Head lice are very common in school communities. Anyone can catch head lice; catching them has nothing to do with not being clean. If you find live head lice or eggs on a family member’s scalp, treat them and check the scalp of everyone in the house.

Kids Can supply Blitz the Nits head lice solution to our school.  Please get in touch at the office if you require some to help with the treatment of head lice.

What are head lice?

Head lice are small, wingless-shaped insects that live and lay eggs on your scalp. The scalp provides food and warmth for the eggs to hatch.

Who can get head lice?

Anyone can get head lice. They are a common problem and cause concern and frustration for parents and children.

Catching head lice has nothing to do with poor hygiene.

How do people get head lice?

People get head lice from head to head (hair to hair) contact with someone who already has head lice. This can easily happen when children play or sleep together and their heads touch.

Head lice can only crawl from hair to hair. They can't fly or jump from head to head.

Head lice only survive on humans. They die quickly when they are not on the head, usually within 24 hours.

How do I check for and get rid of head lice?

Head lice can live all over the head but particularly like warm places behind the ears, around the bottom of the hairline, and on top of the head. They can look like grains of sand or dandruff.

Two recommended head lice treatment methods are wet combing and dimethicone 4% lotion.

Whichever treatment you use, you need to thoroughly treat anyone with live lice or eggs at the same time.