COVID Measures

Why, who, what and when to test- DfE Guidance

Operational Guidance                                           

Schools delivering the testing programme will enable as many staff, pupils and students as possible to get tested. This will help to identify and contain any asymptomatic cases and minimise the disruption to education caused by coronavirus (COVID-19).

This testing will involve 3 lateral flow device (LFD) tests ideally spaced 3 - 5 days apart (no fewer than 3 days).

If your child tests positive on a LFD test they will need to:

• immediately self-isolate in line with the stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

If the first LFD test is negative, they should be tested again ideally 3 - 5 days later (no fewer than 3 days).

 

Asymptomatic testing in schools-  FAQ

Updated Government Guidance (Asymptomatic Testing FAQ): 

If you have tested positive by PCR for COVID-19, you will probably have developed some immunity to the disease. However, it cannot be guaranteed that everyone will develop immunity, or how long it will last.

It is possible for PCR tests to remain positive for some time after COVID-19 infection. Anyone who has previously received a positive COVID-19 PCR test result should not be re-tested within 90 days of that test, unless they develop any new symptoms of COVID-19.

If, however, you do have an antigen LFD test within 90 days of a previous positive COVID-19 PCR test, for example as part of a workplace or community testing programme, and the result of this test is positive, you and your household should self-isolate and follow the steps in this guidance again. If it is more than 90 days since you tested positive by PCR for COVID-19, and you have new symptoms of COVID-19, or a positive antigen LFD or PCR test, follow the steps in this guidance again

Participation is voluntary for the programme and active consent is required either by staff, pupils or students or parents/legal guardians, as appropriate.

However, if any staff member or learner does not wish to consent to take part in testing they will still be able to attend school unless they develop symptoms.

To enable us to register participating secondary phase learners, parents and carers need to complete the consent form. Please complete by Monday 1^st March, 3pm to support our planning.

Learners aged 16 or older may consent themselves using the consent form.

Consent form

After the 3 initial tests at school, secondary phase learners will be offered coronavirus tests that they should take twice a week at home. We will send further details regarding home testing shortly.

Parents/Carers should complete the school's online consent form.

At school testing: Individuals with a positive LFD test result will need to self-isolate in line with the guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection.

At home testing: Learners with a positive LFD test result will need to self-isolate in line with the stay-at-home guidance. They will also need to arrange a lab-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to confirm the result if the test was done at home.

Data Protection -Covid testing

To enable the Covid-19 testing to be completed at Wootton Park School, we need to process personal data for staff and learners taking part, including sharing of personal data where we have a legal obligation.

Wootton Park School is the Data Controller for the data required for processing the tests and undertaking any actions which are needed by the school to ensure we meet our public health and safeguarding legal obligations. All data is processed under Section 3 of the Non-Maintained Schools Regulations 1999 for non-maintained schools. Data Controllership is then passed to the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) at the point that we transfer data to them.

Privacy Notice - WPS Covid

What do I do if my child or a member of our household has COVID symptoms?

Your child/ren must remain at home and the symptomatic person should arrange for a COVID-19 test.

COVID-19 Symptoms                     

From 17 May, new government advice applies to the use of face coverings by staff and pupils in schools and further education in England.

Government Advice

• Face coverings will no longer be recommended for pupils in classrooms or communal areas from 17 May. 
• Face coverings will no longer be recommended for staff in classrooms. 
• Face coverings should still be worn by staff and visitors in situations outside of classrooms where social distancing isn't possible.

Wootton Park School will be following this government advice.

Please note that children and young people aged 11 and over must still wear a face covering on public transport. If learners arrive at school wearing a face covering, they will be guided how to safely store their face covering in line with guidance. 

 

Physical activity is a vital part of a balanced curriculum and essential to health and wellbeing.

This is a reminder to all parents/carers, and learners that the expectation is for all learners to arrive at school in their PE kit on the days that they have PE.

 

Find out who is eligible for twice-weekly testing and how to get tested if you do not have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19). This guidance is for people without symptoms.

Government Guidance

 

Primary Phase Timings

• Year 4: 08:30 – 15:00
• Year 3: 08:35 – 15:05
• Year 2: 08:40 – 15:10
• Year 1: 08:45 – 15:15
• EYFS: 08:50 – 15:20

Secondary Phase Timings

Secondary learners must arrive by 08.25am. Learners can arrive on site from 8.00am and will make their way straight to their year base in the new playground. All learners must be in their tutor rooms by 8:30am. The school day for secondary learners will end at 3.20pm as usual.

If you are dropping off more than one child, please arrive for your child’s earliest time slot and we have a
facility in the school hall where any siblings can wait until their bubble time.

Lockdown has been a challenging period for all of us, and we’d like to thank you for your continuing support during this difficult and uncertain time.

If you or your child have any concerns about returning to school, or if you think your child might need extra support when they return, please get in touch with Mrs Macdonnell. s.macdonnell@woottonparkschool.org.uk for secondary phase or Mrs Smith, k.smith@woottonparkschool.org.uk  for primary phase. 

We’d also like to thank you for all your support in helping your child learn from home.

Behaviour & Attendance

In light of the need for learners to behave differently when they return to school, we have had to change our behaviour policy and home school agreement accordingly.

Covid 19 Addendum Behaviour Policy

WPS Behaviour Policy                         

Attendance

School attendance has been mandatory from the beginning of the autumn term. This means from that point, the usual rules on school attendance apply, including:

• parents’ duty to secure their child’s attendance regularly at school (where the child is a registered pupil at school and they are of compulsory school age)
• schools’ responsibilities to record attendance and follow up absence
• the availability to issue sanctions, including fixed penalty notices in line with local authorities’ codes of conduct

Shielding advice is currently in place in tier 4 areas, and so children still deemed clinically extremely vulnerable are advised not to attend school.

Staff or learners who have coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms, or who have someone in their household who does, must not attend school and must follow government guidance.

 

Systems of control for schools             

What parents and carers need to know

We ask that any families that have travelled abroad during the summer holidays follow government guidance regarding any travel isolation requirements.

Who must self-isolate

Travel corridors          

 

The safeguarding team are looking forward to seeing all our learners again in September. If you need to contact a member of the safeguarding team please use the contact details below:

Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy reflect the new changes that have been made to  Keeping Children Safe in Education, statutory guidance for schools and colleges (2020), which comes into force in September 2020. 

There are a number of changes that has been made to the Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy in light of the new Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance, one of the main changes is around the importance and recognition of mental and physical health.

New Definition for Safeguarding

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is now defined as:

• Protecting children from maltreatment
• Preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health development
• Ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and
• Taking care to enable all children to have the best outcomes.

There is also DfE guidance available on preventing and tackling bullying and mental health and behaviour, as well as Public Health England guidance on promoting children's emotional health and wellbeing. 

The mental and physical health of our learners will continue to be a prominent feature in our school curriculum when we return in September.

Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy

We are making all the necessary preparations to fully reopen by carefully following government guidance.

First rapid coronavirus test date for secondary phase learners.

·        Year 11:           Thursday 4^th March, 9.00- 12pm

·        Year 10:           Thursday 4^th March, 12.30- 3pm

·        Year 9:             Friday 5^th March, 9.00am- 12pm

·        Year 8:             Friday 5th March, 12.30pm- 3pm

·        Year 7:            8^th March 2021 (completed during school morning)

All learners should then return as normal to school for face to face education on Monday 8^th March 2021

Primary Phase Timings

• Year 4: 08:30 – 15:00
• Year 3: 08:35 – 15:05
• Year 2: 08:40 – 15:10
• Year 1: 08:45 – 15:15
• EYFS: 08:50 – 15:20

Secondary Phase Timings

Secondary learners must arrive by 08.25am. Learners can arrive on site from 8.00am and will make their way straight to their year base in the new playground. All learners must be in their tutor rooms by 8:30am. The school day for secondary learners will end at 3.20pm as usual.

We know that many families have really appreciated the support from our wellbeing team during our partial closure. We understand that some families may appreciate additional support on our return.

Wellbeing Wednesdays

Secondary learners will access wellbeing sessions three times a week with their form tutor in the first half term. Sessions will vary due to learners’ needs in each tutor group.

Initial sessions will to aim to:

• To reflect on and understand the feelings and emotions brought on both during and following the Covid pandemic
• To establish how we can create a sense of safety upon returning to school and the community
• To develop coping strategies to support with mental health and wellbeing, such as mindfulness
• To produce a sense of self-efficacy through tasks such as goal setting and value wheels
• To increase resilience levels through Cognitive Behavioural Techniques

Latter sessions will focus on goal setting and aspirational thinking.

Primary learners will access Wellbeing sessions weekly, sessions will vary depending on their year group and the unique needs of each class. However, all classes will cover:

• Relaxation and mindfulness techniques and practices
• Gratitude
• Skills and strategies to enable themselves to be resilient, independent, supportive of others and problem solvers.

PHSCE (Personal Social Health and Citizens Education.)

In addition to this, where there is a need, PHSCE lessons and Wellbeing Wednesday sessions will be adapted to incorporate a series of PHSCE ‘Recovery’ lessons which may focus on:

Primary:	Secondary:
Respect for personal space and hygiene Belonging and feeling safe Reconnecting with friends Keeping safe and well Managing worries, fears and anxieties  Being positive and looking forward to learning Gratitude and appreciation Loss and Bereavement	Looking after myself Managing difficult feelings Loss and grief Remembering who I am and who I want to become Looking forward, beyond Covid-19…for me Looking forward, beyond Covid-19…for the world

 

Summer Holiday drop-ins or Wellbeing calls

Book online to see Mrs Wild face to face in school (social distancing rules apply), via a telephone call or Microsoft teams meetings.Website: www.schoolinterviews.co.uk  Code: js9bm

Wellbeing support

The Wellbeing Hub is running for an extended number of days in September over the lunchtime period for secondary learners, alongside the lunchtime drop-ins.

Relax kids club will continue at lunchtimes for primary learners alongside other Wellbeing clubs.

The Peer Supporters group run by Miss Bennett and the members of the Learner Leadership team will continue in September too.   

Please visit our learner wellbeing page for further details. 

Visitors' Leaflet                               

Children engaging in remote education at home who are eligible for a benefits related free school meal will be offered a food parcel.

Information on providing school meals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is available.

Families should also be aware that the government have put in place a £170 million Covid Winter Grant Scheme. This funding has been allocated to local authorities to support those in need with food and other essentials across the winter period.

Vulnerable children and young people include those who:

• are assessed as being in need under section 17 of the Children Act 1989, including children and young people who have a child in need plan, a child protection plan or who are a looked-after child
• have an education, health and care (EHC) plan
• have been identified as otherwise vulnerable by educational providers or local authorities (including children’s social care services), and who could therefore benefit from continued full-time attendance, this might include:
  • children and young people on the edge of receiving support from children’s social care services or in the process of being referred to children’s services
  • adopted children or children on a special guardianship order
  • those at risk of becoming NEET (‘not in employment, education or training’)
  • those living in temporary accommodation
  • those who are young carers
  • those who may have difficulty engaging with remote education at home (for example, due to a lack of devices or quiet space to study)
  • care leavers
  • other children and young people at the provider and local authority’s discretion including pupils who need to attend to receive support or manage risks to their mental health

Parents whose work is critical to the coronavirus (COVID-19) response include those who work in health and social care and in other key sectors outlined in the following sections.

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 distributors of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.

Education and childcare

This includes:

• childcare
• support and teaching staff
• social workers
• specialist education professionals who must remain active during the coronavirus (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
• 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 coronavirus (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 coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak)
• 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 coronavirus (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 coronavirus (COVID-19) response
• 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
• waste disposal sectors

Covid_Catch_Up_Summary.pdf

Secondary Phase Parents-Learning from home letter   Secondary Phase Learners-Learning from home letter Remote Learning at Wootton Park School                     

Learning from home letter- Primary         

Remote Learning at Wootton Park School

Learning from home- EYFS                      

Remote Learning at Wootton Park School

• Self-regulation-when I have strong emotions
• Self-regulation-primary
• Wellbeing Newsletter Spring 2019- 2020
• Reach Out: Support and advice available
• Emotions-emoji_matching
• Positive family relationships
• Healthy screen habits
• Emotions-Self-regulation
• Five Ways to Wellbeing: Connect
• Five Ways to Wellbeing: Keep Learning
• Five Ways to Wellbeing: Be Active
• Mindfulness-Secondary
• Mindfulness-Primary
• Healthy eating - Secondary
• Healthy eating -Primary
• Take a break -Relaxation
• Sleep Help
• Relaxation
• Importance of routine poster
• Wellbeing Apps Poster
• Helping children and young people cope with stress- for parents
• 10 Tips for Coping with Low Mood
• 29.03.20- Government Guidance on supporting children & young people's mental health wellbeing.
• Wellbeing Newsletter- Advice during school closure.pdf
• Friday Fun Day 27.03.20.pdf