Coronavirus: Old Dalby School restricts parents and other visitors

Old Dalby CofE Primary School has asked parents to drop off their children at 8.55am at the school gates and collect them at the gate at 3.25pm - a member of staff will be on duty at the gate in the morning and afternoon.

The school has also advised that any child, or any member of the child’s household, should remain at home for seven days if they begin to show symptoms of a new cough or high temperature - the same goes for staff members and their families too.

This week a new page will be established on the website with links to online learning resources and activities for this pupils isolated at home.

All trips and participation in multi-school sports events have also been cancelled until after the Easter holidays.

Announcing the measures, a statement on the school website posted this afternoon (Monday) states: “In light of the developments with the COVID-19 virus and in the interest of keeping school healthy for as long as possible we have made the following decisions and introduced the following precautions.

“None of these decisions have been taken lightly but have the sole intention of protecting our whole school community for as long as possible.”

The mothers and toddlers group on Friday mornings and the parent fitness class on Tuesday, which were both at the school, have also been cancelled.

We reported on Friday that all schools in the Melton borough were staying open this week with staff taking advice from the Department for Education or Public Health England on any future restrictions or closures.