The school nurse is available during school hours and after-school activities. She is there to administer first aid and treat minor ailments, and look after children when ill, until the parent or guardian can collect them from the school.
The nurse will monitor the growth and development of the children and maintain health records for each child. She will liaise with parents and the Department of Health in order to keep children's immunisations up to date.

The immunisation programme in the UAE may be different from the one in your country. The programme here is based on recommendations for this region from the World Health Organisation. Immunisations are carried out at regular intervals throughout the school year. It is important that records of immunisation given outside the school be made available to the school nurse.

Children eat and drink indoors before playing outside. They need food and drink for two intervals for Pre-school, Reception, Years 1 and 2 and for one interval for Years 3 to 6. Children must bring in a healthy and nutritious snack, eg sandwiches, biscuits and fruit. No fruit roll-ups, peanuts, chocolate or sweets are allowed. Children should bring an extra snack on activity days. Children are not allowed to share snacks, for medical reasons. This is very important as some children have serious food allergies - eg fish, eggs, nuts. Drinks should be brought in an unbreakable container. No fizzy drinks are permitted.