The School uses the external platform Consent2Go (C2G) to share information and request approval for various excursions and activities throughout the year.

• Every enrolled student requires a Consent2Go profile.
• Contact details and student medical information must be kept up to date.
• For our ELC – all people collecting your child must be listed in Consent2Go as we cannot let your child leave the Centre with a person not authorised to collect them.

Find out more about C2G

When your child turns four in 3-Year-Old Kindergarten, they are required by the Victorian Government to receive their Pre-Prep immunisations.

Families must provide an up-to-date Immunisation History Statement – students cannot start school without this.

The Immunisation History Statement from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) is the only document accepted. Letters from GPs or local councils are not accepted. You can obtain your Statement from the following sources:

• Your myGov account
• Express Plus Medicare mobile app
• Call AIR on 1800 653 809
• Visit a Medicare or Centrelink office

Please ensure your child’s teacher has a hard copy of the most recent Immunisation History Statement.

WHOLE SCHOOL: We ask that families consider the health of others before sending unwell students to school no matter their year level.

ELC SPECIFIC GUIDELINES: We have strict protocols in the ELC and we must follow all Public Health guidelines.

• The ELC must be notified immediately if a child contracts an infectious disease.
• ELC students who are unwell should be kept at home and those presenting with infections like a heavy cold or flu may not be accepted at the ELC (at staff discretion).

Any students presenting with fever, vomiting, or diarrhea must stay home for 24 hours after the last episode.

• Families will be required to inform staff and complete a Medication Authority form if the student requires prescribed medication whilst at School or on an Excursion/Learning Journey.
• Majority of prescribed medication will be administered through our Health Centre
• Any medication brought to school by a student needs to be clearly labelled with:
  • The student’s name.
  • The medication supplied in its original packaging with expiry date.
  • The dosage required and administration method.
  • The time the medication needs to be administered.
  • Completed Medication Authority form.

Medication Authority Form

• Mentone Grammar maintains a strong commitment to student health and safety, with a significant number of staff trained in First Aid and Anaphylaxis management across the School.
• First aid and anaphylaxis kits are readily available throughout the campus, including at our Keysborough playing fields and Shoreham camp site.
• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are also strategically located across the School and at both off-site locations.
• These resources are supported by our dedicated Health Centre team of Registered Nurses, Paramedics, and First Responders available during School operating hours and first responders available at our School home games.
• Reported injuries and incidents are documented and parental follow-up will occur

Anaphylaxis is a severe, rapidly progressive allergic reaction that is potentially life-threatening. 

The most common allergens in school-aged children are peanuts, eggs, tree nuts (e.g. cashews), cow’s milk, fish and shellfish, wheat, soy, sesame, latex, certain insect stings and medications.

• The key to prevention is knowledge of those students who have been diagnosed at risk, awareness of triggers (allergens), and prevention of exposure to these triggers. This requires communication and partnerships between parents and the School to ensure that certain foods or known and potential allergens are kept away from the student while these students are in the care of the school.
• Staff are trained in prevention, recognition, and emergency treatment, including the use of an adrenaline auto-injector.
• The School will comply with Ministerial Order No. 706: Anaphylaxis Management in Victorian Schools
• It is the responsibility of the student’s parent/carer to:
  • communicate their child’s allergies and risk of anaphylaxis to the School through updating their child’s C2G profile;
  • upload an ASCIA Action Plan to C2G;
  • inform the School in writing by immediately updating their child’s Consent2Go profile if their child’s medical condition, insofar as it relates to allergy and the potential for anaphylactic reaction, changes, and if relevant provide an updated ASCIA Action Plan;
  • provide an up-to-date photo for the ASCIA Action Plan;
  • provide the School with an adrenaline auto-injector that is current and not expired for their child; and
  • participate in all reviews of their child’s Individual Anaphylaxis Management Plan (IAMP).

• ELC: Food preparation procedures in the Centre are in place to prevent contamination for children at risk.

Asthma is a chronic Inflammatory disease of the airways. Asthma is a long-term lung condition.

People with asthma have sensitive airways in their lungs which react to triggers, causing a ‘flare-up’. In a flare-up, the muscles around the airway squeeze tight, the airways swell and become narrow and there is more mucus. This makes it hard to breathe. An asthma flare-up can come on slowly (over hours, days or even weeks) or very quickly (over minutes). A sudden or severe asthma flare-up is sometimes called an asthma attack.

• Parents/carers must provide the School with a current Asthma Action Plan (annually) which has been completed by the student’s medical practitioner. The plan must outline:
  • the prescribed medication taken by the student and when it is to be administered, for example as a pre-medication to exercise or on a regular basis
  • emergency contact details
    • the contact details of the student’s medical practitioner
  • the student’s known asthma triggers
  • the emergency procedures to be taken in the event of an asthma flare-up or attack.
  • The plan must be uploaded to the child’s C2G profile.
• Staff are trained in recognising symptoms and emergency treatment, including the use of Ventolin, spacers and masks.
• ELC: Pharmaceutical labelled asthma medication and a spacer must be provided to the Centre.

• Families are required to provide an annual Allergy Action Plan, Individual Allergy Management Plan signed by a medical practitioner.
• Plans must be uploaded to the child’s C2G profile.
• Labelled medication must be provided to the School.
• ELC: Children will not be permitted to attend the Centre without an ‘in date’ Action Plan and supplied medication on site.

• A Mentone Grammar hat must be worn in Terms 1 & 4 during outdoor activities for all students in ELC – Year 8 (a hat is recommended for students in Years 9 – 12).
• All students should apply sunscreen at the start of the day. There is also sunscreen available at Campus Offices and Sport.
• ELC: Staff will reapply sunscreen if UV rating is above 3.
• Families should provide sunscreen for a child with skin allergies (labelled with child’s name and DOB).