It had been a lovely peaceful afternoon and I had left the nursery early in the very capable hands of my senior management team to attend a lecture. So it was with instant concern that I observed my mobile vibrating with a call from the nursery.
What we had believed to be a stomach bug rearing its head in one of the playrooms was something a little more serious: we had a confirmed case of rotavirus.
I have to admit to turning to Google for help with this one. With an incubation period of several days, and then a fever before the stomach symptoms began, it was easy to see how our list of potentially infected children and staff could begin to grow.
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