Dear Parents and Carers,

Following the government announcement at the weekend, here is the latest guidance for education settings:

  • Regular testing (twice weekly) is encouraged and if anyone in your household has symptoms or you have been in close contact with a positive case, you should book a PCR test.
  • Face coverings should be worn in communal areas in all settings by staff, visitors and pupils or students in year 7 and above (not applicable for Y3-6 pupils), unless they are exempt.
  • The current guidance on contact tracing and isolation remains in place. In addition to these, any suspected or confirmed close contacts of the Omicron variant will be asked to isolate for 10 days regardless of vaccination status or age. You will be contacted directly and told to isolate.
  • South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe moved onto the red list at 12pm Friday 26 November. Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia were added to the red list 4am Sunday 28 November.

Let’s work together to keep everyone safe.

Pupils who are absent from school due to Covid, or isolating, may not be well enough to complete school work. Pupils who are symptom free should access TTRockstars, Active Learn, Read Theory, Linguascope (and some pupils have a Lexia account). Homework is set on SeeSaw and if children practice their spellings, X-tables and read that would be beneficial also. Please remember that teachers are in school teaching the class and are not able to regularly update SeeSaw.

Thank you,

P A Swift
Headteacher

Covid-19: Latest Government Guidance (Nov 21)