Coronavirus Procedures

 

If your chid has a positive Covid-19 test and you receive the result outside of school office hours (8am – 4pm) please email the school using the following email address: BotleyPrimaryCovid@gmail.com

It would also be helpful if you could email your child’s class teacher at the same time. This email address will be monitored, although clearly not twenty-four hours a day. The school will always respond as soon as possible and at the point that we read the notification we will react accordingly, including messaging other parents. We will always endeavour to give parents as much notice as possible if their children are unable to attend school due to a positive Covid test result.

If as a parent you take a Covid-19 test, please remember that your child should NOT attend school until you receive a negative test result.  Until you receive a negative test result, the whole household should isolate.

 

Medicines and Illness

 

In regard to how long your child should be off school in the event of illness please refer to the following document 

Illness in School

When we suspect illness we contact parents by telephone and sick children are looked after until their parents arrive.  Cuts, bumps and bruises which occur at playtime or in games lessons are dealt with by qualified First Aiders.  A "Bump" sticker is sent home to inform parents as considered appropriate.

 

Medicines in School

Parents who wish prescribed medicines to be given to their child at school must sign a consent form for this which specifies the medication involved, circumstances under which it should be administered, frequency and level of dosage.  All medicine/tables must be handed to the office for safekeeping.  Please tell the appropriate staff of any medical condition concerning your child that we should know whilst he/she is in our care.

 

Infectious diseases

We need to know, as soon as possible, if your child catches an infectious disease,acquires head lice, or develops a verruca.  The Headteacher has the final responsibility for deciding whether a child can return to school after an infectious illness.   Below is a list of illnesses and minimum recommended periods away from school.  If your child has been away due to any illness please do not let him or her return until a full recovery has been made and strength and stamina restored.  When children are not 100%, they feel poorly, do not learn and become unsettled.

 

General Hygiene

Headlice - these are small insects, usually greyish brown in colour which can be difficult to see.  They cannot jump, fly or swim but spread by crawling from head to head.  They require warmth and suck blood from the scalp.  The female eggs glue themselves to the base of the hair follicle and are commonly known as nits.  Prevention is the best way forward.  Regular wet combining, once a week, on the whole families' hair is best using thick conditioner.  Once the headlice are present, daily wet combing is required for 2 weeks, again, the whole family need treating.

Tonsilitis - this is a common ailment in children, often caused by a virus and rarely needs treatment.  The child can come back to school when their temperature returns to normal and they are feeling well.

Vomiting & Diarrhoea - these are regularly occurring ailments to children, particularly in a school environment.  Most outbreaks are short lived and are not severe.  The advise we follow is given from the Public Health Agency and it is that any child who has sickness and/or diarrhoea MUST remain at home for 48hrs AFTER the last episode.

Impetigo - this is caused by a bacterial infection of broken skin, usually on the face around the mouth. Until the lesions are crusted and healed, or 48hrs after the commencement of antibiotic therapy, the child must remain at home.