Children return to school Mon 8th April

Information for Parents of Children in 6 White

Dear Parent of Pupil in 6 White,

Advice for Children close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases

We have been advised that there has been a confirmed case of COVID-19 within 6 White.

We have identified that your child may have been in close contact with the affected case (s). In line with national guidance, we advise that your child takes a lateral flow test every day for the next 7 days, prior to coming into school.

In addition, Local Authority Public Health and Education teams strongly recommend that all close contacts take a PCR test and that they do not attend the setting whilst they await their result. This is an interim measure that is being advised in the last few days of the Christmas term. Please book online at: https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

Please see advice for any symptomatic individuals in the household below.

In addition to the above, we are advising children and parents to undertake lateral flow tests twice weekly as a minimum. For information regarding access to lateral flow tests see:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing/regular-rapid-coronavirus-tests-if-you-do-not-have-symptoms/

Should the PCR (or any lateral flow testing) yield a positive result, we would ask that your child isolate and follow national “Stay at Home” guidance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance

We are asking you to do this to reduce the further spread of COVID 19 to others in the community. If you need support with isolation, please contact your local Council. For Coventry the contact is 08085 834 333.

Please see below guidance for if your child/anyone in the household develops COVID-19 symptoms.

What to do if you/your child develops symptoms of COVID 19

For most people, especially children, COVID-19 will be a mild illness.

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are recent onset of:

  • new continuous cough and/or
  • high temperature and/or
  • a loss of, or change in, normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia)

If anyone in the household develops any of these symptoms of COVID-19, they should remain at home and arrangements should be made for them to be tested. This should be an NHS PCR test taken at a test site and NOT a rapid test taken at a community testing site (an LFT test). Anyone that attends one of our community testing sites with symptoms of COVID-19 will be redirected.

Household members of the symptomatic individual who are over 18 years and 6 months and not fully vaccinated, must also stay at home whilst awaiting the PCR result – they should not go to work, school or public areas, even for exercise.

Testing can be arranged by ringing 119 or booking online: https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

When the result of the test is known further advice will be available.

 

How to stop COVID-19 spreading

There are things you can do to help reduce the risk of you and anyone you live with getting ill with COVID-19:

  • wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds
  • use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available
  • wash your hands as soon as you get home
  • cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze
  • put used tissues in the bin immediately and wash your hands afterwards

 

Further information

Further information is available at nhs.uk/coronavirus

Yours sincerely

Headteacher

 

4 responses to “Information for Parents of Children in 6 White”

  1. Qasim K.

    Hi this is Qasim mum, I tested Qasim before Christmas and today, my son Qasim tested negative..

    1. Head Teacher

      Great see him Tuesday.

  2. Umaiza T.

    Okay thanks for the information!

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