Dear Parents,

Following from South Lanarkshire Council’s to extend their contingency planning for Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th March 2020 to include all CATEGORY 1 key workers to include the children of all emergency service workers, ie NHS staff, police, fire and rescue, ambulance and the prison service.
We are aware that you may have received notification from your employer identifying you as a key worker however, following South Lanarkshire and Scottish Government guidance, we are only accepting children who are well and healthy and whose parents/carers are both due to work on Monday & Tuesday and are listed as Category 1 or are emergency service workers (ie NHS staff, police, fire and rescue, ambulance and the prison service) and who cannot secure personal, alternative childcare arrangements.
As Monday isn’t a normal school day please, speak to a member of staff when you arrive to sign children in and confirm arrangements for 3pm.

• This is a 9am to 3pm service, children will enter and exit from the main entrance and we ask parents to be mindful of social distancing and remain at least 3 metres from the front door.
• Children are not required to wear their school uniform.
• Children should ensure they bring their home learning pack.
• As this is not a normal school day pupils may be in different groups with different members of staff, not necessarily their class teacher.
• Pupils coming to school for their school lunch, should arrive at the school office at 12.15pm (please note there will be no early entry) and be signed in.  Pupils and a parents will be able to eat their lunch in the school hall.  When finished pupils and their parent will sign out and leave by the front door, pupils will not be able to access other areas of the school including the playground.

We are now in a period of National emergency which is evolving daily and we would appreciate your support with social distancing at all times, please discuss this with your children.

Further updates will be posted on the App, Twitter and Website.

Everyone at Kirkton would like to thank you for your support and wish you all good health.  Please follow social distancing and self isolation rules and we look forward to opening our school to everyone very soon.

Best wishes,

Kirkton Primary School