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Please click on the link to view the letter sent home today.
https://www.williamlilley.notts.sch.uk/ac811e8f607d4504b35b4c8351cf276f/edit/
Please click on the link for a letter sent home with children in attendance at School today.
https://www.williamlilley.notts.sch.uk/ac811e8f607d4504b35b4c8351cf276f/edit/
19 March 2020
Dear Parents & Carers
Well, what interesting times!
As instructed by the government, William Lilley Infant & Nursery School will close at the end of tomorrow until further notice. The latest information is that schools could be shut ‘…for some time’. So who knows when everyone will be back together.
Schools have also been instructed to provide emergency childcare for the ‘most vulnerable’ and for children of ‘front line workers’. We are now working out how to make this happen.
Like all schools, we’re waiting for further guidance from the DFE. However, at this moment in time we know that:
Vulnerable pupils are those who:
Front Line workers include:
We expect the list of front line workers to be expanded and clarified over the next 24 hours.
PLEASE HELP US NOW
If your child is ‘vulnerable’ as described above
and/or you believe that you are a front line worker
and you want to take up the emergency child care provision
at William Lilley
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH TO TELL US NOW
…no later than 10.00am on Friday 20 March
As soon as we have an idea of how many children we are expecting, we can plan to make it happen
Please let us know if you want to take up this offer by:
Calling the school office on 0115 917 9277
Emailing school at office18@williamlilley.notts.sch.uk
or
By popping into the school office to tell us
We will send you updates as soon as we have them
Sally Beardsley – Headteacher
Following yesterday’s announcement, schools have been instructed to close on Friday afternoon until further notice, except for certain groups of children. It has yet to be confirmed but from Monday 23 March we expect to be asked to open for the following groups only:
Those children classed as ‘vulnerable’. These could be those who have a social worker and those with an EHCP.
Children whose parents are key workers. A key worker is defined as a public sector employee who is considered to provide an essential service. Although a definitive list of professions has yet to be confirmed we anticipate this may include:
NHS staff
Police
Those providing support for the vulnerable
Social workers
Probation officers
Teachers and school staff
To help us assess potential numbers would you please let school know as soon as possible if you consider yourself to be a ‘key worker’. We will need your profession please, and the days between now and the Easter holidays that you are expected to be at your place work. Indications are that if ‘key workers’ have been directed to work from home they will not be offered a school place and will be asked to keep their children at home.
Thank you
On Monday, the Government introduced new guidance on whole household isolation in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:
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The symptoms are:
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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:
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Handwashing adviceThe 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: Department for Education coronavirus helplineThe 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
The current medical and scientific advice is for schools and other educational establishments to stay open. If this changes and the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientific Adviser say closing schools, colleges, and early years settings is in the best interests of children and teachers the Department will take that step.
Where to find the latest informationUpdates on COVID-19: |
To support the delay of the spread of the virus, the Department for Health and Social Care has asked anyone who shows certain symptoms to stay at home for 7 days, regardless of whether they have travelled to affected areas. This means people should stay at home and avoid all but essential contact with others for 7 days from the point of displaying mild symptoms, to slow the spread of infection.
The symptoms are:
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You do not need to call NHS 111 to stay at home. If your symptoms worsen during your stay at home period or are no better after 7 days contact NHS 111 online at 111.nhs.uk. If you have no internet access, you should call NHS 111. For a medical emergency dial 999.
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 will be substantial, but the benefit to public health may not be. Decisions on future advice to schools will be taken based on the latest and best scientific evidence, which at this stage suggests children are a lower risk group.
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:
The e-Bug project is led by Public Health England and has a dedicated webpage for learning resources on hand washing and respiratory hygiene.
Resources are currently available for KS1, KS2 and KS3 and can be used in various settings including schools:
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)
Updates on COVID-19:
Newsletter Number 21 has been uploaded to our website. To view, please click on the link or go to 'News and Events' and 'Newsletters'.
http://www.williamlilley.notts.sch.uk/stream/newsletters/full/1/-/
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Government coronavirus action plan The government coronavirus action plan sets out what the UK has done to tackle coronavirus (COVID-19), and what we plan to do next. The situation is constantly reviewed and action informed by expert science and advice, guided by the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientific Adviser. The action plan can be found here: How to wash your hands properlyWash your hands more often for 20 seconds with soap and hot water. Teach young children how to wash their hands with the NHS handwashing song: 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.
Department for Education coronavirus helplineThe 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
Where to find the latest informationUpdates on COVID-19: |
Newsletter Number 20 has been uploaded to our website. To view, please click on the link or go to 'News and Events' and 'Newsletters'.
http://www.williamlilley.notts.sch.uk/stream/newsletters/full/1/-/