--- title: 'Feeling Unwell?' url: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2026/feeling-unwell' markdown: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2026/feeling-unwell.md' date: '2026-02-19' description: 'A friendly message from the Health team. There seems to be a lot of respiratory and other infectious illnesses circulating around our school at the moment. Please ensure your child stays at home if they are feeling sick, or have any cold/flu symptoms, including fevers or other infectious symptoms s…' --- Feeling Unwell? Health Team message ![unwell](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/user/pages/04.news/term-2-2026/feeling-unwell/unwell@2x%20(1).jpg "unwell") # Feeling Unwell? Thursday, 19th February 2026 at 10:00am ##### A friendly message from the Health team. There seems to be a lot of respiratory and other infectious illnesses circulating around our school at the moment. Please ensure your child stays at home if they are feeling sick, or have any cold/flu symptoms, including fevers or other infectious symptoms such as gastroenteritis (stomach bug). Please refer to the link below for guidelines to help whānau determine when a child should stay home from school due to illness. These guidelines provide practical advice for a wide range of health concerns - including clear information for parents/caregivers supporting students with anxiety. • Knowing if a child is well enough to be at school - Health NZ guidance: https://info.health.nz/health-topics/keeping-healthy/healthy-homes-environments/going-to-school/knowing-if-a-child-is-well-enough-to-be-at-school-guidance-for-schools#anxiety-and-school-attendance-4318 If your child is unwell, please notify the school of the absence using the Web Portal: https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/ New user to the Web Portal? Please click on the following link for more information: https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-1-2026/school-kiwi Please refer to the link below for guidelines to help whānau determine when a child should stay home from school due to illness. These guidelines provide practical advice for a wide range of health concerns - including clear information for parents/caregivers supporting students with anxiety. [Knowing if a child is well enough to be at school - Health NZ guidance](https://info.health.nz/health-topics/keeping-healthy/healthy-homes-environments/going-to-school/knowing-if-a-child-is-well-enough-to-be-at-school-guidance-for-schools#anxiety-and-school-attendance-4318) If you wish to share or update the health team on information regarding students health and mental wellbeing needs or for those students who have pre-existing conditions, or who are currently being investigated for new conditions, we ask that you keep us updated and it is strongly recommended that you provide us with the relevant information. **Needing extra assistance with medical needs?** To enable us to understand your child’s needs and provide the best support should they need our assistance, please email copies of the relevant medical information or updates to These will be uploaded to your child's confidential health records, and will not be shared (excluding medical certificates) with other staff without your permission. We may recommend that you share some aspects of your child's needs with SLT and/or Deans to ensure that your child is supported in the classroom. 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 2 2026](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2026.md) - Previous: [Fast 5 Netball](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2026/fast-5-netball.md) - Next: [Fine Dining](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2026/fine-dining.md)