I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and to the staff, in particular Mrs Tisdall who led the school yesterday during a period of uncertainty.

Taughmonagh primary school and nursery unit takes the safety and wellbeing of our young people very seriously and over my four years of leadership many changes have been put in place to reflect this.

We have very child focused staff who care for our young people like their own 

On incidents like this - we take directive and guidance from the EA. At times, the media presents information to parents quicker than an EA directive lands at our school.

Full checks were completed of the school and we complied through all reporting processes. It was identified very quickly from powers above us that the email was a 'hoax'. 

This does not take away from the seriousness of events such as yesterday but more so to reassure parents and families that we would never place your children at risk without your knowledge. As a school we follow procedures and correspondence was sent to parents when directed from EA which was after the media had reported to families.

We acknowledge the concern, we hear the concern but please continue to work with us on ensuring our building is safe. The attached leaflet provides some information of our daily processes. Do not be offended if we don't permit you down the corridor to classrooms, do not be offended if we challenge you on site if we haven't seen you before - all these actions are part of daily safeguarding process that were in place long before yesterday.

As a parent myself - I understand, I hear and feel the frustration and anxiety that education is being disrupted, that our young generation being exposed to situations that they shouldn't be - but you have the schools full support in keeping your children safe.

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow and wish you a peaceful and less stressful day than yesterday.