Headteacher Gillian Quiggan posts a message for pupils

Woodlands Park Primary School in Ivybridge was closed when about half the pupils were struck by the Norwalk virus, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea.

Specialist cleaning teams were brought in on Saturday to start cleaning the school.

Staff and pupils are now trying to get back to normal, after four days of sickness caused some disruption to their Christmas routine.

Building decontamination

More than 120 pupils and staff were laid low by the bug.

Headteacher Gillian Quiggan said: "It's disrupted Christmas, that's what it's done.

"The preparations for the dinners and the performances were put on hold and that's the sad thing."

The school is now hoping to get its festivities back on schedule.

While symptoms include acute vomiting and diarrhoea, health experts say parents should not be overly concerned as the virus is not thought to be very dangerous.

They said outbreaks of the Norwalk virus normally only remain infectious for 48 hours.

A team of about 15 cleaners at the school completed the final stages of the emergency decontamination on Tuesday.