Oak View Primary and Nursery School

Woods Avenue, Tel:01707 344400 Hatfield, Fax:01707 344403 Herts. e- AL10 8NW mail:[email protected] ch.uk

Headteacher: Yvonne Davis JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: MIDDAY SUPERVISOR

REPORTS TO: FINANCE SECRETARY /SENIOR MIDDAY SUPERVISOR

SALARY RANGE: HB

HOURS: 11.25 hrs per week, MONDAY TO FRIDAY, TERM TIME ONLY

Purpose of Job

 To supervise and support pupils having lunch and playing during the midday break from the end of the morning session to the start of the afternoon session.

 To seek and ensure the safety and welfare of all pupils on the school site during the midday break.

Main Duties

General  To participate in a flexible rota of staff to ensure that there is adequate and appropriate supervision of children at all times during the lunch period  Maintain the standards of cleanliness and hygiene in dining room throughout the lunchtime period – this will include keeping tables and floors in a clean and safe state

Empowering skilful, independent learners for the future  To maintain contact with teaching staff and liaise about specific problems that may occur during the period with particular individuals or situations  To implement the School’s Behaviour and Discipline Procedures and Policies – including completion of records as required  Ensure that any information obtained about children remains confidential to the school  Report any matters relating to child protection issues to directly to the Headteacher  To tend to any unwell children and administer basic first-aid  To relay any parental concerns to the Headteacher or deputy

 To positively promote the school within the community  To be correctly dressed to ensure that children are aware that midday supervisors have key roles to support play at Oak View  To participate in appropriate training and attend meetings  To promote and encourage good behaviour and discipline during the lunchtime break and to participate in the development of related policies  To ensure that the school’s policies on equal opportunities are implemented, including gender, religious and racial equality  To carry out a range of duties requested by the senior supervisor/deputy or head.

Supervision  To patrol the school grounds to ensure that children are safe; including field, footpaths, tarmac grounds and classrooms  To promote safe movement around the site when children move in and out of the dining room and onto the playgrounds  To ensure that all children are outside, weather permitting  If indoor break is essential: ensure adequate and appropriate quiet activities are in place; ensure all classrooms are supervised  To liaise with class teachers as necessary  To maintain an acceptable standard of conduct and discipline amongst pupils, reporting serious breaches of discipline or persistent unruly behaviour to the senior midday supervisor/deputy head  To supervise the conduct of queues waiting to enter the dining room  To ensure that all children have had lunch  To deal with any minor accidents as they arise  To take appropriate action over more serious accidents, including reporting them to the Headteacher or deputy in the headteacher’s absence  To fill in the accident report book and forms as necessary

To support children’s play by  Ensuring no one group takes over the whole play area (eg football)  Promoting games that children might play  Ensuring that any equipment used is returned to the storage bins provided  Promoting positive relationships between pupils  Promoting positive relations between pupils and staff and other adults

Empowering skilful, independent learners for the future  Ensuring all children are gainfully occupied when they have to stay indoors during inclement weather  Dealing with any incidents of indiscipline in a calm manner and in line with school policy

Dining Room Supervision  To ensure that: Water and cups are available Children enter and leave the room in a calm manner Noise levels are kept as low as possible Children select food they will eat Once seated, children remain in their seats until they have finished their eating

Packed lunch leftovers are returned home Packed lunch meals comply with school rules – no nuts or fizzy drinks. - any such items should be reported to the Headteacher. Tables, chairs are kept clean. Plates and cutlery are returned to the kitchen Tables and chairs are washed clean at the end of the service and chairs stacked Any food deposits on the floor that could cause a safety hazard are swept up Children remove coats and hats whilst eating Children develop good table manners

 Join other colleagues in supervisory roles outside of the dining room as soon as is practicable.

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