We appreciate you taking the time to complete this form if your children are self-isolating at home due to a POSITIVE COVID case in your household and therefore you children are HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS.

If you have completed this form you DO NOT need to let us know via HERO every day that your children are going to be away.  We will take the information from this form and use it to mark your child as absent for the seven days and we will look forward to seeing them back on day 8.

Information for Household Contacts
* Household contacts are required to isolate for the same seven days as the case.
* They can return to their normal activities on the same day as the first case in their household, so long as all test results have been negative, and they are not symptomatic.
* Household contacts should continue to self-monitor for symptoms up to Day 10.
* Household contacts will be required to take a self-administered rapid antigen test (RAT) on Day 3 and Day 7 of the case’s isolation period.

If symptoms develop at any time during isolation:
* the usual advice remains in place to undertake an additional RAT
* if the test is negative and symptoms persist or worsen, test again 48 hours after that negative test
* if symptoms resolve there is no need for a further test until the required Day 7 test. If this is negative, they can return to daily life on Day 8.

If a household contact has new symptoms on the day of release:
* they should undertake an additional RAT and stay at home while unwell
* if that test is negative and symptoms persist or worsen, test again after 48 hours. If symptoms resolve, there is no need for a further test.

If a household contact has finished their period of isolation they do not need to return to isolation if a new case is identified in their household. However, this only applies for a period of seven days following their leaving isolation.

Should a new household member be confirmed as a case eight or more days after the household contact has left isolation, then they must start a new period of self-isolation for seven days.
While you are isolating, try to avoid contact with the person who has COVID-19.
If during the self-isolation period one of your children tests positive please complete the 'Positive Student Case Form' on our website.

In completing this form you can request hard copy learning packs or devices for your children.

When will the hard copy learning pack and/or device be ready for me to pick up?
* If the request is made between before 9am it will be ready for pick up that afternoon.  
* If the request is made between 9am and 3pm it may not be ready for collection until the next day.  
We are working as hard as we can to get these sorted as soon as we can for you.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are self-isolating you cannot come and pick the home learning packs and devices up yourselves, you must nominate a friend or family member to come and do this for you.

Thanks
PPS COVID Response Team
email: covid@pillanspoint.school.nz