Illness and Medication

Please protect preschool children, their families and the staff team…

Your child must STAY AT HOME:

• If they are unwell and/or have a high temperature;

• If they have symptoms of a respiratory infection;  

• If they have tested positive for Covid-19, with or without symptoms - stay at home for a minimum of three full days and only return if they are well and do not have a temperature;

• For the first 48 hours after starting antibiotics;

• Until 48 hours after the last bout of sickness or diarrhoea.

Remember: 

• If your child is unwell or not feeling themselves, it is better for them to be at home. 

• Ring or email the preschool to let us know the reason for any absence.

• Tell us if your child has any medicine at home before coming to preschool.  If your child needs paracetamol or ibuprofen, then they should be at home.

• Please keep your child at home if there is a positive case of COVID-19 in your household as this will help to prevent COVID-19 spreading through the preschool.

• Notify us of any infectious illnesses so other families may be alerted.

Medication

• Remember to tell us if your child has any medication at home before coming to preschool, including antibiotics, paracetamol or ibuprofen.

• You must inform us if your child has a medical condition, an allergy or intolerance or has any kind of prescribed medication. 

• You will need to complete forms giving full details of their condition. 

• Ask your doctor to prescribe an extra set of medication to be kept at Preschool, including a spacer if used with an inhaler. 

• Staff are required to undertake training to use some kinds of life-saving medication so please inform us in plenty of time to enable this to be arranged before your child starts. 

• For your child’s safety and for insurance reasons, your child may not be able to start until the training has been completed. 

• A medication record will be completed if your child requires their medication while at pre-school.  You will be asked to countersign the form so you know exactly what they have had and when.