Mo's Montessori

COVID-19 Policy Response Plan www.mosmontessori.ie | 25 Staff must adhere to all public health travel restrictions that are in place e.g. quarantine for 14 days on return from non-essential travel abroad or any other travel restrictions that are put in place. Staff should advise their employer if they intend to undertake non-essential travel abroad and how and if the quarantine period can be accommodated. Staff may also be required to sign a declaration form on their return to work that they have adhered to all public health travel restrictions. Children: Child return to the service Before returning to the service parents will be asked to complete a pre-return to service form for their child. This form will seek confirmation that the child, to the best of the parent's knowledge, is well, has no symptoms of COVID-19, that they are not a close contact of a person who is a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 in the past 14 days or awaiting results of a COVID-19 coronavirus test, and that they are not in a risk category. Where a child is in an at-risk category or has a medical condition that requires ongoing regular medical care, parents should be advised to discuss any concerns that they may about their child returning to childcare with their child's doctor. Children: After returning to the service Any child who is unwell with fever, cold, influenza or infectious respiratory symptoms of any kind or displaying any symptoms of coronavirus, needs to stay at home, contact their GP and seek their guidance on referral for coronavirus testing. If referred for testing the child should stay at home until the test result is known. Any child who tests positive for COVID-19 should quarantine at home for 14 days and only return to the service when the symptoms have fully resolved and with a doctor's certificate stating that the child is no longer infectious and fit to return to the service. Children with symptoms of respiratory infections (not COVID-19) should stay at home until they are well and can then safely return to the service. To ensure that children are well on return to the service, parents may be asked to sign a declaration form stating that their child is well and that they have no symptoms of COVID-19. Any child who is a close contact of a person who has or is suspected to have COVID-19 should stay at home and quarantine for 14 days even though the child feels well but it is possible that they are also infected as it can take 2 – 14 days to show symptoms. They should only return to the service after this 14 day quarantine period has been completed. To ensure that children are well on return to the service, parents may be asked to sign a declaration form stating that their child is well and that they have no symptoms of COVID-19.

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