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Hi Labbie, I know you have said a few times that DET schools dont have to do RA's if you stay within the CSIS guidelines. What would happen if there was an incident with in the school (God forbid), and Workcover were involved and there were no RA's, is the DET suppose to take the heat, and cover all...

Congrats Margaret, how lovely, a sweet little girl to fuss over, enjoy your holidays and Ruby-Mays 1st Christmas

Hi Rosalie,

Not sure what area you are in, but our Uni sold them, cant remember how much, they are secondhand, but in good condition, they are from ex students who no longer need them, may be worth a phone call

cheers
Lisa

That is a great idea Liz, I will definately keep that one in mind for our texts too, are they the ones where the handle folds down into the crate? great

Cheers
Lisa

Hi Rosalie, we have done the same with missing stickers, a piece if paper underneath the bug in the display case, and I was hoping, extra stickers will come later. We have 3 binders, although I did have to ring them to get the next one sent out. Not sure of a better way to store the mags, but with t...

Hi Judy I do a RA for every prac, yes lots of paper work, I store them in an expandable folder in the prep room for the current term, divided by year groups. Each term I put them into a storage folder, ours are valid for 15months, when they expire, I store them in a box, as workcover require them st...

Only DET schools can access CSIS in the intranet, independant schools unfortunately cannot. As for an update in 2002-03, our school didnt receive anything! was this just DET schools again? CSIS is WAY past its use by date and should have been updated since 2003. I havent heard about the 'On Guard Sy...

Not sure why I thought this or where I even heard it, but I thought that the National Curriculum was starting in WA and NT as a trial run for the rest, please correct me if I am mistaken or have wrong information

Hey Fran,
Have you been at my school? seems you are describing 1 of the teachers here.
cheers
Lisa

Hi Rita
we did this prac last week, and used 3% hydrogen peroxide, didnt get any complaints.
Lisa

Thanks everyone, checked out the Animals in Schools site(very good site, easy to navigate around too), printed the appropriate info and forms, handed them to Bio teach, he decided that maybe we wont go that way with the dog, which I am more than ok with, cos doing any unneccessary procedure is not i...

Hi we have a student who's mother is a vet and has offered to bring in a dog to take a blood sample then centrifuge it to see the seperation. I was wondering if anyone knows if there would be a problem, or regulations in doing this. The dog would only be in for a period, so it wont be housed or fed....

Hey Kiah I used your gloves apron glasses sign yesterday, and guess what? all the kids actually had gloves glasses and aprons on for their dissection :clap3: . Mind you I had to put the right amount of aprons and a box of gloves out, dont think they can find them in the draw themselves :? , so I tha...

Hi Jen, We dont have the interactive whiteboards, but I know they are on a wish list and I think they would be used often if we did have one, good luck
Lisa

My understanding is that you should follow the CSIS guidelines and the manufacturers MSDS, which should be up to date, most of them are on line, hope this has helped, but like you Jazz, I am always interested in any new information.

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Lisa

Hi Sammy

I wash my dissecting equipment with hot soapy water, and then rinse it well and leave to dry overnight or until it is completely dry, I dont put it in the dishwasher cos I wasnt sure what the washing powder would do to it.

cheers
Lisa

I am curious to know if others have had any resistance to using or implementing RA's and SOPs..., and all the other things we discuss often on ChemTalk, regarding safety etc, from their teachers and other staff. As you know we use the Risk Assess programme for our risk assessments, we print one for ...

Hi Again I have spoken to my Pharmacist friend, to dipose of unwanted and old medications, put them in a plastic bag and take to your local pharmacist, they have a collection bin, when it is full is taken away and disposed of correctly. Thanks for everyones suggestions and I hope this has also helpe...

Thanks for your responses, I was thinking min orange dot, but red is probably better. If I ask the teacher who has 'kept' them he will tell me they are ALL needed, but I know they havent been used in 3 years, and we wont be doing senior science in the next few years, some of them date back to 1983!!...

Hi Gail Ours are like the paint trays you get kiddy paints in , you know the solid type, but they havent had paint in them, they came from a craft shop, about 25cm x 10cm and have 10 'wells'. They are meant for mixing craft paints I think, but they work well, and the teachers are happy with them, an...