Vanessa Jones
Dear Families,
We would like to inform you that at Brighton Primary School, we are an “Allergy Aware” school regarding nuts. However, some classes are “Nut Free” as there are students in those classroom who have severe allergies regarding nuts. Please ensure you check with the class teacher prior to sending nut products to school with your child. The following is information from the Department around this issue:
“Creating allergy-aware education and care services can minimise the risk of exposure for children and young people. This may include asking that some food produces (ie. nuts) are not sent in lunch boxes or not using some foods in cooking classes or science experiments but is not banning the food.
“Education and care staff may not confiscate foods that contain identified allergens, but they can carefully monitor the child or young person at risk and peers in close proximity that are eating to ensure no sharing of food. Children and young people should be reminded of allergy-aware strategies and the child at risk should be kept safe, ensuring that hand washing and wiping of tables occurs.”
We greatly appreciate your support around this issue to ensure the safety of all students at Brighton Primary School.