Important Information for this Fortnight
UPDATE FOR COSTUMES!
Get the kids READY!
Dear performers and families,
RE: UPDATED School concert and costumes
The purpose of this letter is to inform families about any updates to the costume items that will need to be supplied for the school concert. These items are needed by the end of August.
We are very excited to share that our school concert will be next term, on Tuesday 17th September. Tickets will go on sale on Monday 19th August through the West Gippsland Arts Centre. There will be a 1pm and 7pm performance. Tickets are limited to 4 per family (not including children already in the performance).
The name of the concert is ‘The Antiques Roadshow’ and will see each class perform to music from different decades. Some costume items will be supplied by the school and some we ask families to supply. Below is a list of what families are asked to supply.
More information will be available soon. Watch this space to stay updated.
If you need any help or have any questions please reach out klucas@bunyip.catholic.edu.au
Thanks,
Kelly Lucas
On behalf of the concert planning team.
Father's Day Liturgy - all welcome
SAVE THE DATE
Thursday 29th August,
9:15am Columba Basketball courts.
Coffee Van available before and after the liturgy.
Classrooms open after the liturgy.
The SSBI is an Australian Government initiative to provide free home internet until
31/12/2025 for up to 30,000 unconnected families with school age students.
Families can contact the SSBI National Referral Centre (NRC) to check their eligibility.
Once eligibility has been confirmed, NRC will support the family to get connected.
Increasing Pertussis
(Whooping Cough) Cases
The key messages are:
- cases of pertussis are increasing in Victoria, mostly affecting children aged 10-12 years
- pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory illness known for causing a cough and can lead to life-threatening infections in babies
- symptoms of pertussis may be very similar to other respiratory infections, especially in the early stages, meaning diagnosis by a doctor as soon as possible is important.
I am reminding the school community about the importance of seeing their General Practitioner if their children exhibit any of the symptoms listed.
If a student at our school is diagnosed with pertussis, the diagnosing doctor will be
responsible for notifying the Department of Health.
The below exclusion periods apply to diagnosed cases and contacts:
For diagnosed cases:
- students diagnosed with pertussis should be excluded from primary schools for a
minimum period of 21 days after the onset of cough, or until they have completed five (5) days of a course of effective antibiotic treatment
- the treating doctor will complete the required notifications to the Department of Health
For contacts of diagnosed cases:
The exclusion requirement only applies to contacts who meet all three (3) of the below criteria:
- aged less than 7 years;
- in the same class as the student with the diagnosed case; and have not received three (3) effective doses of pertussis vaccine.
Students meeting these criteria should be excluded for 14 days after the last exposure to the infectious case, or until they have taken five (5) days of a course of effective antibiotic treatment.
Please advise the school admin if your child is diagnosed with pertussis by a GP as soon as possible.
