Health and First Aid

Cold And Flu Season

Welcome to the first instalment of Health and First Aid at Kalinda Primary School. Each newsletter will have a new focus or update about current health and first aid issues within the school community. This newsletter’s topics are a bit chilly…

Cold and Flu Season

There have been an increasing number of students attending school with cold/flu symptoms.

If your child has signs/symptoms such as:

• Coughing
• Fever
• Sore throat
• Sneezing, blocked or runny nose
• General congestion

They may have a cold. They need to stay at home until they feel well again.

If your child has signs/symptoms such as:

• Fever
• Sore throat
• Tiredness
• Muscle aches

They may have the flu. Please take them to their doctor. They need to stay at home until they feel well again.

Staying home when they’re unwell is for the health and safety of your child, their classmates and the school community.

If you are feeling concerned about your child’s symptoms of a cold or flu then see your doctor. Please see the attached image for more information about cold/flu symptoms, treatments and myths.

Join the Ice Pack Detectives!

Somewhere, somehow, some ice packs go missing when they leave the Sickbay Fridge. Have you seen any? Lost ice packs would love to be cold again!

To become an Ice Pack Detective, look around the yard and your classrooms – if you find any Ice Packs, bring them home to the Sickbay!

Every Ice Pack Detective will receive a special sticker for each ice pack brought back to the Sickbay, so start looking!

Anna Diacos EEN

First Aid Officer

Kalinda Primary School