--- title: 'Chicken Pox' url: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-1-2025/chicken-pox' markdown: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-1-2025/chicken-pox.md' date: '2025-03-21' description: "GBHS's Nurses are aware of a case of chickenpox at school this week. For most people, chicken pox is a mild disease and the best defence against this is immunisation. Immunisation provides long-term but probably not lifelong immunity to chickenpox. Most people who have this vaccine will not get c…" --- Chicken Pox Health Notice ![Te Whatu Ora chicken pox](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/images/3/f/1/f/8/3f1f892e921e163ab128f94e9619aaacfbaebe16-te-whatu-ora.jpg "Te Whatu Ora chicken pox") # Chicken Pox Friday, 21st March 2025 at 12:30pm #### GBHS's Nurses are aware of a case of chickenpox at school this week. For most people, chicken pox is a mild disease and the best defence against this is immunisation. Immunisation provides long-term but probably not lifelong immunity to chickenpox. 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](https://info.health.nz/conditions-treatments/infectious-diseases/chickenpox#:~:text=Chickenpox%20is%20contagious%20from%201,and%20early%20childhood%20education%20centres)** for more information. Feel free to contact any one of our school Nurses if you have any questions 817-8173 ext 253 (or) check our website for more information regarding **[GBHS's Health Centre](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/student-life/health-centre)** services. Navigate - [ Home ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/) - [ About Us ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/about-us) - [ Enrolment ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/enrolment) - [ Learning ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/learning-areas) Contact Contact us: [https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact\_us](https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact_us)Green Bay High School 143 - 161 Godley Road, Green Bay Auckland 0643 New Zealand PO BOX 80002 | | | |---|---| | Tel | [+64 9 817 8173](tel:+6498178173) | | Absences | [Ext. 234 or press ‘1’ (one)](tel:+6498178173,234) | | Email | | | CONTACT US | [https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact\_us](https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact_us) | For contact details of individual staff, including Year level deans, please navigate to our [staff directory](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/about-us/staff) Kōtuitui Community Green Bay High School is proudly part of the Kōtuitui community of learning, a learning network of 12 West Auckland schools. To learn more about the Kōtuitui community please click [HERE](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/community/kotuitui). [![Kotuitui Community of Learning](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/user/themes/gbhs/images/kotuitui.svg)](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/community/kotuitui) --- ## Navigation - Parent: [Term 1 2025](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-1-2025.md) - Previous: [Checking Attendance](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-1-2025/checking-attendance.md) - Next: [Collaboration and Creativity](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-1-2025/collaboration-and-creativity.md)