SCHOOL NEWS
T1 2025
SCHOOL NEWS
T1 2025
CHICKEN POX
Chicken Pox has been reported in the Castle Unit. Chicken Pox is spread by airborne droplets produced by coughing or sneezing or with fluid from the blisters. The incubation period (time between becoming infected and developing symptoms) is 2-3 weeks but may be longer. The infectious period is from 2 days before the rash appears until at least 5 days after the rash first appears and all blisters have crusted over. Students are to be excluded from school until all blisters have dried (usually 5 days). People at high risk of complications from Chicken Pox include pregnant women, young babies, people with an immune deficiency or people with leukemia. Symptoms to watch out for are: slight fever and cold-like symptoms, followed by a rash. The rash is more noticeable on the trunk than on the limbs and may affect the scalp, inside of the mouth, nose and throat. The rash is usually itchy. For further information please go to the SA Health website.
RIGHT BITE
At Hackham East PS we follow the SA Right Bite Food and Drink standards and in line with this allow only water in student drink bottles to be consumed throughout the school day.
Please support us with this by ensuring children do not come to school with cordial or similar in drink bottles.
NEW LAWS REGARDING SMOKING AND VAPING
From 1 March 2024 new regulations will extend the smoke-free and vape-free areas to within 10 metres of site boundaries.
This includes: