Dear Parent/Carer,

 

I hope you are well and enjoying the holiday period. I am writing with a brief update re-our continuing Coronavirus “Lateral Flow” testing programme.

Firstly, I would like to thank you and your children for your support of the programme over the course of the last term. We have had no positive staff or student cases of Coronavirus since December 2020 and it is important that we maintain our high standards around safety and testing to continue to minimise risk.

As you are already aware, all of our students have now been issued with home testing kits, these include “Lateral Flow” tests, a privacy statement, an instruction booklet and a set of school instructions on how to log test results online. Don’t forget that it is advised that your child completes the tests twice a week three to five days apart and that even throughout the holiday period, it is important that test results are recorded at: https://www.theedgeacademy.co.uk/google-form/

You are probably also by now aware that following updated government guidance, all members of your household are now able to order “Lateral Flow” tests free of charge; we would of course encourage all of you to do this at: https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests

If you need any further help or guidance with the testing process, please contact me at [email protected] . We have also placed a brief NHS video re-the “Lateral Flow” testing process which may be of interest to you on our YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhoaqv8d7mk

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Calum Hill

 

Medical Needs Lead and Lead Teacher of Maths