PHA Notification for Nursery Parents/Guardians- Further to a significant cluster of positive Covid cases in our Nursery Unit today, we have been advised by the PHA that all pupils and staff in the Nursery are to be identified as 'close contacts'.  The attached letter from the PHA explains the requirements for periods of isolation and suggested testing. The PHA acknowledged that the swift action of parents on Sunday evening, identified a significant number of positive cases via Lateral Flow Testing and prevented further infection in school today. Those pupils testing positve on an Lateral Flow Test can if they wish, book a PCR test, but PHA advice is that they can presume that the Lateral Flow result is accurate and should now isolate until two negative lateral flow results are obtained on Day 6 and 7, 24 hours apart, confirming that they are now no longer infectious. The PHA have further confirmed that those parents not wishing to conduct a lateral flow test or organise a PCR test for their child will need to isolate for 10 days from 17th January onwards. For purposes of operating the Nursery tomorrow (Tuesday 18th January), pupils will need to have had a negative Lateral Flow test conducted either tonight or early tomorrow morning and remain symptom free. All pupils with a positve lateral flow test or those displaying symptoms should now isolate for the required period. Continued operation of the Nursery Unit will be conditional on securing the necessary staff on a day-to-day basis.  Parents will be kept regularly informed of further developments and advice. Siblings of Nursery children are also advised to have negative regular Lateral Flow tests and remain symptom free to keep coming to school in Year 1-7. If you have any questions regarding this matter, school phone lines will open at 8.00am on Tuesday morning.