It’s finally come – all the children are able to be back at school, where they belong.
There were lots of happy faces this morning as children returned to school. Some children might be feeling a bit nervous but within a few moments, they’ve settled quickly. (Some teachers were feeling nervous, too – they’ve also settled well!)
Well done for the great support you’ve provided in terms of home learning and making sure your child has been happy and healthy. This lockdown’s been tough so we’re sure things can’t have been easy. And thank you for the great support you’ve provided to us, too – your encouraging and appreciative messages have been really welcome.
Has your child got a cough? A high temperature? A loss of taste or smell? Or not feeling quite right in some other way? Please keep your child at home if they’re not feeling ok, even if they’ve done a lateral flow test at home with a negative result.
This is because these tests quite often show ‘false negatives’ – this is when a person who has Covid-19 has a negative result.
So why use a lateral flow test? Where the tests do show a positive result, there’s a strong chance the person has Covid-19, so they’re useful to identify people who aren’t showing any symptoms.
This is the last of the daily messages. From now, we’ll send occasional messages in the week and we’ll continue the weekly message each Friday.
By the way, have you noticed the messages appear on Twitter now, too? That’s one of the outcomes from the behind-the-scenes work on our website which took place over the half-term.