Health Centre Happenings

Thursday, 28th March 2024 at 7:45am

GBHS's Nursing Team are here to help ...

Feeling unwell? Students who feel unwell during the school day should go to the school sick bay, situated in the Student Services area. Our Student Services team and School Nurses are here to help. If students need additional medical help or need to go home, a member of the Health team will contact parent/caregivers to make arrangements. Students will need to sign out before going home. Parents/Caregivers are requested to collect students from the Student Services area - located at the back entrance of the main Reception building.

Counselling and Pastoral Care Team Wellbeing is an important part of what we do at Green Bay High School. Our aim is to improve a student’s well being, which in turn reduces barriers to a student’s academic progress, and other life goals. Our strong pastoral team is committed to achieving this by working towards a socially healthy and emotionally safe school. Our counsellors are members of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors and adhere to their Code of Ethics. This ensures that counselling is conducted to a high professional standard and our counsellors are committed to continually developing their practice to provide the best support for our students. It also means that all counselling is confidential unless there is an imminent risk to safety. For more information about our Counselling and Pastoral Care Team please CLICK HERE

Needing to leave school early for an appointment? Students who need to leave school during the day for an appointment are to bring a note or medical/dental appointment card, signed by a parent/caregiver to show the teacher and be permitted to leave class. Students are required to sign out at Student Services, accompanied by a parent/caregiver. If possible, please phone ahead, or request an EXIT PASS via the SchoolBridge App.

Student ACC Claims:

Our school nursing team, Melissa Povey and Greer Cutfield, can now lodge ACC claims for students in case further health care services are required. If a claim has been completed for your child, this will be communicated with parent/caregivers - who will receive by post, confirmation that ACC have accepted the injury claim.

GBHS / Health New Lynn Youth Clinic:

Health New Lynn is now offering a Youth Clinic, this service is confidential and free of charge to students aged 13+ at Green Bay High School. The youth nurses at Health New Lynn will work in partnership with the nurses at Green Bay High School to support and aim to improve health outcomes for students. Students can come to the school Health Centre to see Melissa or Greer for more information and to be referred. The clinic will run every Wednesday from 9am - 4.30pm at Health New Lynn.

• The aim of this service is to help bridge the gap between school and primary health services.
• Services offered such as lifestyle advice for chronic conditions, cessation advice for drugs, alcohol, vaping and sexual health.
• The process is designed to provide holistic, supportive, youth friendly services.

Ikura|Manaakitia te whare tangata Period products in schools:

Ikura | Manaakitia te whare tangata aims to provide access to free period products for children and young people in all state and state-integrated schools and kura across New Zealand. GBHS have opted into this scheme. We stock supplies of sanitary products that are freely available. Please remind your child about utilising this wonderful initiative, and that they can obtain supplies from the Health Centre and various classrooms around school.

• Any questions? Please email our school nurses, Melissa Povey and/or Greer Cutfield who are always happy to help.