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Our latest response to Covid symptons can be found on https://www.ashfieldinf.cumbria.sch.uk/news-letters/responsecovidsymptoms/

 

From the LA

Information for parents on supporting children during home-schooling and preparing them for the return to school

We have developed some short videos to that can be sent out to families with tips and information on routines, sleep, managing home-schooling and help get ready for the return to school in a positive way. These are aimed at Primary age families.

There is information from a headteacher, 5-19 Public Health Nurses and the best of all children – who, of course, say it as it is!

Families can watch these together too. It would be great if the links to the videos could be sent out to families via text, Facebook pages, email, your school website etc – however you find families access your information best.

We have also put together guidance to help support families to manage behaviour and give some positive tips on this. There is also information on further support at the end.

You can also find all of these and more at https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/ph5to19/

 

 

 

 

 

 

URGENT UPDATE

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL UNLESS YOU ARE AN ESSENTIAL WORKER AND YOU HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE OPTION.

Some schools are choosing to open on an emergency basis. This is not free childcare.

Only where a parent is employed in an essential job AND their specific role is critical to the country’s COVID-19 response AND there is no alternative childcare option available should children be sent to school.

If there is a second parent, or other suitable non-vulnerable person in the household, and they are not an essential worker they should look after children unless families make alternative arrangements.

If families do not act on this guidance, schools that are open may be overwhelmed and children will not be safe.

Be responsible. Please do not make a bad situation worse.

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Arrangements in Cumbria

Definition of essential workforce

NOTE: Only if your specific role is critical to the country’s COVID-19 response are you an essential worker.

Health and social care

This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributers of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.

Education and childcare

This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals who must remain active during the COVID-19 response to deliver this approach.

Key public services

This includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.

Local and national government

This only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies.

Food and other necessary goods

This includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).

Public safety and national security

This includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.

Transport

This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.

Utilities, communication and financial services

This includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.

 

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