During the Holy Month of Ramadan, it is important that parents understand the school’s responsibilities to those children who may wish to consider fasting.

For your information, the school has been advised that children under 10 years of age are not required to fast, therefore only children in year 6 will be allowed to fast in school. Primary age children become very tired when they do not have regular meals and are sometimes unable to safely perform the activities expected of them during the course of a school day, we want to explain the procedures that will be followed to ensure the well-being of your child or children:

1. ‘Request to Fast’ Form – Parents who wish to give permission for their child to fast during Ramadan whilst at School, will need to complete, sign and return the enclosed form to the school. This will go out with our year 6 children today.

2. Requests for Food – As the School is required to take care of all pupils and cannot ignore the needs of a hungry or thirsty child, the staff will comply with requests for food or drink received from a child, even if a completed form has been provided.

3. Illness – If a child appears to be experiencing adverse physical or emotional effects due to fasting, e.g. dizziness, nausea, distress, etc., staff will offer that child food or drink, even if a completed form has been provided and may call the child’s parents or guardians, and the emergency services, if they believe that it is necessary.

We know that our children have a strong faith and are keen to practice even partial fasting but ideally, such types of fasting should be under parental control and outside of school hours.

I hope that the above is clear, but please do not hesitate to contact school, if you have any questions.