Dear Parent/Guardian
We have been notified of a positive case of Covid in your daughter’s class.
Under the antigen testing in primary school children in pods programme, you are eligible to apply for antigen tests for your child.
If you wish to do this, please telephone this Freephone number 1800 110055 to request antigen tests for your child.
You will need to provide your child’s name and home address together with the school’s roll number 18153b in order to receive the test.
Alternatively, you can book through via www.hse.ie/schooltest.
A box of 5 antigen tests will be delivered to the address provided with instructions on how and when to do the tests.
There is a video on the HSE website showing how a parent can undertake an antigen test on a child. Antigen tests for primary school children – HSE.ie
A QR code will be provided to afford parents the opportunity to inform the HSE of a test result, if they wish.
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All children can continue to attend school as long as they remain
asymptomatic and they do not have a positive COVID-19 antigen or PCR test result.
For information on what to do if COVID-19 antigen test results – HSE.ie
Participation in this programme of antigen testing is not mandatory and children with no symptoms in the pod of the confirmed COVID-19 case can continue to attend school regardless of whether or not they have participated in this antigen-testing programme.
Parents or guardians are not being requested to inform the school of the results of their child’s antigen tests. Children’s normal educational experience should not be impacted in any way by the antigen testing programme.
If your child has any respiratory symptoms they should self-isolate at home and take an antigen test. Even if a child’s COVID-19 test is negative, if they continue to have respiratory symptoms they should not go to school as they may spread other viral
infections.
For information on Household contacts click on Testing for COVID-19 – HSE.ie
If your child is told to isolate from other people – HSE.ie
Antigen tests for primary school children – HSE.ie
Yours faithfully,
Yvonne Crosse
(Acting Principal)