Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice and guidance for schools

As we enter the next phases of the Scottish Government's road map out of lock down in response to the coronavirus global pandemic we will post current information here on the recovery, resilience and reconnection framework for our schools and learning.

• Maureen McKenna, Executive Director of Education Letter to Parents and Carers - October 2020

 Maureen McKenna, Executive Director of Education Letter to Parent and Carers Oct 20 [135kb]

• West Partnership advice, guidance and processes for schools and nurseries dealing with positive coronavirus case - Tuesday 8 September 2020

Schools across the city have been sent a set of documents from Maureen McKenna, Executive Director of Education and in collaboration with our GGC Public Health colleagues, that will help schools and nurseries deal with a positive virus case that's been identified and linked to their school.

 School advice and guidance - positive coronavirus (COVID-19) case linked to a school [444kb] 

 Section 2 At Home Learning [953kb]

 Letter A updated October 20 [214kb] 

 Coronavirus parent and carer letter B (local restrictions) - positive school case [70kb] 

 Coronavirus Parent and Carer Letter B (no restrictions) - school positive case [70kb] 

 Letter C updated October 20 [212kb] 

 School Contact List [25kb]

 Arabic Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 ARABIC [1Mb]  Arabic Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 ARABIC [1Mb]  Arabic Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 ARABIC [1Mb]

 Cantonese Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 CANTONESE [60kb]  Cantonese Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 CANTONESE [60kb]  Cantonese Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 CANTONESE [205kb]

 Farsi Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 FARSI [143kb]  Farsi Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 FARSI [174kb]  Farsi Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 FARSI [129kb]

 Kurdish Sorani Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914-KURDISH SORANI [62kb]  Kurdish Sorani Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914-KURDISH SORANI [64kb]  Kurdish Sorani Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914-KURDISH SORANI [62kb]

 Mandarin Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 Simplified Chinese [61kb]  Mandarin Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 Simplified Chinese [62kb]  Mandarin Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 Simplified Chinese [171kb]

 Polish Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 POLISH [60kb]  Portuguese Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 PORTUGUESE [61kb]  Portuguese Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 PORTUGUESE [61kb]

 Punjabi Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 PUNJABI [1Mb]  Punjabi Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 PUNJABI [1Mb]  Punjabi Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 PUNJABI [1Mb]

 Romanian Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 ROMANIAN [128kb]  Romanian Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 ROMANIAN [127kb]  Romanian Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 ROMANIAN [129kb]

 Russian Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 RUSSIAN [62kb]  Russian Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 RUSSIAN [66kb]  Russian Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 RUSSIAN [62kb]

 Slovak Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 SLOVAK [61kb]  Slovak Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 SLOVAK [61kb]  Slovak Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 SLOVAK [61kb]

 Urdu Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 URDU [62kb]  Urdu Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 URDU [62kb]  Urdu Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 URDU [62kb]

 Vietnamese Letter A General advisory letter to parents and carers (Sept) G140914 VIETNAMESE [61kb]  Vietnamese Letter B (no restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 VIETNAMESE [61kb]  Vietnamese Letter B (Restrictions) Parent and carers of contacts (v2) G140914 VIETNAMESE [62kb]

• Public Health Q&A for Parents, Carers and Pupils - 3 September 2020

Our Education Director spoke to Linda de Caestecker, Public Health at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to offer advice and Reassurance. Watch the Q&A's below.



 

• Coronavirus and schools - frequently asked questions - 28 August 2020

We've published an up-to-date FAQs to help our schools and families find out information about the virus and children, testing and schools with answers from the Director of Public Health for Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

 Public Health and Education FAQs [299kb]
 

• NHSGGC Letter to parents about testing for coronavirus

A letter is being sent to all parents and carers of school childing in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area from Dr Linda De Caestecker - Director of Public Health with important information on when to ask for a test and how to do this.

 NHS Parent and carers' testing information letter [63kb]

Scotland's National Clinical Director, Jason Leitch, has also given advice to parents and carers on what to do if a child shows symptoms of another viral infection, such as the common cold.

 Coronavirus - Jason Leitch Letter on testing and common colds - 31 August 2020 [172kb]