Nut-Free Academy
We are a Nut-Free Academy
Dear parents and carers,
At Woodlands we provide a safe learning environment for all students. Due to some of our pupils having nut allergies, we will become a nut-free school.
An allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock) can happen if a child eats nut products, cross contamination and breathing nut particles in the air. Since this condition can be life-threatening, we are asking all members of the school community to help these children.
Please:
- Do not give children nuts or nut products in their packed lunches
- Do not give nuts or nut products or snacks/bars containing nuts for break time snacks, for example:
- Kinder Bueno bars
- Pesto
- Snickers
- Peanut butter
- Humous
- Nutella or hazelnut chocolate spread
- Selected breads
- Do not supply the school with cakes or food items containing nuts for birthday celebrations, sales or events
- Do not send containers such as cereal boxes for DT/Art lessons into school which may have contained produce made with nuts.
We know that many foods are labelled as ‘may contain nuts’ and cannot be guaranteed to be nut free. Such items will be allowed in school as it would be unreasonable to expect these to be kept out of school.
When a member of staff notices a pupil eating a nut product, the product will be removed politely and the member of staff will explain why this has to be done. A message will then be sent to the parent to explain what has happened so they are fully informed and to remind them of the Nut-free policy.
We thank you for your cooperation and support in this. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the school.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Clark
Headteacher
