JEWELLERY 

There has been a significant increase in pupils wearing jewellery.  The wearing of jewellery, earring and ear-studs (metal or plastic) is not permitted on safety grounds.

These items represent a potential hazard not only to the wearer but also to other children. Medical advice confirms that any jewellery worn is an unnecessary risk and should be avoided at all times. Serious accidents have occurred as a result of contact between pupils wearing earrings or studs and other pupils or equipment, thus damaging the ear, or where items of jewellery have caught in apparatus/resources and torn the ear lobe.

Pupils are encouraged to leave items of jewellery and earrings at home. Newly pierced ears can take a period of up to six weeks before sleepers and studs can be removed. The school would like to remind parents that ears should be pierced at the start of the summer holidays to allow sufficient time for earrings to be safely removed.