14.3.21
Dear parents of children in Year 1,
Just a quick note to try and reassure some parents who have concerns about the positive case in Miss McCullagh’s class. I understand there is some unrest on Facebook and I want to see if we can clarify.
I am in no doubt that the family of the positive case strictly followed guidelines and I know they are frustrated that this happened. As we all know, the virus can be picked up even when following guidelines. I can speak from experience, as I too followed the rules strictly, but alas contracted the virus before half term.
The rules in school are strict, but realistic. We are preserving the class bubbles across school and trying our absolute best to ensure that if a case does come into school, that it only affects one class and does not spread further through school. Cleary we have measures inside each bubble to help. As you can imagine, we can only do what we can do with 30 children and 2 adults in a classroom space. It is impossible to keep them all 2 metres apart all day long. As ever we are following all Government guidance and ensuring children wash their hands and sanitise very regularly.
If you have further suggestions as to what you think we should be doing with some of our youngest learners within the classroom spaces we have, then we would love to hear from you.
One thing is for sure, we dread positive cases and everyone is working so hard to ensure they don’t come into school. Any sign of illness in a child in school, and we send them home immediately. I am very proud of the Newdale teams for going above and beyond in being extra careful and observant.
I hope this reassures you in some way and look forward to welcoming your children back soon. In the meantime I have 100% faith in Miss McCullagh and Mrs Goodwin as they deliver online learning for your children.
If you have any questions then our teams are on hand and happy to help.
Kind regards,
Miss Cook