Announcement
Latest Information for Parents
To All Parents,
Thank-you very much for your continued support at what can be a stressful time. The information below may help you make the best decisions for your children. We are working hard to ensure that each pupil minimises the number close contacts and there may be times when we ask a group of pupils to work in a different venue and to have their break and lunch at a different time. I am very proud of the way that all pupils and staff are keeping their focus on teaching and learning despite of all the changes to their school day. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s Head of Year so that we can support you.
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My child has Covid-19 symptoms: High temperature This means they feel hot to touch on the chest or back. New continuous cough This means coughing a lot for more than an hour or 3 continuous coughing episodes in 24 hours. A loss or change to their sense of taste or smell. This means they have noticed they cannot smell or taste anything. |
DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL Symptomatic child to isolate for 10 days. · Isolate the rest of the household for 14 days (a household is all adults and children living in the same property or your extended household if you have created one). Parent to arrange to get child tested. INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY |
Test comes back negative. If no test is taken, child must remain off school for 10 days, whether or not they are feeling well before that point. If no test is taken, other household contacts must continue to isolate for 14 days, whether they are feeling well or not. |
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My child has been sent home from school with Covid-19 symptoms. |
Collect all siblings from Fitzalan High School and any other schools. Symptomatic child to isolate for 10 days. Isolate the rest of the household for 14 days (a household is all adults and children living in the same property or your extended household if you have created one). Parent to arrange to get child tested. INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TEST RESULT. |
Test comes back negative. If no test is taken, child must remain off school for 10 days, whether they are feeling well or not before that point. If no test is taken, other household contacts must continue to isolate for 14 days, whether they are feeling well or not. |
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My child tests positive for Covid-19. |
DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL. INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TEST RESULT. Contact school to agree a date for return. Minimum of 10 days isolation after start of symptoms. |
To be agreed with Headteacher. |
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My child tests negative for Covid-19. |
INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TEST RESULT. Contact school to agree a date for return. |
Test comes back negative and child is well (when symptoms have gone in line with normal sickness procedures). |
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My child is ill with symptoms not linked to Covid-19. |
Follow the usual school absence procedures. |
Feeling well or normal sickness absence procedures (e.g. 48 hours after last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting). |
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Someone in my child’s household has Covid-19 symptoms. |
DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL. Child to isolate for 14 days. Isolate the whole household for 14 days. Symptomatic household members to get tested. INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TEST RESULT. |
The symptomatic person must receive a negative test result or full isolation period be completed before a child can return to school.
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Someone in my child’s household tests positive for Covid-19. |
DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL. INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TEST RESULT. Contact school to agree a date for return. Isolate the whole household for a minimum of 14 days. Anyone who becomes symptomatic must get tested. |
The child has completed 14 days of isolation. (A negative test for the child within the 14 days does not mean they can return to school) |
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NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect Service has identified that my child has been in close contact with someone with confirmed symptoms of Covid-19. |
DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL. Follow advice from Test, Trace, Protect Service. INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY. Contact school to agree a date for return. Minimum of 14 days isolation. |
The child has completed 14 days of isolation. |
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Family/my child has travelled and has to self-isolate as a period of quarantine. |
DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL. Consider Welsh Government travel advice regarding quarantine and exempt countries. INFORM SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY. Isolate the whole household for 14 days from arrival back in the UK. |
The quarantine period of 14 days has been completed. |
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My child’s contact group has been sent home/told to isolate due to a Covid-19 outbreak in school. |
DO NOT COME TO SCHOOL. Please log into Teams or Google Classroom to continue with Home Learning. Other members of the household (siblings/parents etc.) can continue to go to school and work unless a household (or extended household) member, including the child, has symptoms or receives a positive test result. |
School will inform you when your child can return. |
Household - A group of adults and children living in the same property.
Extended Household - Up to four households who meet, act, and are treated as though they are one household (e.g. do not maintain social distancing and all must self-isolate if one person becomes symptomatic).
Self-Isolation/Isolation - Stay at home and do not leave the house for 14 days. Do not visit GP, pharmacy, or hospital. You must not go out to buy food or other essentials. Do not go to work, school, or public areas. Do not use public transport or taxis. Do not allow others to enter the household.
14 day period - This starts from when the first person in the household or contact group becomes ill.
10 day period - This starts from the day symptoms begin.
Contact Group - School class/year group ‘bubble’.
NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect - This covers Wales’ approach to testing in the community and tracks people that you have been in contact with, to protect family, friends, and the community. They may trace you if you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive.
Further information can be found at: https://gov.wales/coronavirus