Sometimes circumstances out with our control mean we need to close and this may be at short notice. Sometimes, for example if there is a red weather warning or significant snow fall, the evening before, there may be a blanket school closure – hopefully communicated before 7am.  When the situation is not as clear, the situation with the weather evolves rapidly and parents may get a message close to 9am or even during the day to say the school needs to close.

In the context of severe weather, the safety of staff, pupils and parents takes priority. There may be times when we open but with fewer staff  (made up of those who can make the journey safely to school and sometimes other Fife Council teachers who live nearby but can’t make it to their own schools) – when this is the case, we may need to operate a partial closure and ask you to have your children at home.  if you are able to (for example if you are not at work or are working from home) – this is to keep the numbers low so that they school is safely staffed.

In the morning if there is any  type of severe weather (including if there is a red weather warning), please do the following:

• Monitor the weather during the day and collect your child if the journey from school to your house looks like it will get dangerous before the end of the day.
• Keep your child within your care until you know for sure that school is open at 9am – don’t drop them and go.
• Only make a journey to school if it is safe to do so.
• Look out for texts from the school – remember they will go to the parent you asked us to name first and any additional parents added in special circumstances – if you are not the parent who usually gets Groupcall texts and emails from school, please make sure the parent who does get them is looking out for them and will communicate with you.
• Be prepared that school may close at short notice and have a contingency for picking your child up.
• Please don’t call the school office to ask for information, it will come out via Groupcall text when we are able and lots of phone calls coming into the office can slow this down.

Additional communication will always be communicated to you about how you can help your child learn at home.