Board­ing at Friends’

The over­all running of board­ing is the respons­ib­il­ity of the House­mis­tress and House­mas­ter. Barbara Askew looks after all the girls and sixth form boys. Stephen Staerck cares for boys in years 7 to 11. They are suppor­ted by the House duty teams, which consist of resid­en­tial teach­ing and non-teaching staff.

We believe board­ing helps to develop:

• Inde­pend­ence and self-confidence
• Personal respons­ib­il­ity
• Co-operation and consid­er­a­tion for others
• Posit­ive use of leis­ure time
• Adapt­ab­il­ity to change.

Meals

Lunch and Supper follow a 3 week menu and the Break­fast menu follows a 2 week cycle. There is always a choice of food and a veget­arian option. Click on the links below to view these menus.

Break­fast menu

Lunch menu

Supper menu

Medical care

The School Medical Centre is staffed by a team of qual­i­fied nurses for the whole of the day. Many of the teach­ing staff, and all of the house staff, hold First Aid certi­fic­ates and, in an emer­gency, we are covered by a team of doctors who will attend or give advice. The School GP, with whom all boarders are registered, holds surger­ies once a week in the Medical Centre, in addi­tion to the day-to-day care admin­istered by the nurses on duty.

Personal Posses­sions

Clothes and other personal posses­sions should be named. The school provides a small lock­able container for each pupil but money, and very valu­able items, such as cameras, are kept in the Housemistress/House master’s office.

Boarders are encour­aged to keep in regu­lar contact with friends and rela­tions by writ­ing letters, using the tele­phone or email. Mobile phones must be switched off at night after lights out.

Laun­dry

Students send clothes to the school laun­dry through­out the week and they are returned regu­larly. Dry clean­ing can be arranged if neces­sary. Fitted sheets and pillow­cases are provided by the school but pupils may bring their own duvet covers.

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