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Holidays
Holidays in term time are not authorised except in exceptional circumstances and are monitored by the
Stockton Local Authority Inclusion Officer. Sometimes there is an exceptional circumstance that
requires you to take your holiday in term time, if so please speak to Mrs J Conway and you will be issued
with an Exceptional Circumstances Holiday Form from the school office.

School Clothing
Following consultation with parents the Governing Body agreed that a school uniform is recommended.
A blue sweatshirt / cardigan and grey or black trousers / skirt can be worn. The sweatshirts can be
replaced by a white or blue t-shirt in the summer. Girls may choose to wear a blue and white checked
school summer dress. The sweatshirts and cardigans may be purchased from the school office and have
the school logo on. Blue sweatshirts can alternatively be purchased in many local shops and these are
perfectly acceptable for school. Please could all items of clothing be labelled with your child’s name; we
continually have a large supply of school sweatshirts in our lost property box which can be accessed by
parents. We have a large supply of washed second hand school uniform, which can be supplied to
children if they haven’t got appropriate clothing to wear for school.

It is essential that children are appropriately dressed for school; skimpy tops are not suitable clothing
for school. For health and safety reasons, flat shoes must be worn. The wearing of shoes with high
heels or flip-flops is unsafe and parents will be contacted to bring alternative footwear to school if
staff feel that footwear is unsafe. In the summer could children bring a cap or sun hat and wear sun
cream which should be applied before they leave for school.

Jewellery is not appropriate within school and should be left at home. If jewellery is brought to school
it is kept securely in the school office until home time. Children with pierced ears should remove their
earrings for PE. If ears have been recently pierced then children should wear studs only and the
Teacher in charge of PE will decide if they can be taped up safely; this will depend on the sports activity
being taught. Children will not be able to swim or do Gymnastics with earrings in. Please avoid piercing
your child’s ears during term time.

PE Kit
The school PE kit consists of black shorts and a plain white T-shirt. We attend lots of local and regional
sporting competitions and a standard PE kit gives us more of a team identity. We also aim to avoid the
competitive pressure children place on parents and each other to wear the latest expensive football
shirts. We appreciate your support with this. Non-marking trainers are essential for sport in the
Sports Hall. A drawstring PE bag is ideal; large school bags are not allowed as there isn’t a lot of space
in the cloakrooms. Please leave PE kits in school and take them home at half term to wash.

Keeping Healthy at Harewood Primary School
School Meals
The award winning catering staff provide healthy nourishing meals for the children. There is a set warm
meal served in the school hall each day. Menus are provided for parents in advance. We feel that
establishing good eating habits is really important and can prevent obesity and many related health
problems in later life. We ask parents to support us in this policy. If parents do not wish children to
stay every day they can just stay for one or two days a week. If parents have children with special
dietary requirements then please come and discuss this with school. From September 2014 the
Government agreed to provide all Reception, Y1 and Y2 children with a free meal.

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