Sickbay

Message's from sickbay

Hayfever:  With the pollen count being moderate to high most days in our area a lot of our students have been suffering from itchy, sore eyes. If your child has been complaining of sore, itchy eyes and it is going to be a high pollen count day it may be advisable to give them some antihistamine before they come to school. This will save on trips by you to school to administer medication if it is not registered at school and trips to sick bay by your child, which takes them out of the community and takes away from their learning time.

Head injuries: I get to call and talk to a lot of lovely parents about head injuries, it is a Department of Education policy that all head injuries are to be reported to a parent/guardian regardless of the severity.

If I cannot get through to you I will always leave a message for minor injuries, if it is a more severe injury where I feel that it is best for your child to be picked up I will call all contacts recorded on our system until I reach someone.

SMS messaging for Sick Bay visits: We are currently working towards setting up SMS notifications through Compass for Sick Bay. These will be for mild injuries where your child is ok to return to their community, they will give a brief description of what happened and the treatment that was given. For severe injuries a phone call will be made.

Hats: Each day I get students coming to sick bay to borrow hats, as they have forgotten or lost theirs, but most of these borrowed hats don’t make it back to sick bay. At the moment there are no spares hats in sick bay for students to borrow so if your child wants to play at recess and lunch and not have to sit in the shaded areas they need to always bring a hat to school to wear. If they do lose their hat and it is named and comes through lost property I will ensure that it is returned to their community.

Naming Uniform:  Don’t forget to name your child’s uniform, hats, drink bottles and lunch boxes so that when they come through lost property I am able to return items to them.

Second-hand Uniform: If you need any uniform for your child we currently have a lot for sale, please pop in for a look.

Change of clothes: It is good for all Foundation students and others who are prone to “accidents” to have a change of clothes in their bag.

Roz                                                                                         

First Aid Officer