The school recognises that students may require administering of medicines for short term illnesses and/or long term conditions and we are committed to supporting families in enabling this to be done at school. If your child requires medication to be taken at school we require you to complete some paperwork and provide the medication in a blister pack prepared by the chemist. Asthmatic students will require an asthma action plan and Ventolin brought to the office, students are unable to keep Ventolin or medication in their bags.

There are a number of students at St Benedict’s who have life threatening anaphylactic allergic reactions to all nuts and peanut products. Families are asked not to send peanut butter, Nutella, sesame seeds, loose nuts, muesli, nut chocolate bars or any products containing any type of nuts to school. The children are NOT to share food at school.