Engagement & Wellbeing

🐜 They’re Back… Head Lice Reminder 🐜

We’ve recently been made aware of a few cases of head lice in our school community. Head lice are very common among school-aged children and can spread easily through head-to-head contact. The good news is that they don’t spread disease, just a bit of itch and inconvenience!

We’re asking all families to please take a few minutes this week to check your child’s hair carefully for any signs of lice or eggs.

If you do find head lice:

• Please begin treatment straight away and let the school know once treatment has started.
• It’s also helpful to let the families of your child’s close friends know, so they can check their children too.

Children who have been treated for live lice may return to school the day after treatment has started.

For clear, up-to-date advice on how to check for and treat head lice, visit www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au and search “head lice (nits)”.

Thank you for your cooperation in helping us manage this common issue quickly and sensitively.

Craft sand contamination update

You may be aware of a recent alert about coloured craft sand products that may contain asbestos.

There is a list of the products of concern here: 

• Educational Colours - Rainbow Sand (1.3kg), Creatistics - Coloured Sand (1kg) and Kadink - Coloured Decorative Sand (1.3kg) | ACCC Product Safety 
• Kadink Decorative sand 10g 6 pack | ACCC Product Safety

At our school, we are taking the steps set out by the Department of Education to collect and dispose of the product. Current advice from national and Victorian health authorities is that there is a low risk to human health from these products.

If you have the product at home, however, the advice from the health authorities is that you should stop using it and follow the safety advice published here: Safe disposal and health information for consumers with recalled sand products | ACCC Product

BUNJIL AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who received a Bunjil Award at last week’s assembly. 

Ollie C, Zander M, Georgia H, Edwina G, Harvey N, Van L, Julian C, Niah W, Jimmy T, Zarkiah L, Otto S, Jack L, Elena F, Archie N, Riley G, Scarlett D, Ila C, Navara F, Mikka S, Mia P, Liam Q

Bunjil awards recognise student achievement and those who display our school values of being respectful, responsible and kind.

Well done! All of our recipients enjoyed a hot chocolate or zooper dooper with a principal.

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