Current advice and guidance - updated 10th December 2020
The Early Help and Targeted Support team wanted to share with you some recorded parenting presentations.
The Christmas presentations include:
Top tips for co-parenting at Christmas
https://warwickshiregovuk-my.sharepoint.com/.../EQiGdN6ow...
Game plan for teenagers
https://warwickshiregovuk-my.sharepoint.com/.../EZqM1vue7...
Christmas with children aged 5 - 11 years
https://warwickshiregovuk-my.sharepoint.com/.../EUPho4pNR...
Internet safety advice at Christmas
https://warwickshiregovuk-my.sharepoint.com/.../EQtTAR3M...
Top Tips for parents & carers of children with SEND at Christmas
https://warwickshiregovuk-my.sharepoint.com/.../Ed4IOhdvL...
The Family Support Line - 01926 412412 will continue to operate during the festive period offering advice, support and guidance for parents, carers and professionals. Please share these details through your organisation's webpages, newsletters, and social media.
Monday 21 December - 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Tuesday 22 December - 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Wednesday 23 December - 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Thursday 24 December - 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Christmas Day - closed
Boxing Day - closed
Monday 28 December - closed
Tuesday 29 December - closed
Wednesday 30 December - 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Thursday 31 December - 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Friday 1 January - closed
Monday 4 January - 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Doors open from 8.30am and close at 8.50am
Please read FAQ document above for details of entry/exit doors and finish times.
School Contact Number: 01788 542610 or email admin3213@welearn365.com
To speak to a Designated Safeguarding Lead please call 01788 542610. For emergency referrals please contact the Warwickshire Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub on 01926 414144
20th May 2020 Updates
Warwickshire School Health and Wellbeing Service have put together a short video and photos to promote the service.
The video is available at https://youtu.be/vDviUVsuWwU
School Health team are #HereToHelp Warwickshire families at this difficult time. Text for confidential health & wellbeing advice from their friendly nurses. Young people 11-19: text ChatHealth on
07507 331 525 Parents/carers: text Parentline on
07520 619 376 #COVID19 #HealthyAtHome
USEFUL LINKS:
From the Local Authority 26.03.2020
Message for Parents & Carers: Contact Your Local Authority
Your designated learners’ parents and carers can contact us if they have any concerns or queries having sought a solution with you or for information as the network of provision changes over the weeks ahead. They can contact us on the parental helpline on 01926 412021 from 0800 to 1800 or check the Council’s website for further information. The parent and carer webpage can be found here- https://schools.warwickshire.gov.uk/coronavirus/coronavirus-advice-parents/1
Advice from the Department of Education - 17th March 2020
Yesterday, 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:
Message from Warwickshire Schools Health and Well Being Service - 17th March 2020
We would be grateful if you could share the following information with your parents/carers via your communication systems:
Advice from Warwickshire Local Authority - 17th March 2020
As of late on Monday 16th March 2020, we have moved into the next phase of how we look to protect people in the UK from COVID-19 within the “delay” phase of the COVID-19 action plan, which can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-stage-of-expanded-coronavirus-covid-19-public-information-campaign-launches.
A press conference was held by the Prime Minister, and the Chief Scientific and Medical Officers on 16th March 2020, who set out the new enhanced approach and reasons for it. There were 4 new actions identified as part of the new approach, which may be required for some weeks:
1) Whole household isolation if someone in the household develops COVID-19 symptoms (see below section on Household isolation)
2) Stopping all unnecessary social contact with others and unnecessary travel - this advice is particularly important for people with certain health conditions, people over the age of 70 and pregnant women (see below section on Social distancing advice)
3) Those with the most serious health conditions will be contacted directly on Monday 23rd March about further restrictions, likely to be put in place for around 12 weeks
4) Advice against mass gatherings, as part of reducing social contact, but also ensuring critical workers can be used instead to support COVID-19 work.
It is extremely important, as the national situation evolves, that we think about how we can best support the mental health and wellbeing of people affected by the outbreak – individuals, families, workplaces, schools, as well as people who are working hard to protect the health of our communities. The Mental Health foundation has some good advice- https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/looking-after-your-mental-health-during-coronavirus-outbreak
Also, following simple advice about washing our hands more regularly with soap and water really can make a difference.
Household Isolation
Detailed information and advice for the public about what they, and their family contacts, should do can be found here on the NHS.uk website (and will be regularly updated). There is some very important detail in the Stay at Home guidance, including at what point people are able to come out of self-isolation, which can be found https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance
People do not need to phone NHS111 if their symptoms are mild but should do if their symptoms worsen/if they need medical care, or if symptoms do not get better after 7 days. There is also a 111 online service that people are being asked to use in the first instance. Please call 999 in an emergency
Social distancing advice
Information for the public, and particularly for people aged over 70, people with certain health conditions and pregnant women can be found https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people
Washing hands regularly with soap and water is one of the best way we can prevent spread of the infection.
Advice from Warwickshire Local Authority - 16th March 2020
Welcome to Monday’s COVID-19 Coronavirus briefing. As of last Friday 13th March 2020 we have moved into the “delay” phase of the COVID-19 national action plan. People are now being asked to stay at home for 7 days if they have either a high temperature or a new continuous cough.
Detailed information and advice for the public about what they should do can be found here on the NHS.uk website (and will be regularly updated). There is some new Stay at Home guidance, which can be found here:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
People do not need to phone NHS111 if their symptoms are mild but should do if their symptoms worsen/if they need medical care, or if symptoms do not get better after 7 days. There is also a 111 online service that people are being asked to use in the first instance.
Washing hands regularly with soap and water is one of the best ways we can prevent spread of the infection.
There will no longer be a focus on where someone has travelled from/to, and the advice is based on symptoms only. Testing will now be based in hospitals only, and people in the community will not be tested. Asking whole households (i.e. people living in the same household as somebody with symptoms) to stay at home is not advised at this stage, but may be advised later. Stay at Home applies to the individual and not siblings or others.
National guidance can be found here—https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public#what-to-do-if-you-have-symptoms
Advice from the Department for Education 16th March 2020
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:
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The updated guidance can be found here:
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.
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:
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