07/01/2021
Daily Check In
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Dear Parents & Carers,
I hope this email finds you well and keeping safe, along with your family. This additional lockdown will be challenging for us all but hopefully it will help to reduce the pressure on the NHS and prevent the spread of the virus.
Following the announcement to Parliament today from the Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson, I wanted to update you regarding the GCSE and vocational examinations scheduled for this summer. Mr Williamson’s statement on examinations was as follows:
Last year, all four nations of the UK found their arrangements for awarding grades did not deliver what they needed, with the impact felt painfully by students and their parents. Although exams are the fairest way we have of assessing what a student knows, the impact of this pandemic now means that it is not possible to have these exams this year. I can confirm that GCSEs and A and AS Level exams will not go ahead this summer. This year we are going to put our trust in teachers rather than algorithms. The department and Ofqual had already worked up a range of contingency options. While the details will need to be fine-tuned in consultation with Ofqual, the exam boards and teaching representatives, I can confirm now that I wish to use a form of teacher-assessed grades, with training and support provided to ensure these are awarded fairly and consistently.
I know students and staff have worked hard to prepare for the January exams and assessments of vocational and technical qualifications, and we want to allow schools and colleges to continue with these assessments where they judge it is right to do so. No college should feel pressured to offer these and we will ensure all students are able to progress fairly. (https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/education-secretary-statement-to-parliament-on-national-lockdown)
For us this means that:
- The very small number of students taking the Music BTEC examination tomorrow have been contacted directly to offer them the opportunity to have a Covid test and sit the examination, subject to a negative result. This is due to the short notice of the announcement, and that students have spend considerable time preparing to sit their exam tomorrow. Should student not wish to do so, we will follow the Government guidance on teacher assessments, when it is published.
- Students due to sit their OCR Health & Social Care and IT exams next week will not now do so. These students have a bit more notice, and there are more students involved, so it would present a higher and unnecessary risk to invite these students in to sit their exam next week. Again, we will follow the Government guidance on teacher assessments, when it is published.
- As we anticipated may be the case, the current Year 11 students’ results will now be awarded on the basis of teacher assessment. This means that it is vital that students focus on their work in lockdown and on their return to school, as that assessment process will include their work over the entirety of Year 11. There will be no place this year for a ‘last minute push’ of revision to gain a higher grade.
- As the Government has advised of this change of policy with over 6 months’ notice, and as many colleges have been anticipating the exam cancellation, it is unlikely that the ‘leeway’ on final results that was offered to last year’s students will be the case this year. I would anticipate that colleges will feel that students have enough time to demonstrate their commitment and hard work over the next 6 months. Therefore, I would underline just how important it is for students to work to the best of their ability, online and in person, over the remainder of their time in Year 11.
I know that this news regarding the cancellation of exams will be upsetting for some, and at the same time a relief for others, given the disruption to learning resulting from the Covid pandemic. Please be assured that we will do everything we can to support all our students, through our programme of high quality live lessons, and online learning, through pastoral support, and face to face once the students return to school. I would like to thank our Year 11 students and their families for their engagement with online learning and live lessons this week. Our staff have been very impressed, and it bodes well for the students’ progress over the next 6 months.
We do not want any of our Year 11s to be tagged as the ‘Covid generation’ in relation to their exam results. We want them to gain at least the results they would have done in examinations, and hopefully even better ones, as they rise to the challenge of showing just what they can do in the face of such extraordinary times.
Once we have any more information from the Government I will be in touch, as I will if we hear anything further regarding school return for Year 11. In the meantime thank you for your support for our school and for our Year 11 students. Please do contact us using the details below with any comments, queries or feedback.
- If you have any general questions please email your child’s Tutor, who can answer or direct your queries as appropriate. – If you or your child have subject specific questions please email your child’s subject teacher.
- If you have a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@courtfields.net.
- If you have any IT/technical queries please email classcharts@courtfields.net.
Once again, thank you for your support and understanding in these challenging times. Please do take care and keep safe.
With my very best wishes,
Mrs Polly Matthews
Acting Headteacher
Court Fields School
05/01/2021
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04/01/2021
Update Follow the Prime Minister’s Announcement This Evening
Dear Parents & Carers,
I’m sorry to write to you so late in the evening, but I just wanted to confirm the arrangements following the Prime Minister’s announcement this evening.
- All students will now move to full Online Learning until further notice.
- This will include a mix of set work and ‘live’ lessons.
- All work will be accessed via ClassCharts.
- We await full details of any changes to the summer examination series, which will be announced following the Government/OFQUAL consultation.
- Student Covid testing will now not take place. We will await Government guidance on when this will now be implemented.
- Children of Key Workers and vulnerable students who cannot be safely at home are able to attend (see email below to request).
Thank you for your support as we have navigated this challenging time. Mrs Westwood, the Site Team and I worked hard today to set up the in-school testing facility, so that it was ready to go for our students this week, and students, parents and staff have all responded to moving to Online Learning today. This shows just what an amazing team we are.
I will write to you later this week, when I know more, but in the meantime, please use the contact methods below if you need to speak to us, and once again, thank you for your support.
For safeguarding concerns, please use the following email address: safeguarding@courtfields.net
For ClassCharts or any other IT technical enquiries, please use the following dedicated email address: classcharts@courtfields.net
To contact our SENCO, or for SEN questions, please use the following email address: sen@courtfields.net
For any contact or queries regarding your child’s academic or pastoral wellbeing, please email their Tutor in the format initialsurname@courtfields.net. They are your first and key point of contact. We have also sent the email address for each Tutor to the parents/carers of all members of their Tutor Group earlier this week for your convenience.
For general enquiries, please use the main email address: sch.552@educ.somerset.gov.uk
Best wishes. Take care and keep safe
Polly Matthews
Acting Headteacher
Court Fields School
31/12/2020
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Dear Parents & Carers,
Firstly, I hope that you have had a Merry Christmas, and I also hope that, despite the current restrictions, you will have a Happy New Year’s Eve, and a 2021 that is less challenging for us all as a community.
Earlier this evening the Prime Minister addressed the nation, and confirmed the following regarding students in secondary schools. He did however, state that this may be subject to change, depending on the infection rates in the coming days and weeks.
- students will not return to school for face to face lessons during the week commencing the 4th January.
- students in Year 11 will return from the 11th January for face to face teaching.
- students in Years 7-10 will return from the 18th January for face to face teaching.
- online learning will be in place for all students from 4th January, as per their normal timetable.
- mass testing will be implemented, with Year 11 as a priority, starting during the week commencing the 5th January, and continuing during the following week. This will allow all students to be tested before they return to face to face lessons.
As you will imagine, there is much to put in place, and the guidance from the Government is still, at this point, being issued to schools. I will write to you with more detail over the coming days, but I wanted to at least give you the key information to allow you to make plans for next week. We will provide support for the children of Key Workers and those vulnerable students who cannot otherwise be at home safely. Please do be aware that this should be only if absolutely essential, as our staff need to focus on the delivery of online learning and the mass testing programme. If you do need to access this support, please email keyworker@courtfields.net.
The tests that will be used in school are ‘lateral flow tests’, which are not overly intrusive, and will provide additional reassurance, help identify positive cases, and reduce the spread of the virus. Whilst of course, there are significant logistical complications regarding the testing, anything that helps to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus, and keep our community safe, can only be a positive step. I will be sending out a link for you to give your consent for the tests over the coming days, so please complete this asap, and before the due date.
In the meantime if you have medical expertise and would be happy to volunteer to support with the training or testing process, please do contact us using the email confidential@courtfields.net. If you do not have medical experience, but would be happy to support in an administrative role, please contact us using the same email address. Please do also share this request with others who would be suitable, for example University students in your families, who may be happy to help. Volunteers would need to be available on shifts Monday to Friday, 9am – 6pm. We would be most grateful for your support and some financial reimbursement would be available for those volunteers.
Our initial pre-return testing will take place in the Gym, however this will, of course, be in use during normal term time. If you would be able to provide us with a marquee or mess tent, in which we could house our ongoing testing facility, please do contact us on the email confidential@courtfields.net.
As always, thank you for your support. I have been overwhelmed by your lovely messages over the Christmas period. We truly are a fantastic community and I am so proud to work with you to support all our students.
With my very best wishes to you and your family. Happy New Year, take care and keep safe.
Polly
Polly Matthews
Acting Headteacher
Court Fields School
16/12/2020
Court Fields School Christmas Break until Monday 4thJanuary 2021.
If your contact is regarding a safeguarding issue, please email safeguarding@courtfields.net.
If your contact is to report a positive Covid case, please email confidential@courtfields.net.
We wish everyone a happy, healthy and restful holiday period.
Letters to Parents/Carer
Letter to Yr 7,9,10,11 Parents 131220
Letter to Yr 8 Parents Bubble Close 131220
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Letter to Year 8 Parents 12 12 20
Letter to Year 10 Parents 12 12 20
Letter to Year 11 Parents 12 12 20
10-12-2020
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08-12-2020
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Letter Yr 11 CC Parents 061220
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Parent/Carer Guides
Online Learning Handbook for Parents and Students V5
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Letter to Y8-11 Parents 151120
Letter to Yr 7 CC Parents 151120
Letter to Yr 7 ncc Parents 151120
Update Letter to Parents 311020
23rd September – PHE letter to parents and guardians
September Re-opening Details Letter
Government & Somerset County Council Advice/Guidance
What new national restrictions mean for education and childcare settings.
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
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Latest Department for Education information:
· https://twitter.com/educationgovuk
· https://www.facebook.com/educationgovuk/
Department for Education coronavirus helpline
The Department for Education coronavirus helpline is available to answer questions about COVID-19 relating to education and children’s social care. Staff, parents and young people can contact this helpline as follows:
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday
Risk Assessments
Computing Risk Assessment Covid
Food Technology Risk Assessment Covid
Risk management assessment report – September Reopening 2020
Risk management June 2020 – Limited Opening
Covid-19 RAS Report CFS 040120
Activities & Help
Visit the NHS mental health and wellbeing advice website for self-assessment, audio guides and practical tools, if you are experiencing stress, feelings of anxiety or low mood.
Click here for weekly fun activities to engage your mind, challenge your body and nourish your soul and details of where you can go for help and support.
Enrichment & Activties Summer 2020
Health and Wellbeing Help for CYP Families
Letters & Information from 2019/20
Parent Bulletin 13 to 17 July 2020
Parent Letter re September Reopening 100720
Parent Bulletin 06 to 10 July 2020
Update Letter to Parents 190620
Letter to Year 10 parents EMSO 170620
Year 7-8 Letter to Parents – Assessment Week 110620
Year 9 Letter to Parents – Assessment Week 110620
Year 10 Letter to Parents – F2F Lessons 110620 V3
Parent Bulletin 15-19 June 2020
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01/06/2020
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22/05/2020
Parent Bulletin 01-05 June 2020
Update Letter to Parents 210520
Supporting your Childrens Education during COVID-19
15/05/2020
Update Letter to Parents 15.5.20
Letter to Parent-Carers – 14.5.20
12/05/2020
Government C19 Recovery Strategy
STEM Online activities and resources for kids
Helping your child begin their Career Journey 2020
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lovereading4kids.co.uk – It is full of great recommendations and activities to do
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Parent Guide to Learning at Home
Dear Parents & Carers,
Thank you for your ongoing support for our school, which is very much appreciated by all our staff. I hope this email finds you and your family well, and that you are keeping safe.
Tomorrow sees the end of the Easter Holiday and a return to our Learning at Home programme. Please find attached the latest version of our Parent Guide to Learning at Home, which should provide you with all the information and guidance to support you and your child. Staff will be on hand via their school email to answer queries that your child/children may have with the set lessons. The latest guidance from the Government regarding school closure and COVID19 can be viewed here:
Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you have any other questions/queries. Please note that phone lines may be busy and we only have a limited staff team in school so we keep as many staff safe and at home. It may, therefore, be easier for you to email us as follows:
– For safeguarding concerns, please use the following email address: safeguarding@courtfields.net
– For ClassCharts or other IT technical enquiries, please use the following email address: classcharts@courtfields.net
– To notify us that you may have key worker status, please use the email address: keyworker@courtfields.net
– For general enquiries, please use the main email address: sch.552@educ.somerset.gov.uk.
We are in the process of developing additional materials to support our Year 11 students for their post-16 studies and life after school. More details of this will follow later this week, in addition to the Higher Project Qualification, as outlined in the Parent Guide.
Thank you once again for all your support. Please do continue to support us and keep up to date with the latest news via our website, email and social media. My very best wishes go out to you and your families. Thank you for all you are doing to stay home, protect the NHS, and save lives.
Keep safe and keep in touch.
Best wishes
Polly
Daily Update 17-04-20
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https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
26/03/2020
Message from: Wellington Foodbank and coronavirus
We are disappointed to announce that the foodbank in Wellington has been closed today in favour of home deliveries directly from Taunton Foodbank warehouse. Taunton Council have kindly provided a large van for deliveries and donation collections.
Deliveries to the Wellington area will be on Thursdays. Anyone in need of food is advised to call Taunton Foodbank on 07761 624216 or email on info@taunton.foodbank.org.uk and a delivery will be organised to their home. There will also be a note on the door of the URC and a press release sent to the Welly Weekly and Gazette.
Voucher holders and schools in the Wellington area should have been informed. Andrew Govier, Pete Joint and Tony Hickling and colleagues from the Council have also been contacted.
We hope to resume as soon as we can and will keep you informed.
Thank you and keep well
Clare Lucker
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Staying at home guidance
Yesterday, the Prime Minister addressed the nation on coronavirus (COVID-19) and asked people to stay at home, except for very limited purposes.
There is no change in guidance for education settings, which remain closed except for the children of critical workers and vulnerable children. We continue to ask that parents keep their children at home, wherever possible.
The full stay at home guidance is available at:
Guidance for early years and childcare providers
We have published new guidance for Ofsted-registered childcare providers about childcare provision following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19):
Guidance for further education providers on maintaining education and skills training provision
We have published new guidance which explains what further education providers need to do during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to maintain provision:
Guidance for apprentices, employers, training providers and assessment organisations
We have published new guidance which outlines the changes that we are making to the apprenticeship programme during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:
Employer support in response to coronavirus (COVID-19)
The government has published a full range of support measures for UK employers and employees:
The information outlines how to access the support that has been made available, who is eligible, when the schemes open and how to apply.
Changes to attendance registers and daily online return to DfE
Thank you to all education settings that submitted their status and attendance information to the online form yesterday. For those settings that need more information on how to do this, we have developed a short tutorial video to guide you through the process:
The short tutorial video can be found at:
The online form can be found at:
Collection of guidance for educational settings on GOV.UK
All of the Department for Education’s coronavirus guidance for educational settings can now be found in one place on GOV.UK:
Handwashing advice
The most important thing individuals can do to protect themselves is to wash their hands more often, for at least 20 seconds, with soap and water. Public Health England recommends that in addition to handwashing before eating, and after coughing and sneezing, everyone should also wash hands after using toilets and travelling on public transport.
The latest guidance and video on hand washing can be found here:
Department for Education coronavirus helpline
The Department for Education coronavirus helpline is available to answer questions about COVID-19 relating to education and children’s social care. Staff, parents and young people can contact this helpline as follows:
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday), 10am to 4pm (Saturday to Sunday)Please note, we are currently experiencing high volumes of calls. We appreciate your patience at this time and apologise for any wait that you may experience. To ensure that we answer your calls as quickly as possible, we have now extended our opening hours to cover weekends and are increasing the number of call handlers available to answer your calls.
If you work in a school, please have your unique reference number (URN or UKPRN) available when calling the hotline.
23/03/2020
Dear Parents & Carers,
I just wanted to update you following the Prime Minister’s briefing tonight.
There is nothing in the briefing to direct us to do anything other than what we have already planned for this week and next. This means that the school remains closed. Our current skeleton service at school will continue to provide care for the small number of vulnerable students and children of key workers for whom there is no other safe option.
I will keep reviewing our plans in light of further Government advice on a daily basis, and will update you when anything changes.
In the meantime please keep yourselves and your children safe at home in line with this evening’s guidance.
Thank you for your continued support. My very best wishes go out to you and your families.
Polly Matthews
Acting Headteacher
Court Fields School
22/03/2020
Dear Parents & Carers,
I wanted to email you briefly this evening to say thank you for all your support over the last week. It is testament to our community that, in such a turbulent and difficult week, we were able to keep the school running smoothly. This of course included our farewells to Year 11, which were emotional for all concerned, but a celebration of their time at Court Fields and the potential they show for the future.
As you know, the school is closed from tomorrow until further notice. All students have work set for all their lessons via ClassCharts, and they should be completing this daily. Please do ensure that this is completed each day, as students will face significant challenges when we return to school if they do not work at home as directed. We will be sending home a parent booklet early this week to help support you with your child’s home learning.
We will, in line with the Government guidance, be providing a skeleton care service for our most vulnerable students and children of key workers. Whilst we are committed to supporting those who absolutely need this service, we do need to be clear that the safest place for students and staff to be, is at home.
Having just watched the Prime Minister’s broadcast today, it is once again clear that we need to ensure that we all take action to prevent further spread of the coronavirus:
· If at all possible, stay at home, and
· keep contact with people outside of your own household a minimum.
In short, please stay home, protect the NHS, and save lives.
Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you have any concerns. Please note that phone lines may be busy and we only have a limited staff team in school so we keep as many staff safe and at home. It may, therefore, be easier for you to email us as follows:
– For safeguarding concerns, please use the main email address: safeguarding@courtfields.net
– For ClassCharts enquiries, please use the main email address: classcharts@courtfields.net
– To notify us that you may have key worker status, please use the main email address: keyworker@courtfields.net
– For general enquiries, please use the main email address: sch.552@educ.somerset.gov.uk.
Thank you once again for all your support. Your positive messages have been very much appreciated by our staff. Please do continue to support us and keep up to date with the latest news via our website, email and social media. My very best wishes go out to you and your families.
Best wishes,
Polly Matthews
Acting Headteacher
Court Fields School
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Useful Links
Key Worker’ Parent/Carers – keyworker@courtfields.net
Home Learning – classcharts@courtfields.net
Safeguarding – Safeguarding@courtfields.net
Exams – sch.552@educ.somerset.gov.uk
IT – support@courtfields.net
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Online resources for website March 2020
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The key new measures he announced included:
- Everyone should avoid gatherings and crowded places, such as pubs, clubs and theatres
- Everyone should work from home if they can
- All “unnecessary” visits to friends and relatives in care homes should cease
- People should only use the NHS “where we really need to” – and can reduce the burden on workers by getting advice on the NHS website where possible
- By next weekend, those with the most serious health conditions must be “largely shielded from social contact for around 12 weeks”
- If one person in any household has a persistent cough or fever, everyone living there must stay at home for 14 days
- Those people should, if possible, avoid leaving the house “even to buy food or essentials” – but they may leave the house “for exercise and, in that case, at a safe distance from others”
- Schools will not be closed for the moment
16th March 2020
Additional information regarding asthma and the coronavirus.
https://www.asthma.org.uk/advice/triggers/coronavirus-covid-19/
Please be advised that we continue to do all that we can to encourage good hygiene as it is the best way to reduce the risk of infection. The following links are also useful as they apply to some of our other vulnerable students:
Cystic fibrosis : https://www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/news/coronavirus-qa
Diabetes: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/coronavirus
Updated guidance for education settings on coronavirus (COVID-19)
Today, the Department for Education and Public Health England have issued updated guidance for education settings on COVID-19. This guidance will assist staff in addressing COVID-19 in educational settings. This includes childcare, schools, further and higher educational institutions.
What you need to know:
| · staff, young people and children should stay at home if they are unwell with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature to avoid spreading infection to others. Otherwise they should attend education or work as normal
· if staff, young people or children become unwell on site with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature they should be sent home · clean and disinfect regularly touched objects and surfaces more often than usual using your standard cleaning products · supervise young children to ensure they wash their hands for 20 seconds more often than usual with soap and water or hand sanitiser and catch coughs and sneezes in tissues |
The updated guidance can be found here:
| · https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19#contents |
Current advice remains in place: no education or children’s social care setting should close in response to a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case unless advised to do so by Public Health England.
The Chief Medical Officer has advised that the impact of closing schools on both children’s education and on the workforce would be substantial, but the benefit to public health may not be. Decisions on future advice to education or children’s social care settings will be taken based on the latest and best scientific evidence, which at this stage suggests children are a lower risk group.
Recording school pupil absences
Where a pupil is in self-isolation, in accordance with latest information and advice from Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England, the pupil should be recorded as unable to attend due to exceptional circumstances in the attendance register. Code Y (Unable to attend due to exceptional circumstances) should be used in this instance.
If a pupil does not attend school, despite the school operating as usual and the pupil is not self-isolating, they should be marked as absent. It is for headteachers to determine whether or not the absence is authorised depending on the individual circumstances.
Where a pupil cannot attend school due to illness, as normally would happen, the pupil should be recorded as absent in the attendance register and the school will authorise the absence. Code I (Illness) should be used in this instance.
Handwashing advice
The most important thing individuals can do to protect themselves is to wash their hands more often, for at least 20 seconds, with soap and water. Public Health England recommends that in addition to handwashing before eating, and after coughing and sneezing, everyone should also wash hands after using toilets and travelling on public transport.
Watch this short NHS film for guidance:
| · https://youtu.be/bQCP7waTRWU |
Department for Education coronavirus helpline
The Department for Education coronavirus helpline is available to answer questions about COVID-19 relating to education and children’s social care. Staff, parents and young people can contact this helpline as follows:
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday), 10am to 4pm (Saturday to Sunday)
Please note, we are currently experiencing high volumes of calls. We appreciate your patience at this time and apologise for any wait that you may experience. To ensure that we answer your calls as quickly as possible we have now extended our opening hours to cover weekends.
If you work in a school, please have your unique reference number (URN or UK PRN) available when calling the hotline.
Where to find the latest information
Updates on COVID-19:
| · https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus |
Guidance for educational settings:
| · https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19 |
Guidance for social or community care and residential settings:
| · https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19 |
Travel advice for those travelling and living overseas:
| · https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus |
Educational resources:
| · https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/101-coronavirus-/resources |
Latest Department for Education information:
| · https://twitter.com/educationgovuk |
13th March 2020
Coronavirus Letter
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Coronavirus Letter for Parents and Staff
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Government Coronavirus action plan
Yesterday, the Coronavirus action plan was launched. This document sets out what the UK as a whole has done to tackle the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and what it plans to do next.
The action plan can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-action-plan
Current advice remains in place: No school should close in response to a suspected (or confirmed) COVID-19 case unless advised to do so by Public Health England.
The importance of hygiene
Personal hygiene is the most important way we can tackle COVID-19, especially washing hands more; and the catch it, bin it, kill it strategy for those with coughs and sneezes.
Twitter – Public Health England Guidance
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/101-coronavirus-/resources
Department for Education Coronavirus helpline
On Monday we launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline as follows:
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)
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The government is closely monitoring the spread of the Coronavirus and is taking action at home and abroad.
The overall risk of Coronavirus to the UK remains moderate. However we understand that people may be concerned where there are children, students or staff returning from or visiting China.
Public Health England and the Foreign Office have issued advice for anyone travelling to the area. This can be found at:
| · https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/china
· https://www.gov.uk/government/news/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-and-avian-flu-advice-for-travel-to-china |
Latest information and advice can also be found at:
| · https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus |
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Advice for parents/guardians
You should not be unduly worried about the possibility of your children catching the Coronavirus.
There is no reason why your children should not continue to attend their early years, school or further education setting as normal.
For any planned travel to China, please refer to the FCO’s latest travel advice via the link above.
What action you can take
A UK wide campaign has been launched to provide clear advice on how to slow the spread of Coronavirus.
Please help to support the campaign which promotes basic hygiene practices, such as regularly washing hands and always sneezing into a tissue, to stem the spread of viruses.
You can do this by:
Displaying this poster in relevant public spaces:
| · https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5e35b25740f0b609169cb52a/coronavirus-public-info-poster-2.pdf |
Sharing DHSC content from the following social media links:
| · https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1223888531262726144
· https://www.facebook.com/DHSCgovuk/videos/194227541968649/ |
