Dear Parents/Carers,

Apologies for the late notice concerning our school closure today. We received the information from the council and immediately informed all staff and parents. We understand that organising child care with no notice is a real stress for many.

As I hope you know, we are always very reluctant to close school and only do so when absolutely necessary.

I have just come off the phone from a representative from the Health and Protection team and been told that the situation is ongoing. I asked about the probability of us being closed tomorrow and they told me that was unknown at this time, but that they will update me as soon as possible.

I will let you know their instruction on this as soon as we have been told.

In the meantime, all staff have been instructed to move to online learning straight away. Please do support your child in accessing this learning so as to limit the impact of the school closure. Again, we understand this could be difficult depending on your own circumstances. Staff know that parents could find it difficult to find enough devices and support and therefore they will ensure the online offer can be carried out by children independently.

Thank you for your support, more messages will come through later on this afternoon.

Miss Cook

Headteacher

Newdale Primary School and Nursery