Winter Wellness Message

Friday, 30th August 2024 at 11:47am

School Nurse Wellness Message:

There are many winter bugs circulating - please keep students home if they are unwell.

If you have any concerns about sickness and assessments/exams, please feel free to contact the school Nurses (or) the level Deans.

Our school nursing team is aware of a recent case of chicken pox at school. For most people, chicken pox is a mild disease and the best defence against chicken pox is immunisation. Immunisation provides long-term but probably not lifelong immunity to chickenpox. All children in New Zealand can have chickenpox immunisation at 15 months of age. It is a part of the National Immunisation Schedule. Most people who have this vaccine will not get chicken pox. If an immunised person does get chicken pox, it is usually mild.

Please CLICK HERE for more information about chicken pox - from Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ