{"id":818,"date":"2021-09-07T15:58:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T15:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/?p=818"},"modified":"2021-09-07T15:58:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T15:58:03","slug":"newsletter-w-c-6th-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/2021\/09\/07\/newsletter-w-c-6th-september-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter &#8211; w\/c 6th September 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Families and Friends of Crossmichael and Gelston Primary Schools,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Covid-19 Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I hope that you are well.\u00a0 You will be aware that the number of reported Covid-19 cases continues to be high across Dumfries and Galloway.\u00a0 I am pleased to report that this appears to reflect normal community transmission and there does not appear to be a cluster of outbreaks within any one school.\u00a0 We continue to follow advice from Public Health Scotland and have health and safety arrangements in place in schools.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If your child or a member of your household experiences a new, continuous cough, a fever\/ high temperature or a loss in sense of taste and\/or smell then you should isolate immediately (do not come to school) and book a PCR test by following the appropriate link on the website below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsdg.co.uk\/testing\/\">https:\/\/www.nhsdg.co.uk\/testing\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please refer to the following document for further information about how Covid-19 cases are managed in schools:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/crossmichael\/uploads\/sites\/7652\/2021\/08\/27122046\/Managing-covid-in-schools.pdf\">Managing-covid-in-schools.pdf (glowscotland.org.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Facebook Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to be added to your child\u2019s closed class Facebook group then as administrator, please request to be my friend \u2013 <strong>Headteacher Crossmichael-Gelston<\/strong> and I will add you to the appropriate group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Termly Class Newsletters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soon you will receive a class newsletter detailing important dates and notifying you of PE days, etc.\u00a0 It will also let you know what your child will be learning this term.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent Council Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gelston Parent Council will be arranging their AGM soon.\u00a0 Further details will follow soon.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p>Mary Cruickshanks<\/p>\n<p>Headteacher<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Families and Friends of Crossmichael and Gelston Primary Schools, &nbsp; Covid-19 Update I hope that you are well.\u00a0 You will be aware that the number of reported Covid-19 cases continues to be high across Dumfries and Galloway.\u00a0 I am pleased to report that this appears to reflect normal community transmission and there does not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/2021\/09\/07\/newsletter-w-c-6th-september-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Newsletter &#8211; w\/c 6th September 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":819,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}