Dear Parents
Welcome back to school and to term 3. It has been really pleasing seeing all the smiles and excitement of the children going to swimming and I cannot express to you the underlying importance of this activity to you. The objective is to teach your children to swim but there are a dozen other really important aspects. Planning and being organised with a change of clothes, being aware of the conditions and having a warm jumper, being able to have a change of routine which is unusual and challenging, getting on a bus, going to an environment that is different and I could go on. The unintended lessons are equally as important as learning to swim and develops resilience that is essential as they get older.
Next week we will have the second Vaccination Clinic in the Undercover area at 2.50pm till 4.50pm. At this clinic various influenza vaccines will also be available. The WA Department of Health is providing free influenza vaccinations for all Western Australians until 31 July 2022.
WA is facing a potentially severe influenza season following two years of border closures. This initiative is an extra incentive for the WA community to protect themselves and others against influenza.
The influenza vaccine can be given to individuals from aged 6 months.
This is a time-limited program, and available to people in Western Australia who have not already received the influenza vaccine in 2022. Once this advices ceases, it reverts back to eligible cohorts which can be found here Influenza (flu) vaccine (healthywa.wa.gov.au)
It is not compulsory and only can be given to a child accompanied by a carer.
Darryl Dedman