Page 10 - The Lakes House Handbook

THE LAKES HOUSE

CORE STUDENT

INFORMATION

WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION END OF THE SCHOOL DAY
The Parent Portal now contains all key information. The Timings vary, depending on sporting, MAP and other
students will have access to their timetables and calendars commitments, however the end of day is usually between
via the Student Portal and school apps on their iPads. Term 5-5.30pm but can be earlier or later! Your daughter is best
dates and info specific to your daughter is also accessible placed to let you know when she will need to be collected.
through the Parent Portal.
It is worthwhile drawing up a collection time chart,
THE LAKES HOUSE especially for the initial weeks of the new term, while you
The Lakes House is your daughter’s base in school. This is become familiar with the routine. If you are uncertain about
where she will leave many of her belongings during the day. arrangements, please email your daughter’s tutor.
There is a large common room, with kitchen, workspace
and television area, along with adjoining changing rooms House is open until 6.30pm, with house manager cover,
and showers. Hot and cold drinks, toast and fruit are freely (4.30pm on Saturday) and, if later pick-up is necessary, girls
available, and the house managers also run a tuck shop are welcome to eat in the dining hall before going to the
with reasonably priced sweets and treats. If you need to get library, which opens until 8.45pm.
a message to your daughter, the house managers can be
contacted on: 01458 444138. The girls are very busy and there will be times when pick
up arrangements become subject to frequent change, for
LOCKERS example when House Song rehearsals are being held prior
Unfortunately, belongings occasionally go missing; to October half term. We hope that you will forgive this
sometimes they are borrowed and sadly, very occasionally, necessity, when you see the wonderful results of a few late
things are taken. To avoid this, we ask the girls to lock away evenings!
all their belongings. Ensuring all your daughter’s belongings
are clearly named is also essential. All girls are provided with For your daughter’s safety, please use the allocated pick-
a locker in The Lakes, and a heavy-duty padlock with a cost up/drop-off area in the main car park and not the lay-by
added to the bill, refundable when lock is returned upon adjacent to the Jubilee Sports Hall or the Stables entrance.
leaving school. A special plea not to use the entrance to the Grangefields
housing estate in order to assist us in maintaining positive
SCHOOL SHOP relationships with all of our neighbours.
Stationery, uniform and games kit can be purchased from
the school shop either with cash or with a chit. Students
in years 10-11 need a chit from their Housemistress to
purchase items; Sixth Formers can sign their own chits. The
chit system is for your protection, to stop over-generous
students supplying friends with their needs on your bill!

LOST PROPERTY
There is a lost property office adjacent to the school shop.
Clearly naming all belongings helps us reunite the girls with
their things if anything goes AWOL!

10 HOUSE HANDBOOK