Child Safety
Please read the following points regarding asthma for the holiday period.
Summer holidays are an important time for kids with asthma
During all the festivities, please don’t forget to keep up your child's asthma management and medicine as prescribed. Good asthma management over the holidays means less time off school when kids return in the new year, and less time off work for you.
To make sure your child stays as healthy as possible over the break and into 2026, you can take the following steps:
- Check your child’s medicine(s) to make sure they’re still in date.
- Keep using your child’s preventer medicine as directed over the summer holidays, even if they’re feeling well.
- If you’re leaving the house or going on holiday, make sure you pack your child’s asthma medicine(s) and a spacer.
- Book an Asthma Review with your doctor to get an updated written Asthma Action Plan during the holidays - you'll need this for Term 1 2026. Book in early as doctors can have limited appointments over the Christmas period.
- Use Asthma Australia's School’s Checklist for parents and carers: https://asthma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AA_BTS2022_Asthma-Checklist__digital.pdf
- To stay on top of your child’s asthma management, complete the Asthma Control Test for kids and get their asthma score here: https://asthma.org.au/asthma-control/
Summer Water Safety Message
As we head into summer and the holiday period, children will naturally spend more time around pools, rivers and beaches. This makes water safety especially important.
According to the latest National Drowning Report, 357 people drowned in Australia last year, with many incidents occurring during summer and in open water environments such as rivers and beaches. Many of these tragedies are preventable.
To support families, we’re sharing two short water safety blogs from Surrey Park Swimming, a local not-for-profit organisation focused on community water safety:
These resources provide practical tips and are great conversation starters to help children recognise risks, understand safety rules and make safer decisions around water. We’ve also included a “Safety over Summer” activity booklet for younger children.
Thank you for helping us keep our community safe this summer. We wish all families a happy and safe holiday break.
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The following documents provide information regarding Child Safety:
**Child Safety Standards for Parents - https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/assets/resources/Information-for-Parents-and-Carers-about-the-Child-Safe-Standards.pdf
**Child Safe Standards - CCYP
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/
** Working With Children Check Application