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HEALTH AND MEDICATION

Good health is vital to school progress. Immunisation is a safeguard to health. Your child will probably need a booster injection about the time he/she commences school.

AN IMMUNISATION CERTIFICATE MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SCHOOL ON ENROLMENT. IF ALL IMMUNISATION HAS NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT THE STUDENT CONCERNED MUST BE EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL IF AN EPIDEMIC OCCURS.

If your child complains of feeling sick or appears to be ill before leaving home for school, it is advisable to keep the child home.

It is possible that at some time during your child’s school career he/she will contract one of the common diseases of childhood. The disease and minimum period of absence are as follows:

GASTRO - Viral gastroenteritis is a common infection of the stomach and intestines, resulting in vomiting and or diarrhoea. If your child contracts gastro they need to rest at home until 48 hours after vomiting and or diarrhoea ceases.

COVID - 19 - If your child contracts Covid-19, the school implements NSW Health instructions, which may vary. Currently if your child is unwell with Covid - 19 symptoms, they must remain at home.

MEASLES - If your child contracts measles he/she should be excluded for at least 7 days from the appearance of rash or until a medical certificate of recovery is produced. The school MUST be notified so that they can contact Community Health of the outbreak.

GERMAN MEASLES (Rubella) - Exclude until fully recovered.

DIPTHERIA - Re-admitted after receipt of a medical certificate of recovery from infection following at least two (2) negative nose and throat swabs, the first not less than 24 hours after cessation of antibiotic treatment and the other 48 hours later.

CHICKEN POX - Excluded until fully recovered. (Some remaining scabs are not an indication of continued exclusion).

MUMPS - Exclude for at least 9 days after onset of symptoms or until fully recovered.

PEDICULOSIS (Head Lice) - Notify the school when a case has been confirmed. Readmission to school the day after appropriate treatment has commenced. If uncertain how to treat the problem, seek advice from the office staff.

SLAPCHEEK - Initial symptoms of this infection may include headache, runny nose and a mild fever, before the appearance of a rash firstly on the face but may extend to the truck and extremities. Other signs may include a sore throat, fatigue, muscular pain, diarrhoea, nausea, cough and conjunctivitis. Must notify those who are pregnant and those who have an altered immune system.

RINGWORM - Re-admitted the day after appropriate treatment has commenced, supported if requested by a medical certificate.

CONJUNCTIVITIS (Acute infections) - Exclude until the discharge from eyes has ceased.

GLANDULAR FEVER - Extremely contagious. Must seek medical advice and a blood test. Caution must be taken during and following the onset of diagnosis.

IMPETIGO (School Sores) - Until sores have fully healed child must be excluded, however, the child may be allowed to return, provided that appropriate treatment is being applied and that sores on exposed surfaces such as scalp, face, hands or legs are properly covered with watertight dressings.

WHOOPING COUGH - Incubation period is commonly 7 - 10 days and not more than 21 days. Highly contagious in the early stages. The child is no longer infectious to others 5 days after starting antibiotic treatment. Parents must inform the school immediately if their child exhibits symptoms and then consult their doctor. When the doctor has diagnosed whooping cough, all people who have come into contact with the child are to be notified.

ASTHMA - More and more children seem to be diagnosed as being asthmatics. If this involves your child/children no doubt you have been advised by your doctor the best procedure to take when your child has an attack. Please notify your child’s teacher and the office staff of medication, etc, which is appropriate to your child.

HEPATITIS A - Exclude until receipt of a medical certificate of recovery but not before 7 days after the onset of jaundice.

HIV - Exclusion is not necessary unless the person has secondary infection requiring exclusion in its own right.

FIRST AID, EMERGENCIES & MEDICATION

Qualified Staff render First Aid and Emergency treatment as a matter of course and inform parents of situations requiring follow-up or monitoring. Where immediate medical assistance seems advisable, staff will contact parents or guardians (or medical professionals in the absence of both) without delay.

NB: Medication will only be dispensed to children for whom there is an indemnity form on file signed by parent or guardian, as well as an accompanying permission note with full instructions e.g.: dosage and time medication is to be administered.