We welcome the opportunity to discuss any issues you may have concerning your children.
However, it would be appreciated if you would contact the Principal so that a mutually
convenient time can be arranged to discuss the situation.
Every care is taken to prevent accidents from happening by providing teacher/teacher aide
supervision of students. However, accidents do happen from time to time. If your child sustains an
injury at school that requires trained medical attention, the Ambulance will be called and the child
will be taken to the family doctor or hospital. If it is at all possible, parents or contacts will be notified
prior to taking this action. Even though attempts will be made to contact parents to inform them,
often this is futile. We therefore stress that you be well aware of what procedures will be taken if
these circumstances should occur.
Administering medication at school
If your child requires staff to administer medication to them at school, please contact the school
office ASAP to discuss your child’s requirements.
Please note, school staff will only administer medication that:
- has been prescribed by a qualified health practitioner (e.g. doctor, dentist)
- is in its original container
- has an attached pharmacy label (including the Doctor’s name on the label).
Office staff will ask you to complete and sign Section 1 of the Administration of medication at school
record sheet. Available at the school office.
N.B. If your child requires more than one medication, you will need to complete a form for each
medication.
Requirements for students at risk of anaphylaxis
If your child is at risk of anaphylaxis, it is important for you to provide the school with your child’s
emergency medication and their ASCIA Anaphylaxis Action Plan, completed by your doctor. This
Anaphylaxis Action Plan provides the instructions for the school to administer your child’s
medication in an emergency, which is specific to respond to their health condition.
If you have any concerns about your child’s health condition, please contact the Principal on (07)
4167 2154.
Requirements for students at risk of asthma
If your child has asthma and requires assistance to administer their medication, it is important for
you to provide the school with your child’s emergency medication and their Asthma Action Plan,
completed by your doctor. An Asthma Action Plan provides specific instructions for the school to
administer your child’s medication.
If you have any concerns about your child’s asthma, please contact the Principal on (07) 4167 2154.
Providing medication to the school
Before you provide the school with your child’s medication, check the expiry date to ensure it is
in-date and there is enough for the agreed time period. It is also a good idea to take a note of the
expiry date so that you can replace the medication before it expires.
Please note, school staff will not administer medication that you can buy over-the-counter at
chemists and supermarkets (e.g. paracetamol, eye drops, cough syrup) unless it has been
prescribed by your child’s qualified health practitioner.
For example, the school would administer
paracetamol to a student only if it has been prescribed by their dentist to be taken for a short time
after dental treatment.
School staff are bound by these regulations and we hope that all parents will acknowledge and
cooperate with these rules.
It is safer for all students if you can provide medication to the school in person (rather than send
medication with the student). If you can’t provide the medication in person, contact the school to
determine the easiest and safest approach for the school to receive the medication.
When your child’s medication is no longer required to be kept at school, please collect all unused
medication.
Thank you for your assisting the school in keeping our students safe and healthy.
Infectious diseases
The Principal has to exercise due care and attention to all students in his or her charge. This
may necessitate his or her right to exclude and/or report an infected child or one suffering from
neglect or maltreatment to the proper authorities.
Refer to Queensland Health's timeout poster for the minimum recommended
exclusion time for more common diseases.
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/426820/timeout_poster.pdf
Leaving the school grounds
Children are not permitted to leave the confines of the school area and/or school activities
during school hours without the express permission of the Principal. A note or phone call from
parent/caregiver is also required. When a child needs to leave the school grounds within school
hours a parent/caregiver is required to sign them out in the student register in the school office.
Permission forms
From time to time permission forms will be sent home for students to be allowed to attend functions,
sports events, excursions, camps, have photographs taken etc. at school or another site away from
school.
As this is an onerous task for the staff to prepare and send home and also for parents to
remember to return, a generic (one will do for all) form, will cover most activities undertaken
throughout the year. Parents will be kept informed through school newsletters and notes sent home
throughout the year.
If at any time parents object to their child attending or performing please inform
the school as soon as possible. The whole school usually attends such functions.
Any other activities not included in the above permission form will have a form sent home as the
activity is organised, for parents to return to the school office by a certain date.
If the permission
form in question is not returned to the school, that student will not be able to participate in the
related activity or activities. As we are a small school most activities that the school undertakes are
usually whole school activities so every student can participate.
Naming of belongings
Please ensure all articles of clothing, books and stationery items are clearly marked with the
student’s name in permanent ink, especially those items likely to be discarded during the day such
as cardigans, raincoats, shoes, socks and hats. This helps us to find the rightful owners when lost
articles are handed in.
Cleanliness of pupils
It is a parental responsibility to ensure that children come to school in a state of cleanliness. Head
lice are at times prevalent state wide. From time to time, when the school receives notification from
a parent that head lice have been found, a general notice will go out to all parents. Your
co-operation in this matter would be appreciated by all, so please check your child’s head regularly
and notify the school promptly if any sign of head lice are found. Regular washing (even though
head lice seem to like clean hair!) and daily bathing is desirable as children lead a strenuous life in
the playground and body odour is distressing and embarrassing to all who must contend with it in
the classroom.
Teeth should also be brushed before school and at bed time to keep teeth healthy
and breath fresh. These habits are life forming and become a necessary part of everyday life. The
school dentist (upon availability) visits the school to check children’s teeth.