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Scheduled reviews (reviewed in term 1)
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Alcohol/Drugs and Other Harmful Substances
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Alcohol/Drugs and Other Harmful Substances
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- Added the Teaching Council's explanation of "impairment" (see the dropdown under Alcohol and drugs).
- Added a note stating "It is illegal to offer liquor as a prize for certain gambling activities, such as raffles." (Also added to the School Donations and Fundraising topic)
- Clarified that "smoking" includes vaping and e-cigarettes.
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Alcohol on School Property
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- Clarified that organisers of events must seek permission if they wish to serve alcohol or allow BYO at any events.
- Updated the information about special licences to refer to DLCs.
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Student Breaches of the Alcohol/Drugs Policy
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- This topic now deals with breaches by students only. We have created a new topic about breaches by staff.
- High schools can request request additional wording about drug testing.
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Staff Breaches of the Alcohol/Drugs Policy
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- This is a new topic that deals with staff breaches of the alcohol/drugs policy.
- The topic covers expectations of staff and their responsibilities, searches, alcohol and drug testing, dealing with breaching the policy, and rehabilitation.
- Added a link to a Signs of Impairment Guide, which can be used as a checklist to help determine if there is reasonable cause to suspect an employee of being impaired by drugs and/or alcohol.
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Legislation and Administration Policy
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Illness
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- Added different wording options for primary/intermediate and high schools regarding students leaving school during the day when they are sick. Composite schools can let us know the wording they would like.
- Updated our wording about administering paracetamol to read: "The school will not administer medication to a student without formal parental consent. Paracetamol may be given with verbal consent and instruction on the appropriate dosage from a parent." If your school has its own wording here, it will stay the same.
- The paracetamol wording also updated in the Medicines, EOTC Health and First Aid, and Managing Minor/Moderate Injury topics.
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Length of School Year
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- Updated this topic to state that the principal notifies the board in term 4 of the number of half-days and the dates the school will be open for instruction in the upcoming year. We will update this in Implementation Audits and Reports.
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Student Attendance
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- Clarified that "Sometimes a student might be out of class but should still be marked present, such as when attending a medical appointment."
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School Swimming Pool
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School Swimming Pool
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- Added a statement about learning basic aquatic skills being part of the curriculum and moved the sentence about parents providing a note to follow this.
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Guidelines for Pool Use
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- Made the statement about waiting 2 weeks to swim after having diarrhoea clearer.
- Added a sentence about reporting any problems with the gate.
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Community Use of the School Pool
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- We have updated our School Pool: Conditions of Use template to make it easier for schools to adapt. It contains guidance about what to include and we link to Ministry information about Managing pool use.
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Guidelines for Community Use of the School Pool
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- Made the statement about waiting 2 weeks to swim after having diarrhoea clearer.
- Added a bullet point about children who are not toilet trained needing to wear a swim nappy. Schools can choose not to have this wording.
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Swimming Pool Management and Maintenance
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- Added that "The fencing and gate operation is checked as part of the monthly site inspections."
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Swimming Off Site
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- Created a new topic for schools that go off site for swimming lessons. This topic links to the school's EOTC policies and procedures.
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