Medical
It is important that sick children are kept at home for their own comfort as well as the comfort of other children and staff.
If a child becomes ill or is injured at school appropriate first aid will be given by staff trained in first aid and, if necessary, parents will be notified and asked to take their child home.
If emergency treatment is required, parents will be notified immediately and the child will be transferred by ambulance to hospital. In such cases ambulance services and treatment are free.
If medication is to be taken at school, it must be given to the First Aid officer at the Front Office with WRITTEN instructions. Medication needs to be clearly labelled (name, dose, times for administering). All students who have an ongoing condition (e.g. asthma, diabetes, epilepsy) must have a treatment plan completed by parents and their GP and lodged at the school. Treatment Plan proformas are available from the Front Office.
Information on a child’s health status (e.g. epilepsy, diabetes) should be given at enrolment or upon diagnosis. If the health problem is serious please provide an up-to-date photograph of the child so it can be placed on our Medical Alert board.
All children are offered a Kindergarten Health Check in their first year of primary school. Parent/guardian consent is obtained and you are encouraged to attend with your child. Further information can be found at the following link:
Head lice are extremely contagious but easily eradicated. If you find evidence of head lice use a treatment available from the chemist. After treatment your child may return to school. Please let the Front Office know so that others in the class can be reminded to check. More information on head lice can be found online at https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/head-lice, or at the Front Office.
Mobile Phones
Mobile phones are not to be used by students at school.
If a student needs to have a mobile phone at school for after-school purposes, they are to leave the mobile phones with the Front Office staff where they will be locked away for safe keeping.
Students and parents should be aware that students bringing mobile phones to school do so at their own risk. The school will not accept any responsibility for loss or damage to mobile phones.