Health Centre

We hope you have had a happy and healthy Term 1!

Firstly we would like to thank all the students, parents and guardians for helping us during Term 1 to continue to adhere to the current COVID 19 guidelines by keeping unwell students home and continuing to Rapid Antigen Test on a regular basis.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that as per DET guidelines we are not able to provide students with school supplied paracetamol. Whilst we do encourage students to avoid taking medications at school, if deemed necessary we are able to store students own paracetamol, hay fever tablets or any other required tablets in the Health Centre for administration during the school day. A Medication Authority Form, which can be obtained from the Health Centre must accompany this medication if a student requires medication stored in the Health Centre.

We are seeing numerous students present to the Health Centre with complaints of headache. One very effective way to avoid headaches is to ensure you are drinking lots of water during the day and make the time to eat a healthy breakfast prior to arriving at school.

Lastly as per DET recommendations all students that have been diagnosed with any of the following conditions: anaphylaxis, allergies, diabetes, epilepsy and asthma must have a health management plan supplied to the college. It is also important to remember that these health management plans should be reviewed annually or if a student’s condition changes in any way. Copies of these management plans can be collected from the Health Centre/General Office at any time during the school day or please make contact with us and request that we email a copy to you.

Happy Easter, we hope you all have a great holiday!

Please feel free to contact us in the Health Centre on 9881 7125 or health@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au should you have any student health concerns, questions, or medical updates.

The Wantirna College Health Team.