Sickbay

Sick bay

Hay-fever:  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.

SMS messaging for Head injuries: If your child presents to Sick Bay with a mild head injury, you will receive an SMS notification through Compass. It will give a brief description of what happened and the treatment that was given. No further action needs to be taken for minor injuries, for severe injuries or anything I find concerning a phone call will be made.

Hats: It is Term 4, which means we are coming into the warmer weather and for our students outside at lunch, snack and sport this means no hat no play, can you please check that your child has a hat ready for start of term. At the moment I have a few second hand hats for sale, they are $5, if your child needs a hat please come and see me.

Each day in sick bay I get multiple students coming to borrow hats, there are no spares hats in sick bay for students to borrow, so please make sure your child and their hat is ready for Term 4. 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.

Anaphylaxis and Allergies: As a school we have children with anaphylaxis and allergies to foods. It is very important that as a community we are all aware of this and where possible minimise the chance of our students having an allergic reaction. Being food aware goes a long way to preventing reactions. The main foods that our students have a reaction to are peanuts and tree nuts. Whilst we are not a nut free school, educating ourselves and our children about not sharing, washing our hands and being aware helps keep our students with anaphylaxis or allergies safe.

Naming Uniform:  Every week the lost property tub is overflowing with items that don’t have names, all these items eventually end up donated to charity, going into our second hand for sale cupboard or being binned, so please 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 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.