3rd January 2023

 Dear Parents/Carers

 Happy New Year! We hope you have had a peaceful and healthy start to 2023.  Our school team are very much looking forward to the children coming back to school.

 

Good health of our whole school community is a high priority for everyone to take into consideration when returning to school.  There are still lots of winter bugs, colds and flu are still impacting some families.

 

With this in mind we are strongly advising that if your child has had any of the following symptoms in the last  few days that you follow our 48 hour rule - 

 

• high fever/temperature
• diarrhea
• vomiting (sick)

Children who have had these symptoms should not return to school until 48 hours after they last had diarrhea or vomited. Children with a high fever or temperature should be kept at home and given children's paracetamol (ie Calpol) until they are well enough to return to school. 

 

It is very important to follow these simple instructions so that we can prevent the spread of germs and hopefully keep more of our staff, our children and their families healthy.

 

As much as we want to encourage good attendance, it is also very important that children stay at home when they are unwell, they need their parents/carers more at such times.

 

In school we will be making sure that children are washing their hands more frequently and using hand sanitisers (child and allergy friendly) as they enter school, as they move around within school, and especially after using the toilet, coughing and sneezing, before and after lunch and as they leave school at the end of the day.

 

If your child becomes unwell whilst at school, we may need to contact you to come and collect them as soon as possible. Therefore it is essential that we have the correct contact details (telephone number, email address and home address) for you and anyone else you may send to collect your child. Please email info@ingramroad.org.uk with any updates.

 

I have included a some information with other childhood diseases which gives more information and tells you what to do, and whether or not child should attend school.

 

If you are worried for your child’s health at any time, and especially if they have a high fever please call the NHS 111 service and ask for advice.

Yours faithfully

 

Miss S Millard

Headteacher