WESTERN SUBURBS (28 - 30 June 2023)

Heathdale Christian College

175 Derrimut Road, Werribee 

Wednesday & Thursday: 10am - 4pm

Friday: 10am to 5.30pm

EASTERN SUBURBS (5 - 7 July 2023)

Eva Burrows College The Salvation Army

100 Maidstone Street, Ringwood

Wednesday & Thursday: 10am - 4pm

Friday: 10am to 5.30pm

Please note that this year the program starts at 10am and finishes at 4pm for Wednesday and Thursday; and for Friday it finishes at 5.30pm. 

Every child needs to be signed in and signed out.

Sign IN:

1. Sign in time starts at 9.30am. Children are not allowed to be left unattended by parents before 9.30am

2. There will be a manned Welcome Desk at the entrance and please follow the signs that will lead you to the right classroom

3. Please remember which class they belong to

Lower Class: Prep to Year 2 

Middler Class: Year 3 and Year 4 

Upper Class: Year 5 and Year 6 

Sign OUT:

1. Sign out time is 4pm. Please ensure you pick up your child on time and no later than 4.15pm. Should there be an emergency please contact us immediately via email vbs@irecmelbourne.org or 0491 082 129

2. Please provide your photo ID for proof of identity check. The name stated in your photo ID needs to match the name listed in your child's registration form. Please email us to add additional persons that are allowed to pick up your child

For children with allergy and other health conditions, please remember to drop off and collect their medications from our First Aid Officer at the Information desk. It is located on the Ground Floor. For more information please refer to Allergy, Asthma, and Medication section. 

If your child has any allergy or other health condition, by now the committee should have received their asthma / action plans and health information. If you have not done so, please email us your child’s health information and their up-to-date Asthma/ASCIA Action Plan (with their photo attached) as soon as possible otherwise the child will not be able to attend the program. 

Children with allergies and asthma need to bring their medications as stated in their Asthma and/or ASCIA Action Plan. Please do not forget to also bring the spacer for children who have asthma. The medications need to be brought in everyday and given directly to our First Aid Officer at the Information Desk located on the Ground Floor.  Please collect the medication from the same location when you are picking your child each day.

The medication needs to:

1. Be labelled with the child’s name

2. Have a measuring cup if it is to be taken orally

3. Not be expired

4. Be kept inside a zip lock bag together with the child's Asthma/Action Plan. Please ensure that the Asthma/Action Plan:

   • Is up to date

   • Has a photo of the child

   • Lists the medication’s name and dose for the child

Kindly keep your child at home if they are unwell or exhibit any COVID symptoms. The COVID symptoms to look out for are fever, cough, runny nose / congestion, sore throat, headache, tiredness, loss of smell or altered sense of taste, aches and pains, diarrhoea or vomiting, rash on skin, red or irritated eyes, and/or difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. 

We will appreciate it if you could notify us via email if your child will be absent on the day. This will save us time in trying to reach you and help teachers to anticipate the number of children in their care that day.

• We invite parents to come and join our Celebration and Presentation Event which will start with a welcome afternoon tea at 4.15pm and ends at 5.30pm on Friday 30 June (West) and 7 July (East)

• Due to limited space, ONLY TWO persons per family can attend the event. We kindly ask the family not to take any photos or videos during the presentation

• All VBS committees and children are strongly recommended to undertake a Rapid Antigen Test at home on the morning of Day 1 VBS, and must not attend VBS if they have a positive result

• All VBS committees and children should continue to practise good hand hygiene, particularly on arrival to VBS, before and after eating, after blowing their nose, coughing, sneezing, or using the toilet. Teachers will help direct and supervise the children to sanitise or wash their hands regularly

• If a child has any of the COVID symptoms while on VBS, parents will be contacted to collect their child. The symptoms are cough, runny nose, sore throat, fever, chills, sweats, shortness of breath, loss or change in sense of smell or taste

• Inform us via email if your child tested positive for COVID and follow DHHS advice

• Family Close Contacts do not need to isolate, but if they are attending VBS they must:

1. Notify the committee via email vbs@irecmelbourne.org

2. Wear a mask while indoors (Age 8 and above only). They  are required to wear face masks indoors for the first 7 days after their initial contact with an infectious person

3. Undertake a Rapid Antigen Test for 5 days

Please visit this website to find out more about household contact: 

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/checklist-contacts