School Dog School Dog Policy 2021 22 Bella is our school dog and treasured member of our school community. She is a black and tan Phantom Cockerpoo and her fur is hypoallergenic. Her birthday is the 1st May 2019, so she is now 2 years old. Bella works in school and spends a lot of time in our Den Nurture room working closely with children. She has a very calming affect on the children, and they all adore her. Bella is used within classrooms as ‘privileges’ and the children are encouraged to walk her at break and lunchtime. She is also used in assemblies and will start listening to readers soon. Bella passed her puppy training with flying colours and was obviously, top of the class! She will begin her ‘adolescent’ training soon. The children at Sir Alexander Fleming were challenged to draw pictures of Bella as part of their home learning. Here they are: