The Nitwits are back

Berit Pratt from NitWits will be giving a presentation on head lice at the Cunningham/Collicot school library.

Head lice are tiny little wingless parasites that are highly contagious. They are only transferred by direct human contact, they are not dangerous, do not carry diseases and are not a sign of poor hygiene.

It is said that one in four young school children carry head lice at any one time and 95 percent of head lice cases are picked up at school.

Head lice can be passed around by innocent close play such as a hug, sharing hair ties, brushes and caps. Head lice crawl exceptionally fast and have a firm grip on the hair once in contact, the transfer can happen in an instant. It only takes one louse to start the head lice life cycle.