Coronavirus updates: 9/6/2020
Within the Trust, we have been meeting (virtually) on a weekly basis to work together and gradually welcome more pupils back to school. Each school has its own individual circumstances that are the starting point for each individual school’s careful risk assessment for wider opening. These circumstances include the number of vulnerable and key worker children, the number of available staff and the school site itself including room sizes.
In addition to the guidance from the Department of Education, the shared principles that we are working from are:
Government Information for Parents and Carers about the Wider Opening of Schools
The Government have published an information guide for parents and carers which you can access by clicking this link.
Additional Government Safeguarding Advice
We considered guidance from the government (released on 3oth March) and have adopted an additional Child Protection & Safeguarding COVID-19 Coronavirus Statement.
Provision for Pupils at our Schools
As directed by the Government, we are providing a limited number of childcare places for children who are vulnerable and children whose parents are critical to the Coronavirus response and cannot be safely cared for at home.
Changes to Government Advice
The Prime Minister issued new instructions on the 23rd March, that people are only allowed to leave their homes for specific reasons, such as:
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. Wash your hands more often for 20 seconds with soap and hot water. Watch this short NHS film for guidance:
Teach young children how to wash their hands with the NHS handwashing song:
In addition to handwashing before eating and after sneezing, both children and staff should also wash hands after using toilets and after travelling on public transport.
Where to Find the Latest Information
Updates on COVID-19: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Within the Trust, we have been meeting (virtually) on a weekly basis to work together and gradually welcome more pupils back to school. Each school has its own individual circumstances that are the starting point for each individual school’s careful risk assessment for wider opening. These circumstances include the number of vulnerable and key worker children, the number of available staff and the school site itself including room sizes.
In addition to the guidance from the Department of Education, the shared principles that we are working from are:
- Prioritising places for vulnerable and key worker children
- Ensuring that our ‘bubbles’ of pupils include no more than 15 pupils
- Ensuring staff do not move across the bubbles
Government Information for Parents and Carers about the Wider Opening of Schools
The Government have published an information guide for parents and carers which you can access by clicking this link.
Additional Government Safeguarding Advice
We considered guidance from the government (released on 3oth March) and have adopted an additional Child Protection & Safeguarding COVID-19 Coronavirus Statement.
Provision for Pupils at our Schools
As directed by the Government, we are providing a limited number of childcare places for children who are vulnerable and children whose parents are critical to the Coronavirus response and cannot be safely cared for at home.
Changes to Government Advice
The Prime Minister issued new instructions on the 23rd March, that people are only allowed to leave their homes for specific reasons, such as:
- Shopping for "basic necessities", as infrequently as possible. People should use delivery services, where they can
- Medical reasons, to provide care, or to help a vulnerable person
- Travelling to and from work, but only if it is "absolutely necessary"
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. Wash your hands more often for 20 seconds with soap and hot water. Watch this short NHS film for guidance:
Teach young children how to wash their hands with the NHS handwashing song:
In addition to handwashing before eating and after sneezing, both children and staff should also wash hands after using toilets and after travelling on public transport.
Where to Find the Latest Information
Updates on COVID-19: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
