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Dear Parents and Carers,
In these unprecedented times we have had to take the decision to close the school office. If you need to contact school please use the email below:
headteacher@st-georges.stockport.sch.uk
or contact through class dojo
If it is an emergency during office hours please call:
07399816995
Take care and God bless.
Mrs G
Dear Parents & Carers,
At 5.15pm yesterday, the Secretary of State for Education gave a public statement that all state-funded schools in England would be closed from the end of the school day tomorrow.
Having indicated that all schools would be closed, he then went on to say that schools would be expected to remain open for the children of key workers and for those in various vulnerable categories – providing a safe place and access to meals.
We are expecting a definition of ‘key worker’ today from the Cabinet Office. It will take time to determine the nature of this provision.
Although we have been anticipating such an announcement, and prepared for various scenarios, the limited details so far released raise considerably more questions than answers. You will all have your own legitimate concerns and queries.
The Secretary of State gave no undertaking that schools would be expected to sustain a pattern of normal learning during the closure; rather that any available staff would be expected to support other frontline efforts.
I am working with all staff to clarify as best we can what this announcement means for the school, for our children and for you. I anticipate providing more details later today.
Thank you for your support and for your patience in the meantime.
For the next two days, school will continue to work as we have thus far and continue as normal within the COVID-19 Public Health England guidance.
Mrs D Grindrod
D Grindrod
Head Teacher
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:
Should school closure be necessary, home school learning will be implemented through Class Dojo. Many parents still need to sign up to our Class Dojos – please speak to your class teacher if you need log on details.
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)
We are receiving a high number of calls to the office. Please refrain from calling with non-essential queries so we can keep the lines free for emergencies.
If we need to update you we will do this through letters, the school website, teachers2parents and Class Dojos.
Please ensure the school has your correct telephone and email contact details so we can reach you.
In the event of any concerns we will always contact, and act on the advice of, the Local Authority and Public Health England.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19
Following the recent government recommendations the following additional procedures have been put in place to protect our community. We would ask parents and carers to keep a sensible distance when gathering in the playgrounds and have updated our arrival and collection times.
The most recent guidance is that anyone with a high temperature or a cough should self-isolate for at least 14 days. If your child is unwell please keep them away from school for this period of time as a minimum.
Should school closure be necessary, home school learning will be implemented through Class Dojo. Many parents still need to sign up to our Class Dojos – please speak to your class teacher if you need log on details.
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)
We are receiving a high number of calls to the office. Please refrain from calling with non-essential queries so we can keep the lines free for emergencies.
If we need to update you we will do this through letters, the school website, teachers2parents and Class Dojos.
Please ensure the school has your correct telephone and email contact details so we can reach you.
In the event of any concerns we will always contact, and act on the advice of, the Local Authority and Public Health England.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19
We are currently receiving daily updates regarding the coronavirus and where we think that they may be useful we have put details here on our school website.
We have taken a range of actions in school to help prevent the spread of the virus. These include:
The most recent guidance is that anyone with a high temperature or a cough should self-isolate for at least 7 days. If your child is unwell please keep them away from school for this period of time as a minimum.
Some of the children have been very worried about what they see and hear on the news so one of our main tasks is to reassure them. To do so we are continuing on as normal but have slightly amended some activities in school which we consider might be higher risk and are keeping everything under review.
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)
We are receiving a high number of calls to the office. Please refrain from calling with non-essential queries so we can keep the lines free for emergencies.
If we need to update you we will do this through letters, the school website, teachers2parents and Class Dojos.
Many parents still need to sign up to our Class Dojos – please speak to your class teacher if you need log on details.
Please ensure the school has your correct telephone and email contact details so we can reach you.
In the event of any concerns we will; always contact, and act on the advice of, the Local Authority and Public Health England.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Public Health England (PHE) is the body through whom all of the latest guidance and information is being produced and distributed. We have been advised to include links to the resources rather than producing our own or downloading information produced by others. This means that the latest information will be available through the links rather than school needing to update already downloaded information as and when new information becomes available.
There are links to the latest resources guidance and advice contained at https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new strain of coronavirus first identified in Wuhan City, China in December 2019.
Public Health England is working to contact anyone who has been in close contact with people who have coronavirus.
Read the latest information about the situation in the UK, along with guidance for what to do if you think you’re at risk.
Go to NHSUK/coronavirus for information about the virus and how to protect yourself. Use the 111 online coronavirus service to check if you need medical help.
The government has published its coronavirus action plan and expanded its public information campaign.
Number of UK cases and latest test figures.
Read Public Health England’s blog posts about its response to coronavirus and how it uses contact tracing to prevent the spread of infection.
We think it is important to make parents aware that the DfE are keeping schools up to date also. As you would expect there are a great many similarities and duplicates in terms of links.
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
The document includes:
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.
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.
Please help us in sharing simple and effective hand hygiene messages.
https://twitter.com/NHSuk/status/1235112744917049346
Public Health England has a dedicated webpage with a range of posters and digital materials at:
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/101-coronavirus-/resources
Sign up is quick, free and means you will be alerted as more resources are made available.
On 02 March 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)
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus
These links are where we will all find the latest information and guidance and the information is updated at least daily.
On 03 March there was a Downing Street press conference which is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-at-coronavirus-press-conference-3-march-2020