Swine Flu
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Message from the Secretary of State, Ed Balls
We have been closely monitoring the spread and severity of swine flu over the school holidays. The latest scientific advice to the Government is that individual school closures are now of limited benefit in stopping the spread of disease.
Given the mildness of the virus, the expert medical advice is that there is no good reason for schools to remain closed after the summer holiday. We therefore expect all schools and early-years and childcare settings in England to reopen as planned at the beginning of the new term.
However, it is still essential that adults or children with flu-like symptoms should stay away until they are free of those symptoms. They should contact the National Pandemic Flu Service on 0800 1513513 or at www.pandemicflu.direct.gov.uk
Information for schools
We have published revised questions and answers guidance and emailed local authorities too, alerting them to this guidance.
Resources to help promote good hand hygiene
We want to encourage everyone to continue to follow the basic hygiene practices that can help to prevent flu from spreading, and schools have an important role to play in promoting these with children. NHS resources are available on TeacherNet. They include posters, a comic strip and nursery rhymes to appeal to a range of ages.
This email has been sent by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. For more information please contact: info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk.
1st October 2009 - Message from Mr. Dyer, Deputy Headmaster
If you think your son or daughter has Swine Flu symptoms please contact the National Pandemic Flu Service on either
www.direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu or call 08001 513 100.
A checklist of symptoms is available for parents to use to judge whether their sons and daughters may have Swine Flu.
If you confirm that your son or daughter has Swine Flu , please inform the School either
- through a phone call to the School Office - 01452 530291
- or via email to office@thecryptschool.org.uk
The School has a duty to inform the local Health Authority of any cases of Swine Flu.
If in doubt about whether your son or daughter has Swine Flu, then we advise parents to keep them at home until all symptoms have cleared up.
Please continue to contact the School in the event of your son or daughter being unable to attend school due to any other illness.
Whilst your son or daughter is off school for a protracted period, they are encouraged to undertake some work to ensure that they maintain their learning. Pupils undertaking GCSE or A-level programmes of study will have coursework/previously set homework they can be working on. All pupils can access useful work-related activities through Sams, BBC Bitesize or MyMaths.
Access for Sams is www.samlearning.com
Centre ID is GL2CS
User ID is date of birth followed by initials of first and last name e.g. 16.12.92 CP
The School will remain open to all other pupils unless otherwise stated on this web site and through local radio broadcasters.