Dear Parents/Carers,

It is so lovely to have all classes back in school today. We have everything crossed that we do not have to shut any more bubbles between now and the end of term.

Many schools across Telford are having to deal with virus issues as figures continue to rise.

The ruling around bubble closures and testing remains the same for schools until the end of term. We hope that new rules from the Government will be announced over the summer, so that we have less drastic measures enforced concerning isolation.

Please help us to keep our school virus free. It is clear that this variant is more easily transmissible and it seems that lots of cases are passing from parents to children, with contacts then coming into school.

We are asking now that you look really closely not only at your own children’s health, but that of everybody that lives in the household. If you suspect anyone as having symptoms, please be cautious and keep everyone at home, then get tested straight away. We would rather one child missed a day, than potentially 30 or 60 children missing 10 days of education/face to face interaction.

We are continuing our twice weekly staff testing and maintaining our covid procedures in school in an attempt to keep everyone safe and all classes operational. We also ensure that any visitors to school also provide evidence of testing and observe all of our protective measures which are in place.

We really do understand how disruptive school bubble closures can be for children, parents and staff.

Thank you for your continued support.

MIss Cook

Headteacher