Noticeboard
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Coronvirus update
Thu 19 Mar 2020Dear Parents and Carers,
Following the Government’s announcement last night, please see below their decision:
‘Schools, colleges and early year’s settings will be closed to everyone except children of key workers and vulnerable children from Monday, as part of the country’s ongoing response to coronavirus.
Examples of these workers include NHS staff, police and supermarket delivery drivers who need to be able to go to work. Vulnerable children include those who have a social worker and those with Education, Health and Care Plans.
A full list of key worker categories will be published by the Cabinet Office today.
Children who do not fall into these groups should remain at home with appropriate care.’
Please be advised that both parents need to be key workers in order to be eligible for school. Wherever possible can alternative family members be considered for childcare? My aim as Head Teacher is to reduce the possibility of spreading the virus, whilst providing support to the families who need it.
In order to assist me in planning ahead, please could you let me know if you need to consider sending your child to school during the closure period? I anticipate that there will be a very small number of children in school. Teaching the National Curriculum will, therefore, be suspended and children will not be taught in year groups.
Our school is currently operating using a skeleton staff for the foreseeable future. Your child may not be cared for by their usual teacher.
To support children eligible for free school meals, schools will be able to purchase meals or vouchers from supermarkets or local shops. How this may be done is not clear yet and further announcements are expected.
I will be contacting parents today and keeping you all updated on school arrangements. At this point, many things are very unclear, but i will keep you updated as the picture becomes clearer.
Mrs. Perry
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Coronavirus
Tue 17 Mar 2020New guidance for households with symptomsYesterday, the Government introduced new guidance on whole household isolation in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:
- if you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started
- if you live with others and you or another member of the household have symptoms of coronavirus, then all household members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the house became ill. It is likely that people living within a household will infect each other or be infected already. Staying at home for 14 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community
- for anyone in the household who starts displaying symptoms, they need to stay at home for 7 days from when the symptoms appeared, regardless of what day they are on in the original 14-day isolation period.
The symptoms are:
- A high temperature (37.8 degrees and above)
- A new, continuous cough
The full stay at home guidance for households with these symptoms can be found here:
The Prime Minister’s statement from Monday 16 March can be found here: