Christmas Communication

Christmas Communication to Parents

Christmas Test and Trace Arrangements

Parents should continue to notify the school if their child develops symptoms of COVID-19 or is asymptomatically tested (tested when they don’t have symptoms) in the final week before the Christmas break using the following email [email protected] .

Notifying the school if your child develops COVID-19 symptoms after the school closes for Christmas

Notify the school if:

• Your child develops symptoms or is asymptomatically tested (tested when they don’t have symptoms) before 3:30pm on Saturday 19^th December 2020 and;
• Your child was in school in the 48hrs prior to the symptom on-set (or test if they have been tested but don’t have symptoms)

You do not need to notify the school if:

• Your child has not been in school in the 48hrs prior to the symptom on-set (or test if they have been tested but don’t have symptoms)
• Your child develops symptoms or is asymptomatically tested (tested when they don’t have symptoms) after 3:30pm on Saturday 19^th December 2020.

The national test and trace service will contact you to complete the contact tracing.

Testing

We would like to remind parents that children should only be tested if they develop any of the three COVID-19 symptoms:

• a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

They should not be tested asymptomatically (when they don’t have symptoms) unless they are part of a study or have been advised to do so by a Consultant in Public Health.

Returning to school in January

The school does not need to be notified if your child is required to self-isolate during the Christmas holidays.  If your child is required to isolate after the 3 January 2021 and will not be in school on the 4 January 2021 please email [email protected] by the 3 January 2021 outlining the reason why they are isolating and the date they will return.  We will then review these emails when we re-open on the 4 January 2021.

Test and trace arrangements when the school re-opens in January

From the 4 January 2021 onwards the normal test and trace procedures will apply, and parents should contact the school to notify us if their child develops symptoms of COVID-19 using the following [email protected] or if your child tests positive for COVID-19 using the following [email protected] 

Summary of COVID notification deadlines