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School Milk Scheme
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St Mary Magdalen's School Milk Scheme
Did you know our school has a school milk scheme?
By registering your child for our school milk scheme they will receive a 189ml (third of a pint) carton of semi-skimmed milk every day. This is delivered fresh and chilled to their classroom every day.
"How much does it cost?”
Thanks to government subsidies, school milk is free for all under-fives and is subsided at around £15 a term for children aged five or older.
"Why should I register my child?”
School milk provides your child with essential nutrients such as calcium and protein, for strong, healthy teeth and bones. It is also rehydrating and energy boosting, helping to bridge the long gap between breakfast and lunch so children stay focused.
Find out the top ten reasons to drink school milk at www.coolmilk.com/whyschoolmilk
"How do I register my child?”
If your child is under five:
1. Go to www.coolmilk.com or pick up a form from school.
2. Just register by a Tuesday for your child’s free milk to start the following week.
3. Free milk will continue until the Friday before your child’s fifth birthday. You will receive a payment request three weeks before this time- if you wish for your child to continue to receive school milk simply make a payment.
If your child is over five:
1. Go to www.coolmilk.com or pick up a form from school.
2. Pay Cool Milk online, over the phone, at a local PayPoint or by cheque in instalments to suit you. If registering online you can pay straight away, if using a registration form you will need to wait to receive a payment request.
3. Just pay by a Tuesday for your child’s milk to start the following week.
"How do I find out more?”
Visit www.coolmilk.com or contact Cool Milk directly on 0844 854 2913.
Positive Playtimes
Positive Playtimes is a scheme run by the children of St Mary Magdalen’s Primary School at lunchtimes with the back up of the mid-day supervisors. It involves different zones which are run by our ‘Lunch Squad’ members. Each zone has different equipment for children to play with.
Lunch Squad team members were ‘employed’ at the start of the scheme. All children are invited to join Lunch Squad and nobody is turned down. It is open to children from years 1 – 6. New members can join at any time. They work on a 4-weekly rota and the members change zones each time they are on duty. They work in a team of 2 or 3 on each zone, helping other children to play, making sure that nobody is acting inappropriately and helping to tidy up at the end. They have special uniform to wear and come to ‘Lunch Squad’ meetings to discuss lunchtimes, sort out any problems or put forward suggestions.
The children have completely taken ownership of their lunchtime play. They more or less run it by themselves and get great enjoyment out of it. It helps them develop their emotional, behavioural and social skills.
COMMENTS BY LUNCH SQUAD MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS:
“It makes playtimes fair and lunch squad members are calm and organised.”
“It’s fun, it’s fair, it’s generous.”
“Before it was boring because there weren’t many games but now you can do lots of different games.”
“I like yellow zone, I like to play the games.”
“I like the bottom playground because you can dress up and have fun.”
“It’s changed because people have been playing more kindly and it’s a lot better than it was. I like the tokens because they make the whole school happy.”
“I joined because I wanted to do something useful.”
“I want to help others and its fun.”
Tokens
All children have the chance to earn tokens at lunchtime for playing nicely and these are collected weekly from each class. Winners are rewarded on Friday in assembly. Lunch Squad members are also rewarded each half-term with a certificate and a small prize in the last Friday assembly.
We also had the chance to share our practice with two other Primary Schools. We led a training session with the MDSA’s at the schools. They have visited our school to observe lunchtimes and are in the process of setting up their own lunchtime scheme.