Greenhill Primary School
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Dec Newsletter
Dear Parents / Guardians,
Christmas is almost upon us and things are looking a little different this year.
We would like to address concerns from some parents so that, hopefully, we can then have peace of mind to enjoy the run up to Christmas.
A number of parents have contacted our schools across the Lewis Cluster to let us know their child will not be in school for the last week of term for the following reasons:
- If we were to have a positive COVID test for one of the children or staff in any of our bubbles FROM FRIDAY DECEMBER 11TH ONWARDS that bubble would be sent home to isolate for 14 days – those 14 days of isolation would include Christmas Day. This would not allow their family to get together over Christmas under the 5 day Government Christmas rules (allowing up to three households to form a ‘Christmas bubble’ from December 23 to 27, unless a household is isolating).
- Some parents want to give their children a two-week firebreak between being in school and mixing with family over the 5 day Christmas period especially if they are intending to get together over Christmas with elderly and vulnerable relatives who they have not seen for some time. This is because they are concerned that their child may be incubating the virus or have the virus with no symptoms and pass it on to vulnerable family members.
As you know, attendance is extremely important to us, but so is the wellbeing of our community and we understand the anxieties you may have over the virus and the need to spend much needed time with loved ones over the Christmas break.
With this in mind, we have moved our Christmas party to Wednesday December 9th so that children who are not in school from Friday December 11th do not miss out.
Greenhill will be open for pupils until Wednesday December 16th if you decide to send your child to school. (December 17th and 18th are INSET days). If you decide not to send your child to school, we will provide a range of Christmas learning online that they can engage with if they are able to.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IF YOUR CHILD IS IN CONTACT WITH A POSITIVE CASE ON FRIDAY 11TH DECEMBER, THEY WILL HAVE TO ISOLATE OVER CHRISTMAS DAY.
Please continue to let us know if your child is not going to be in school for any reason.
We want to support our families as much as possible over this period, so please get in touch if you have any concerns or queries.
Take care.
Ms. Lisa Jones
Headteacher
Greenhill Primary School