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15^th December 2020

Dear Parent/Carer,

To ensure we are able to support families who may test positive over Christmas and New Year, we have put in place arrangements that will allow City of Edinburgh Council staff to work with Health Protection Lothian to identify potential close contacts in schools. For this to be most effective, we are asking you to note the following:

ALL SCHOOL SETTINGS

• Until Tuesday, 22^nd December, please report any absence to your child’s school so we can keep our records up to date
• If your child is symptomatic with any of the following symptoms, please do not send them to school
  • a new continuous cough.
    • A new continuous cough is where you have a new cough that’s lasted for an hour have had three or more episodes of coughing in 24 hours and are coughing more than usual.
  • and/or a fever/high temperature
    • A high temperature is feeling hot to the touch on your chest or back (you don’t need to measure your temperature). You may feel warm, cold or shivery
• During the school holidays, if your child has had a positive test result for Covid-19 please call 0131 200 2000 so we can carry out the tracing and contact process for others who may be affected. 
• The school’s email boxes will not be monitored over the holiday period.

EARLY YEARS, PRIMARY, SPECIAL

As your child(ren) is in the same class or bubble the school will share attendance information with the Health Protection Team so they can identify and notify close contacts. 

URGENT SOCIAL CARE

If someone needs urgent social care or you think an adult or child needs protection, call Social Care Direct 0131 200 2324

In the evening and at weekends or public holidays, you can call Emergency Social Work, free of charge from a landline. Your mobile phone provider may charge for 0800 calls 0800 731 6969

Monday to Thursday 5pm to 8.30am

weekends from Friday 3.55pm to Monday 8.30am

For Dyslexia Awareness Month, Nessy Learning are giving away 4 Educational Apps for free. The apps that you can download are

1. Hairy Letters (October 1st to 7th)
2. Phonics (October 8th to 14th)
3. Words 1 (October 15th to 21st)
4. Syllable Division (October 22nd to 31st)

To find out more information and where you can download the apps, please click here.

Attached are 4 one page documents on Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok and Discord, some of the apps that a number of young people are using daily. They are each designed to provide important advice and information for parents and carers. Please click on the links to find out information about using each app.

Instagram

WhatsApp

TikTok

Discord

For those of you returning to school today, we hope you have a great day! We are going to be posting some more Back to School tips each day for the rest of the week. We’d love to hear which tip has been your favourite.  

Back to School Tip #8: Get Active – Keep going, or get started

It’s proven that physical activity boosts our sense of well-being.

Your Child: If your child started to be more active during lockdown, think about how this can be continued. If not, what small steps could you encourage. Be curious about what may interest them and plan how they could try something new.  

 You: A lot of us were more active individually as well as together as a family – playing games, going for cycle rides and walks together. We will have noticed the benefit; plan how you can keep these activities going. 

Together: As lockdown eases we can benefit from more exercise outdoors and reduce some of family screen time and online activity.   

Remember little rewards to yourself and family can help establish a good habit! 

For more information about going Back to School and supporting your own and your child’s wellbeing visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/backtoschool

#buildingresilience #BackToSchoolEdin

We all want to help our children and young people make as smooth a transition as possible back to school and to feel safe and happy there. To find lots of helpful tips, down load the Building Resilience- Back to School Tips for families at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/backtoschool

We hope you and your child are feeling ready to return to school tomorrow or very soon. Some of our Back to School tips may give you some ideas and help you all focus on the positives. 

Back to School Tip #7: Make a Difference – Small things can make a difference

Your Child: Discuss with your child what they did to make a difference to someone in your community or your environment over the past few months. Like displaying a rainbow, shopping for a grandparent or cutting the grass for a neighbour.

Acknowledge the small things – for example notice your child when they help a sibling, put litter in the bin, help around the home. 

You: Talk about who or what made a difference to you or your family during lockdown.

This could be something that seems small, like someone calling when you needed cheering up. Consider how you made a difference and what else you’d like to do.

Together: By each of us washing our hands, wearing a mask and keeping a distance we help protect others.

For more information about going Back to School and supporting your own and your child’s wellbeing visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/backtoschool

#buildingresilience #BackToSchoolEdin