๐ฆ COVID-19 Update
Mr J Sharp
Below you will find a letter confirming that we have identified COVID-19 cases in school. As well as making the important points in the letter, I wanted to repeat some other critical others things too.
The symptoms shown in one of the cases was mostly vomiting and diarrhoea. There have been other cases of these in school recently, and I want to repeat that children should not come into school after suffering an episode of diarrhoea or vomiting for 48 hours, and should take a PCR test to rule out COVID-19.
Case rates for primary age children in Manchester are high now, and have been steadily rising since the beginning of September. Please be extra careful and cautious when your child is unwell and use lateral flow tests (LFD) and PCR tests to rule out COVID-19.
I canโt stress how important it is for everyone to do their bit in keeping COVID-19 out of school, particularly the Omicron variant which is now spreading quickly in the UK. The previous variants will keep people off school and make more people poorly, but the Omicron variant will result in large numbers of children self-isolating and also staff too if it isnโt controlled properly. So chancing it and sending children in will only result in more disruption for everyone, including for you and your child.
As of today there are 286 confirmed cases of Omicron in the UK, and this could be in the thousands per day in over a weekโs time. There is no need for alarm and panic, but I ask everyone to try their hardest with:
Keeping children off with symptoms and getting a test (remembering to include the wider range of symptoms including diarrhoea and vomiting).
Bringing children in on time and at the correct place.
Hand hygiene.
Catch it, bin it, kill it.
Not mixing with other people with symptoms and/or a positive test result.
My final plea is that if we all want a Christmas holiday where we can enjoy the company of loved ones, then we need to try our hardest to reduce the risk of transmission.
Thank you for your support, I know it isnโt easy at times, but it does make a real difference in school.
Mr J Sharp
Head Teacher