Announcements

Please "err on the side of caution" in deciding to send your child into school if they are feeling unwell. Our experience of positive cases suggests that Covid-19 can often present with general cold like symptoms in children, including runny nose and sore throat. This in addition to one of the three recognised Covid-19 symptoms: a high temperature a new, continuous (persistent) cough a loss or change to the sense of smell or taste At The Blue, we want to do all we can to protect our school community and maintain school for all.  If your child's LFD test result shows as positive, they should not come into school.  Please  inform Jo Stitch, Headteacher’s PA, at jstitch@educ.somerset.gov.uk so as we can manage cases in the school.  Also, please book a confirmatory PCR test for your child as soon as possible.   https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing-and-tracing/get-a-test-to-check-if-you-have-coronavirus/ Please inform jstitch@educ.somerset.gov.uk if the result of the confirmatory PCR test is positive.  Your child will need to self-isolate for as long as instructed by NHS Test and Trace. If the PCR test is negative and your child is well they can return to school.  However, we do ask you to be cautious, particularly if your child has not recovered enough from their symptoms. All close contacts of a confirmed case should book a PCR test and undertake daily LFD testing whilst they await their PCR results.  Close contacts eg: siblings, can continue to attend school unless their LFD test shows as positive.   Our experience to date is that it is difficult to contain the spread of the virus once it has entered the household.  That experience also suggests that it can take some days before the tests show that the infection has been passed on to another household individual. Therefore, if Covid-19 is present in your household, please undertake the daily LFD testing and be attentive to the onset of symptoms in any individual before attending school.