Health

Years 7 and 8 Vaccine Catch-up

The Department of Health Immunisation Nurses will be visiting the College on Wednesday 30 June to administer catch-up vaccines to students in Years 7 and 8 who missed receiving their vaccines.

• Year 7 students will receive first dose of HPV and the dTpa vaccine.
• Year 8 students will receive second dose of HPV vaccine.

Winter sun protection 

As the weather starts to get cooler many people start wondering if there is a need to protect themselves from the sun’s damaging rays. The answer is yes. There is still a need to protect ourselves, even in winter. It is important that SunSmart behaviour becomes a consistent lifestyle choice and is not solely associated with summer activities.

It's important to apply SPF 30+ sunscreen or higher sunscreen whenever you’re going to be outside for more than a few minutes and UV index is 3 or higher.

A website for learning about the UV index is www.myuv.com.au

If you are outside, any sunscreen should be reapplied every two hours. More often if you are active.

Whenever you’re outdoors don’t forget to Slip on a shirt, Slop on sunscreen, Slap on a sunsmart hat, Seek shade and Slide on some sunglasses.

You can download the SunSmart App on the App store and Google Play Store.

Reference: Cancer Council WA

Jenny Hill

College Nurse