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Medication

Please advise staff if your child is taking any medication. All medicines will be
kept in the kitchen. It is the policy of Freckles Early Learning Centre to administer
medication in a safe and appropriate manner, where authorised by parents. Our
staff cannot administer any medication unless parents have provided it. If a child
requires medication while at the centre, parents must complete the Medication
Register on a daily basis.
In the case of ongoing medication for conditions such as Asthma, parents are
required to complete a Long Term Illness form, stipulating the signs and symptoms
of an onset of the condition and the medication required. Long Term Illness forms
are reviewed every six months, and parents must notify the centre if the Long Term
Illness form is no longer applicable to their child.
No medication is to be kept overnight at the centre, unless it is classed as
a category (iii) medication prescribed for a long-term medical condition. All
medication brought into the centre will be given to parents when they collect their
child.

Immunisation

Proof of immunisation is required on enrolment. A copy of the child’s immunisation
certificate must be attached to the enrolment form, or staff at the centre will cite
the child’s immunisation records from their health record book and take a copy as
proof that they are immunised for the immunisation register kept on all children at
the centre.
Parents are required to advise the centre when they update their child’s
immunisations.
If a child is not immunised, by enrolling their child the parents agree that they will
not hold the centre responsible if their child contracts a disease. If an outbreak of a
communicable disease occurs, their child will need to be removed until there is no
risk of them contracting the illness. During this time normal fees will be paid.

Specialist Visits

Hearing and vision checks are carried out regularly by the Ministry of Health. A
health professional visits regularly during your child’s time at preschool. You will
receive written notification of such visits in advance and receive written feedback
about the findings from the tests, including if follow up checks are required.

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