Letter for direct and proximity contacts
Date: 30/06/2021
FOR PARENTS / CARERS OF CLOSE CONTACTS OF COVID-19 at
The King’s C of E Primary Academy
Advice for Child to Self-Isolate for 10 Days
Dear parent or carer,
We have been made aware that we have a confirmed positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) at The King’s C Of E Primary Academy
We have followed the national guidance and, following a risk assessment with Public Health England (PHE) advisers, have identified that your child has been in close contact with the individual who has had a positive test result for coronavirus (COVID-19). In line with the national guidance, your child must stay at home and self-isolate until 8am on Saturday 10th of July 2021 and return to school on Monday 12th July.
If your child is well at the end of the 10 day period of self-isolation then they can return to their usual activities and attend school as normal.
Other members of your household can continue normal activities, provided your child does not develop symptoms within the 10 day self-isolation period.
For more information, please see the guidance for contacts of people with confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection who do not live with the person:
Getting a PCR test for a close contact of a case?
It is now also possible for close contacts to have a PCR test even where they do not have symptoms through Get a free PCR test to check if you have coronavirus (COVID-19) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) or by calling 119. In some areas you may be encouraged to do this by your local authority or local health protection team.
Please note: if your child has a negative PCR test result this does not alter the self-isolation period as a contact. Close contacts should continue to self-isolate for 10 full days, as they could still become infectious and pass the infection onto others. Please make sure you read the full text message from NHS Test and Trace when receiving a negative result. This makes clear that you do not need to self-isolate unless ‘you've been told to self-isolate because you've been in close contact with someone who tested positive’ Negative test result for coronavirus (COVID-19) - NHS (www.nhs.uk).
What to do if your child develops symptoms of coronavirus (COVID 19)
Having been identified as a close contact, if your child then develops symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), they should remain at home for at least 10 days from the date when their symptoms appeared. Symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are a new, continuous cough, or a high temperature, or a loss of, or change in, their normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia). Anyone with symptoms will be eligible for a PCR test - this is the type of test that is normally available and can be arranged via https://www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test or by calling 119.
All other household members who remain well must stay at home and not leave the house for 10 days. This includes anyone in your ‘Support Bubble’.
The household isolation period includes the day the first person in your household’s symptoms started (or the day their test was taken if they did not have symptoms) and the next 10 full days. This means that if, for example, your 10 day isolation period starts on the 15th of the month, your isolation period ends at 23:59 hrs on the 25th and you can return to your normal routine.
Household members should not go to work, school or public areas, and exercise should be taken within the home. If you require help with buying groceries, other shopping or picking up medication, or walking a dog, you should ask friends or family. Alternatively, you can order your shopping online and medication by phone or online.
Household members staying at home for 10 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community.
If you are able, move any vulnerable individuals (such as the elderly and those with underlying health conditions) out of your home, to stay with friends or family for the duration of the home isolation period. If that is not possible, anyone with symptoms should try and stay as far away as possible from vulnerable members of your household.
For more information, please read PHE’s ‘Stay at Home’ guidance:
For most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild illness.
If your child does develop symptoms, you can seek advice from the nhs.uk website at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/check-if-you-have-coronavirus-symptoms/. If you are concerned about your child’s symptoms, or they are worsening you can seek advice from NHS 111 at https://111.nhs.uk/ or by phoning 111.
How to stop coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading
There are things you can do to help reduce the risk of you and anyone you live with getting ill with coronavirus (COVID-19):
Further Information
Further information is available at
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
Yours sincerely
Sarah Clarke
Headteacher
Sunday June 27th 2021
RE: Bubble closure for Year 3 Raccoons Class
Dear Parents/Carers,
Firstly, I would like to say thank you for your help and understanding as we work together to keep all children and adults as safe as possible. As you are aware, on Friday, two members of the Raccoons Class tested positive for Covid-19. These lateral flow tests have since been confirmed by PCR tests. They have many of the symptoms and are feeling unwell with it. We wish them a speedy recovery!
Since we told you on Friday of the closure, another member of the class has since tested positive. So it is very important that we follow the government guidance to keep you all as safe as possible. Your child, who is in Year 3, must self-isolate. They must not play with other children and or leave their house. They can play in their own garden but should not mix with other households. (This means you should not invite others to your house during this period.)
If they have a brother or sister who attends a school or nursery setting, they are able to continue going to school unless anyone in your house becomes unwell with covid-19 symptoms.
Everyone in Year 3 must isolate until Tuesday 6th of July which is ten full days after the first symptom were diagnosed. If your child or anyone in your house, develops symptoms, then everyone in your household must then isolate and the child or family member should take a PCR test. This can be done at the castle house. Please ring 119 to arrange this.
If the test result is negative, the original isolation period must continue until the 6th of July. If the test result is positive, then the isolation period restarts from the day the symptoms began. This is for everyone in the household.
If your child is entitled to benefits related free school meals, we will be contacting you tomorrow about how we will manage this through meal vouchers. Your child will be allocated a laptop if they do not have one to use at home. Please send a symptom free adult to school to collect this on Monday morning.
Your child must log on at home at 10.00am and 1.30pm every day so that Mr Rose can teach your child as he did in the last lockdown. He will expect to see every child in each session. We must carry out home visits to families where we have had no daily contact to make sure that everyone is safe and well. Logging onto the Teams lessons is the best way to support your child. If your child is poorly, please ring school to let us know so that we know why they are not accessing their classes.
I am so sorry for the inconvenience and stress that this will naturally cause you all. I sincerely hope that you all stay safe and well. We look forward to welcoming your children back into school on the 6th of July. Please ring school tomorrow if you would like to chat this all through with myself or a member of the team.
Sincere best wishes and thanks,
Sarah Clarke