Welcome back to Term 2.

We hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable break.  The children all seemed very excited to be back and had lots of great stories to tell about their holidays and Easter adventures.

PBL UPDATE!

A reminder that each week we give a Principal’s Award to a student who displays consistent and reliable efforts in living our school values of being Safe, Responsible and a Learner every day and in every way! The children who receive this award each week are invited at the end of each term to a Principal’s Morning Tea held in Week 10 of each term.

 Also, those students who receive our special Golden Gotchas  get a special certificate and go into the draw to receive the Sheriff’s Award also given out at the end of each term. This is a prize voucher and certificate presented by Sgt Ken on Assembly, also in Week 10, of each term and recognises those students who go above and beyond, to demonstrate excellent citizenship at our school

IMPORTANT REMINDERS ABOUT MEDICATIONS AT SCHOOL

All medication, including over‐the‐counter medications, e.g. paracetamol, ibuprofen or alternative medications, are identified as drugs or poisons that may cause side effects. As such, the school requires medical authorisation from a prescribing health practitioner, e.g. doctor, dentist, optometrist, but not a pharmacist, to administer any medication to students, including those bought over‐the‐counter.

Unlike parents/guardians, school employees are unaware of a student’s complete medical history, and are unable to provide ongoing, direct supervision of the student for the course of their illness. They are therefore unlikely to recognise if a student is having adverse effects to any medications administered. Health practitioners also have knowledge of medical history in order to determine which over‐the‐counter medications are appropriate, dosage amounts and potential side effects or interactions with other medications.

What you need to know:

        The school can no longer administer any medication, including over‐the‐counter medications, e.g. paracetamol, ibuprofen or alternative medications            identified as drugs or poisons that may cause side effects, to students without medical authorisation from a prescribing health practitioner e.g. doctor, dentist, optometrist.

        Medical authorisation from a pharmacist cannot be accepted.

        Over‐the‐counter medications currently stored at school will no longer be administered to students without medical authorisation.

        Listed emergency contacts for the student are able to personally attend the school and administer over‐the‐counter medications to their child if they do not wish to obtain medical authorisation.

Please ensure your medication details are updated with the school and that you have alerted office staff to medical conditions that we need to be aware of.

Thank you to the P&C for their highly successful organisation of the Easter Raffle this year.

A reminder that the Mother’s Day stall is being held on the 4^th May.

Thank you from Mrs Ryan

Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”