In order to protect your child and other children, please do not send a sick or infect child to school. If you are in doubt, phone your doctor or the preschool Director for advice. The Director may exercise her discretion and request and unwell child to be sent home.

We ask for your understanding and co-operation in this area to ensure that no child, especially yours, is exposed unnecessarily to these infections.

If your child becomes unwell whilst at the Centre, we will contact your to arrange for him/her to be collected from the Centre. If we are unable to contact you, we will ring the emergency contact you indicated on your enrolment form. Failing that, if necessary, we will arrange to take your child to either his/her own medical practitioner or the hospital.

The following guidelines are provided on the premise that children who are ill with an infectious disease will not return to the centre until they have fully recovered. This is for the protection of your child and every child in our care.

Preschool staff will administer medication if required.

If you child should require medication while at the centre, please notify the staff. You are required to fill in a Medication Authority form with the medicine name, dosage and time and any special instructions. This must be signed and dated and handed to a staff member with the medication. Medication with Notification form, signed by the parent.

Staff will not administer medication prescribed for another child (eg brother), or medication contained in an unmarked bottle. Non-prescribed medication will be administered for no more than two days. After this, a letter from a medical practitioner is required.

If your child requires long term medication, eg Ventolin for asthma, please send a covering letter which will be kept on file.

Medication must never be kept in your child's bag. Please don't forget to collect the medication at the end of the day.