In the guidance, children's secretary Ed Balls said, 'Given the mildnessof the virus, the expert medical advice is that there is no good reasonfor schools to remain closed after the summer holiday. We thereforeexpect all schools and early years and childcare settings in England toreopen as planned at the beginning of the new term.
'However, it is still essential that adults or children with flu-likesymptoms stay away until they are free of those symptoms.'
The guidance also flags up new swine flu NHS resources for nurseries andschools to reinforce the importance of good hygiene.
The resources, available to download free on Teachernet, includehandwashing posters, a comic strip entitled Dirty Bertie (pictured) forchildren to read in class or take home and a nursery rhyme, 'Catch It,Bin It, Kill It'.
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