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• Advice to All Parents - Warn and Inform - 15th March 2022

  Tue 15 Mar 2022 Mr A Green

  Advice to All Parents - warn and inform

   

  Dear Parents,

   

  We have been advised that there have been confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the school. We appreciate that you may find this concerning, so we are continuing to monitor the situation and are providing the following advice. Please be reassured that for most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild illness.

   

  This letter is to inform you of the current situation and provide advice on how to support your child. Please be reassured that for most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild illness.

   

  What are we already doing?

  Students and staff who have tested positive are staying at home and will return to the setting once they are well and have completed the recommended isolation period.

   

  Outbreak control measures are also in place within the school and being kept under review.

   

  If your child is well

  The school remains open. If your child remains well, they can continue to attend school as normal.

   

   

  If your child develops symptoms of COVID-19 or tests positive for COVID-19

  If your child develops symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), they should get a PCR test (https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or call 119) and remain at home at least until the result is known and they are fever free (without medication) for at least 24 hours.

  • If negative, the child can end self-isolation and return to school once well.
  • If positive, the child should isolate as a positive case (see below)

   

  People who test positive for COVID-19 should self-isolate at home until they are well enough to return, no longer have a temperature and either:

  1. 10 full days have passed, or
  2. They have produced two negative LFD tests on consecutive days, with the first taken no earlier than day 5.

   

  Note: Lingering coughs and changes to smell/taste are not a sign of ongoing infectiousness, so children can return to school if they have ended their self-isolation period (see above).

   

  If your child does not have symptoms, count the day they took the test as day 0.

   

  You can seek advice on COVID-19 symptoms from the nhs.uk website. If you are concerned about your child’s symptoms, or they are worsening you can seek advice from NHS 111 at https://111.nhs.uk/ or by phoning 111.

   

  Advice for people who live in the same household as someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or is symptomatic and awaiting a test result

   

  Children and young people who usually attend an education or childcare setting and who live with someone who has COVID-19 can continue to attend the setting as normal.

   

   

  Those who are at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 should be supported to minimise their contact with other people in the household during this period, regardless of whether others have symptoms or not. People at higher risk of becoming severely unwell if they are infected with COVID-19 include:

  • Older people
  • Those who are pregnant
  • Those who are unvaccinated
  • People of any age with a severely weakened immune system
  • People of any age with certain long-term conditions.

   

  How to reduce spread of COVID-19 if you live with someone who has COVID-19

   

  Even if you are vaccinated, you can still be infected with COVID-19 and pass it on to others. People who live in the same household or have had an overnight stay with  someone with COVID-19 or at highest risk as they are more likely to have had prolonged contact., you can help protect others by following the guidance on how to stay safe and help prevent the spread.

   

  To reduce the spread of COVID-19 in your community:

  • Minimise your contact with the person who has COVID-19
  • Work from home if you are able to do so (children and young people who are close contacts should continue to attend childcare and education as normal)
  • Avoid contact with anyone you know who is at higher risk of becoming severely unwell if they are infected with COVID-19, especially those with a severely weakened immune system.
  • Limit close contact with other people outside your household, especially in enclosed spaces (when not in school)
  • Wear a well fitting face covering with multiple layers or a surgical face mask for those aged 11 and over in crowded, enclosed or poorly ventilates spaces and when you are in close contact with other people
  • Pay close attention to the main symptoms of COVID-19. If you develop these symptoms order a PCR test. You are advised to stay at home and avoid contact with other people while you are waiting for your test result.
  • Follow the guidance on how to stay safe and help prevent the spread - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

   

  You should follow this advice for 10 days after the person you live with or stayed with symptoms started (or the day their test was taken if they did not have symptoms).

   

  If you are a health or social care worker or student undertaking a work placement who has been identified as a household contact and are exempt from self-isolation, there is additional guidance available that you should follow to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19 in these settings.

   

  If you develop symptoms at any time, even if these are mild, you are advised to stay at home and avoid contact with others, arrange to have a COVID-19 PCR test, and follow the guidance for people with COVID-19 symptoms.

   

  For most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild illness.

   

  How to stop coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading

  There are things you can do to help reduce the risk of you and anyone you live with getting ill with coronavirus (COVID-19):

   

  • Get vaccinated – everyone aged 12 and over can book COVID-19 vaccination appointments now and all adults have been offered at least 2 doses. Further advice about the recommended vaccination schedule and how to book a vaccine appointment is available here.
  • Get tested and stay at home if you have the main symptoms of COVID-19.
  • Wash your hands with soap and water or use hand sanitiser regularly throughout the day
  • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze
  • Put used tissues in the bin immediately and wash your hands afterwards
  • Meet people outside and avoid crowded areas
  • Open doors and windows to let in fresh air if meeting people inside
  • Wear a face covering if aged 11 and over when it's hard to stay away from other people – particularly indoors or in crowded places with people you do not usually meet

   

  Further Information

   

  Further information is available at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

   

  Yours sincerely

   

  Mr Andrew Green

• Commonwealth Games 2022 - Whole School Trip - 3rd August 2022

  Mon 14 Mar 2022 Mr A Green

  I am delighted to announce that the children of Everton Primary School have tickets to watch the Commonwealth Games being held in Birmingham during the summer!

  

• March 2022

  Thu 10 Mar 2022 Mr A Green

  On Thursday 3^rd March 2022 the children of Everton Primary School took part in ‘World Book Day’, dressing up as their favourite book character. We were very fortunate to have a professional author – Gavin Extence – come into our school and discuss his life and career to date as an author, as well as give valuable advice and techniques to the children about their reading and writing in the future. The children also mixed year groups and spent time reading to and listening to each other read which was lovely to see.  During the day, the school raised a total of £299.50 from the sale of second-hand books donated by the school stakeholders and people in the village (thank you) and cakes freshly baked by the PTA. This money we will be put towards the purchasing of new books for school – we are aiming to raise another £700 over the course of the year to use towards our library books project.

   

  On 1^st March the children of Class 2 went to watch a special theatre production of the Roald Dahl classic ‘Matilda’ at the Retford Oaks Academy. The Year 3 and 4 children have been studying the text in class, so it was wonderful for them to experience the book come to life first hand via their secondary school aged peers.

   

  Recently in school, all the children have taken part in a ‘Road Safety Workshop’. Our Foundation children focused on ‘Stop Look Listen’ and holding hands whilst near busy roads; The Year 1 and 2 children did a true false game which concentrated on safer pedestrian behaviour; Years 3 and 4 looked at ‘in-car safety’; and Year 5 and 6 looked at how important seatbelts are and how they work, as well as walking on their own, safer pedestrian behaviour, safer crossing points and how to cross safely between parked cars when there is no other option. As you can imagine, all these items were very useful and worthwhile for the children to learn and understand for the own safety.

   

  Finally, Everton Primary School’s PTA have created two fundraising initiatives that are now up and running in school if anyone from the local community can help and support us:
  1. We have an 'ink bin' in school to collect old ink cartridges from small personal printers (unfortunately we can’t collect the larger toner cartridges). If you have any, or when you finish with the ones that you have got, then please send them into school.
  2. There is also a box in school to collect any unwanted foreign currency (notes and coins) from any country. This will be divided into different currencies and exchanged for GBP and put towards our school’s library project mentioned above. If coins and/or notes could be put into a sealed envelope or in a sealed/tied bag, then this would help.

   

  Many thanks in advance.

   

  Best Wishes,

  Andrew Green

  Headteacher

• World Book Day and PTA Message

  Tue 08 Mar 2022 Mr A Green

  World Book Day - A message from the PTA:
  
  We raised a total of £299.50 from the World Book Day event onThursday 3rd March 2022! That’s a greatamount that school canuse towards books. We are aiming to raise another £700 over thecourse of the year touse towards our library books project.
  
  There will be two fundraising initiatives that will be up and runningfrom tomorrow:
  
  1. We have an 'ink bin' in school to collect old ink cartridges fromsmall personal printers. Sadly we can’tcollect the larger tonercartridges. If you have any or when you finish with the ones thatyou have got thenplease send them into school.
  
  2. There will also be a box in school to collect any unwantedforeign currency (notes and coins) from anycountry. This will bedivided into different currencies and exchanged for GBP, and outtowards the libraryproject. If coins / notes could be put into asealed envelope or in a sealed/tied bag, then it will help.
  
  As a PTA we will keep everyone posted with updates of fundraising projects.
  
  Finally, a big 'thank you' to all children, parents and families whosupported the World Book Day event.