Parents-Information-Handbook-2016-2017
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Lost Property<br />
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Preparatory School<br />
Section 2a - Pastoral Care Arrangements<br />
Lost Property, Money & Personal Belongings<br />
Please encourage your child to take care of personal possessions. Unnamed and unclaimed items are<br />
displayed on the last afternoon of each half term to allow parents an opportunity to recover what their<br />
children may have lost. All remaining unclaimed items will eventually be given to charity. We strongly<br />
recommend that all personal items are named.<br />
Children are not allowed to bring mobile phones or musical equipment such as iPods into School. If<br />
parents wish their child to have a mobile phone in School, for example if a pupil is travelling on a School<br />
bus, please contact the Head of Preparatory School to request permission to do so. On arrival at School,<br />
the pupil must give the mobile phone to their Class Teacher who will return it at the end of the School<br />
day.<br />
Senior School<br />
Property will sometimes be misplaced. Whenever property is found it should be handed over to the<br />
School’s care at one of the following places: reception, the laundry or the Housekeeper's office. A record<br />
is kept of all items handed in. Items of clothing will be passed to the laundry and, time permitting, will be<br />
cleaned. The Housekeeper, Miss Mandy Philips, will store other items. If a student loses property, they<br />
should report it to the Housekeeper's office, which is open daily for this purpose from 1.15pm - 1.45pm.<br />
Students can visit the Housekeeper’s office or the laundry in order to claim lost items. Unclaimed named<br />
items are collected together each half-term and given to the appropriate Head of Year for distribution.<br />
Unnamed and unclaimed items are displayed termly outside the laundry so that students can reclaim lost<br />
items. <strong>Parents</strong> are asked to contact the Housekeeper if they know that specific items are missing. All<br />
remaining unclaimed items will eventually be given to charity at the end of each term.<br />
Personal Property<br />
All personal property including clothing, shoes, sports kit, calculators, mobile phones, iPods other<br />
equivalent items, etc. (Senior School only), must be clearly marked with the student’s name and RC<br />
number. Cloth label tapes on clothes must be sew-in not iron-on. We do not advise the use of marker<br />
pens on clothing items. It is inadvisable to bring any expensive items to School. They are not<br />
covered under Ratcliffe's insurance and we cannot be held responsible for loss, damage or theft of<br />
personnel property.<br />
Section 2a - Lost Property, Money & Personal Belongings
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