Our Day
Morning Tea
• All students should bring a small snack and their water bottle
for morning tea.
• We strongly encourage you to be mindful of the items that
your child eats throughout the day, avoiding prepackaged
salty or sweet processed foods.
• The canteen has an excellent selection of healthy choice food
items at recess.
Lunch
• All children are required to bring a packed lunch to school
each day or they may purchase lunch from the Café.
• Children are supervised by teachers whilst they are eating, and
teachers are on duty during recess and lunch time each day.
Lunch box ideas
• Please do not overfill your child’s lunch box. We strongly
support awareness of the environment and sustainability and
encourage you to use recyclable containers for food items.
• Include a variety of healthy foods with plenty of fresh fruit,
salad, vegetables and protein foods such as meats, fish, dairy
products, baked beans or boiled eggs, bread, rice or noodles.
Nut aware policy
Rationale
Allergies are very common and increasing in Australia and New
Zealand, affecting around 1 in 5 people at some time in their
lives. There are many different causes of allergy and symptoms
vary from mild to potentially life threatening. Allergy is also one
of the major factors associated with the cause and persistence
of asthma. Effective prevention and treatment options are
available for most allergies. In most schools some children are
anaphylactic. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy
environment for students. We have adopted an allergy awareness
policy to protect students who have mild to severe allergies
(anaphylaxis). While ‘banning’ particular foods and declaring
schools to be ‘nut‐free’ is not recommended by Australian Society
of Clinical Immunology and Allergies (ASCIA) as it is not possible
to guarantee such positions, it is recommended that schools
develop strategies to promote allergy awareness.
Scope
Background
Anaphylaxis is a severe, rapidly progressive allergic reaction that is
potentially life threatening. It occurs when a person is exposed to
an allergen (such as a food or insect bite). Although death is rare,
an anaphylactic reaction always requires an emergency response.
Prompt treatment with an EpiPen is required to halt progression
and can be lifesaving.
Anaphylactic reactions are usually preventable by implementing
strategies for avoiding allergens.
Common allergens for anaphylaxis are:
• foods (e.g. peanuts and tree nuts, shellfish, fish, milk , egg,
sesame and soy)
• insect bites (e.g. bee, wasp, jumper ants)
• To provide, as far as practicable, a safe and supportive
environment in which students at risk of allergy or possible
anaphylaxis can participate equally in all aspects of the
student’s schooling.
• To raise awareness about allergies and anaphylaxis in the
school community.
• To engage with parents/carers of each student at risk of
anaphylaxis to assess risks and the development of risk
minimisation strategies for the student.
• To ensure that staff have knowledge about allergies,
anaphylaxis and the School’s guidelines and procedures
within this policy in responding to an anaphylactic reaction.
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• medications (e.g. antibiotics,)
• latex (e.g. rubber gloves, balloons, swimming caps)
The severity of an allergic reaction is influenced by a number of
factors, such as exercise, hot weather and in the case of food
allergens, the amount eaten. In the case of severe food allergies.
All students need to be aware that they must eat only
from their own lunchbox and not share food.
• Students must understand the importance of washing hands
before and after eating.
• Inform Enrolments through the enrolment process or at the
time of diagnosis of their child’s allergies, and arrange a
meeting with the school’s Nurse.