Parent Information Oct 2020

Covid 19

If you have any questions about Covid and schools - the Local Authority has published some questions and answers. These can be found here:

https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/public-health-wellbeing-and-leisure/public-health-services/coronavirus-covid-19/school-and

Symptoms

If your child or anyone in your family are displaying covid symptoms please follow guidance and get a test. You can book a test online by going to 111 and following the coronavirus link. Please inform Nursery if have done this.

 The main symptoms of coronavirus are:

  • a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
  • a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
  • a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal