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Reminder!! Flu and Contact information letters

Wed 16 Sep 2020 MW

Reminder

Please return flu letters and more importantly the contact detail letters to school as soon as possible. If you need a new copy please phone the school office. Many thanks.

September 2020

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Please keep this letter as it contains the date of the session and contact details for the school nurse.

The school nursing team will visit your child’s school on 06/11/2020 to offer a nasal spray flu vaccine to all the children in your child’s school year. Your child probably received this vaccine last year in school or if they were younger at their GP surgery.

A consent form and an information leaflet is included with this letter.

Please read the information sheet about the flu vaccine so you are aware of what is being offered to protect your child.
Then complete the form stating that you either agree to vaccination or you do not agree to vaccination.
Return the form in the envelope to the school to inform the school nurse of your decision as soon as possible. This will help the school nurse make the necessary arrangements
To help make sure the vaccine is suitable for your child please take time to read the information.

Help keep your child well this winter, make sure they have their flu vaccine. This year efforts are being made to significantly increase flu vaccination coverage and achieve a higher uptake across all children in primary schools. Visit the website: www.beatflu.org and also the Patient Information Leaflet: www.medicines.org.uk/emc and type in Fluenz.

After you have returned the consent form to the school, if anything changes with your child’s health before the vaccination session or your child becomes wheezy or their asthma medication increases, please contact the school nursing team on the number below.

Yours faithfully

School Nurse: Immunisation Team

Contact No: 03000 856817

Schools and Covid 19. Information for Parents

Tue 15 Sep 2020 MW

Schools and COVID-19 – Information for Parents

14.09.2020 Version 1: Produced by Public Health Wales

1. Can I chat to other parents in the playground?

Yes, but it is really important to stick to the 2m social distancing rule in the playground, as well as everywhere else. We know that it is really tempting to greet people you’ve not seen in a long time with a hug or kiss, or to join a chat with a group of parents, but COVID-19 is still with us. Even if you are wearing a mask, social distancing is essential.

2. Will my children be doing PE?

Yes, PE is really important for children, but lessons will be adapted to reduce risk of spread of COVID-19. You can make it much easier by checking when your child has PE lessons and making sure that they go to school in their PE kit on those days.

3. Can children go to school with a cold?

If a child does not have symptoms of COVID-19 but has other cold-like symptoms, such as a runny nose, they do not need to be tested and they and you do not need to self-isolate. Your child can go to school if fit to do so.

4. Are children able to go to school if a parent or another sibling, or anyone else in their house has symptoms of COVID-19?

If a child/parent/household member develops symptoms of COVID-19, the entire household should immediately self-isolate, and book a test for the individual with the symptoms. It is not necessary to test the entire household if they are not symptomatic.

The COVID-19 symptoms are:

 a new continuous cough

 a high temperature

 loss of or change to sense of smell or taste

5. Are children able to go to school if they have been in contact with someone who they don’t live with but who has symptoms of COVID-19?

If a child has been in “contact” with someone experiencing symptoms, they should carry on as normal until that individual receives their test result. If this is positive, the TTP Team will contact people identified as contacts. Contact means:  face-to-face contact with someone less than 1 metre away (including when you have worn a face covering or face mask)  spending more than 15 minutes within 2 metres of someone  travelling in a car with someone (even on a short journey)

6. What happens if the school has a positive case for COVID19?

When a confirmed case of COVID-19 is identified as attending an educational or childcare setting (staff or pupil) contact will be made with the case (or parent) to assess whether they attended the school during their infectious period and whether further tracing of contacts in the school is needed. If any staff member or child within the school is a contact of the case, they will be required to self-isolate for 14 days and contacted by your local Test, Trace, Protect (TTP) team or Education Department. If a staff member or child from the school is not a contact of the case, they will not be required to self-isolate.

7. Booking a COVID-19 test:

Only people with symptoms (a new continuous cough, a high temperature, or loss of or change in the sense of taste or smell) should be tested. A COVID-19 test can be arranged via the Portal, or by ringing 119. Testing is available in person or with a home testing kit delivered to and collected from your home. The test is a throat swab or combined throat and nose swab. Some people are having difficulties obtaining tests. Your TTP team may be able to help if you are having problems.

8. Self-isolation:

Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms, and anyone who lives with them, must self-isolate, even if symptoms are mild. You must not go to school, nursery, other childcare settings, work, or places like a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. Anyone with symptoms must self-isolate for 10 days from when their symptoms started. They can return to school or work after 10 days if they are well enough to do so. Anyone in the household who does not have symptoms must self-isolate for 14 days from when the first person in the home started having symptoms. A test is only needed for people who are symptomatic. People who are not symptomatic should not have a test. Receiving a negative test result when you are a contact of a case does not shorten the isolation period, you will still be required to isolate for 14 days if you are a confirmed contact of a positive case. If a parent thinks their child has symptoms BUT chooses not to put them through a test all household members must remain in self-isolation for 14 days from the onset of symptoms. If you receive a positive test result, you will be contacted by the TTP Team. If the person who has symptoms has a negative test, self-isolation can end for everyone, children may return to school and parents can return to work if they are well enough and as long as nobody else in the household has developed symptoms.

14.09.2020 Version 1: Produced by Public Health Wales

School Photographs

Mon 14 Sep 2020 MW

Tempest photographers will be in school on Friday 18.09.2020 to take individual photos of the children. Unfortunately, due to Covid 19 restrictions they are unable to take family / group photographs at this time. We appreciate that this maybe disappointing however we must follow Government regarding social distancing etc.

Coronavirus - A Quick Guide for Parents

Mon 14 Sep 2020 MW

Please read this guide from Denbighshire County Council. If you child is showing any one of the symptoms please book a Covid-19 test and remember that all members of your household must shield whilst waiting for the results.

What to do if…	Action needed	Return to school when…
My child or another family member has Covid-19 symptoms	Do not come to school Keep school updated Self-isolate – follow guidance Book a Covid-19 test Inform school immediately about test results	The test comes back as negative.
My child tests positive for Covid-19	Do not come to school Keep school updated Self-isolate for at least 10 days Inform school immediately about test results Keep siblings off too Seek guidance from TTP	They can return to school after 10 days (siblings after 14 days if not showing symptoms) even if they have a cough or loss of taste/smell. These symptoms can last for several weeks once the infection is gone.
Somebody in my household has Covid-19	Do not come to school Keep school updated Self-isolate Household member to book a Covid-19 test Inform school immediately about test results	The household member test is negative or self-isolation is completed
Somebody in my household has tested positive for Covid-19	Do not come to school Keep school updated Self-isolate for 14 days	The child has completed 14 days of self-isolation.
NHS test and trace have identified my child as a ‘close contact’ of somebody with symptoms of confirmed Covid-19	Do not come to school Book a Covid-19 test Keep school updated Self-isolate for 14 days	The child has completed 14 days of self-isolation The Covid-19 test comes back as negative.
We/my child has travelled and has to self-isolate as part of a period of quarantine	Do not take unauthorised leave in term time Consider quarantine requirements and FCO advice when booking travel Provide information to school as per attendance policy Returning from a destination where quarantine is needed: Do not come to school Keep school updated Self-isolate for 14 days	The quarantine period of 14 days has been completed.
We have received advice that my child must resume shielding	Do not come to school Contact the school as advised by the attendance officer/pastoral team Shield until you are informed restrictions are lifted and shielding is paused again	School/other agencies inform you that restrictions have been lifted and your child can return to school again.
A member of staff or a member of their household becomes symptomatic	That member of staff must remain at home until they or a member of their household receives their test result. School will seek advice from Test, Trace, Protect Wales and the Local Authority.	If it is negative they will return to school. If they or their family member is positive then Test, Trace, protect Wales will contact the school and give advice.
I can’t get a test for my symptomatic child when I go online or ring	If you cannot access a test locally when you go online Apply for a coronavirus (COVID-19) test GOV.WALES or ring 119 please contact the school and we will try to help.(We cannot promise we can help but we will try our best!)	The test is negative

RE: P.E. lessons and kit

Mon 14 Sep 2020 MW

RE: P.E. lessons and kit 14.09.2020

Dear parents/carers,

On PE day, please send your child/ children to school in their PE kit. Pupils may wear their school jumper over the kit. Please ensure that the jumper is clearly labelled.

PE kit is: white or school coloured T-shirt or polo shirt. Black / dark coloured shorts. Tidy trainers or pumps. During colder months children may wear a dark coloured track suit.

Foundation Phase children also need a pair of wellington boots for outdoor learning, which will be kept in school.

	FP	KS2
Monday	Years 1 & 2	Years 3/4 Mrs Brown
Thursday	Reception	Years 5/6 Mrs Collier
Friday		Years 4/5 Miss Jones

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Reminder!! Flu and Contact information letters

School Nurse: Immunisation Team

Schools and Covid 19. Information for Parents

School Photographs

Coronavirus - A Quick Guide for Parents

RE: P.E. lessons and kit