Dear Parent / Carer

It has been widely reported that the UK and Scottish Governments have moved to the ‘delay phase’ in response to the spread of Coronavirus. Therefore, I am writing to inform you of Broomhill Primary School’s contingency plans if the Scottish government takes the decision of a blanket school closure. I should stress that no decision has been made to close schools and we continue to operate as normal until we are told otherwise. However, I thought it would be useful and reassuring for parents / carers to know we have plans in place to make sure our pupils have every opportunity to continue their education regardless of the circumstances we may face.

Our plans are detailed below:

• Class teachers will prepare appropriate home learning activities for their classes. These will be posted on the relevant Pupil Blogs pages of our school website. Those families who do not have any access to internet will be issued with hard copies.
• We will issue all pupils with jotters to be used in the event that the school is closed.
• School staff are meeting this week to discuss possibilities of using online learning sites to further enhance learning opportunities. Further information on this will be communicated to families.
• Our Parent Council will repost information and signpost families how to access home learning activities on their Facebook page (for the duration of any school closure).

In order to support Government advice within school we are doing the following:

• Hygiene lessons with all classes.
• A continued focus on hand washing.
• Following NHS guidance :
• Wash your hands with soap and water, or use a sanitiser gel, regularly throughout the day.
• Catch your cough or sneeze in a tissue, bin it, and wash your hands.
• Cough / sneeze into your sleeve if no tissue.

You can help at home be reinforcing these messages with your child/ren. This is good practice and will benefit pupils regardless of the current situation.

We may change forthcoming events in light of guidance as we want to ensure we are helping protect our community as well as our pupils.

Updates will continue to be posted on our School website and/or issued via our Groupcall Xpressions App.