School Health ‘Nurse Rob’

Fridays at Burnie Primary School

Did you know?

School health nurses work with the support teams of both primary and secondary schools and the Tasmanian Health Service.

School health nurses support schools to create a physical and social environment that promotes health and wellbeing and assists to improve the health and education outcomes for children and young people in Tasmania.

Focus for Primary Schools

• Vision and hearing checks.
• Health assessments.
• Providing advice and information to students, parents and school staff on children’s health, physical activity and nutrition.
• Local, state and national health promotion initiatives.
• Health education aligned with the Australian Curriculum including healthy relationships, body esteem, resilience and mental wellbeing, and drugs and alcohol.
• Assisting schools with the management of complex medical conditions.
• Addressing any medical issues that may be impacting learning.