If students are sick it is advisable to keep them at home. Parents will be contacted by the school to collect students who exhibit signs of illness during the day.

First Aid

First Aid may be provided at school. In the cases of serious injury or illness parents will be requested to take students to a doctor or to hospital by ambulance if necessary.  Where there is an emergency, the school will arrange for an ambulance to attend the scene, and if necessary the ambulance will take the student to hospital.

Infectious Diseases

Please be considerate of your child’s friends and teachers. These illnesses spread quickly and easily through whole classes and families. Parents should ensure their children are appropriately vaccinated. This table should be read in conjunction with the ‘time out’ poster published by Qld Health.

Illness and Exclusion Periods

Measles: Exclude for four days after the onset of the rash
German Measles (Rubella): Exclude until fully recovered or for at least four days after the onset of rash
Chicken Pox: Exclude until all blisters have dried. This is usually at least five days after the rash first appeared in nonimmunised children, and less in immunised children.
Mumps: At least 9 days after onset of swelling
Diarrhoea: Exclude at least 24 hours without symptoms
Vomiting: Exclude at least 24 hours without symptoms
Glandular Fever: Exclusion not necessary
School Sores (Impetigo): Exclude case until has received appropriate antibiotics for at least 24 hours. Sores are not contagious if covered, or after the child has taken antibiotics for 24 hours. Weeping or crusted sores on exposed areas should always be covered with a watertight dressing until at least 24 hours post antibiotics commenced and for as long as practical.
Whooping Cough (pertussis): Exclude until five days after starting appropriate antibiotic treatment, or for 21 days from onset of coughing.