Lunchtime Supervisor

Introduction

The duties of the lunchtime

supervisors are to be outside patrolling and managing the given play zone,

actively encouraging children to play games, ensuring the playground rules are

being followed, preventing disputes or fights, adopting the Play Policy and to

deal with issues which arise or contact the Head of School or Deputy Head if

this is not possible. The lunchtime supervisors need to be present from 12.15pm

to 1.15pm each day.

In line with our Health &

Safety audit, this job now has a requirement to be First Aid trained as a

member of our support staff. First Aid training will be provided by the school

on a three yearly basis, costs incurred by the school, and also for your Car

Insurance to include Business Insurance. All lunchtime supervisors will be

required to attend termly professional development on OPAL (our Outdoor

Learning and Play scheme) as well as meetings/training sessions, of half hour

duration, for which overtime will be paid.

The performance of all the duties

and responsibilities shown below will be under the reasonable direction of the

Head of School, who will be mindful of her duty to ensure that the employee has

a reasonable workload and sufficient support to carry out the duties of the

post. All sanctions given by lunchtime supervisors will be in accordance with

the school’s Behaviour Policy. All lunchtime supervisors should have a copy of

our OPAL Play Policy and Play Charter.

Job

Purpose

The duties of the lunchtime

supervisors outside include patrolling the given area, actively encouraging

children to play games, ensuring the playground rules are being followed,

preventing disputes or fights, dealing with issues which arise or contacting

the Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher if this is not possible.

The duties of the lunchtime

supervisors inside include ensuring children are eating in a safe space,

ensuring children use good manners whilst eating and clear up their space

before leaving the hall.

All lunchtime supervisors are to

help in the first instance if a child has been in an accident or is hurt. If

further first aid is needed the lunchtime supervisor will contact a designated

first aider.

All lunchtime supervisors are able

to reward good behaviour with stickers.

The lunchtime supervisors will

ensure all children go in to the hall to eat their packed lunch promptly when

the bell rings for second sitting, and that all children line up promptly when

the final bell for the end of lunchtime rings.

Areas

of Responsibility

v On dry days:

Ø Two lunchtime supervisors will be in the hall, and the other

lunchtime supervisors will be in separate places outside.

Ø In the hall the duties include helping children with their

lunches, stacking chairs, cleaning any spillages.

v On wet days:

Ø the lunchtime supervisors will frequently patrol each of the given

classrooms ensuring that all children are in their own classrooms, unless they

have a teacher’s permission to be elsewhere.

Ø the lunchtime supervisors will allow children to take part in any

of the activities listed for this purpose and displayed in the classroom.

The

lunchtime supervisors will encourage a quiet but enjoyable atmosphere and will

encourage children to be actively engaged in an activity either alone or with

others.

If

working in Early Years, lunchtime supervisors will supervisor the children,

either outside or inside, and will line the children up, bring them back into

the classroom and read them for a story, prior to the teaching staff returning

to the classroom.