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Date: November 17, 2016 Dear Parents and Guardians of 1A, Guidelines for Sick Students 1. DO NOT send your child to school if he/she has a fever. Body temperature 37.5 C and higher (taken via oral thermometer) OR 38 C and higher (taken via ear thermometer) is considered a fever. 2. DO NOT send your child to school if he/she has a cough, runny nose, diarrhea, rash, or is feeling generally unwell. Unfortunately, one child’s illness can spread to the whole class. 3. DO NOT give your child Panadol, Tylenol, Calpol or a cough suppressant in the morning and then send him/her to school. Medications only mask an illness and by lunchtime the student will feel unwell again. 4. DO NOT come to school to pick up your child if the nurse has not called you. If your child calls you and asks to be picked up because he or she is not feeling well, please reconfirm with the nurse. 5. Please notify the nurse if your child is absent for more than two days in a row or if your child is diagnosed with a contagious illness such as Chicken Pox, Impetigo, Herpangina (blisters or ulcers in mouth), or Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. 6. If your child has an undiagnosed rash or red itchy eyes with more than usual discharge please take him/her to the doctor to be diagnosed before returning to school. CDNIS Fever Policy and Mask Policy CDNIS strictly enforces the Fever Free Policy, as recommended by the Centre for Health Protection. Therefore, students who are sick or with a fever should not be in school whether or not they are wearing a mask. Pre Rec to Grade 2 – students should be fever free for 48 hours before they can resume school. Grade 3 and above – students should be fever free for 24 hours before they can resume school. Please note that for students who are not sick and choose to wear a surgical mask to school as a preventative measure (allergies, immune disorders), our school staff will not be expected to monitor the correct wearing of their mask. Gloria Ng Lower School Nurse Email: [email protected] Direct line: 22406329

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Date:  November  17,  2016    Dear  Parents  and  Guardians  of  1A, Guidelines  for  Sick  Students   1. DO  NOT  send  your  child  to  school  if  he/she  has  a  fever.  Body  temperature  37.5  C  and  

higher  (taken  via  oral  thermometer)  OR  38  C  and  higher  (taken  via  ear  thermometer)  is  considered  a  fever.  

2. DO  NOT  send  your  child  to  school  if  he/she  has  a  cough,  runny  nose,  diarrhea,  rash,  or  is  feeling  generally  unwell.  Unfortunately,  one  child’s  illness  can  spread  to  the  whole  class.  

3. DO  NOT  give  your  child  Panadol,  Tylenol,  Calpol  or  a  cough  suppressant  in  the  morning  and  then  send  him/her  to  school.  Medications  only  mask  an  illness  and  by  lunchtime  the  student  will  feel  unwell  again.  

4. DO  NOT  come  to  school  to  pick  up  your  child  if  the  nurse  has  not  called  you.  If  your  child  calls  you  and  asks  to  be  picked  up  because  he  or  she  is  not  feeling  well,  please  reconfirm  with  the  nurse.  

5. Please  notify  the  nurse  if  your  child  is  absent  for  more  than  two  days  in  a  row  or  if  your  child  is  diagnosed  with  a  contagious  illness  such  as  Chicken  Pox,  Impetigo,  Herpangina  (blisters  or  ulcers  in  mouth),  or  Hand,  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease.  

6. If  your  child  has  an  undiagnosed  rash  or  red  itchy  eyes  with  more  than  usual  discharge  please  take  him/her  to  the  doctor  to  be  diagnosed  before  returning  to  school.  

CDNIS  Fever  Policy  and  Mask  Policy   CDNIS  strictly  enforces  the  Fever  Free  Policy,  as  recommended  by  the  Centre  for  Health  Protection.  Therefore,  students  who  are  sick  or  with  a  fever  should  not  be  in  school  whether  or  not  they  are  wearing  a  mask.   Pre  Rec  to  Grade  2  –  students  should  be  fever  free  for  48  hours  before  they  can  resume  school. Grade  3  and  above  –  students  should  be  fever  free  for  24  hours  before  they  can  resume  school.   Please  note  that  for  students  who  are  not  sick  and  choose  to  wear  a  surgical  mask  to  school  as  a  preventative  measure  (allergies,  immune  disorders),  our  school  staff  will  not  be  expected  to  monitor  the  correct  wearing  of  their  mask.   Gloria  Ng Lower  School  Nurse Email:  [email protected] Direct  line:  2240-­‐6329