THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM

A MESSAGE FROM BECKS

Term Dates 

Just a reminder that there is a Staff Training Day on the Monday after the February Half term.  This means our boarders should be arriving at approximately 7pm on Monday 20th February and lessons resume for all on Tuesday 21st February. 

In the summer term we now have two bank holidays (thanks to the King’s coronation). Therefore,  the school has a full closure from Friday 28th April (school closes at 5.30pm) until Monday 1st May.  Full boarders are expected to return home or go to their UK guardians returning to school after 7pm on the Monday evening (no catering services are available for Monday evening). Lessons resume Tuesday 2nd May. 

The second bank holiday then starts Friday 5th May and schools will be closed until Monday 8th May.  Again, we expect our boarders to go to their UK guardians (or a UK based family friend) or return home.  We will not have catering or medical staff on site during this period as we want our staff to also be able to enjoy this special weekend.  If there are any problems with this later weekend, then please do contact Becks directly as we appreciate that this was an unexpected weekend away from school. Lessons resume Tuesday 9th May.  

Due to the number of Mondays missed, we will be looking at some Monday catch up days; where we swap (for example) Monday’s lessons with, for example, a Wednesday to try and balance out the different lessons that are regularly missed.  More on this nearer the time. 

Winter germs: NHS advice we have received: 

As we are aware, there are high levels of various germs in and beyond our community at present.  We have today received the following advice to share with you as parents on some of the more common illness we are experiencing (as a country – not just as a school):  

Covid 

If a child or young person has a positive COVID-19 test result they should stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 3 days after the day they took the test. After 3 days, if they feel well and do not have a high temperature, the risk of passing the infection on to others is much lower. This is because children and young people tend to be infectious to other people for less time than adults. 

Children and young people who usually go to school, college or childcare and who live with someone who has a positive COVID-19 test result should continue to attend as normal. 

Fever

If your child has a fever (a temperature 38 degrees or above) please keep your child at home until at least the fever has gone down and they feel well enough in themselves to be able to take part in a busy school day.  

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/fever-in-children/  

Coughs and colds 

It is fine to send your child to school with a minor cough or common cold. But if they have a fever, keep them off school until the fever goes. 

Encourage your child to throw away any used tissues and to wash their hands regularly. 

Impetigo 

If your child has impetigo, they will need treatment from a GP, often with antibiotics. 

Keep them off school until all the sores have crusted over and healed, or for 48 hours after they start antibiotic treatment. 

Encourage your child to wash their hands regularly and not to share things like towels and cups with other children at school. 

Scarlet fever 

If your child has scarlet fever, they will need treatment with antibiotics from a GP. Otherwise, they will be infectious for 2 to 3 weeks. 

Your child can go back to school 24 hours after starting antibiotics. 

Chickenpox 

If your child has chickenpox, keep them off school until all the spots have crusted over. 

This is usually about 5 days after the spots first appeared. 

Cold sores 

There is no need to keep your child off school if they have a cold sore. 

Encourage them not to touch the blister or kiss anyone while they have the cold sore, or to share things like cups and towels. 

Vomiting and diarrhoea 

Children with diarrhoea or vomiting should stay away from school until they have not been sick or had diarrhoea for at least 2 days (48 hours).