Irish Dancing will continue tomorrow, Wednesday in school. Our rugby coach Wesley has a great treat for us tomorrow bringing the Heineken Cup to school for a visit. Rugby will continue on Thursday also in school. School Lunchtime football league resumes tomorrow also for 4th-6th class. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.

School Policies & Procedures

This page is a summary of Arles National School's Policies & Procedures.
To read the documents in full, click on it's link in the table.

Attendance Child Protection Code of Behaviour Agreed Rules Emergency Closures
Enrolment Policy Fire Drill Procedures Gender Equality Health & Safety Commercialism Policy

Important Rules of Arles National School

We appeal to Parents/Guardians to help us promote good manners

1. Use the door, which your child is allocated for your child’s class
2. Children are not allowed to run inside the building – it is dangerous.
3. The school day begins at 9.30am. No child should be left unsupervised until school begins.
4. We would appreciate your co-operation in maintaining classroom discipline by leaving your child at the door and not      accompanying her/him to the classroom after the first week.
5. In the event of moving house, please notify us of change of address and telephone number.
6. No child is allowed to leave the school premises school hours without permission and signing a “sign out” book.
7. The use of mobile phones are not allowed in school.
8. The school cannot take responsibility for children after school hours. It is necessary for children to be collected from school at      3.10pm, except if he/she is involved in extra curricular activity organised by an authorised staff member.
9. If your child is absent for any reason we request a written explanation.

Lunches & Snacks

Children need to bring a small snack for 11.00 break , and a lunch to eat at 12.30. We encourage healthy eating, therefore please avoid giving your child fizzy drinks, chewing gum, sweets or chocolate etc.

Chewing gum, popcorn and crisps of any kind, are not allowed in the school under any circumstances.

Personal Accident Insurance (Optional)

A Personal Accident Insurance scheme for school Insurance is available. If you wish to avail of this scheme, please return a completed form with the required fee enclosed. This form can be obtained from the school secretary in September.

Accident/Sickness

In the event of sickness/accidents, the teacher/ secretary will contact the parents/guardians. In the event of a serious accident which may require - Immediate medical attention the policy is as follows:

- Family doctor or doctor on call is contacted.
- Parents are notified.
- The Principal /Teacher/Staff member will accompany child to surgery.

Allergies/Medical Problems

Please let us know in writing if your child suffers from any medical problem, which you think we should be made aware of.

Infection in School Policy

Should the Principal/Teacher suspect a child may have an infectious condition the following procedure will take place:

- The school Principal/Class teacher will contact the parent/Guardian and request that the child stay out of school and attend a doctor for evaluation and treatment. If considered necessary a relevant letter will be sent to the parent/guardians of the other children in class/school.
- If the parent/guardian fail to comply with the above recommendations, the School Principal will contact the Public Health Services and request that they investigate the matter.
- The child may return to school when the Principal is satisfied the infection does nor impinge on the health and safety of the teacher and children in her classroom. The parent/guardian will be asked to furnish a doctor’s letter to this effect.
- Policy on administration of medicines in school is available for inspection on demand.

Attendance Policy

1. This policy has been compiled in accordance with the Education (Welfare) Act 2000.
2. An attendance file will be kept in the Principal’s office. This file will be circulated to each class every Friday. The teacher will record the number of days that a child was absent in that week.
3. Should a child be absent on a regular basis i.e. one day per week, four days per month without a written explanation, a letter will be sent to parent/guardian requesting a meeting with the Principal.
4. Should the parent/guardian fail to make contact with the school or if the pupil is absent 20 days in aggregate the Educational Welfare Officer will be informed. Parents will also receive notice of this.

This procedure applies to every pupil who has reached the age of six years in accordance with Rule 64 page 33 of Rules for National Schools.

Uniforms

The school uniform consists of:

Cream blouse/shirt
Grey pants (boys)
Maroon check skirt, kilt style (girls)
Maroon tie
Maroon V neck jumper
Maroon tights/socks
Black plimsoless.
Maroon tracksuit.

On the days that there is swimming and PE tracksuits must be worn. The wearing of jewellery ie: earrings etc. is not permitted in school.

Personal Appearance and Hygiene

We appeal to parents/guardians to help maintain our high standard of personal appearance and hygiene. We recommend that special attention be given to hair care. To avoid problems we recommend that girls with long hair wear it tied back.






 
Arles National School, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois via Carlow ¦ Phone: 059 9147731 ¦ Email: principal@arlesnationalschool.ie

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