School camps
Going on school camp can be an exciting adventure for children. Sometimes parents are worried that the school will not know how to look after their child's diabetes care needs whilst on camp. A dedicated school camp plan prepared by your diabetes team will help the teachers plan how best to support your child. Preparing a plan takes time so requests must be made at least 4 weeks before needed by the school.
Please fill in this Camp plan Form for a school camp plan request. We will return the plan to you via email.
School Action and Management Plans for 2025
All children/students with type 1 diabetes
attending early childhood settings, primary or secondary schools in Victoria
need to have a Diabetes Action and Management plan. The plans below have
been developed by Diabetes Victoria, The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) and
Monash Children’s Hospital, and are based on current best practice paediatric
guidelines and are reviewed yearly. These plans are to be checked and
signed by your treating team.
See the below information on organising a 2025 Diabetes School Action and Management Plan.
If your
child needs support with injections or pump data entry at school a Medication
Authority Form is also required. Early Learning and Primary aged children require a Medication Authority Form.
Steps to arrange your child's plan for Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) patients
1. Parents / carers complete the appropriate Diabetes School Action and
Management plan (link below). Please do not sign the form.
If you sign the PDF and a change is required, you will need to submit a new
plan causing delays. If your child is using an insulin pump an additional
appendix will be required.
2. After completing the form, click Download and save plan as a pdf file to
your computer
3. Email diabetesadmin@rch.org.au
attaching the pdf file. Please ensure you include your child's hospital record
number and (if required) the details for the Medication Authority Form and any questions
that have arisen while completing the plan
4. A Diabetes Educator (DE) will
review the plan, confirm it follows RCH diabetes treatment guidelines and, if
necessary, make any changes before signing the plan
5. The signed plan will be returned to parents / carers.
6. The parent/carer is then responsible for discussing the plan with a school
representative and the parents / carers
and school representative must sign the plan to complete the process.
2025 PDF Diabetes School Action and Management
plans:
Please select the appropriate plan for your child. These plans are for early learning (creche and kindergarten) as well as the school setting (prep - year 12)
Finally if you are unable to complete the above plan online, click
the link below for our alternate form. Note preparation of plans sent via this
request takes significant DNE resources and will significantly delay your 2025 plan preparation.
I am unable to complete the pdf school plan above. I request a diabetes educator to complete this. Unless there is a change of insulin, this request will be completed when the 2025 plan becomes available
Once the request is received, a DNE will
complete the plan and return it to you via email if an address is provided or
via post
Medication Authority Forms (MAF) for 2025
If school staff are required to supervise or administer insulin via
injections or insulin pump therapy, in addition to the Diabetes School Action and Management plan, a MAF is required in addition to the Diabetes School Action
and Management plan.
To request a MAF please send an email to diabetesadmin@rch.org.au including
the following information:
- Child's name and hospital UR number
- Name of school / kinder/Early Learning Centre
- Child's grade/year level
- Name of the insulin used at kinder/Early Learning Centre
- Insulin regimen (e.g. multiple daily injections
(MDI), insulin pump)
- the approximate number of units of insulin given at
lunch time
- Is the dose of insulin determined by:
- Fixed dose
- Fixed dose for food plus a correction dose
- Flexible dose determined using an insulin dose calculator
- Flexible dose determined using an insulin dosing
card
- Insulin pump
Diabetes in Schools Program
The Diabetes in Schools program is a nationally funded program,
developed to provide information, training and support for schools and families
to better support students living with type 1 diabetes.
If your child’s school would like information about
training to support diabetes care, visit: www.diabetesinschools.com.au
You can alert the school about the program by scrolling to the bottom of
the home page and completing the “Tell a School about the program” link. School
principals can also request training via this website.
There are also many more resources on the 'be part
of the school diabetes, parent or carer" link; Parents or Carers | Diabetes in Schools - Diabetes
Australia
You will also find self-directed learning modules that school staff or other carers can complete to better understand type 1 diabetes and how it impacts on a student’s day to day
life.
This program is not yet funded for childcare and kindergartens, however
if your child’s early learning centre requires training they can access the
Diabetes in Schools online modules at the website above
Last updated November 2024