by the Pre-School & Reception teaching team.

 

Lunch time is split into Key Stage 1 and 2 to ensure the children’s safety, hat they use the limited space in the lunch hall and playground more effectively and increase the children to staff ratio. Key Stage 1 has lunch from 12.00 – 12.50, Key Stage 2 has lunch from 11:45 – 12:35. Each class/support teacher is responsible for ensuring their children wash their hands and line up, before being escorted to the hall. Children should walk quietly into the hall and sit with their class on either the Hot Dinners or ‘Lunches brought from home’ tables. It is the teachers’ responsibility to ensure they all have a lunch.

In Key Stage 1 procedures are as follows:

  • Two teachers will be on duty from 12.00 – 12.25, each teacher is responsible for supervising the children whilst they eat. Children are expected to remain seated while they are eating and to put up their hand if they need something.
  • At 12.15, children will be asked to line up and one of the duty teachers will escort them to the playground. One teacher stays in the hall until most children are in the playground, then checks that no children are left in the building and then goes out to the playground until 12.25.
  • At 12.25, the ‘second shift’ of two teachers takes over. Playtime finishes at 12.50, with the whistle being blown and children lining up in classes.
  • Children are taken in by their class teachers.

In Key Stage 2 the procedures are as follows:

  • Two teachers will be on duty from 11:45 – 12.10, each teacher is responsible for supervising the children whilst they eat. Children are expected to remain seated while they are eating and to put up their hand if they need something.
  • At 12.00, children will be asked to line up and one of the duty teachers will escort them to the playground. One teacher stays in the hall until most children from KS2 are in the playground and then goes out to the playground until 12.10.
  • At 12.10, the ‘second shift’ of two teachers takes over. Playtime finishes at 12.35, with the whistle being blown and KS2 children lining up in classes.
  • Children are taken in by their class teachers.

 

There is an overlap when all children from the Primary School are outside but during this time there are 4 teachers on duty outside and one teacher on duty in the quiet room from 12:15 – 12:35. The teacher on duty for the quiet room will call children at 12:15 and escort them to their room for quiet activities.

 

If it is a wet / cold break, children will return to their classes after they have eaten to be supervised by their teachers on their floor.